Thanks for your testing and continued responses Josh
Could you verify what Rainbow rates the SRX for power consumption? Usually, it's printed near the separator. I looked at the manual and wasn't able to find the power usage.
Based on the limited info we have so far (subject to change as more comes in), Rainbow has pulled a "fast one". Their very own advertising clearly claims a 30% increase in airflow over previous models. Of course, they never say where that 30% increase takes place, whether at the canister base, hose or nozzle.
With less than 800 canister Watts and less than 1000 total power nozzle running Watts, it certainly appears (so far) that Rexair has completely "made up" bogus specs and this latest iteration of water based filtration may not be any better than an E2 with a PN12. In fact, it could be worse unless the agitation has been pushed completely into the stratosphere. Some stick vacs have more nozzle CFM.
So far, the SRX appears to be quite an embarrassment, especially considering the $3000 price tag. A third party emailed me pics of the controller board and I was shocked to see an active cooling fan placed on a heatsink. This reminds me of a cheap heatsink fan setup on old Pentium computer CPU's. What happens when that fan fails and thus the active cooling fails?
I am actively working with a third party to obtain additional SRX measurements. The question is will they match or differ from what's available today.
Bill
