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Thread Number: 13106
question about getting a new rainbow |
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| Post# 139648 , Reply# 2 6/13/2011 at 19:38 (4,693 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 139708 , Reply# 3 6/14/2011 at 16:54 (4,692 days old) by kirbyeureka95 () | ||
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ok thanks for the advice :) i think ill go for a miele instead since theyre easier to use for vacuum novices/laymen and can take a beating :P | ||
| Post# 139711 , Reply# 4 6/14/2011 at 17:42 (4,692 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Why would the maid have to use it anyways? Can't she just use the lux or dyson still? Or you could be the maid ;) | ||
| Post# 139716 , Reply# 6 6/14/2011 at 20:05 (4,692 days old) by kirbyeureka95 () | ||
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and... i dont have $1500 to drop for a fully outfitted rainbow, but as i said, if its the family vac (family including maid), my parents would buy it | ||
| Post# 139718 , Reply# 7 6/14/2011 at 20:16 (4,692 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 140035 , Reply# 9 6/17/2011 at 14:52 (4,690 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 140074 , Reply# 12 6/18/2011 at 01:05 (4,689 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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HUH? | ||
| Post# 140092 , Reply# 14 6/18/2011 at 10:29 (4,689 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 140122 , Reply# 19 6/18/2011 at 15:36 (4,689 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 140287 , Reply# 25 6/20/2011 at 01:22 (4,687 days old) by bimmer740 (Long Island, New York) | ||
I have never used a Rainbow, but they look like a wonderful machine and I too would love to purchase one. However, they do appear to be a machine that does require a little bit of extra care in order to keep them running their best for many years. While I have no doubt that a Rainbow can probably handle some of the abuse of a maid, I dont think this is the ideal machine to have the maid use. We have had several housekeepers over the past 15+ years and while the last one was absolutely the best around, I dont think she would have been to keen using a Rainbow. Maria, was the housekeeper that came with stellar references and she was the one that had a waiting list of future clients. If you have a live-in housekeeper I think it might be a different story, but for someone that cleans more than one home a day, this would add to the time they spend in your home. This would hamper their ability to quickly move through your house and on to the next one. We have had Electrolux canisters for years, and every housekeeper we have ever had have told us most of their other clients had Electrolux canisters too. I think a high end bagged canister might be the better choice as it gives your maid the ability to pull it out of the closet, plug it in and vacuum away, then put it back in the cloest as soon as they are done.
One other option is to install a central vacuum system. When I installed one in the house at the time my family and the housekeeper were using a Miele Blue Moon and Red Velvet. When Maria found out that I put a central vac in she was so happy. She liked all the previous machines that I had, but the central vac she was just head over heals about. A nice unit can be purchased and installed, along with the right accessories for your own home for probably around the same price of a new Rainbow, plus it can add to the value of your home. | ||
| Post# 140297 , Reply# 27 6/20/2011 at 07:13 (4,687 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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I too am sorry. I didn't mean to offend any janitorial service and or housekeepers. I have the time to do it myself and even before when I was working as a telephone operator six days a week, I still found time to clean everything high and low myself.....I H A T E D the chore of doing it all but I can't help it. I want it done and done right and it's hard for me to trust anyone. I guess because growing up, I've helped clean and watched how others did a complete half ass job and it's just burnt into my brain I guess.
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| Post# 140483 , Reply# 28 6/21/2011 at 15:45 (4,686 days old) by bimmer740 (Long Island, New York) | ||
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@kirbyeureka95: I know that you stated you already own an Electrolux Epic upright, and there for I assume you are familiar with how easy it is to change the bag in that machine. Like everyone else here, I have owned numberous vacuums over the years but for a "non vacuum enthusiast" not all vacuum bags are easy to change. While I have never found that any vacuum that I have owned has a bag that is difficult to change, I can see why some people might have difficultly changing the bag is something like a Kirby or even a Miele canister. You must be careful when closing the lid of the Miele after changing the bags inorder to be sure that the spring loaded bag clip lines up the bag collar properly with the hose inlet, or else you will wind up with a mess inside the bag chamber. My mother changed the bag in one of my Miele's once and while she has used canister vacs for the past 30+ years, and I nearly killed her when I opened the machine to find that it had not sealed properly on the hose inlet.
Anyway, the point to my little rant is that when it comes to maintaining a machine, no other machine that I know of has an easier bag to change than an Electrolux tank. They are self-sealing, and all anyone needs to do is pull out the old one and pop in a new one. The way I see it, it couldnt possibly be more idiot proof, I mean no offense in anyway to your maid, but it ensures that your unit will not be damaged by installing the bag incorrectly or by the maid putting off changing the bag because its a hassle. | ||
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