Thread Number: 27091
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Rainbow E2 Platinum or Sirena? |
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Post# 303082 , Reply# 1   10/25/2014 at 10:30 (3,442 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I do not yet have a Sirena, but I would definitely like one. I do have a prototype for the US market (but sold in Europe already) Big Power that uses the same Rotafil made motor and separator. I also have a Rainbow E2 gold, which is mechanically the same as the platinum, both use the same motor.
The Big Power has about as much suction as a model D Rainbow, but seems like quite a bit more airflow and it cleans very well, as does the Sirena based on what I've seen. The Rainbow is definitely a more powerful machine, lots more suction, as much suction as a Miele with tons of airflow. I believe both use a HEPA filter on the exhaust for anything that manages to get past the water, since very little of the typical household dirt is this, very very little makes it to the HEPA and it should last a long time. I haven't paid more than $200 for a Rainbow myself, so thats why I haven't gone for a Sirena yet, thats a lot to spend! I did spend $500 on the Big Power, but I knew it was already a rare machine, and was NIB as well. I guess I'm not much help, I honestly think both machines are excellent deep cleaners, both have the excellent water filtration, on wetable dirt, which really all the allergens and things that bother us in the air are, I think a separator based water filter vacuum will be more efficient than the HEPA filter at catching that stuff, because it doesn't matter how small the particle is, as long as it absorbs or sticks to water it will catch it. I think you'd love either of them. Personally I like the Rainbow more, because of the 'Hurricane' switched reluctance (brushless) motor. But the motor the Sirena and my Big Power use is a top quality motor as well. |
Post# 303085 , Reply# 3   10/25/2014 at 10:42 (3,442 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 303086 , Reply# 4   10/25/2014 at 10:44 (3,442 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Look at it this way, the Sirena is NEW. Never used. No one else's dirt. A used (even if 'rebuilt') Rainbow is a machine that someone DIDN'T WANT ENOUGH TO KEEP. They did NOT treat it kindly. You don't know exactly what they did or didn't do to it in the time they had it. You don't know before you buy if even the HEPA filter was replaced. If you start out New with the Sirena you won't be disappointed, and no one with allergies or asthma will mind you using it.
I got one of the very first Sirena cleaners and I also have the 75th Anniversary Edition Rainbow (the current model). While I like them both, they are truly different. I do not use my shampooer attachment on the Rainbow. As a vacuum cleaner only, both will clean the same amount of dirt from the rug. |
Post# 303130 , Reply# 8   10/25/2014 at 16:37 (3,442 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 303135 , Reply# 9   10/25/2014 at 17:28 (3,442 days old) by Ctvacman (CT)   |   | |
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Anything over $1,500 for the rainbow and your getting ripped off. |
Post# 305259 , Reply# 10   11/7/2014 at 17:52 (3,429 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 305312 , Reply# 11   11/8/2014 at 04:53 (3,428 days old) by marcusprit ()   |   | |
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I'm not comfortable with the idea of mixing water and electricity. Plus all the mold and bacteria that can easily grow in a damp environment. Not for me. |
Post# 305322 , Reply# 13   11/8/2014 at 06:42 (3,428 days old) by marcusprit ()   |   | |
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That's me told. Haha :-) |