Thread Number: 28867
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Rainbows in the UK? |
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Post# 322544 , Reply# 1   4/19/2015 at 13:20 (3,266 days old) by marcusprit ()   |   | |
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They look very good but a new one is £1500 or more. I wouldn't pay that. If I could pick up a used one on ebay I'd like to try one. |
Post# 322554 , Reply# 3   4/19/2015 at 13:49 (3,266 days old) by marcusprit ()   |   | |
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James has a few and Seamus recently got one. |
Post# 322555 , Reply# 4   4/19/2015 at 13:52 (3,266 days old) by marcusprit ()   |   | |
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Have a look on YouTube there's some good videos on Rainbows. |
Post# 322556 , Reply# 5   4/19/2015 at 14:15 (3,266 days old) by hooverjedilord (Hampshire)   |   | |
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Most of them are American on Youtube. Apart from Rainbows are there any other water filter vacs on sale in Britain at the moment? |
Post# 322647 , Reply# 6   4/20/2015 at 11:16 (3,265 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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I am sure the pro aqua as well as the delphin, both made in Germany, are available in the UK. For an affordable water filtration machine, the Sirena is awesome. Here is a picture of my Sirena. They are also made in a 240 V version. Wet dust cannot fly. The first rainbow was made in 1936.
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Post# 322655 , Reply# 7   4/20/2015 at 12:32 (3,265 days old) by hooverjedilord (Hampshire)   |   | |
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Yeah I saw a video about the Sirena on Youtube, it looks nice! I think after I get my Kirby Classic 1 CR imported my next vacuum will be a water filtration one, there's a neptune on EBay for 50 quid including shipping.... |
Post# 323034 , Reply# 8   4/23/2015 at 02:33 (3,262 days old) by spiraclean (UK)   |   | |
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There are a few water filtration vacs in the UK, off the top of my head here's a few:
Sirena - www.vitality4life.co.uk/sirena-va... Thomas - www.robert-thomas.co.uk/aqua-tech... Rainbow - www.aqua-air.co.uk... Rainbow - www.rainbow-london.com... Bissell - www.bisselldirect.co.uk/bissell-a... Aura Roboclean - www.robocleanuk.com/index.html... As far as I'm aware Ritello, Delphin and Pro Aqua are available too, couldn't find a UK specific website for any of those though. The Sirena looks like a nicely designed machine. £700 is still pricy, but at around one third of the cost of the Rainbow, it appears to be a good buy for those who are already in the market for this type of cleaner. Given the choice, I know which of the two I'd take a punt on. |
Post# 323053 , Reply# 9   4/23/2015 at 11:58 (3,262 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 323064 , Reply# 10   4/23/2015 at 14:39 (3,262 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 323233 , Reply# 11   4/25/2015 at 10:22 (3,260 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Thomas machines do not have a separator, they use baffles to keep the water out of the motor. We had them in the USA for a while, they are a filthy mess to clean. The wet cat hair is on everything.
I have a Delphin, it's most like a D4 model Rainbow - very well made motor with triple suction fans. The Sirena is a great value, they cost $900 in the USA. Clean beautifully. The Pro-Aqua is an awesome machine with an excellent power nozzle. Any water filtration machine, to be most effective, should have a separator. That's essential. |
Post# 323356 , Reply# 12   4/26/2015 at 08:21 (3,259 days old) by hooverjedilord (Hampshire)   |   | |
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I wonder if I'll be able to find a second hand separator Water filter vac for under 200 pound? |
Post# 323397 , Reply# 13   4/26/2015 at 14:24 (3,259 days old) by hooverjedilord (Hampshire)   |   | |
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So I got in contact with a guy on gumtree, and I'll probably be buying a Bissell All rounder water filtration vacuum. It looks like it's just come out the box, and he says it's only be used once. It's a bargin for only 60 pounds! |
Post# 323401 , Reply# 14   4/26/2015 at 15:02 (3,259 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire)   |   | |
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Funny you should mention the Bissell All Rounder because I will be uploading two of four videos I made of the almost identical Bissell Hydroclean Complete this week. |
Post# 323403 , Reply# 15   4/26/2015 at 15:11 (3,259 days old) by FantomLightning (Ohio)   |   | |
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I've been looking forward to seeing that video :D |