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Thread Number: 29899
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
pro aqua |
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| Post# 332661 , Reply# 3 8/27/2015 at 19:16 (3,157 days old) by Miskini (Northville, Michigan ) | ||
Garbage | ||
| Post# 332668 , Reply# 4 8/27/2015 at 23:44 (3,156 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY) | ||
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Get a Rainbow instead electroluxxxx pretty much sums it up. Long track record, USA made, parts availability, do it however you have to do it, even if it's a rebuilt. Treat it well it will last for ages. The new powerhead on the newest Rainbows works incredibly well. | ||
| Post# 332669 , Reply# 5 8/28/2015 at 01:41 (3,156 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
It gets rave reviews
from some people - but I have seen 2 youtube channels reviewing them and they said the suction was weak..
I personally have a Sirena and a Rainbow. Rainbow has made it so that dirt doesn't stick hardly at all underneath that rubber area but the Sirena is a PAIN to clean because the area that is exposed to water underneath the area that the separator is gets hair, lint, and everything.....My rainbow doesn't. If I were going to get a water filter vacuum, it would be Rainbow hands down....but Sirena is still decent if you can't afford Rainbow...But having used the Sirena for a while, I don't feel the build quality is anything like Rainbow - but it still does a good job....I'm assuming the Pro Aqua is about the same. | ||
| Post# 332685 , Reply# 6 8/28/2015 at 11:24 (3,156 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
The Pro Aqua has about 60 inches of water lift - like a 1955 Rexair. The power nozzle is the Miele power nozzle (the good, heavy one). The hose is long and not very flexible. There's no HEPA filter. The entire underside of the Pro Aqua's motor unit gets wet (due to the open top water bucket), which leaves lint and wet cat hair stuck to it. The machine is HEAVY. The pump for the shampoo feature is built into the motor unit's top, making it top heavy when the machine is empty. Finally, it's very expensive (especially compared to the Sirena). At least the Sirena has a HEPA filter and a very good power nozzle.
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Post# 332703 , Reply# 8 8/28/2015 at 16:56 (3,156 days old) by n0oxy  (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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other canisters I actually already have a canister from Miele, Sebo, Riccar and Aerus. Was looking to maybe add a water filtration model to my collection. I wonder how much a new, current model rainbow goes for now. | ||
| Post# 333010 , Reply# 10 9/1/2015 at 16:39 (3,152 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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55 inches of water lift?
I'm trying to imagine what that must be like....Why on earth would they create a super expensive modern water filtration vacuum with such lousy water lift? I heard a lot of people say Pro Aqua was awesome and had a lot of power. I even saw a video on Youtube where the Pro Aqua pulled the water out of a Hyla NST with both machines being at full power......Then I saw other vids of people who bought pro aqua that said the suction was weak...so I was confused.
I can say for sure that Sirena has airflow/suction at least equal to my Gold 2 speed rainbow. I do wish Sirena had a better separator and I say this for one reason - when I look at the metal area where the separator goes with separator being off you can see dirt on the fans after the first week. There is more dirt on my Sirena fans after a month than there is on my Rainbow fans after over 8 years....Then again, could this possibly be from following the sirena instructions that say "when vacuuming fill the basin to the min fill line" which even Tom said he didn't think was enough water, so he fills it between the max/min lines when vacuuming, which I started doing but only after months of filling it to the min line. Maybe that's why? Not sure why they instruct you to fill to the min line when vacuuming. I still like it and am certainly not bashing Sirena at all....these are just a couple of things I've noticed since using it for quite a while now. It still does what it's supposed to...and works ultimately as good as the rainbow - but Rainbow is so much easier to put away/store...it takes me a good 5 more min's with the Sirena. | ||
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