Thread Number: 33717
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 366453   2/9/2017 at 18:50 (2,604 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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I saw one of these at a vac shop today. It uses water filtration like a Rainbow. I would like some more info on this vacuum, as not a lot of people sell these...
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Post# 366472 , Reply# 1   2/9/2017 at 22:17 (2,604 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 366487 , Reply# 3   2/10/2017 at 10:06 (2,603 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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But here's what I notice -
Rainbow has had so many years and years to evolve into such a user friendly machine. I do not like the dolly on the Sirena and the unit is so weird shaped that when you take it off to lay on its side, it will often roll over onto one if its latches popping it off if you're not careful. The worst thing about it is the cleanup. It's just HARDER than the Rainbow. The design underneath where the separator sits down into this sunken area surrounded by rubber (a much different type of rubber gasket than the rainbows uses. It's hard to clean and more of the underside of sirena is exposed to water than rainbow, and everything sticks like lint and hair. I notice on the rainbow hardly anything sticks to that rubber gasket...One last thing - I don't think the separator is as efficent at keeping dirt in the water. The separator on the Sirena is always dirty after each use - the rainbow's isn't. I took the hepa off and could see dirt on it even after a month, and this is with changing water frequently. But the hepa is super easy to wash (much more easy than the Rainbow) and it really is a good machine that I would totally use all the time if I did not have my rainbow. The few times I used it the house felt super clean just like if I had used my Rainbow. It's just that these are the things I've noticed after using it for a while. It's weird that they have a max fill and min fill on the basin, and the instructions say when vacuuming to fill to the min line, which is what I did. But others say to fill in between min and max because min isn't enough water. I don't know. Perhaps that could be the reason my hepa got a little dirty. If there is anyone who wants a rainbow like vacuum but can't afford a rainbow, I would totally recommend this. |
Post# 366568 , Reply# 7   2/11/2017 at 15:33 (2,602 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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One thing to consider is Rainbow parts are super easy to find. If you want an extra separator or something it's something to keep in mind. |
Post# 366591 , Reply# 8   2/11/2017 at 23:02 (2,601 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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my Sirena fans in less than 6 months than there is on my rainbow fans which is over 10 yrs old now. But it's relative because there's hardly any dust on my rainbow fans....so there is not a lot of dust on the sirena fans (just more) and I did notice dirt on the hepa (not much, but some). It's either
A) because I was filling to the min line (like the instructions say to do) OR B) the separator is just not as good (even still, the hepa will catch everything and it's super easy to wash) The key thing to me is the separator itself is always ALWAYS dirty. I know separators needs to be cleaned so they all obviously get dirty, it's just that it takes so much longer for the rainbow separator to get dirty enough to where it needs to be cleaned. Even doing filthy jobs like using my rainbow to vacuum out my shark bagless upright bin. After I did this, I got a toothbrush looking for dirt in the grooves and there was none. I'm honestly not sure what the difference is in the separators, but I'm convinced (even though Sirena is good) it's not as good as the rainbow. If you can afford it - get Rainbow. |