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Thread Number: 34478
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Rainbow hepa filter question |
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| Post# 372850 , Reply# 1 5/29/2017 at 00:27 (2,521 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
I like my SE PE better than my E2 Black. It has much better airflow and my guess is no hepa filter. It is also easier to clean the water basin in my opinion. On my E2 I have found the same thing you did. Without it there is much better airflow. I thought the only reason Rexair put the hepa filter on was to catch non wettable items, which I never pick up with either of my Rainbows. If you spill something like flour etc, use a dust pan first and then a bagged vacuum for the rest. If you pick up all the flour, then change the bag afterwards. Works for me.
I will say this, my house always smells fresh and clean after using my Rainbows. I do also use the genuine scents in the water basin. PS You might try running your Rainbow on low speed like an air cleaner for 12 hours or so if you have tipped your Rainbow with water in it. It should help. PR-21 Bud | ||
| Post# 372869 , Reply# 3 5/29/2017 at 14:30 (2,520 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY) | ||
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I don't see any reason it would hurt anything, it's mostly there for non wettables so they can get the asthma and allergy certification. It shouldn't have any real effect otherwise if you remove it but be aware non wettables would just blow back out. | ||
| Post# 372878 , Reply# 4 5/29/2017 at 16:48 (2,520 days old) by Tekjunkie28 (Western Va) | ||
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How good does the water really filter? Does the increased airflow reduce contact time and does that even matter in this case? Is the hepa filter a requirement of AHAM and allergies center? I'm just wondering if they have engineered it to filter better with water with the hepa. | ||
| Post# 372894 , Reply# 5 5/30/2017 at 05:30 (2,520 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
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Shae,
I don't use mine without the hepa filter, but with that said, I don't use the E2 Black much. I am using my Rainbow SE PE, which does not have a hepa filter, which is not a problem for me as I do not pick up non wettable items with my Rainbows anyway. The other thing is the genuine Rainbow scents are much more noticable when using the SE PE than when I use the E 2. I find I have to put much more scent in the E2 just to even come close to the nice fragrance smell coming out of the SE PE. My understanding is the Hepa filter was their so Rainbow could get it classified as an air cleaner as well as a vacuum. Therefore the 2 speeds. You could not possibly vacuum your floors with it set to the low speed at all. Sincerely, PR-21 Bud | ||
| Post# 372914 , Reply# 7 5/30/2017 at 14:40 (2,519 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
I have a gold 2 speed
I'm trying to figure out what "black foam" you're talking about. It sounds like you're saying the black foam is inside the hepa filter? Are they designing their hepa filters differently now than they used to?
I bought an extra hepa filter from crucial vac that is still unopened because the current hepa is still perfectly good. I see no black foam at all. | ||
| Post# 372922 , Reply# 9 5/30/2017 at 17:34 (2,519 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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The hepa that came | ||
| Post# 372923 , Reply# 10 5/30/2017 at 17:44 (2,519 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
I have one of each model Rexair ever made, from 1936 through the current machine. I ran an authorized rainbow service center for more than 22 years. Rexair used an exhaust filter for the first 10 years of manufacturing. They found that customers would not clean it at the recommended intervals, so they simply removed it. When you take into consideration that the rainbow was never supposed to use water at all, it makes sense why the machine had one. Plus having an exhaust filter kind of went against the salesman's claim of constant airflow. In 1997, the rainbow received a terrible review from consumer reports for exhausting the hard water minerals in the water used for testing even if there was no dirt in the water. This is because the rainbow evaporates water as it runs. I am going to say this again so everyone understands: The rainbow evaporates water as it runs. The rate of evaporation is approximately 3 cups per hour. If the water is dirty, the rainbow evaporates dirty water. In the home of a typical consumer, where cleaning too long with one filling of water is common, the HEPA filter prevents the rainbow from exhausting dust.
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| Post# 372930 , Reply# 12 5/30/2017 at 19:34 (2,519 days old) by Tekjunkie28 (Western Va) | ||
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My fault Mark. The E2 black is the one with the foam. It's on the filters exit where you attach the hose for blower mode | ||
| Post# 372936 , Reply# 13 5/30/2017 at 20:58 (2,519 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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The minerals are news to me too
I mean, I've heard about the awful CR reports where they used talc powder of some sort I believe, which we all know is a no no for the rainbow (or frankly, ANY vacuum). But evaporating minerals from hard water? I once made the mistake of using tap water in an ultrasonic humidifier once and there was WHITE DUST EVERYWHERE! I never made that mistake again.
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