Thread Number: 34993
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Rainbow E2 and Tristar CXL airflow tests. |
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Post# 377334   8/27/2017 at 14:36 (2,405 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Bill's been waiting for this one. I can honestly say I'm disappointed. I couldn't get the anemometer fully sealed to the machine's inlet so that figure could be a little higher. The filter should be in great shape as it was replaced not long after receiving it and it's been used pretty little since then. Well *shrugs* I guess it is what it is.
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Post# 377335 , Reply# 1   8/27/2017 at 14:42 (2,405 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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This has always been one of my favorite canisters, it's so simple and yet so powerful. The hose comes from a Patriot and the wand is just a telescopic I modded to work with it, so it's not all genuine parts here. Every figure, aside from the nozzle, was pretty good. I could actually hear air leaks when it was on the box even switched to the shag mode which seems to be it's most powerful setting the max i could get out of it was 66.27
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Post# 377336 , Reply# 2   8/27/2017 at 16:41 (2,405 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH)   |   | |
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gives you about the same performance (nozzle CFM and water lift) as a typical Chinese made inexpensive bag-less vacuum. Shocking! That being said it still is a very cool machine (I want one) and I'm very happy that the PN does about 21 CFM more than my 1997 D4C SE PE nozzle musters. So what the customer is really paying for here is the ability to use water rather than bags or bins to capture the dirt.
For comparison purposes, my 2013 Hoover Windtunnel 2 HC Pet does: 52 nozzle CFM and 76" of lift at the hose and a CFM density of 2.04. Top notch work Devin! Keep 'em coming! Bill |
Post# 377337 , Reply# 3   8/27/2017 at 16:56 (2,405 days old) by Rainbowguy2016 (Denton ,Tx)   |   | |
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So basically id would be better off not buying a newer Rainbow? Maybe i should just buy a new Kirby instead? |
Post# 377338 , Reply# 4   8/27/2017 at 17:29 (2,405 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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That airflow is only part of effective carpet cleaning. The rainbow's newer style PN i feel does a nice job. I do dislike all the dead space on the underside but eh it does a good job. If you want one get one. I honestly don't care for mine too much, i spent about 650 on it a few years ago, but since it's unique it has a place in my collection.
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Post# 377343 , Reply# 5   8/27/2017 at 21:03 (2,405 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 377353 , Reply# 6   8/28/2017 at 03:50 (2,405 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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These measurements could explain why you see so many Rainbows in the Kirby Trade in piles!The TriStar does do better!Like that older orig TriStar Compact design over the new 'Lux design. |
Post# 377604 , Reply# 7   8/30/2017 at 17:08 (2,402 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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I'm not surprise the Tristar CXL canister vacuum cleaner did better whit its Ameteck two stage twin fan motor, my Compact Electra C9 out performs every vacuum i had so far and ,i had plenty 10 or 13, in all from day one .The Compact Tristar whit its open bag design of the bag chamber out performs the Rainbow .Due to the dirt and air being separated ,the motor is never pulling air trough mountains of dirt ,like a conventional bag system so never loose suction and air flow so glad i have my Compact C9.
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Post# 377821 , Reply# 10   9/4/2017 at 13:08 (2,397 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Rainbows can lose their effectiveness too now that they have a hepa filter. Things especially non wettable materials can make it past the water bath and get into the filter. I will agree though despite it's numbers it does a respectable job. I found it to outperform a filter queen 75th an an electrolux guardian 9000. Both of which had higher baird readings.
Mike- The turbine test relies on pressure/suction. I don't feel that's an effective way to measure performance. High pressure low flow machines like dyson will perform well on that test, but when it comes to both airflow testing and sand removal they do horribly. Regarding Miracle mate and tristar. the miracle mate didn't pull as high of numbers on the baird guage when i had one. i recall getting a 4.5 using tristar bags. I never really understood why it seems to have a powerful motor to it. I kind of attributed it to the smaller cloth bag (i think it was smaller) giving less surface to pull air through, and the after filters. It's still a nice machine just very heavy |
Post# 377883 , Reply# 11   9/5/2017 at 02:34 (2,397 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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I have two MM vacuums-they are nice-BUT their cords are just TOO short!Like the LONGER cord on the TriStar. |