Thread Number: 35346
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Rainbow e2 bpack HEPA life time |
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Post# 380254 , Reply# 1   10/25/2017 at 12:49 (2,371 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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topic - I always have to reply to those for the most part. LOL
I'm the opposite. I rarely use my Rainbow for mopping or carpet deep cleaning. In summer 2006, I bought my gold 2 speed new. I changed the hepa after five years and I was the opposite, I couldn't tell much difference, so I cut into the old hepa and it wasn't bad at all. The new hepa I bought was aftermarket but very good and extremely hard to tell the difference. Here's what my hepa looked like when I cut into it after 5 years. I have used my Rainbow to suck up a lot of nasty straight up dirt - namely the bin from my Shark vacuum. Sucking all that nasty stuff out of the bin of a bagless vac is a real test for me. I'd say the last 11 years I use it at least 3 times/ month. I use my Shark daily for run through, but I get out my Rainbow when I really clean high and low. Also, about the jet dry or whatever else you're putting in the basin... I think it works, but the only problem is jet dry foams for me, even if I only put in a couple of drops. I don't know of any way to test if any of those things that make water wetter to trap more dirt actually work.... Here's a link where I got my last hepa and it's free shipping. It's much MUCH cheaper if you need to change your Rainbow hepa more frequently. I don't understand why yours is getting dirty so quickly though. CLICK HERE TO GO TO mark40511's LINK
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Post# 380258 , Reply# 2   10/25/2017 at 14:37 (2,371 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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I bet it's not so much the dust as thenfilters mostly remain white but rather minerals from hard water that clog the filters. I wonder what would happen with filtered or distilled water. |
Post# 380261 , Reply# 3   10/25/2017 at 15:03 (2,371 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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this when washing other vacuum filters that are washable, foam filters, felt filters, etc.... And the consensus was that no one that washed their washable filters for whatever vacuum had a problem with minerals clogging the filters. I mean, you would think if you wash something with hard water, when it dries, some of the minerals will remain in the filters....I dunno.
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Post# 380263 , Reply# 4   10/25/2017 at 16:55 (2,371 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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I just bought a new electric tea kettle, there are already minerals collecting on the stainless and I have been using it for maybe a week, my water isn't even that hard. |