Rainbow Vacuum

labman · Jan 6, 2005

I have no experience with Dyson vacuums. Here are a couple of opposing views from a forum the moderators likely would rather I don't mention.

Does the vac need a new belt? I am sorry that Mr. Dyson is pushing these vacs. They are actually very poor. I happen to work with vacuums and we have had several already in for repairs. He is a great salesman. The vac is actually the old Phantom. He bought the vac rights and changed the color and a few other things and markets them like crazy! You have to be sure the filter is dry or else you will retain odors and who knows what else.good luck.

I have to disagree. I also own the Dyson DC07, the purple animal version. I love this thing. I was very skeptical when my wife first bought it, since it costed about $400. We vacumned the living room where my fuzzy German Shepard hangs out with our old vacumn. Then we came back with the Dyson and it picked up a TON of fur and dirt that the old one missed. The old vacumn was only about 4 years old.

Its quieter and manuvers better. It also has so many compartments to make it easy to take apart and clean. People have complained it is cheap and plastic, but what do you think all the other vacumns are made of? Stainless Steel? Mr. Dyson used the same hard plastic that is used for Motorcycle helmets. At least that is what the video ad shows at Bed Bath & Beyond.

Trade your defective one in for a different one. Seems you got a lemon. If you can't, take all the pieces apart and clean them in the sink. Once they are all dry, put them on one by one with the motor on until you can figure out where your leak is coming from.

msparks · Jan 7, 2005

I've heard that the rainbow can increase mold in your house.

Also the hot moist air is a breeding ground for bacteria.

I've had my oreck for over 1 year and it's by far the best vaccum I've ever used.

oldman · Jan 7, 2005

The Rainbow does not put moisture into the air. It has a large canister that contains water and collects the dirt, dust and cat hair in my case. Works great.

Bob Woods · Jan 7, 2005

We have an old Electrolux Discovery that I picked up in a yard sale years ago for a real cheap price. Like the famous bunny it just keeps going!!!

kenw · Jan 7, 2005

Used commercial Rainbows years ago, fabulous machine. Rugged to say the least, but not for the weak of physique....dumping the water usually caused some swooning by those within nose-shot....

Sorry, the Dysons have horrible fit issues. Like controls and latches designed by a moron, evidently a moron who had a plastics mold house in the family. Every one we've seen in the stores wouldn't stand on their own nor even just stay together. I can't imagine what spare parts go for on these things, goodness knows you'll need a few.

junk. stylish and very pricey junk at that.

dwmcqueen · Jan 7, 2005

My wife really wanted a Dyson so we bought one. It's really easy to use in my opinion. However, the key selling point was my wife promising to vacuum twice a week. That made the whole investment worth it....

Al · Jan 7, 2005

We have always have an electrolux. We had our second one for like 20 years and just bought one about 3 years ago. Very light manuverable and powerful. I don't think you can beat them.

oldman · Jan 7, 2005

If anyone is going to invest in a great Vacumm cleaner I don't think anything can beat the Rainbow. My little cat, Tiger, should be bald by now. They are somewhat coslty but pick up everything.

Scott P · Jan 7, 2005

I've heard nothing but great things about Dyson vacs. I just can't rop $400-$500 on a vac.

JohnBrowning · Jan 7, 2005

We had a Rainbow Vaccum salesman come to the house in 1982 I think. I was in elementry school I think 2nd grade. It was so neat!!!

T-Keith · Jan 8, 2005

I grew up with Kirbys. Probably the most durable and powerful vaccum available. Both my parents have models over 30 years old and they will still out do anything. You can find rebuilt ones for around $400-500.

-T

cousincletus · Jan 8, 2005

I bought a used 20 year old Kirby in 1998 and the only thing I have replaced is a belt. Works real well but is heavy. The carpet shampooer is hard to beat and does a much better job than a steamvac. Have an Oreck XL also. It is lightweight and works well. Kirby does a better job, though.

labman · Jan 8, 2005

Their pet hair brush really works. Some dealers will sell it by its self.

Shannow · Jan 8, 2005

quote:

Originally posted by Al:
We have always have an electrolux. We had our second one for like 20 years and just bought one about 3 years ago. Very light manuverable and powerful. I don't think you can beat them.

Al, I've got a bagless electrolux, and it's really a good thing.

The old one (variable speed that you can set up to blow) is now used for forced induction on my white hot charcoal powered hibachi.

ToyotaNSaturn · Jan 8, 2005

I briefly sold Filter Queen vacuums (not the best season in my life) but was impressed by their construction and suction ability above & beyond Kirby or Electrolux. However, I was not impressed with their price--the better ones start at $1000.00. No wonder they're no longer in business (or so I've heard).

If it's true that these Dyson's are just re-hashed Phantoms, thats a real shame.

I have a Meile Red Star that I haven't used in over a year since the replacement neck/tube connector is $179 to replace ours that fell on the hard floor and busted everywhere.

That $98 Hoover keeps our house (sorta) clean for the time being...

Doug · Jan 8, 2005

I have a Filter Queen . Got the vacuum with the Defender air purifier. Best vacuum and purifier on the market. The vacuum and air filter costs about $2700 new. The vacuum is awesome, filters about the same as HEPA. The air purifier filters down to .01 micron, HEPA goes down to .03

Knock on wood, but neither my wife, my two babies and myself have had a cold or flu this year. I attribute that to the air purifier and washing hands a lot.

Gary Allan · Jan 8, 2005

We had two Electorluxe units ..one a slightly heavier commercial unit. I worked great ..but once my wife tried the Oreck ..she never looked back. She likes handing me the smaller Uzi unit for sucking up the spider nests at appear to magically form in the corners of our kitchen dry wall. Small ..Qtip like cotton thingies. We have a "catch and release" policy on spiders (anything that survives my Dursban and Diazinon spray which is nothing ..except that the kitchen is "spray free"). I keep it running until we get the lid off ..she slaps a piece of duct tape over the bag ..I then go outside and release the horde of angry and quite active little spiders into the yard where they may do some good.

In our house ...a Rainbow would probably be best. My wife vacuums so often that the fine dust gets everywhere. The scrubber on the Rainbow would end that. The reason that we probably have the fine dust ..is simply because she vacuums so often ..and probably doesn't change the bag often enough.

seotaji · Jan 8, 2005

quote:

I briefly sold Filter Queen vacuums (not the best season in my life) but was impressed by their construction and suction ability above & beyond Kirby or Electrolux. However, I was not impressed with their price--the better ones start at $1000.00. No wonder they're no longer in business (or so I've heard).

Filter Queen, Kirby, and Rainbow are all scams to me. Filter Queen is still in business btw.

The filter queen people try to sell you on paying $1,000+ for a vacuum ($2198 inital price), but when you don't buy it, they lower the price. ?????? Just telling them that money is tight and that you wouldn't be able to make large monthly payments and they'll knock it down $500, $1000, etc...

I can't trust someone that only sells a product door to door. Why can't they sell it in a store? b/c their product is overpriced and they rely on high pressure sales tactics to push their products and keep profits high. It's amazing to see that people will get caught up in the moment and not see that the salesman and his manager are laughing all the way to the bank.

I recieved a card from a sales rep. promising free pepsi if I participated in a in-home demo. I called him up and arranged a meeting. He does his thing with the vacuuming, dusting pillows/cushions, adds the fragrance to the exhaust, etc... We do a comparison with my $70 bissell cleanview hepa and his $1,000+ machine. I go first, he is second. I get nothing and so does he. What he doesn't realize is that I vacuumed earlier. I get a free case of pepsi (24 pack) and the satisfaction that mine is better. You should have seen the guy's face.

My $70 bissell cleanview bagless with HEPA filter does a better job that these models and weighs MUCH MUCH less and costs a fraction of the price.

Those vacuums are decent (I guess), but overpriced, heavy, awkward, etc... I've seen shopvac's do a similar job for less money (without a powered head of course).

These are the comments of a former salesman:

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Okay I have touted enough positives for the Filter Queen, now the negatives and why this can be such a ripoff (from a former insider).
The Filter Queen is not sold new in any store, instead it is sold via the good old in-home demonstration. The sales people are really nice, but man they are the pushiest S.O.B.'s (pardon my language) known to Earth! We were trained that no means maybe, maybe means yes, therefore no means yes. You can see the obvious fallacy here. The sales people do a fantastic job of making the Filter Queen seem like the greatest thing since slice white bread, and your family's health and livelihood is jeopardized without it.

This is where you get hit with the price... they start out at 1800 dollars (and this is a supposed on sale price). They will haggle with you on monthly payments until is sounds reasonable, if there is any hope of the Filter Queen sales rep getting a sale at this point, then good luck getting them to leave your house without leaving the Filter Queen behind!

Again, this is a good product but I never figured out how Filter Queen ever justified charging such an outrageous price for a vacuum! This point right here is why I quit. I felt ashamed that I was able to get people to overpay this much and I had a guilty conscience because of it, I quit so I could sleep at night. There is also a price range, if 1800 doesn't work they will dicker all the way down to 1200 and sometimes 1000 dollars. How can you trust a company that will do this?

At best maybe the Filter Queen is worth shelling out 500 bucks because it's a great cleaning tool that will not need replacing for about 30 years. But it is really hard to justify paying more than this for a Filter Queen. My suggestion is to try and find it slightly used to get a better deal.

Another problem is finding replacement parts (filters need replacing yearly) this can be a difficult and expensive task. The Filter Queen is not a vacuum that can be just used for years without maintenance. It requires dutiful replacement of filters to continue working properly.

Overall if the Filter Queen was sold at a flat 500 dollar price and you could purchase it without in-home demos, I would definitely recommend this product to you. But unfortunately this is not the case, take my former insider's words for it, the Filter Queen is not worth the 1200-1800 dollar price range (no vacuum is) nor the hassle and expense of routine replacement parts.

[ January 09, 2005, 07:03 AM: Message edited by: seotaji ]

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