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Anyone have a Rainbow vacuum?
I picked one up off CL this morning for a hundred bucks and it's nice with all the attachments. I've looked before and the used ones are a few to several 100 because new they cost around 1500.
I tried it out and like it. The carpet powerhead seems a little cheesy. I sure would not have paid a whole lot more for this machine or any at all for the powerhead. The rest is just a vac, but the water thing is cool. No bags, no dust. Who else has one? Any tips? |
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the vacum-bong
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They work great. Expensive. I have a broken one and we have a conventional one. The rainbow is a good unit.
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I bought a 5 gallon bucket and some hoses and made a Rainbow for sanding drywall
 ..really, I bought a pre-made bucket with hose and sanding block. It worked really well until the shop vac filter gets wet and gypsum dust plugs it up. Never used a Rainbow, but it should work well. When I was selling Kirby vacs one summer, the rainbow was lile our top rival. |
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03-01-2012, 02:50 PM
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We have one.
It sucks... ...really well.
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throw a touch of vanilla extract [or peppermint, depending on what you like,] into the water.
makes the place smell good. |
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03-01-2012, 02:54 PM
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Back in high School, a friend of mine was Selling Rainbows and had a door to door sales route through the higher end neighborhoods.
One thing he was instructed to say, with the waterbong feature no dust, smells, or odors will pass through.............. On a sales call, a customer lady said to him "well if you fart in the bath tub, you can smell it clearly and instantly, what's the difference???"..............grins, he quit the same day.
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My mom had one for many years it worked great. I thought the water as a filter was a pretty good idea.
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 Zeke, sorry for the useless post, but I couldn't help myself.
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My step-brother just bought a Rainbow Vacuum business up in Logan, Utah...I can't say that I will be buying one, but I wished him luck all the same!
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I bought a used Rainbow in Lexington SC 15 years ago it works great paid 150.00 and installed a new power cable.
It takes a few steps to put it to use but there isnt any dust flying around after i am done and it gets a lot of dirt into the tank, so it must really suck
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03-01-2012, 04:31 PM
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did it come with the whole Rainbow Family?
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03-01-2012, 04:38 PM
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My mom had one when I was in high school, I used to hate cleaning that disgusting water tank. I would never own one by choice.
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We bought a used one 7 years ago and it was already 15+ years old. Works great. It's a pain in the a$$ to lug up and down stairs, but the feeling when you dump that dirty water is very gratifying.
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..aint nothing clean about a rainbow family gathering. last one a girl just disapeared-
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03-01-2012, 07:25 PM
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Zeke- What the heck and why did I read your post? I just ask the wifey what is that odd water vac we have and she tells me its a Rainbow. Never thought much about and have no idea who paid for this $1500 gadget... laugh Scott
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03-01-2012, 08:56 PM
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double rainbow?
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Thanks for the laugh Finn
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