Water filtration vacs

Water Filtration vacs
To rainbow or not to rainbow

I decided to write this due to the high number of people who ask about it and the equally high number of rainbows I see advertised or that we trade in on surprisingly ordinary vacuum cleaners.

The theory

The idea behind water filtration is that the dust gets sucked up from your carpets into a tank filled with water (do not confuse this with wet vacuuming were you actually wet the carpet) the water then traps the dust and just clean air is released

The reality
You are sucking dirt mixed with air up a pipe into a tank with water in it.
Air bubbles are produces witch trap some of the dirt and release it back into the air
On machines like the rainbow se this is only a very small amount on other rip-offs it is much worse.

Rainbow fixed that problem on the E series vacuums buy fitting a Hepa filter at the exhaust now it works properly ………………………

Just as well as any other exhaust Hepa filtered high end vacuum IE Mielè ( up to R 6000.00, a dyson Up to R 5000.00 a AEG ultra one ( up to R 3000.00)

And you just paid R 20,000 for your rainbow

My problem is not the machine itself, It is well built and with servicing should last you about 10 years or more
It the sails men
They con people into buying there product because they or there children have allergy’s.
They dupe them with gimmicks and shows of how powerful the machine is compared to your average household vacuum cleaner.
That’s my problem
Why not compare it to something that is of the same quality, this is were the consumer is taken in by the sales person who convinces them that nothing else will compare.

Rain bows are good but they are no better than machines that cost a quarter of there price.
Some of those machines will put the rainbow to shame on suction power alone yet alone ease of use.

Just remember every time you want to vacuum you will have to fill the container with water, use the machine and them empty the container and wash it out and dry it so it doesn’t stink.
Just a point