Dyson Vacuum Versus Rainbow Vacuum
I was in Home Depot the other day, buying some supplies for a kitchen remodel. They had a decent line-up of vacuums, including 5 different models from Dyson. Dyson’s models had no paper-bag, touting the ease of use without having to worry about cleaning up. But what about filtration? Dyson has a HEPA filter and it approved for use with allergies. But they don’t have water. The Rainbow vacuum uses water to trap dirt, pollen and other irritants, in addition to using a HEPA filter. This means The Rainbow is still the best vacuum on the market for getting a truly clean house.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Okay..but is the rainbow at 1,700 bucks THAT much better than a $500 dyson?
August 28th, 2007 at 12:20 am
The Dyson can pick up more hair and dirt. Much better when compared side by side to the overpriced Rainbow.
August 29th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
I was going to sell Rainbow vacuums while in college. I went through the training classes and even though I never became a distributor I knew this was the best vacuum out there. I purchased one in ‘85 and I still have it! It works GREAT! I wouldn’t have any other and it does get your house clean. I am in the mist of getting a repair done for a broken part (my fault) and I will get it fixed and keep my using my Rainbow. I considered a dyson but left it at that. Why bother?
December 11th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
In my experience, I have always found that Dysons suck more than Rainbow. “Suck” as in suck literally, not suck as in “not good”.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
I have a mid-80s Rainbow - and just bought a Dyson ball over the weekend.
There are pros and cons to each.
The Dyson is lightweight and even a clueless chimp could operate it effectively, and it does get up the dirt and animal hair and so forth. On the downside, when you empty the bagless canister, stuff gets back into the air; at 25′, the cord is way too short; and because of the large size of the ball, it doesn’t get under furniture.
The Rainbow is time consuming with all the water filling and emptying and hooking up hoses - but it gets up MORE dirt and animal hair and so forth in one sweep than the Dyson did in three or four. My cord is long enough to reach almost all thru the house from a central outlet without having to change outlets. Best of all, all the icky stuff is trapped in the water.
I may keep the Dyson as an ‘everyday’ vacuum, but for really cleaning, I’m hanging onto the Rainbow.
Oh, and I have a Roomba too - I love it for quick cleanups when I’m on short notice and need the vacuuming time to dust and swish the bathrooms!
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
There is nothing like a Rainbow!!!!! It is worth all the time to hook up everything and drag it through the house like an elephant, to haave a clean home once you are finished. I have a great many allergies and until I started using the Rainbow, vacuuming was always a major chore and very unpleasant. (The Rainbow came with my new significant other…what a deal!)
My quick pick up cleaner is a little Shark.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I have Ashma really bad i had my 3rd child at 37 week because I could not brethe I was on ALOT of med. 3 months aften my baby was born I got a rainbow and and stated to sell them because I could not buy one 2 months after I stared sell i sold 8 in 2 months rainbow, and I am saving over $100 A month in med. I have find out that rainbow is a #1 air cleaning system is does it all, but the people that does not like a rainbow is because they don’t like taking the water that is bad. That is the main thinking about a rainbow the water is the filer. I love my rainbow
October 25th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
I own both a dyson and a rianbow,
I have to say the rainbow is an amazing machine and traps all pollen and dust and anything it comes across, it is also the price of 4 Dyson vaccums. Also the rainbow is such a hassle draaging around and not being able to pull out of the closet and just vaccum. It traps more contaminants than the Dyson but is also way more expensive. If Dyson had a model that was 2200, Im pretty sure it would be an upright version of the rainbow, superior in everyway.
Dyson makes amazing products, and for the money it really has the best airflow and suction on the market.
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Water…. huh. I want to clean my house, I don’t want to have to clean my Vacuum every time I use it. Dumping out a dry container filled with dirt and grime is far different from cleaning out a sludge tank. Think about it, and you have to clean it out every stinking time. Pun intended. Thoughts of you who also own a carpet cleaner know what I mean about stinky sludge tanks. Furthermore I can’t think of a better way to transport mold and mildew and dust mites through the air than on water vapor. and as the water vapor gets trapped in the hepa-filter so does moist and happy mold spores who are extremely happy to be in a nice warm and wet environment. So you can make up your own mind, but I know for my dollar and my health and the health of everyone who come to my house the Dyson is the far superior vacuum. Even an Orek would be a healthier choice than the rainbow vacuum/humidifier.
May 14th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I actually do sell Rainbows right now. I have just signed up and it truly is the best vacuum out there. I am not into all those fancy kirby, rainbow and whatever vacuum shows and stuff but after 40 minutes into this presentation, i was ready to buy…and it really works! I use it a lot and it works great. Good for when you have kids, pets or allergies, which I have all of…
Also, on the Dyson you mentioned:
We use different vacuums in our training sessions and we have used Dysons. The Dyson has started to rip up the carpet and eat away at it. While researching this, we found on the web that owning a Dyson and cleaning your carpet with it actually voids all carpet warranties. Just another thing to think about when comparing the two.
May 16th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
I just let a friend do this demo at my house this morning for the rainbow as a favor so she could get the discount on the one she purchased last week. I am already OCD and have already heard a lot about this vacume cleaner so going into it I was already very interested and just wanted to see how it worked. I was very impressed and not only did we purchase it I am going to sell them now too! I already have several people willing to buy. My husband has horrible allergys and we have three indoor dogs so the price is worth it over the 20, 30 years it will be worth it. I think everyone with pets and kids should own one of these. Working in a hospital you see a lot of nasty things like mrsa and staff and what it can do to someones health. If you have to wear isolation gown in the hospital think about what is left in your house from filth that has never been throughly cleaned. It took me five times vacumming the living room today before the water was clear and I vacume everyday before my rainbow. That enough was worth the money! Get a rainbow it’s well worth it!
June 28th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Hi,
I sold Rainbow’s for awhile. I hated their dishonest methods of selling.
I sold water cleaner’s for awhile. I hated their very dishonest methods.
I sold cars, guess what I hated that for the same reasons.
Eventually I did advanced research with my electrical engineering and the
physics required to learn electrical engineering. All my research had proofs.
All the proofs stood up to investigations and criticisms, meaning the critics
stopped being critical as they found out they were in the wrong not the proofs.
So what?????
So in the light of provable facts, one must experiment and remove every other possible unknown except what is to be studied. Some of you have done a credible job at this. Others have views which are not clearly usable as facts for allergies.
Consider, a non sales type person, who is female, lives on a farm, loves horses and maybe cats. She is poor, and does not consider everything has to be new, nor spic and span. Her veracity is proven as she repairs equipment for others, and equipment does not listen to lies nor excuses nor should-of’s. It either works, proving she did it right, or it does not, proving she did it wrong. She has more than 20 years of experience, and she is well employed and respected, as her equiment always works when she is done. Thus she is honest in life as the required proven honesty on equipment carries over to everyday life.
Now the Rainbow part. She has a used one. It cost her 400 dollars. As long as she uses it every two weeks she has no allergies. Most people casually don’t believe her. The technocrats, who have not done the work of side by side comparisons eliminating everything except what is being tested, decry her life results. She cares nothing for opinion and what others say. It works.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
anyone interested in buying a new rainbow? im a dealer in Pa e mail me azachansonfan@aol.com
March 5th, 2010 at 3:23 am
There are many different vacuum cleaners on the market today. I mean, you can find a very large selection of low end sweepers at Walmart. Of course if you really want to spend the bucks you can go with a Kirby, Rainbow, Hyla, or even a Thermax vacuum cleaner which will even steam clean the carpet. In the end it all boils down to what your needs are and how much you are will to spend.
April 23rd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
My Dad sold Rainbows for awhile. I absolutly fell in love with it. We would use the one her had for demos around the house,I know their kind of expensive but I love em. If i had the money I’d get one.