I sold Rainbow Vacuums to friends and family 20 years ago, they are still going strong!
Rainbow Vacuum Cleaner
Rainbow Vacuum Cleaner Black with LED Light, Complete Floor Care Package for Carpet, Hard Floors, Pet Hair
By Rainbow
What one Redditor said
“The cleaning lady used one …. and she told me she had it for over 20 years and it was still kicking.”
What Reddit thinks
Pros
8- +Still going strong after 20 years
- +lasted over 20 years
- +still kicking
- +whole house smelled nice
- +some of the best vacuums out there
- +built like a tank
- +lasted long
- +great purchase
Cons
6- −too much work when chasing three toddlers
- −inconvenient to clean
- −pointless
- −overpriced
- −scamming folks
- −crazy overpriced
Where Reddit talks about it
79 comments · 14 subreddits
Reddit reviews
Before HEPA was invented water filtration was the GOAT. Have you forgotten how horrible those paper bags were to change from ordinary vacuums?
Miele vacuums are *very* good at a lot of things. Pile carpet isn't one of those things. It's the best achievably-priced vacuum out there for almost any other type of floor covering. If you get the el
The cleaning lady used one …. and she told me she had it for over 20 years and it was still kicking.
My grandma had a rainbow. She would tell everyone how great it is. I liked it as a kid. ...When she used it the whole house smelled nice.
rainbow vacuums are some of the best vacuums out there. you being inconvenienced to clean the dust, dirt, and other stuff it sucked outta your carpet doesn't make it a scam.
My parents did buy one, but the thing was built like a tank and lasted till long after I went to college. Considering the number of vacuums I've bought over the years I would say it was actually a gre
I bought a Dyson because I thought it was good. I had done zero vacuum research. Had I known how bad this thing is, I would have never got it. OP, Miele or Sebo are supposedly the bees knees of vacu
These vacuums are pointless and overpriced.
Rainbow has been scamming folks into buying crazy overpriced vacuums for decades (including my parents back in the late 80s).
(quick aside: who the hell have you seen recommend Rainbow? Nobody likes those except older people who grew up with them)
I’ll give credit to shark that they are one of the few brands still doing a corded stick vacuum as well as battery operated options. That being said, they don’t even bother to sell through stores tha
The rainbow vacuum is very rarely recommended here. Not sure where you got that from.
I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen someone recommend a Rainbow here
excluding the rainbow, those aren’t particularly good and aren’t worth mentioning
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