Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners

Have you ever lost your cool due to an annoying inanimate object? I'm sure we could all agree on that one. The frustration generally portrays itself in banging the poor dumb object around, muttering insults at it under one's breath, heavy sighs... Yeah, you get the picture.

We clean for a lady that has a very beautiful home. She keeps it extremely clean, so working there is a snap. Hey, $25 per person for about an hour and a half or so...

It would be the easiest house I've ever cleaned if it wasn't for her vacuum. A Rainbow Vacuum. Owning one of those things is like living in bondage. The first flaw in the system is the water tank. You have to fill a canister with water, clamp it down on a round contraption with wheels, then set the vacuum part on top of it and clamp it down. After that, you have to hook the hose up to the vacuum base, then attach the other end to the head. Once that's done, you have to plug a cord from the hose into the head to give it power. While you're vacuuming, you have to hold the power button on on the handle. You also have to drag that, ahem, canister contraption full of water around behind you, trying not to tip it over. All the filth that you vacuum up goes right into the water. Once you have finished vacuuming, you have to repeat the whole process over again to take it apart, but this time backwards. When you reach the water canister, you have to empty all the gook out. Just envision hair, dirt, carpet strings, dead flies, etc all mixed together in one lovely stew. There's no easy way to dump it out either. You've just got to get everything swirling around fast enough then dump it, hoping all the hair and little rocks slip out. Most of the time they don't. It's not at all fun to clean it out.

Boy, I should be a Rainbow saleswoman. :)

Explanations aside, we were cleaning this dear lady's house yesterday and her rainbow was being particularly aggravating. It's extremely heavy and awkward, so trying to vacuum anything is a huge chore.

If I could have murdered that vacuum, I would have, regardless of the consequences. It would have been a pleasure too! Just envision the headlines- Murderous Assault on Rainbow. That would've filled me with out-and-out glee!

Actually, I would love to live to see an annihilation of all canister vacuums, Rainbow or otherwise. Give me an upright any day! They are so much easier to use! I have gotten extremely proficient at flinging a cord around over tables, chairs, couches, etc. But just try flinging a canister vacuum hose around. Wow.

Then, there's the bagless vacuum vs bagged debate... But that's a whole different discussion.

Thank you for listening to my rant. I hope you enjoyed it. :)