Rainbow Rainmate Review - 'Air Purifier' - Is it worth it?

Hey, today we are gonna review the Rainbow Rainmate; after the tiny viral we did talking about this unit, we had a lot of comments about this expensive unit that came from a marketing sale combo with a vacuum cleaner.

0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Best & Worst
1:33 - Review
2:54 - Comparison vs Levoit Core 300
5:55 - Sound Test
7:17 - Electricity Test
7:25 - Conclusions

The Rainbow Rainmate is an “air purifier” that is given away by company called Rex Air. For accepting the gift you will have an in person sales pitch to buy the high priced vacuum cleaner that uses similar technology.

In our tests this wasn’t able to clean the air effectively and so we can’t recommend it as an air purifier.

I was able to find the CADR of the larger vacuum cleaner and it was much lower than I expected for a device costing thousands of dollars. Had a similar CADR (clean air delivery) of a budget sub $100 device.

Some people like the sound and scents with the additional fragrances. Just make sure your clear this won’t clean the air in your home.

[HouseFresh]

Hello again, just to thank you for being here. If you have any comments or questions about any of the air purifiers we have tested, Leave me a Comment 👇 and we can answer your questions 🙂. Thanks again

[lwray]

I'd like to see a tissue test of the intake air pulling the tissue against it. Just to see if it actually pulls the air in at all.

[Caxel]

I've always been surprised by the low CADR rating of the SRX when tested by AHAM, because the SRX is said to be able to cover up to 3000sqft in 2 hours. I'm not sure what mode AHAM tested the SRX on whether it was on speed 2 (maintenance mode, the standard operating mode) or speed 4 (hurricane mode) because speed 4 is loud and the air blows out pretty hard and fast.

[meerasoress]

Hello thank you for the review but I was wondering you got it for FREE? I had to buy two it cost than 266$.

[theturtle]

I thought these were more used as an air freshener when you add rainbows scents to the water.

[lauren]

During their pitch, they specifically said it's not an air filter. The vacuum itself is a filter. This thing is a "purifier." It doesn't suck in the air from the room. They said it works because the moving water puts negative ions into the air, which bind with dust particles and make them fall to the ground so you're not breathing them, or something like that. Idk if any of that is legit, and I couldn't tell that it was making any kind of difference.

[meerasoress]

And in the website it did not say it is air purifier its just for spreading fragrance.

[Caxel]

Thats actually an older version of the Rainmate, but still pretty similar to the new one. I imagine they probably function the same. But the new one is said to be a 5 in 1 machine that can cover up to 200 sqft
1. An Air purifier, 2. Aromatizer 3. Sound Machine 4. Vaporizer (eucalyptus oil) 5. Night light.

I can send you a newer rainmate if you'd like to see if theres a difference.

[adwil]

Hi HouseFresh, I recently got that "air purifier" and got here to check if your review matches my conclusions from using it and it does. It doesn't purify air at all, doesn't humidify it either and it's so loud that my wall mounted AC unit is unhearable while it's working. Peace of ugly plastic imho :)

I can see only 1 flaw in your review process, theoretically you put waaaay to much water in it, max is around 1 liter (or up to line on transparent base), but I doubt that it had any impact on the results.

Keep up the good work!

[ellenhofer]

I got one of these free for attending a friend's demo. I haven't been imoressed with it. Even with a few drops of the free bottle of fragrance the person threw in, I never smell it

I bought the Rainbow vac because while my 1974 model was still working well, I wanted the new one for the HEPA filter.
Along with this 'air purifier', I was given the carpet shampoo attachment (its incredible!!) and another attachment I haven't tried.

[briannastegall]

I didn’t think the Rainmate is supposed to purify. The actual Rainbow does and I LOVE my rainbow. It is the best purchase I have ever made for my home. Especially if you have animals!

[KQDYMagallaz]

I have had 3 Rainbows over the last 35 years, but funny enough, never was given the Rain Mate, whyyyy. :(

[RMS_Britannic]

I always thought this was a humidifier, some people say it’s horrible as an air purifier but it somehow works as a humidifier

[Keithmonnelly]

Great review again looking forward to future videos

[potatos_are_real]

True. I don't even know how it really works, the "In and Out" of the air is kinda questionable to me.🙄 😳

[AnonyMous]

Can you test the Amway Air Purifier? They are expensive, but claims it can purify 99.99% of particles in the air.

[monkeytime]

If you have it for free... is it worth using it at all? Or is it pure garbage?

[angelicamata]

I’m more curious about a review of the rainbow srx it seems it’s a lot more powerful than this small one.

[shaunphan]

They told me upfront that this is a humidifier, not an air purifier.

[patrickwilliams]

It doesn’t suck air in. It is just a humidifier but it’s a nice humidifier lol but the big brother is nice !!