Rexair-Rainbow E2 Baffle Ki...
$62.99
Product details
R16078K is the set of vanes Rexair built into the E2's water basin to force incoming air down beneath the surface rather than letting it skate across the top on its way through the machine, which is the entire mechanism behind how a water-bath vacuum captures dust.
Warp, crack, or dislodge one of these vanes and the airstream simply finds an easier path over the surface, skipping the water bath the whole system relies on for filtration, without any change in how the motor sounds or how the machine performs on the surface. The tell isn't mechanical at all: dust that should stay trapped in the basin starts riding straight out with the exhaust, and owners typically notice a faint smell in the room after a normal cleaning session, or a light film settling on nearby furniture sometime later, long before anything about the vacuum itself seems wrong. That delay between cause and symptom is exactly why the baffles get overlooked as the source for so long.
Once fresh water and clean filters have been ruled out as the cause, a persistent exhaust smell on an E2 usually traces back here.
- Part: R16078K, baffle kit assembly
- Fits: Rexair-Rainbow E2 canister
- Function: forces incoming air down through the water basin for filtration
- Symptom: dusty smell on exhaust, or residue settling nearby despite clean water and filters
Installing this kit puts the airflow path back to its original shape. Confirm your machine is the E2 before ordering, since this kit is listed for that model alone within the Rainbow line.