New 2025 Riccar Lineup

[mieles5380leo]

Riccar just released four new machines. One is a cordless stick-type cleaner that incorporates mopping abilities into it. The other three are not so "new" except for the one I am most excited about, which is the R27 cordless. I cannot wait to get my hands on one of those. The other two R27's appear to be just white versions of the R25 with minor upgrades from what I can tell. I don't understand why they are still selling the R25's alongside these units because they appear to be nearly identical except for color and price. Maybe this is just until they sell all of the R25's. The R70 stick-vac/mop just appears to be another iteration of the many cordless stick vac/mop machines we already have flooding the floorcare market. What are your thoughts on the new Riccar machines?

 

[panasonicvac]

Not a huge fan of white, otherwise they would've been perfect under the Simplicity brand if they were still selling higher quality machines as Riccar. Just like when Simplicity's central vacs were later white from grey and Riccar's are still black. I don't know about the cordless stick vac, but I think the cordless upright is gonna be questionable of how well they sell. Riccar's reviews are showing that people regret buying the cordless Supralite after the batteries didn't last for very long and how expensive the replacements are.

 

[cheesewonton]

No more power nozzle canister models or even a suction only canister. Just a portable shoulder vac. How far Riccar has fallen.

 

[dysonman1]

No more power nozzle canister models or even a suction only canister. Just a portable shoulder vac. How far Riccar has fallen.

I worked for that company 10 years of my life. What a waste of 10 years. I would go to work every day and watch the quality get less, and less, and less. The company would tell people the vacuum was made in America, and a few people put it together from Chinese parts that came in boxes to the factory. I'll never forget the day a motor in one of the top of the line uprights caught on fire while it was being tested on the assembly line. The production manager threw the flaming machine down the concrete steps, still on fire, which is how I know because I stood there and watched it. I will never forget my comment at that moment to my coworker. I said "God I sure hope they don't burn anybody's house down".