Being in the vacuum industry now for 80 years, we have seen it all. Vacuums come and go and the market is full of over-hyped vacuum cleaners that now are primarily made in China, Malaysia and other Asian countries. But like so many things in life and even sports, there are the basics and fundamentals that are important in doing things right. In vacuum cleaners those fundamentals are and have always been: In an upright vacuum cleaner that is designed to do the best job of deep cleaning your carpets, put the motor and fan of the motor right down on top of the carpet and blow everything behind it. When the vacuum cleaner is over designed and tries to do the job of three vacuums in one and yet at the price of one, then you get a heavy and lower performance vacuum.

You can read an article that Terry Nybakke has published about the Riccar SupraLite and their advantages over other designs and brands by clicking here.

The two top advertising vacuum manufactures are Dyson and Oreck. Neither perform very well but if you listened only to their marketing hype, you would think that they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. Watch the videos below and you can see how Riccar designed their vacuum better for American homes and carpets versus Dyson and Oreck and remember Riccar SupraLites are under 10lbs.