Riccar Deluxe Clean Air Upright Vacuum R25D

Clean Air is Riccar's term for an upright that sends what the brushroll picks up through the bag ahead of the motor, rather than filtering after the fact, and the Deluxe R25D is built on that Clean Air design within the R25 chassis.

Putting the bag first in that airflow path is the whole point of a Clean Air machine: it becomes the primary filtration stage rather than a container that just happens to sit in the way. It is a bagged upright, so the R25D suits households who want dust sealed away at every step rather than passing through an open chamber first.

As the Deluxe configuration within the R25 line, this model represents Riccar's more complete R25 offering, built for regular, frequent use rather than occasional cleaning. The R25 chassis underneath is shared with the rest of that family, with the Deluxe trim adding to the base configuration.

An upright that vacuums often benefits the most from a design like this, since the bag is doing real filtration work on a weekly basis rather than sitting mostly idle. Households running an upright several times a week tend to notice the difference a Clean Air layout makes over time, in the form of a motor compartment that stays cleaner and airflow that does not slowly choke down the way it can on a machine where the bag is treated as an afterthought. Riccar counts Vacuums and More among its authorized dealers, and we can compare the Deluxe R25D against the Standard R25S so the difference in what each includes is clear before you choose.

• Format: bagged upright vacuum
• Line: Riccar Clean Air, R25 chassis, Deluxe configuration
• Filtration path: airflow passes through the bag before the motor
• Best suited to: frequent, everyday carpet cleaning
• Bag: self-sealing charcoal-lined HEPA media, 99.97 percent at 0.3 microns
• Cord: 35 feet
• Nozzle: self-adjusting between carpet and bare floor, with an LED headlight