Dyson’s PencilVac was one of the crucial intriguing cordless vacuums I’ve utilized in years due to its ultralight, ultraslim design, which made it really feel extra like a brush than a vacuum. The brand new Dyson PencilWash retains the identical fashion however provides mopping performance for $349.
I acquired to strive it out at Dyson’s Soho retailer to wash up some messes, and I used to be impressed by how straightforward it’s to make use of.
The thinnest moist vacuum I’ve ever used
The PencilWash weighs lower than 5 kilos and is simply as skinny because the PencilVac.
In accordance with Dyson, the brand new PencilWash weighs simply 4.9 kilos and includes a 1.5-inch-thick deal with that homes all the important thing parts, together with the motor and battery. To me, utilizing it felt fairly much like the PencilVac by way of maneuverability and its potential to get beneath furnishings and round tight corners. Battery life ought to final round half-hour.
The one distinction is that the PencilWash comes with Dyson’s Submarine cleaner head, which includes a mop curler, water tank, cleansing answer and a grimy water tank into the brushhead. Regardless of the added parts on the comb head, utilizing it did not really feel a lot heavier to me than the PencilVac’s Fluffycones cleaner head. I definitely appreciated utilizing it greater than the heftier Dyson WashG1, which comes with an even bigger water tank, however it feels extra like a chore for a fast cleanup.
The Dyson PencilWash can lie flat to get beneath low furnishings as a result of it does not have a cumbersome water tank.
By way of cleansing potential, I did not have an opportunity to do complete testing, however Dyson let me scrawl the CNET emblem on the wooden ground with a marker, then let me use the PencilWash to wash it off. It did it with out a hitch. After I used to be finished, I could not inform there had ever been a mark.
As with Dyson’s different moist cleaners, the PencilWash makes use of a mixture of hydration, agitation and extraction to wash onerous surfaces. It isn’t technically utilizing suction, as many wet-dry vacuums do, so it is extra of a powered curler mop than a vacuum, much like the Hizero F300 we examined.
In accordance with the corporate, it at all times makes use of recent water to wash flooring, and the high-density microfiber curler has 64,000 filaments per sq. centimeter, permitting it to take away each moist and dry particles. No filter is required, so there’s nowhere for grime or odors to be trapped or for efficiency to be decreased by clogging.
Worth and availability
Every part is contained within the Submarine cleaner head, together with the mop curler, clear water, soiled water and cleansing answer.
The Dyson PencilWash will run you $349, making it even cheaper than the $600 PencilVac. It is also much less expensive than the Dyson WashG1, which begins at $770. At this worth, I can see the PencilWash as a extra succesful different to a Swiffer and a extra versatile possibility than cumbersome wet-and-dry vacuums.
