Dyson’s first devoted exhausting flooring cleaner doesn’t suck

It’s a brand new course for Dyson: a flooring cleaner with out point out of suction, cyclone expertise or any of its standard vacuum vocabulary. The Wash G1 is the corporate’s debut hard-floor cleaner, and it swaps suction for high-speed rollers, water and nylon bristles. It’ll go on sale later this yr for $700/ £600, which is pricey however nonetheless cheaper than Dyson’s top-of-the-line Gen 5 vacuum. I acquired to check out the Wash G1 at Dyson’s HQ, a couple of hours west of London within the UK.

The product was born from the elevated presence of exhausting flooring in our lives. Dyson says there are fewer and fewer carpeted rooms in properties around the globe. Nevertheless, hard-floor cleansing (industrial processes apart) has remained a fairly guide course of, normally involving mops (or Swiffer cloths, you monster) that go away smears and streaks. Typical mopping additionally results in wiping diluted dust and stains round your flooring after the primary dunk.

Dyson’s technique retains the recent and soiled water separate as you clear, with twin microfiber rollers that apply the water, mechanically eradicating stains and dust. The corporate dabbled with this on its V15 Detect Submarine, which had a devoted cleansing head with (a lot smaller) water compartments in-built. The Wash G1 pulls soiled liquid up into its personal container, capturing any bodily particles right into a slim tray with a mesh filter.

The rollers rotate in reverse instructions, which helps elevate stains and dust. Whereas testing it, the rollers additionally gave the cleaner a floaty sensation as I swished it round. The high-density microfiber cloths then soak up and entice each liquids and strong dust, whereas hardened nylon bristles draw back greater dust and objects right into a tray. The soiled water can be squeezed out of the rollers and pulled upwards into the machine.

The Wash G1 has 26 hydration factors to “exactly” soak the microfiber rollers, guaranteeing they’re hydrated sufficient to sort out stains and dried dust. The corporate claims there’s sufficient water in a single tank to scrub the floor space equal to a tennis courtroom – however that can rely on the machine’s settings.

There are three hydration ranges, whereas a further max setting drains the tank a lot sooner, making use of as a lot water as doable for essentially the most cussed stains. This doesn’t notably have an effect on battery energy, as the utmost setting would on a vacuum, as a result of the Wash G1 isn’t pushing the engines more durable – it’s simply utilizing extra water. To succeed in flooring edges, Dyson shifted the curler’s engines to 1 aspect so the precise aspect can intently brush up in opposition to partitions and edges.

The Wash G1 may even carry out a self-clean, utilizing half of the clear water tank to flush out the system and clear the brushes. There’s no heating function, however the rotation ought to wring out a lot of the water. That is all achieved whereas the Wash G1 is docked and charging, which, as a substitute of the standard cable or rack that Dyson’s different vacuums use, is a flat floor that plugs into the wall.

After utilizing up the clear water tank, it was easy to take away and refill – a lot simpler than a espresso machine. The unit with each containers clicks out of the physique so you possibly can tip away the soiled stuff and refill it with clear water. The container for the filthy water has a large mouth, so it’s straightforward to scrub with out touching the gathered dust.

One difficulty although: The soiled water tank is… gross. I perceive the satisfaction of seeing the dust and muck as you clear your flooring, however a container of cloudy beige thriller is, in particular person, quite icky. Maybe Dyson might make it out of a smoky plastic that obfuscates the soiled water, no less than just a little?

The best way Dyson separates out liquid and strong mess additionally reduces the quantity of sludgy muck you’ll get from cleansing flooring with water (to not brag, however I’ll have cleaned a carpet or two in my life). It does this by guaranteeing that solids aren’t within the water for too lengthy. Soiled water is pulled into its detachable container by means of a strain differential, that means there’s additionally no likelihood for the dust to meddle with motors, filters and different delicate components.

A last microfiber curler then takes up any residual water, and Dyson says it buffs the ground to keep away from a streaky end. Throughout my temporary time with the Wash G1, it was nonetheless leaving a streaky end, however perhaps Dyson will repair this. In spite of everything, there’s loads of time earlier than this ships to customers. Within the UK, the corporate is aiming for a fall (effectively, Autumn) launch, with the Wash G1 coming to the US later this yr. The demo area was additionally a reflective marble floor – arguably a tougher floor to scrub completely. My hardwood flooring at residence in all probability wouldn’t have proven streaks.

That is Dyson’s first try at devoted exhausting flooring cleansing, and I nonetheless have plenty of questions on how effectively the filtration tray works. How a lot are you able to cram into such a slender little factor? We hope to get extra solutions once we take a more in-depth look forward of launch later this yr.