Dyson has introduced what it’s claiming is the “world’s slimmest vacuum cleaner.” At first look, its new PencilVac appears to be like like a brush fairly than a vacuum as a result of the battery, motor, and electronics are all built-in into a skinny deal with that’s simply 38mm in diameter — the identical thickness as Dyson’s Supersonic r hair dryer. It weighs in at slightly below 4 kilos and is powered by the corporate’s smallest and quickest vacuum motor but.
The PencilVac is designed to be a substitute for the slim Dyson Omni-glide, which launched in 2021 with a cleansing head that used two spinning brushes so it may suck up mud and grime in a number of instructions. The brand new PencilVac isn’t solely slimmer and lighter than the Omni-glide, it makes use of 4 spinning brush bars that Dyson calls Fluffycones.
Because the title implies, the Fluffycones every function a conical design that causes lengthy hairs to slip all the way down to the slender finish of every brush and fall off to allow them to be sucked up as an alternative of getting snarled across the brushes. The Fluffycones barely protrude on the sides for higher edge cleansing, and are paired with inexperienced LED lights (as an alternative of the lasers that Dyson’s different vacuums use) that illuminate mud and particles so you may see when flooring have been correctly cleaned.
Different improvements Dyson is introducing with the PencilVac embody a motor that’s simply 28mm in diameter however spins at 140,000RPM to generate 55AW of suction, and a brand new two-stage mud filtration system that forestalls clogging and efficiency loss because the vac fills up. Given its dimension, the PencilVac has a smaller mud bin than Dyson’s different cleaners, however makes use of a brand new design that compresses mud because it’s faraway from the airflow to assist maximize how a lot grime the bin can maintain.
The PencilVac magnetically connects to a flooring dock for charging and storage, and includes a small LCD display that exhibits the cleansing mode and an estimate of how lengthy earlier than the battery dies. It’s additionally Dyson’s first vacuum to hook up with the MyDyson cellular app, which affords entry to further settings, alerts for when the filter must be cleaned, and step-by-step upkeep directions.
The vacuum’s slim design does include some trade-offs when in comparison with the corporate’s bigger fashions. Its cleansing head is designed to be used on laborious flooring, not carpeting, and whereas it may be swapped with alternate attachments like a furnishings and crevice instrument, it doesn’t convert to a shorter handheld vac. Runtime can also be restricted to only half-hour of cleansing at its lowest energy setting, however its battery is swappable and Dyson will promote further ones to increase how lengthy you may clear.
Dyson hasn’t revealed pricing particulars but, and whereas the PencilVac will launch in Japan later this 12 months, it received’t be out there within the US till 2026.