It’s a brand new path for Dyson: a ground cleaner with out point out of suction, cyclone know-how or any of its ordinary 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 dear 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 onerous flooring in our lives. Dyson says there are fewer and fewer carpeted rooms in properties world wide. Nevertheless, hard-floor cleansing (industrial processes apart) has remained a reasonably guide course of, often involving mops (or Swiffer cloths, you monster) that depart smears and streaks. Typical mopping additionally results in wiping diluted filth 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 filth. The corporate dabbled with this on its V15 Detect Submarine, which had a devoted cleansing head with (a lot smaller) water compartments inbuilt. 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 filth. 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 lure each liquids and strong filth, whereas hardened nylon bristles draw back greater filth 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, making certain they’re hydrated sufficient to sort out stains and dried filth. The corporate claims there’s sufficient water in a single tank to scrub the floor space equal to a tennis court docket – however that may rely upon the machine’s settings.
There are three hydration ranges, whereas an extra max setting drains the tank a lot sooner, making use of as a lot water as potential 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 tougher – it’s simply utilizing extra water. To achieve ground edges, Dyson shifted the curler’s engines to 1 facet so the fitting facet 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 characteristic, however the rotation ought to wring out many of the water. That is all finished whereas the Wash G1 is docked and charging, which, as a substitute of the everyday 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 accrued filth.
One challenge although: The soiled water tank is… gross. I perceive the satisfaction of seeing the filth and muck as you clear your flooring, however a container of cloudy beige thriller is, in particular person, slightly icky. Maybe Dyson might make it out of a smoky plastic that obfuscates the soiled water, at the least 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 could have cleaned a carpet or two in my life). It does this by making certain that solids aren’t within the water for too lengthy. Soiled water is pulled into its detachable container by means of a stress differential, that means there’s additionally no likelihood for the filth to meddle with motors, filters and different delicate elements.
A ultimate 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 any case, 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 house was additionally a reflective marble floor – arguably a more difficult 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 onerous ground cleansing, and I nonetheless have a whole lot 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 better look forward of launch later this yr.
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