It’s a brand new route for Dyson: a ground cleaner with out point out of suction, cyclone expertise 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 obtained to check out the Wash G1 at Dyson’s HQ, a number of hours west of London within the UK.
The product was born from the elevated presence of arduous 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 fairly guide course of, normally 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 methodology 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 raise 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 take up and entice each liquids and stable filth, whereas hardened nylon bristles draw back larger filth and objects right into a tray. The soiled water can also be squeezed out of the rollers and pulled upwards into the machine.
The Wash G1 has 26 hydration factors to “precisely” soak the microfiber rollers, guaranteeing they’re hydrated sufficient to sort out stains and dried filth. The corporate claims there’s sufficient water in a single tank to wash the floor space equal to a tennis court docket – however that can rely on the machine’s settings.
There are three hydration ranges, whereas an extra max setting drains the tank a lot quicker, making use of as a lot water as attainable 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 at least one facet so the appropriate facet can carefully 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 executed whereas the Wash G1 is docked and charging, which, as an alternative 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 simple 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 simple to wash with out touching the gathered filth.
One concern 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, relatively icky. Maybe Dyson might make it out of a smoky plastic that obfuscates the soiled water, at the least slightly?
The way in which Dyson separates out liquid and stable 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 guaranteeing that solids aren’t within the water for too lengthy. Soiled water is pulled into its detachable container by a stress differential, that means there’s additionally no probability for the filth to meddle with motors, filters and different delicate components.
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 transient time with the Wash G1, it was nonetheless leaving a streaky end, however possibly 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 (nicely, 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 wash completely. My hardwood flooring at dwelling most likely wouldn’t have proven streaks.
That is Dyson’s first try at devoted arduous ground cleansing, and I nonetheless have a variety of questions on how nicely the filtration tray works. How a lot are you able to cram into such a slender little factor? We hope to get extra solutions after we take a better look forward of launch later this yr.
