It’s a brand new route for Dyson: a flooring 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 12 months 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, just a few 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 houses around the globe. Nonetheless, hard-floor cleansing (industrial processes apart) has remained a reasonably guide course of, often involving mops (or Swiffer cloths, you monster) that go away smears and streaks. Typical mopping additionally results in wiping diluted grime and stains round your flooring after the primary dunk.
Dyson’s methodology retains the contemporary and soiled water separate as you clear, with twin microfiber rollers that apply the water, mechanically eradicating stains and grime. 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 carry stains and grime. 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 lure each liquids and stable grime, whereas hardened nylon bristles draw back greater grime 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 deal with stains and dried grime. The corporate claims there’s sufficient water in a single tank to wash the floor space equal to a tennis courtroom – however that can depend upon 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 potential for probably 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 achieve flooring edges, Dyson shifted the curler’s engines to at least one aspect so the best 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 characteristic, 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 amassed grime.
One difficulty although: The soiled water tank is… gross. I perceive the satisfaction of seeing the grime and muck as you clear your flooring, however a container of cloudy beige thriller is, in individual, fairly icky. Maybe Dyson may make it out of a smoky plastic that obfuscates the soiled water, a minimum of 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 way of a stress differential, which means there’s additionally no likelihood for the grime to meddle with motors, filters and different delicate elements.
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 transient 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 (nicely, Autumn) launch, with the Wash G1 coming to the US later this 12 months. The demo house was additionally a reflective marble floor – arguably a more difficult floor to wash completely. My hardwood flooring at house in all probability wouldn’t have proven streaks.
That is Dyson’s first try at devoted arduous flooring cleansing, and I nonetheless have loads 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 12 months.
