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There’s an inherent tradeoff you make when buying any new Dyson: spend a bit more for an easier clean. Until the advent of its all-new WashG1, the UK’s best known purveyor of robot vacuums, air-purifying headphones and the hair straighteners that still dominate your girlfriend’s FYP hadn’t managed to achieve the holy grail of mopping and vacuuming in one device. Mainly because most of the current devices that claim to do so, talk a good game only to lather your floors with dirty water.
Where previously your post-vacuuming options were to either break out a bucket of soapy water or file away that problem for ‘future you’, the Dyson WashG1 claims to do both jobs with a minimum of fuss. How? Its super-absorbent microfibre filament rollers counter-rotate to remove coffee stains, ketchup deposits and cereal spillages in one fell swoop. Its 1 litre clean water tank provides enough liquid to cover almost five times the size of an average London flat and some handy separation tech divvies up wet and dry debris to avoid any gross buildups of gunk and debris.
If you’ve seen the recent Dyson V15 Detect Submarine in action then broadly the same principles apply. This time around, you don’t need to swap between vacuum heads when flitting between dust-sucking and freshening up your floors. If like me, even that small inconvenience can be too much to ask for when grinding through the household chores, then consider the WashG1 your next household essential. Having seen it scythe through all manner of grime during a trip to Dyson’s London HQ it looks like exactly the kind of idiot proof contraption I’ve been waiting for.
The one caveat I have? Aside from the Dyson’s WashG1 £599.99 pricing – like any first generation product, you can expect it to command a significant premium – its Space Odyssey-esque design takes a bit of getting used to. Truthfully, this isn’t the kind of product you’re going to leave out on display, but there’s plenty to admire in its utility. Its one armed-aesthetic allows you to reach into annoying nooks and crannies, an abundance of clear plastic does a good job of showing just how effectively the G1 lives up to its promise and its parts are easy enough to disassemble and clean in a sink with a minimum of fuss. There’s also a self-cleaning cycle to keep the rest of the machine in mint(-ish) condition.
“Over the years, a vast array of wet floor cleaning formats have emerged to help us tackle this chore yet users’ expectations are often left unfulfilled,” says Charlie Park, VP of Dyson home engineering. “Dyson engineers solve the problems others ignore and we thrive on the challenge of creating better technology. The Dyson WashG1 is the result of this”
Dyson’s WashG1 will be available in the UK later this year with pricing details set to follow around the same time. You can register your interest in the product now or pretend you really will get round to doing the mopping yourself in the meantime.
