Dyson invents world's THINNEST vacuum that looks just like a broom – and skinny ‘PencilVac' has special ‘hair' trick too
Where's the bin? Dyson has a clever solution for that
CLEAN SWEEP Dyson invents world's THINNEST vacuum that looks just like a broom – and skinny 'PencilVac' has special 'hair' trick too
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DYSON has invented a mind-bendingly thin vacuum cleaner that's as svelte as a broom.
DYSON has invented a mind-bendingly thin vacuum cleaner that's as svelte as a broom.
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Dyson says it has created the world's thinnest vacuum cleaner
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The ultra-slim Dyson PencilVac has a breakthrough motor and bin design
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The gadget looks just like a broom – but far more hi-tech
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Branded the 'PencilVac', Dyson's new cleaning tool promises to be the "world's slimmest vacuum".
And it can even lay almost totally flat to the floor with an operating height of just under 10cm.
The vacuum cleaner ditches the giant bin normally featured on Dyson products for a new system that compacts the dust into the PencilVac's slender body.
"I have long wanted to make a vacuum of only 38mm diameter," said Sir James Dyson, the company boss.
He explained that the thickness is important – it's the same as the Dyson's Supersonic hair dryer handle.
Dyson continued: "But first we needed to develop our most powerful Hyperdymium motor at only 28mm diameter to achieve such a slender machine."
HAIR WE GO!
It also uses a bizarre new Fluffycones system that uses four cones split across two brush bars.
This system works to eject long hair as you clean, so you don't have to pull or cut it out.
'If long hairs get wrapped around the cone, the spinning motion along with the specific angle of the cone causes the hair to tighten,' said Dyson's Sam Cole, Floorcare Design Manager, speaking to The Sun.
'Which results in the hair travelling down to the smaller end of the cone, before it is released as a small hairball.'
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There's also a new two-stage dust separation system, which Dyson engineers say will capture 99.99% of particles (down to 0.3 microns).
That means cleaner air is pumped back into your home – and should mean suction stays strong.
The dust inside is compressed in real-time to get as much usage possible out of the small bin, and should mean you have to empty it less often.
According to gadget-maker Dyson, the bin holds five times more dust and debris than its 0.08-litre capacity.
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The device can eject hair as you vacuum so it doesn't get caught up in the system
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This works using a syringe "bin ejection" system that "plunges" the dirt deep into the bin – while also wiping the shroud clean at the same time.
MOTOR RUNNING
It's all powered by a new motor that's Dyson's smallest to date – as well as its fastest, spinning at 140,000rpm.
This, Dyson says, makes it 35% more "power dense" than its predecessor, despite the shrunken size.
'Engineering our smallest and fastest vacuum motor is no simple feat. It was more than miniaturising every piece of technology," said Dyson tech chief John Churchill.
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You can easily clean hard-to-reach places with the slimmed-down design – and then dispense the contents of the bin in seconds
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"It is a precise integration of motor design, electronics, software, and hardware, all working together seamlessly."
IN CHARGE
Dyson says it'll take about four hours to get a full charge.
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The new design allows for lay-flat vacuuming, making it easy to get under the sofa
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DYSON PENCILVAC – THE TECH SPECS
Here's what you need to know...
Size: 38mm x 226mm x 1,160mm (W x L x H)
Weight: 1.8 kilos
Motor: Dyson Hyperdymium 140k motor
Motor RPM: 140,000
Filtration: Up to 99.99% (dow to 0.l3 microns)
Runtime: Up to 30 minutes
Charge time: Four hours
Cleaner Head: Fluffycones cleaner head (for detangling long hair and to-edge cleaning)
Accessories: Rotating combi-crevice tool / conical hair screw for mattresses and stairs / magnetic floor-charging dock
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And it'll run for 30 minutes – with a hot swappable battery pack to double that.
You'll be able to see the remaining run-time on an LCD screen built into the device (as well as the power mode).
Sadly there's no price yet, or an exact UK release date.
But Dyson did say Brits would be able to get the PencilVac in 2026.
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There's a built-in LCD display on the vacuum cleaner
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