Dyson’s New PencilWash Is Here
Welcome to a a new world of mopping options from Dyson.
After announcing several new models last year at IFA Berlin, Dyson has begun to present its latest collection of vacuums and wet floor cleaners to the public. Last week, Dyson’s new robotic vacuum, the Spot+Scrub Ai ($1,200), became available for purchase online, along with the Clean+Wash Hygiene ($500), one of the new wet floor cleaners. The newly announced Dyson PencilWash ($350) is available starting today.
It’s the first of many Dyson launches we’re expecting to see this year, but for those with hard floors that need a good scrub, all three of the above tools could be a good fit. WIRED will be reviewing each one to see which ones are worth buying, but here’s a quick overview.
Wet Floor Wars
Clean+Wash Hygiene ($500) is a new name, but it’s a look we’ve seen before. It’s similar to the WashG1, launched in 2024, with a cordless design focused entirely on cleaning hard floors with water. Clean+Wash Hygiene improves the way waste is collected. It still has a waste water tank and a waste tray, but it stores both in the head of the device rather than running the waste water back into a separate tank in the cleaner. The disposal looks similar to the old device, where the user still needs to empty both the waste water and the waste tray, but the removal of these items can be done at the same time. The older model had the tank and tray in separate vacuum parts. The Clean+Wash Hygiene booth also features a hot air dryer for roller drying, and a run time of 45 minutes—10 minutes longer than the WashG1.
Meanwhile, the PencilWash ($350), a new, smaller wet cleaner announced last month, shares the same status as the PencilVac that came out last year. PencilWash is small and light, weighing less than 5 pounds, handle 1.5 inches in diameter. Small spaces are where it shines, and it allows you to control how much water you can use, so you can apply more to the stains or floor types that need it. Like the PencilVac, the PencilWash has a 30-minute run time, but Dyson says the PencilWash’s 10-ounce water tank can still clean 1,076 feet down. It’s not much smaller than the big Clean+Wash, and I’m curious how the job of emptying a dirty water tank will compare.
Robo game
Dyson’s new robot vacuum and mop combo is also available. The Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai ($1,200) promises to detect hidden stains on your floors, similar to the Shark PowerDetect UV Reveal that came out earlier this month. As the name suggests, it uses an AI system to detect these spots, as well as what Dyson calls “high contrast green light” to reveal hidden spots. The vac-mop has a new wet roller that the robot also cleans with every rotation, and will lift that wet roller as it moves across the carpet. Compared to the battery of wet floor cleaners above, the Spot+Scrub does the rounds, with up to 200 minutes of operation. It will be an interesting model to test and compare with the latest robot vacuums, especially since Shark has made a similar product that can detect and scrub stains. I was particularly impressed with the triple-canister base design.
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