I reccomend a set of 2,
- 1 heavy duty wallplug vaccuum, Karcher or equiv brands will give you very good range of choices, added bonus for wet and dry vacuum function, very useful to deep clean mattresses every year.
- Get a easy to use handheld, the new Dyson pencil vacuum looks great, or if you wanna budget, Airbot Hypersonics, new model is great too, they got a new mechanism where hair does not get stuck in the roller anymore.
Personally have a heavy duty vacuum for occasional full cleaning, and a cordless vacuum for frequent maintenance.
I'm usually against friends buying Dyson products but their new Dyson pencil vacuum blew my mind, you gotta check out the functions, real step forward for vacuum advancement
yea, find some time and watch their video on youtube (Dyson pencil vacuum), real good stuff. No more tangle in roller, super tight corners reachable, very clean and intuitive clearing of bin, and a lot more really good features
This thing is the bees knees. People hating on this thing hasn't really used it or using it wrong. Perfect vacuum to keep a small area clean. So easy to use. I bought a V12 at the same time and ended up returning it due to how cumbersome it was, didn't like how it can't vacuum side ways and no dual lasers on the back to make sure it got the debris I was vacuuming. Pencilvac is also much easier to maintain than the cyclone systems.
Just got one a few months ago and already have to send it back because it dies when you put it into boost mode. Also it’s terrible at picking up hair off hardwood or tile floors it just pushes it around…
I love it when it works, but every damn session ends in “blockage” where I need to take it apart and clean the filter. My guess is that it’s the aftermath of me not drying the filter properly after first wash and now my filter is permafucked. Also, I have no option to order a new filter so that I could test the theory.
Because I need to take it apart every session, I believe I have become its slave instead of it being my favorite tool. I would not recommend this product.
No. The dyson pencilvac has an extremely tiny dust capacity, it requires emptying every use which is fiddly because you must remove the floor nozzle to do so.
It lacks a cyclone separation system, so the filter gets dirty quickly and requires cleaning especially in very dusty environments.
Also, it is completely unsuitable for carpets. It is strictly for hard floors.
A cordless vac might be a good addition to your home as a supplementary cleaner, but not the pencilvac. There's much better and more versatile options out there for much less money.
Any miele cordless vac, the bosch unlimited 9 and 10 series, and Henry cordless are all better choices with much higher performance, the ability to clean all floors, less maintainence intensive, and more robust with better runtime.
When you factor in the mandatory charging stand, it takes up the same floor space as a dyson v8. You can't charge it without the floor dock. The v8, you can charge with a cord and lean it in a corner.
The dyson v8 has more runtime, more suction, larger bin capacity, better cyclone system, less filter maintainence, more attachments, can be used as a handheld, and is much cheaper.
By all means, if you are dead set on a pencil vac you don't have to listen to suggestions from reddit. But the pencil vac is strictly style over substance in almost every way. It's an impressively packaged and unique machine, but none of that translates to it actually being better than cheaper options in my experience.
And to be clear, I bought a pencilvac. And that's my take on it.
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