When information that Dyson was including a handheld vacuum to its vary reached my ears, I used to be excited. It is a model recognized for its cutting-edge engineering; its boundary-pushing designs. What improvements would it not give you for the all-new Dyson Automobile+Boat?
Seems, not many. Once I unboxed my evaluation mannequin, it felt acquainted. The specs, too, appeared similar to what I remembered from one other vacuum. Then I obtained my outdated Dyson V8 out, to match, and had a Lindsey Lohan Dad or mum Entice second. The Automobile+Boat wasn’t simply much like the V8, it was an identical. To create the Automobile+Boat, Dyson has taken a V8, eliminated the wand and floorheads, and popped one new attachment into the field. It even says ‘Dyson V8’ on the field of my evaluation mannequin.
All of Dyson’s stick vacuums may be became handheld mannequin by eradicating the ground wand and including a element device, so if you have already got a more recent Dyson, you may properly really feel put out in case you determined to shell out for a Automobile+Boat. Two of the three attachments included with the Automobile+Boat are additionally bundled in as commonplace with Dyson’s stick vacuums – specifically the Crevice device and Combo device. I assume the third (a brand new handheld attachment) may also be added to Dyson’s accent retailer sooner or later, too.
I am scripting this the day earlier than the brand new mannequin goes on sale to most of the people, and there is a probability Dyson could have shifted its wording to make it clearer that the Automobile+Boat is not a brand new mannequin by the point it is formally launched to the general public. I believe that might be a very good transfer, as a result of in case you’re conscious of it, the truth that the Automobile+Boat is similar because the V8 is not essentially a foul factor. Let me clarify…
A useful resolution?
Once I first heard about this mannequin I mentioned I assumed it appeared set to blow different handhelds out of the water, and now I’ve examined it out correctly for my Dyson Automobile+Boat evaluation, lots of the issues I used to be initially enthusiastic by turned out to be simply as spectacular in apply.
The V8 is not the finest Dyson vacuum primarily based on specs. It got here out in 2016, and there are presently three newer vacuums within the lineup: the Dyson V11, the V15 Detect and Gen5detect. Nevertheless, the V8 is the best choice for handheld use. It is the lightest of the three (significantly so, within the case of the latest Gen5detect, which clocks in a 7.7lbs in comparison with the V8’s 5.6lbs). It is also probably the most compact, and due to this fact higher at entering into awkward nooks and crannies.
In truth, I would go so far as to say the V8 is best suited to make use of as a handheld than it’s as a ground vacuum. The mud cup is barely irritatingly small for a whole-home vacuum, however beneficiant for a handheld. Identical goes for the battery life – 50 minutes won’t be sufficient time to scrub a big house, however it’s greater than sufficient for a automotive, and much longer than you may get with even the finest automotive vacuums in the marketplace.
You are not getting the suction-maximizing in-line design launched with the V11 (the place the cyclones, wand and dirt cup are all stacked in a line), however that is maybe much less of a difficulty when the suction head is so near the motor, moderately than all the best way on the finish of a wand.
Briefly, the V8 remains to be a superb handheld vacuum. I would be excited to see what Dyson may give you if it tried one thing really new within the handheld vacuum space.