I am writing about vacuum cleaners for living, and while performance varies, most new models these days tend to look about the same.
So when news of a new addition to the Dyson Vacuum lineup landed in my inbox, I expected to see something similar to its existing models: smooth and high quality, but not very characteristic or surprising.
How wrong I was.
The newly revealed Dyson Pencilvac not only has an unusual name, it’s all one of the most unique vacuum I’ve seen. This brand knows what it is doing in this marketplace – it makes some of the best wireless vacuum you can buy, and today’s very best Dyson vacuum includes features that you still can’t find anywhere else.
So while Pencilvac strives far from the tested formula for what works for vacuum cleaners, I am very optimistic about its performance. Here is an overview of the most exciting features of this new launch …
1. It is ridiculously thin
The most immediately remarkable thing about Pencilvac is that it is incredibly streamlined. Without the floor head, the whole 1.5 inches / 3.8 cm in diameter is. To make it possible, the brand had to develop a small new engine – Dyson Hyperdymium 140K engine is only 1.1 inches / 2.8 cm wide and hidden completely in the handle.
Pencilvac is also impressively light and bells in 4 kg / 1.8 kg. For context, the easiest option in our best wireless vacuum Roundup right now is 5.7 kg / 2.6 kg and there are a number of models weighing over 6.6 kg / 3 kg.
All of Pencilvac’s mechanics are shrunk down and mounted inside the handle (Image Credit: Dyson)
Generally, when you shrink down a vacuum, you sacrifice power. Therefore, handheld vacuums tend to be much less ‘sucking’ than full -size options. This applies to pencilvac-there is 55AW of suction compared to 115AW for the V8 (the oldest Dyson-Stick Vacuum in the current interval) and a massive 280AW for the latest-and-Greatest Gen5Detect. While it is unlikely to be suitable for a really deep clean, it is still a decent amount of suction for the size and weight.
As a side note, 1.5-inch / 3.8 cm diameter is not random. Fire founder James Dyson says, “I have long wanted to make a vacuum of only 38 mm diameter (the same as my latest hairdryer, the supersonic r)”. Dyson Supersonic R is the tubular dryer that was originally only released to professionals, but recently took up the most important consumer area.
2. There are cones instead of rollers
To move down to the end of the business and you will find the new ‘fluffycones’ floor head. It sounds like a Pokémon, but it’s actually a reimaginated cleaner head. Vacuum traditionally has a brush roller, a maximum of two, and they are pipe -shaped. Dyson Pencilvac has four bush rolls and they are all tapered.
There is logic for the taling shape: It helps to straighten long hair along the roll and into the dust cup, while the hair with parallel rolls tends to just wrap around and stay there until your rip it off or attack it with scissors. Dyson’s hair screw tool also has a tapered brush roll and works exactly as it is intended when it comes to tackling long hair.
Instead of a parallel brush, Pencilvac has four tense rolls (Image Credit: Dyson)
The cones project out on the sides so they can clean right to the edges of the rooms, and it can all lie flat on the ground with an approval of only 9.5 cm / 3.75 inches from the floor.
I am interested in Dyson’s description of the rollers as ‘fluffy’ because in the brand’s vocabulary, which usually indicates a soft roll for use on hard floors. In fact, the more I look at this vacuum, the more I am convinced that it is a special model just for hard flooring. It is not specified in the press material I have so far, but it would make sense with the lower suction and less dust capacity.
3.. There is no visible dust cup
One of the most confusing things about Pencilvac is that it doesn’t seem to have a dust cup. Of course, there is one – like the engine, it is hidden away inside the handle.
Capacity is next to nothing: only 0.08l. Dyson, however, has introduced a dust compression system using air To stick the particles down so that they take as little space as possible. Dyson claims that it means it can contain five times the physical volume.
The dust cup is also hidden in the handle (Image Credit: Dyson)
The emptying process has also been reintroduced with a push grip system replaced by an exciting sounding “syringe, non-touch bin draft mechanism”.
When it ejects dust and debris out, the mechanism dries at the same time ‘the shepherd’. I am not quite aware of what ‘Shroud’ is in this context, but I know that keeping the internal mechanisms clean is the key to effective vacuum performance, so this seems like a good thing.
4. The floor head is glowing and appearing to flow
In addition to sifing your hair while cleaning, the floor head concepts have another trick up the sleeve. The cones rotate in opposite directions, the goal is that this vacuum cleanses just as well when pushed forward as when withdrawn. This is a bit of a weak place on the regular fluffy floor head – it has no trouble sucking things up when moving forward, but pulling it back and garbage will gather behind it.
I am fascinated by seeing how this new approach works in practice – especially because Dyson describes it as “floating” across the floor. I also wonder if it might make this vacuum reversible completely, considering the fact that the handle section looks very symmetrical.
(Image Credit: Dyson)
Dyson has also added “laser -like” lighting to both the front and the back of the floor head. This is another feature that is borrowed from Exsiting Fluffy Floorhead, helping to create big shadows on the smallest pieces of dust that might otherwise miss. It only works on hard floors, which is another indication that this VAC is probably not for blanket.
There is an exciting addition to the tool lineup in the form of a ‘rotating combination reverberation’, designed for cleaning in awkward holes. This seems to be particularly aimed at cleaning high up where it can be difficult to get your angles correct. It makes special sense to an ultra-light vacuum like this one, which is far easier to lift over your head than your average Stick vacuum.
Aside, it appears that Pencilvac is button-rather than trigger-operated. It is dictated by the streamlined shape, but it is also good news for maneuverability and ease of use – the fact that many Dyson Vacs still use a trigger to turn on is a perpetual bundle of me.
You also get a tapered hair screw tool that is similar to what is included in the latest Dyson Stick -Vacuum to tackle long hair on furniture. Both can be stored on the magnetic charging dock.
The rotating combination revice tool looks perfect for cleaning up high (Image Credit: Dyson)
6. It is app-connected
I am much less excited about this feature, but it feels like I have to point out that this is the first Dyson wireless vacuum to connect to the Mydyson app. The app provides more information about battery life and also reports on filter status. However, there is also a screen on the vacuum itself showing remaining battery, so I hope the app connection is an optional extra rather than an important one.
There is a companion -App but key information also appears on VAC’s screen (Image Credit: Dyson)
Price and accessibility
Pencilvac first arrives at Australia with launch scheduled for August 2025. It will be sold in the UK sometime in 2026, and I am awaiting info on whether/when it will come to the United States. Like yet, I have no Price Info at all – I update this article with more details when I have them.
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