It has been nearly a decade since Dyson first introduced its supersonic hair dryer, which has brought its signature knife-free fan technology into the styling product. This was a surprising move for a company that was primarily known for its vacuum at the time. Since then, Dyson has released several beauty tools, such as its empty white curling iron, which have produced countless imitations. The company also expanded into other categories with its OnTrac headphones and controversial area headphones with built masking masks, while continuing to make some of our favorite cordless vacuums.
Today, Dyson has announced the pencilvac bypassing the circle, which it says is “the slimmer vacuum cleaner in the world.” distortion? It achieves thinness by using essentially the same motor as in a supersonic hair dryer.
What makes the Pencilvac different from existing vacuum cleaners is that it is basically all the shafts and comes with some accessories. This means there are no bumps unless the included tapered brush rod cleaner head is used. All parts that usually take up space on conventional vacuums (such as bins, filters, and motors) fit into long cylinders. At the bottom, you can attach a variety of heads designed specifically for pencenvac, including the main ones that Dyson calls the “Fluffy Ketone” cleanser.
The company says it has four cones on the two brush poles, which rotate in the opposite direction, and they are designed to “strip and pop out long hair to prevent hair from wrapping around the brush.” Laser lights at both ends of the head also help to illuminate where dust particles may be so you can better view missed spots.
Overall, the Pencilvac weighs about 3.96 pounds (1.8 kg) and is easy to use in a variety of hard to reach areas. Since the entire diameter is about 1.5 inches (38mm), you can easily hold it along its body, no matter where you choose to hold your hands. This should make it easier to pick up the elevated cleaning.
To make the entire Pencilvac look like a pencil, Dyson had to redesign a lot of components. This includes the new Alpine Hole 140k motor, which the company says is “the smallest (28mm) and fastest vacuum motor”. There is also a new dust compression system that can “maximize trash bin capacity”. Speaking of which, the trash can is mounted inside the cylinder, and it has a transparent window that allows you to not only see how full it is, but also to watch out for the debris being sucked. Actually, I was filled with a mix of satisfaction and sadness in a recent demo when the crushed lotus cookies flew to the top of the trash.
Despite its small size, the hypnotic grove motor seemed powerful for my brief time as it easily absorbs Cheerios, cookies and other debris. I also found that the whole device is mostly easy to manipulate – it is not easy to be heavy and can be easily done on bumpy food waste. I’m a little confused about the locking system because I have to make sure it stays precisely straight (and waits for a click) to make sure the stick is not only on the ground.
Dyson also designed a new filtration system, which the company says “efficiently separates dust and debris from the airflow without causing filter clogging or degradation in cleaning performance.” It also creates a new “two-stage linear dust separation system that captures 99.99% of particles to 0.3 microns, so only clean air is driven to the home.”
Even more interesting is that Pencilvac has an “air compression box design” that makes the bin contain “five times the dust and debris are its 0.08L capacity”. The pencil car seemed to be tightly packed in the garbage during the several rounds of cleaning work I’ve witnessed, although I can’t measure whether it can really hold on to something 0.4 liters.
When it is necessary to clear the container, you can use what Dyson calls the “new sanitary syringe box pop-up system” to clear it. I haven’t tried it myself, but this basically involves removing the head of the cleaner, aiming the bottom of the pencil valley at your garbage outlet, and moving the clear shell up and down to get the debris out. I watched a Dyson engineer do this, and the process seemed simple, although it did look like part of the housing stuck in debris. The good news is that you can separate the shells and filter them to clean them more thoroughly.
The Pencilvac also has an interactive battery pack that lasts 60 minutes of suction and you can charge the machine on its magnetic charging dock. This is also the first connected cordless vacuum cleaner to Dyson, which means it works with the Mydyson app, so you can see the battery level, access more settings and get maintenance alerts (for example how to clean the filters when and how to clean them). There is also an LCD screen on the top of the handle that displays the selected power mode and the remaining run time (while cleaning). You will also interact with the controls to a large extent through the two physical buttons here.
Dyson hasn’t shared pricing details on Pencilvac yet, but the company has plenty of time to figure this out, as it’s only available in the U.S. next year. That was 2026. Meanwhile, the device will be retailed in other regions.
