If Yoda wielded a vacuum cleaner instead of a lightsaber, it would be this one.
Launching on Wednesday, Dyson’s new vacuum cleaner is the most futuristic yet. The Dyson V15 Detect is a wireless vacuum cleaner equipped with a green laser.
Why a laser? Dyson says that the light exposes dust particles that you wouldn’t normally be able to see, so you get all the points.
Strangely satisfactory.
In addition to the freakin ‘laser beams, the V15 has some other interesting tricks, too. It has an LCD screen that displays the supposed size and amount of dust particles that you are sucking. He claims that the sensor that allows this tracking will also increase the suction when more dust appears.
Anyone with a pet and / or human hair will appreciate another design update. The vacuum cleaner has a “tapered anti-tangle brush bar” designed to prevent hair from getting caught in the vacuum cleaner’s bristles.
And now we get to Dyson of everything. Of course, this product looks great. Dust tracking! Anti-tangle technology! Lasers! Nothing sucks and blows like a Dyson. Unfortunately, it costs $ 699.99.
I have to get them all. Dust particles, of course.
While we all laugh / cry at that price, let’s get back to the important part: the laser.
It is green, a color the company said it chose “for its ability to provide the best contrast”. It is positioned inside the head itself “precisely at an angle of 1.5 degrees, 7.2 mm above the ground.” It is intended for hard floors and the effectiveness can be “influenced by ambient light conditions, type of debris and surface.”
But in general, the value proposition is very attractive: “This means that the dust hidden on the floor surface, which would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye, can be seen and removed.”
* Fainting *
Dyson is launching two other vacuum cleaners on Wednesday. One is called Dyson Outsize, a $ 799.99 kid-sized cordless vacuum cleaner. The other is called Dyson Omniglide, which is a vacuum cleaner that can rotate in all directions. This will only cost $ 399.99.
Slide! Slide! Slide!
In fact, it is worth investing in a good vacuum cleaner, and Dyson certainly makes a good vacuum cleaner. Want your vacuum cleaner to come with a laser? Well, that is a personal choice.