There are many brands, including Dyson, that have tried to replace the mop with electronic devices capable of cleaning the floor at home by wetting them.

But the truth is that until now, all this type of robots or electric mops achieved was precisely that: moistening the floor and replacing the work that is done with a mop, not with a mop.

Dyson now goes one step further with the new WashG1, which is the first device of its kind that could truly replace the mop and even improve it, which is, after all, the point of using an electronic device.

As? One of the big problems when scrubbing is the use of dirty water when wringing out the dirt and continuing to use that water to clean. Dyson has focused on this and has managed to create a device that always mops using clean water. In addition, it is capable of vacuuming and scrubbing at the same time, that is, collecting solids and liquids. Do you spill a glass of milk with cereal? In one pass, neither milk nor cereals on the floor.

To achieve this, Dyson presents a large device, which takes up more space than the firm’s traditional electric broom, since in the case of the new Dyson WashG1, we are dealing with a device with a one-liter water tank and double cleaning roller.

In parts, the WashG1 has a double tank, on one side the clean water is stored and on the other, the dirty water that has already been used for scrubbing. According to the British brand, with one liter of water it admits, up to 290 square meters can be scrubbed. Additionally, you can add a drop of floor cleaner to improve cleaning.

Likewise, if you find dirt or need to vacuum solid items, the WashG1 is capable of separating waste and dirty water at the source. Specifically, dirty water is removed from the rollers via a sleeve, while secondary interior brush bars with nylon bristles remove dirt and debris from the microfiber rollers, dumping them directly into a removable waste tray.

The waste tray is designed with a 500 micron mesh to separate dirty water from large waste. Powered by an extraction pump, dirty water is immediately collected in a 0.8 liter capacity dirty water tank, without allowing large debris to pass through the machine.

To clean it, the machine has a self-cleaning mode that purges both rollers and the system with clean water, leaving it ready, but manually it is as easy as removing the waste from the tray and cleaning the dirty water tank.

As for the rollers, Dyson has chosen to use two microfiber ones, each with two motors that are located inside each roller and, according to them, this is where the big difference with the competition is.

The rollers, which rotate oppositely, receive water from 26 points and distribute it evenly over the entire surface. Likewise, to improve absorption, it is designed with a high density of microfibers, 64,800 filaments in each square centimeter of material. In addition, the rollers touch the floor about 4 times per second, always with clean water, much more than any mop.

The new Dyson WashG1 has three cleaning modes. While the lowest mode, or less hydration mode, is perfect for cleaning wood or parquet, the second is intended for slightly more embedded dirt. In the case of level 3, it would be used for very dry and difficult stains, such as spilled honey that has been on the floor for several hours. In this case, the machine liquefies the product, using a large amount of water, and absorbs it.

One way or another, the new Dyson mop reaches 35 minutes of autonomy.

Dyson WashG1 will be available from the beginning of June at a price of 699 euros.