The last two weeks of 2024 are chock full of entertaining opportunities. From Christmas and Hanukkah to Kwanza and New Year’s, chances are you’re going to see more people in your home in the next few days than any other time this year.
I hosted Christmas dinner and with it came the reminder that I am not a clean and tidy entertainer. Eggnog was spilled, my path through the house was easily trackable as I carried a ham-laden platter, mud was tracked in from seemingly everywhere.
Thankfully I had a secret weapon in my cleaning arsenal that made all of these things nothing more than a few seconds of inconvenience. The Dyson WashG1 is a powered mop that completely eliminates the need to vacuum before you clean up your floor.
What Is It?
Surprisingly simple in operation, the WashG1 is an upright powered mop that uses a pair of counter-rotating mop rollers that clean themselves as they remove spills and hard debris from your floor in one pass. Surprisingly, for a company that prides itself on vacuum suction, the WashG1 relies on agitation from the rollers rather than suction to clean your floors.
The 64,000 filament microfiber mops are scraped clean as they run, sluicing off debris and dirty water, ensuring the mop touching the floor is perpetually clean. The company tested a large number of real spills (far beyond the industry standard of dried mustard, tartar sauce, and coffee) on a black floor using UV light to ensure the WashG1 was legitimately passing every test.
The best part of using the Wash GI is that you don’t have to clean your floor before you clean your floor. Hard debris (like the nut shells left all over your kitchen floor by that one uncle that insists nutcrackers are functional, not decorative) is captured in a pull-out tray in-between the two rollers. At the end of a cleaning session, all you have to do is slide it out and dump the gunk that’s been captured by the filter. Meanwhile, dirty water is separated out. Just unclip the central water module, unscrew the dirty water reservoir, and dump it out.
The WashG1 uses a small motor to create negative pressure to siphon dirty water up from the tray. The smaller motor translates to a long run time on a single charge. The water tanks are prominent and easily visible when operating so you don’t have to guess if you need more clean water or to empty the dirty water.
How Well Does It Work?
The WashG1 feels awkward in hand at first, but once you start the mop rollers, it easily glides across the floor, mopping up the water that it puts down. The amount of water is controllable via a handy button and the full-color LCD screen keeps you informed on what the machine is doing or needs.
The head swivels easily into just about any spot. The handle swings horizontally with the brush head so it’s a cinch to clean under furniture. I also really appreciate that you can lock the mop in an upright position. It makes it much easier when you have to stop mid-task to take care of something (as opposed to having to prop the handle and hope it doesn’t fall).
When you’re done cleaning, there’s no need to disassemble the mop rollers, Just run a self-cleaning cycle. I was concerned that there would be mildew growth (a problem I’ve encountered with powered mops, that don’t have drying bases) but those fears were unfounded. Whenever I needed the WashG1, it was ready to grab and press into action.
Not having to vacuum beforehand does mean that the debris tray will fill up. You’ll want to make sure you clean it out every time. The mopping module pulls out easily as well for occasional cleaning. Dyson recommends you do this every third use. I find that I need to do it at least every other run because I have a lot of pet and person hair floating around my home. What’s nice is that the WashG1’s screen walks you through the manual cleaning process whenever you start a self-cleaning cycle.
Is It Worth It?
At $699 it’s in line with comparable products from Tineco and Roborock. And while other companies have more gimmicks, like heated drying or heated/ozonated water, I appreciate the fact that Dyson’s focused on making the WashG1 a deeply effective machine without adding on additional tech.
If you have hard floors, the WashG1 is an unfussy, impressive performer that will keep your floors pristine no matter what you throw at them. Learn more on the Dyson website.
