To help us provide you with free impartial advice, we may earn a commission if you buy through links on our site. Learn more
Self-emptying technology is not a new phenomenon in the vacuum cleaner market. While it’s most commonly offered by robot vacuums, we’ve seen self emptying stick vacuums from the likes of Shark and Samsung.
The V10 Konical, however, is the first self-emptying vacuum from Dyson – whose latest innovations have been the revolutionarily slim hard floor cleaners, the PencilVac and PencilWash. The V10 Konical (not a typo) pairs with the Auto-empy Dok (also not a typo), which automatically empties the vacuum as well as charging it and storing up to three vakuum tools (definitely a typo).
The new cleaner comes with a “de-tangling conical head”, which – as its name suggests – prevents hair and pet fur getting wrapped around the brush bar, and a green headlight to illuminate dust and debris in its path. The vacuum also offers HEPA filtration that “captures 99.99% of particles as small as 0.1 microns” – all features we’re accustomed to seeing on Dyson’s vacuums. As far as its technical specifications are concerned, it has a 60 minute runtime, 150 “Air Watts” of suction and a 0.54l bin.
The V10 Konical comes with a mini motorised tool and a crevice tool. It’s also compatible with all Dyson V8 and V8 Cyclone tools.
The Auto-empty Dok also offers HEPA filtration and houses a 2.5l bin liner that, according to Dyson’s estimations, ‘’holds up to 60 days of dust and debris”. We’re told it will be backwards compatible with the V8 Cyclone too, with storage for its tools and attachments.
An important caveat: while the V10 Konical launched on 29 April at £450, the dock (excuse me – the Dok) doesn’t launch until 8 July, and will be sold alongside the Konical for the combined price of £579. This seems a bit odd to us, but it at least gives customers the option to buy the vacuum on its own at a reduced price, should they so wish. When bought on its own, the V10 Konical comes with a “Wall Dok” for charging and storage, minus the self-emptying features.
We don’t yet know how much the Auto-empty Dok will cost on its own but, considering its backwards compatibility with the V8 Cyclone, it’s probably safe to assume that you will be able to buy it separately.
