I didn’t expect to love Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffycones – but I did

Dyson’s new lightweight vacuum has no handle and maneuvers more like a Swiffer than a vacuum. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

As The Verge's resident robot vacuum reviewer, I don't have a lot of time (or space) in my life for stick vacs, and frankly, the ones I have used have largely disappointed me. Top-heavy, bulky, always getting clogged or running out of battery - they're so… manual. But then I met PencilVac Fluffycones, Dyson's new $599 cordless stick vacuum, and it was love at first lift.