Hand-Held Vacs: Alessi’s Beauty and Dyson’s Beast

This strange little milkpod is a hand held vacuum cleaner from Alessi, now available in the United States for $140. (Available on Amazon or Retromodern. It’s made from polished stainless and white plastic. Use it to clean up Cheerios while your kid watches Flight of the Navigator.

I found this while reading a short review of the Dyson Root 6 on Apartment Therapy. The Dyson got middling marks—works great, but has a short battery life—but the comments were even more useful, filled with people offering up alternatives to the Dyson such as the Alessi.

(No matter what they say about the Root 6, I think it’s nifty looking.)

Dyson Root 6 in the Test Lab [ApartmentTherapy.com]

1. [Nora]

   My first thought when I saw this was that it was one of those sorta snazzy looking vibrators that looks more like a sculpture than a sex toy. I’m not sure if I’m disappointed.

2. [Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator]

   Hey, handheld vacuums vibrate.