Tech Review: Does your vacuum need a vacuum? Samsung thinks so

Samsung’s answer to Dyson is a cheaper version that comes in designer colours, self-empties and communicates in multiple languages.

Samsung's answer to Dyson is a vacuum for its vacuum cleaner. Picture: Supplied

Samsung’s answer to Dyson is a vacuum for vacuums and it sucks. It also mops, self-empties and can communicate in multiple languages.

But, it’s a costly affair, with the range varying between $1099 to $1249.

Gone are the days when your old, dusty vacuum took up too much space in the closet, knocking over all the folded laundry every time you took it out. Now, it’s become an accessory to show off in the home.

Or at least Samsung’s latest device the BESPOKE Jet has. The South Korean multinational has a hedged a bet on its vacuum range – available in “woody green”, “misty white” and “midnight blue” – becoming somewhat of an interior statement in a customer’s home.

Samsung’s BESPOKE Jet comes in woody green, misty white and midnight blue.

Being asked which language you speak – while standard across most smart devices – via an LCD screen is a rather surprising thing to be asked by a vacuum. But that smart vacuum experience stops just about there.

The vacuum impressed the panel at the annual consumer technology trade show in Las Vegas in 2021 and was named an honoree. It also won the Good Design Award that same year.

Part of that win comes from its home cleaning station, a rather stylish base that can, with the push of a button and with the vacuum cleaner in place, empty the vacuum’s dust bin into its own bin and charge the vacuum simultaneously.

In true investigative reviewer fashion, The Australian put the BESPOKE Jet to the test on a pair of sneakers that were fresh from a Coogee Beach run on Sunday.

Samsung's answer to Dyson is a vacuum for its vacuum cleaner.

It’s not surprising really that Samsung’s vacuum ran circles around its counterpart, a 18V cordless Makita vacuum that could do well to help tradesmen clean up after themselves.

The BESPOKE Jet left the shoes just about sand-free and may even have done wonders for odour had we been game enough to do a sniff test.

The BESPOKE Jet has four modes of vacuuming which can dramatically reduce its battery life. Upon pulling it out of the box, a partially charged battery could last 10.5 minutes on the “min” mode, 5.5 minutes on the “mid” mode, 2.5 minutes on the “max” and 1.5 minutes on “jet”.

On usage, the device can run for about 60 minutes on a single charge. The packages comes with two batteries, which can be charged via the home cleaning station or via a separate accessory stand which holds the different attachments and plugs into a power socket.

The contents of the Bespoke Jet Pet Extra Stick Vacuum kit

At its peak, the BESPOKE Jet produces 210 watts of suction power. Samsung says users shouldn’t be concerned with harmful dust as the device uses a multi-layered filtration system which uses a “cyclone” filter, a mesh grille filter, a micro filter and a filter trap to stop the spread of dust.

When self-emptying via the home station, Samsung says its “air pulse technology” stops fine dust from escaping.

The verdict? My carpet has never been cleaner.