Dyson has just released a vacuum that doesn't make any sense – here are 6 baffling questions about the PencilVac, answered

Dyson's new PencilVac is probably the weirdest-looking vacuum I've seen. There's no visible motor or filter section, nor any obvious battery. It's just one long handle with an odd-looking floorhead at the bottom. It looks nothing like the rest of the best Dyson vacuums on the market. So what's it all about?

I had my first demo of the PencilVac a few months ago, and for the past few weeks I've been testing out a model in my home (here are my early thoughts, if you're interested). Over that time I've had a chance to make sense of the innovative design – here's how it all works.

Where are all the mechanics?

In the handle! To make the PencilVac, Dyson developed a tiny new motor, measuring 1.1 inches / 2.8cm in diameter – which is about the same width ...