The company claims that the vacuum has a battery life of up to 100 minutes, but I’ve seen nowhere near that. When the vacuum is on our medium-pile (half-inch long) carpets and on the AI setting, I normally get about 29 minutes. Transferring to hardwood or tile floors extends the battery life to about 60 minutes, but even on minimum suction, I only get a maximum of about an hour and 14 minutes.

Despite this, the Jet is extremely effective. I have a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old. They leave a trail of grime behind them like cute, tremendously active snails. When they eat muffins, there are tons of crumbs and sugar sprinkles under the kitchen table. When they get home from camp, they shed piles of dirt off their legs; shake sand out of their shoes; and sprinkle who knows what out of their backpacks. The Bespoke Jet handled it all quite nicely, even sucking up palm-sized hairballs from my dog in the laundry room. My 6-year-old spilled an entire salt shaker at the dinner table, and the Bespoke Jet picked it all up.

I also appreciate the automatic emptying feature. With a Dyson, you have to click off the bottom handle and empty the bin into the garbage bag. The Bespoke Jet does it automatically when you click it back into the docking station. This process is around 75 decibels and continues for several cycles, which is more annoying than you might think, but it empties the bin much more effectively than I or gravity do with the Dyson. The bin is also removable and washable.

The crevice tools are usable and function well. The vacuum’s lighter weight makes it great for sucking up all the spiderwebs in the far corner of my house and vacuuming hard-to-reach sections, like the stairs. The side effect of having so much suction is that it’s hard to push on carpets, and I usually end up doing a two-handed push-pull.

There are a few compelling reasons to pick the Bespoke Jet over a Dyson. If storage space isn’t an issue, the freestanding dock, accessories, and extra battery are all beautiful and convenient. If you bought the mopping attachment, it would be even more useful. Automatic emptying is a big bonus, and the LED display is easy to see and use. If you have other appliances from the Bespoke line, you can line them all up neatly in your home and in the app and gaze at them fondly.

The major reason the Bespoke Jet is not a practical purchase is purely philosophical—you don’t really need AI to detect so-called invisible dirt particles. Companies like iRobot and Dyson have been doing this level of cleaning for years—and just as effectively. The Dyson is also a more practical size, with a slightly bigger dust bin (at 0.75 liters to the Bespoke Jet’s 0.5), HEPA-grade filtration, and noticeably better build quality. If you’re spending this much on a vacuum, it should be pretty darn close to perfect, and the Bespoke Jet isn’t quite there.