Dreame X50 Ultra Complete

What testers say about the Dreame X50 Ultra Complete

The Dreame X50 Ultra Complete is Dreame's flagship with retractable legs that lift the robot over thresholds up to six centimetres, a lidar that sinks into the body so it stays under nine centimetres tall, two spinning mop pads of which one extends and an extending anti-tangle side brush. The station empties the bin into a 3.2-litre bag, washes the pads in 80-degree water, dries with hot air and doses cleaning solution. TechRadar names it the best premium robot; Vacuum Wars ranks it 14th of 20.

TechRadar calls it perhaps the most complete package on the market: the legs and the retracting turret take it into rooms and under sofas other robots cannot reach, and the cleaning is excellent, with thorough work along edges. Vacuum Wars measured a near-perfect score on pressed-in pet hair, the best so far for a robot with lifting pads, no hair on the brush after the long-hair test and 83 percent of the sand out of carpet against a 75 average. The extending pad and side brush make corners noticeably cleaner.

The criticism: TechRadar found the obstacle recognition patchy and the battery quick to drain, and the price sits among the highest on the market. Vacuum Wars later published a round-up of recurring user complaints with fixes. If you have high thresholds or low furniture and want the most complete package, this is the candidate; if you do not need legs, similar cleaning is available elsewhere for less.

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