Dreame D30 Ultra

What testers say about the Dreame D30 Ultra

The Dreame D30 Ultra is the most complete model in Dreame's entry-level line: two spinning mop pads of which one extends, lidar navigation, obstacle recognition with 3D structured light, and a station that empties the bin into a 3.2-liter bag and washes and dries the pads. Vacuum Wars bought it as a feature-packed bargain and concludes that it falls short on a few points.

What went well: vacuuming. Fine to coarse debris was swept from hard floors and carpet without scattering, 84 percent of the embedded sand came out of the carpet against a 78 average, and it also beat the average in crevices. Navigation was efficient: the test studio was vacuumed and mopped in 41 minutes where the average is 56, and the 5,200 mAh battery delivered roughly a quarter more area per percent of charge than average, which suits larger homes. The included anti-tangle brush, for the record, scored merely average.

The criticism: dodging small objects did not go well, the station washes the pads without warm water, the side brush does not extend and thresholds stop at 0.8 inches. Vacuum Wars compares it with the similarly priced Eufy Omni C28, which scored better on carpet and on speed. For a large home with mostly hard floors and little clutter it is a decent entry model; for better mopping or obstacle recognition, look one class up.

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