Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete Robot Vacuum

The X60 Max Ultra Complete is Dreame's replacement for the X50 Ultra, and it arrives with the kind of spec sheet designed to end arguments: 35,000 Pa of suction, a warmed-water dual-pad mopping system pressing down at 15 N, a retractable LiDAR turret that drops the body to just 3.13 inches, and a dock that empties, washes at boiling temperature, hot-air dries and refills its own detergent. At $1,699.99 it sits firmly in the aspirational tier, and Dreame currently only sells it as the accessory-laden "Complete" bundle, so there's no cheaper way in.

This is a robot for a specific buyer: someone with pets, hard floors and rugs in the same space, low furniture that other robots can't slide under, and enough tolerance for fiddly maintenance to justify spending flagship money. If you mostly want a set-and-forget carpet cleaner for a large single-level home, the cheaper X60 Ultra covers most of the same ground — the Max adds dual detergent for pet odor, multi-spectral dirt detection and a retractable vacuum pressure chamber, and little else.

The cleaning results are the easy part to praise. An 89% carpet deep-clean score and a flawless run on flattened pet hair in Vacuum Wars' testing, plus 22 of 24 obstacles dodged and 1 cm object detection, put this among the genuinely capable machines rather than the merely well-specced ones. Two independent outlets landed on strong scores — 3.96 stars against a 2.60 tested average, and 9.0/10 after three months in a real home — which is about as consistent as third-party robot vacuum testing gets. The slim profile and 21.5 mm mop lift are meaningful practical wins too: it goes where taller robots can't, and it can leave its magnetic pads at the dock for carpet-only runs.

What keeps it from a top score is that the experience around the cleaning is fussier than the price suggests. The 235 mL onboard bin is small for a 35,000 Pa vacuum, roughly 950 sq ft per charge is unremarkable coverage, and navigation efficiency tested slightly below average — three things that compound into more dock trips than you'd want. More concerning, hands-on testing found the hot-water mopping claim didn't hold up, with the dock staying at temperature for under 11 minutes, and the associated oil-cleaning claim failed alongside it. Add mop pads that pop off too readily, fast water consumption, a rear wheel that can leave a mark on carpet, and a one-off auto-empty clog with no warning, and you have a machine that asks for attention. It's worth noting that threshold-climbing figures vary considerably between sources, so treat any specific step-height claim with caution until you've checked it against your own doorways.

It's still one of the better robot vacuums you can buy, and Matter support plus a genuinely well-stocked bundle soften the sting. But at this price a marquee feature shouldn't fall over under testing, and the quirks are the kind that grate over months rather than days. Four stars — excellent cleaner, imperfect appliance.