Vacuuming and mopping, especially in immediate succession, are chores surely no one enjoys putting aside time for. And then add in a floor cleaning session where you realise you’ve missed a bit, or the dog runs through the house with dirty paws when you’ve already packed the vacuum away. Now, imagine if there was an adorable, stylish robot that could map your house, powerfully vacuum it including on carpet, then mop after leaving sparkling floors and it was entirely self-cleaning.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Then also imagine if all of this could be done while you aren’t even home. I tested the brand new Dreame X40 Ultra robotic cleaner, $2,799, for a month and I can happily confirm all of these things and more are possible. As it was my first time ever trying a robotic cleaner , I had an assumption they could only vacuum on a hard surface, constantly got themselves stuck and were low in power.
Well, I was proven very wrong on all of those fronts and found watching the Dreame X40 Ultra in awe for it’s entire first 60-minute clean of our house as it zoomed around vacuuming and mopping nearly every inch. It’s safe to say I can’t see myself ever going back. Setting up the vacuum was far easier than expected and we managed to start the first vacuum and mop done within 20 minutes of taking the X40 out of the box.
There is barely any assembly and once you remove the plastic, clip the magnetised mop pads onto the vacuum’s base and plug the base sta.