Dreame - L10s Ultra
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Last updated: Dec 22, 2025 Scoring
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"It keeps up with all their hair, just needs more frequent dust bag replacements."
"The pockets of fur from my chihuahua is gone."
"i have a cat who sheds a lot plus a toddler, and i also shed a lot. ... hair is never an issue even though i have very long hair"
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"I run the X10 daily on schedules, and it has never been stuck even for once, isnt that amazing? The navigation and obstacle avoidance is truly amazing. It is almost a true set and go experience."
"It also doesn’t bump into stuff, slows down and turns around before running into anything. I am impressed. ... The navigation is night and day between this and J9+, no more bumping or getting lost. ... I think it’s better, it has the front facing camera which looks to be higher resolution, plus the LiDAR does make a huge difference to the speed of navigation, plus it doesn’t bump into furniture or doors anymore."
"The best feature of the L40/X40/p10 pro ultra is that they have class leading object avoidance so you don't have to pick up your cat's toys or prep your house every time you want to run the robot meaning you can run it on a daily schedule which will keep your house cleaner. ... I run my X40s daily and they never get stuck on cables, cat toys and other random junk that ends up on the floor."
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"the mopping is a game changer. ... It's shocking how dirty the waste water always is."
"My mom remarked that her slippers are squeaking on the floor because the machine did an excellent job at mopping."
"decent mopping with detergent support"
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"The L10S Ultra has got to be the value champion especially at the $320 refurb with 2 year warranty."
"I've never been able to find a better quality/price deal."
"Can't beat $300 for an $800 robot."
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"Flashed it with Valetudo so it has 0 cloud communication and I absolutely love it."
"It is supported by Valetudo. ... Moreover, and it was very important for me, it has its debug port exposed so it is fairly easy to connect the vacuum to a PC for Valetudo flashing. ... It does not require disassembling the whole vacuum and all warranty seals stay intact. ... Valetudo was really important for me because today's robots are rolling survivalence cameras and there are many articles about camera footage leaking on the internet captured by these robots. I wasn't comfortable letting a camera rolling around the house like that. I have an Iot VPN but I cannot use that for these vacuums with factory firmware because then the app just won't work no matter which wifi my phone uses. The apps always phone home instead of using LAN. Except Valetudo. It can work like that."
"I did this with the Dreame L10s Ultra. It was easy enough you just need to build or buy the PCB Dreame breakout board (instructions on the Valetudo site or get someone in the Telegram support site to send you theirs). Works great with HA, and all local."
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"Support had me go through all the usual troubleshooting steps — no fix. ... I was told a replacement had been “processed” and would ship. ... It’s now been nearly two weeks and my order is still showing as “processing”. ... I’ve exchanged 24+ emails with Support. The replies are all scripted apologies and vague “please wait” responses. ... Their site promises 3–5 days for new orders, yet for a replacement I’ve paid almost $500 for, I’ve received nothing. ... I’ve asked for a refund policy and escalation, but I keep getting ignored."
"I have never faced such a horrible service from any products in my life. ... Their service is ridiculous. ... The technician would come home and then inspect the device and raise a ticket for the spare part. So the spare part will be couriered to the customer directly after 2 or 3 weeks. Once this reaches your home, the technician will come again and replace that part. This is ridiculous. ... They don't provide service, they don't provide warranty. ... n one of my friends case, they had denied warranty saying there is fungus on board and its caused by water damage."
"Ecovacs has the worst after sales of any company in any place of the world I have ever experienced. ... The company won’t take responsibility and goi around in circles. ... They wasted more than 6 months after talk to multiple people and site visits and it was escalated till the head of the after sales who I will name clearly: Tanmay Gangani, who is an absolute unprofessional and blatant liar with no sense of responsibility and ethics."
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"The biggest issue for me is that the moist chunks gum up the vac tray in the dock and I have to clean it regularly. ... It’s the plumbing that empties the dust from the vacuum. The robot scoops up wet barf chunks that get in the dust bin and when the dock empties the dust bin the wet chunks stick to the dock and when they dry it’s like concrete since they mix with cat hair and dust that gets swept up. I have to unscrew the dust bin emptying chute and clean it in the sink and sometimes need a screwdriver to scrape the stuff off."
"the dock was even more of a pain to clean ... the little brush on the dock was disgusting to clean"
"now the dock doesn't dispense water when cleaning mops or washpad, so there's no longer any mop cleaning."
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"it will not return to the base station to empty it's dustbin when it's full. ... It just keeps going and ends up clogged and dragging dirt around the floor."
"We bought a S7 and it broke down just a little over a year. ... Then it broke down again after a couple of months and we gave up on it."
"it stopped auto- emptying"
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"My qrevo 5ae ran over my foot not 15 minutes ago :p Roborocks evolving backwards! ... my qrevo 5ae just climbs on chair legs and low furniture parts where it shouldn't. ... Bit dissapointed in the avoidance on my Qrevo 5ae. It always tries to climb up on chair legs when it's not required. ... Ah, you'd think so, but that doesn't seem possible atm. I discussed it with Roborock in a support email. In a different reddit thread we came up with the idea of a "no-climb" feature, but it's not on the short-term roadmap. ... You can make it a no go zone, but then it doesn't clean around those bits of furniture. ... We have chairs with shiny metal legs. The vacuum has problems detecting them. I think it's because the lidar reflects of of it in a confussing way. ... main concern is the height of the lidar. Anything below the height of the robo vac is less easily detected."
"Ah not knowing that there’s a dreame x40 that can avoid obstacles is odd ... Did you know that they are thing called the dreame x40 that can clean better than this and avoid things? ... That’s complete hogwash. It’s marketing bro. There is no obstacle avoidance only an algorithm that’s meant to clean as fast as possible ... Exactly what I meant thank you for saying it for me. That’s why I own an.x40, and threw my revo in the trash. I was referring to roborocks obstacle avoidance"
"Object detection, specifically the smallest. ... I have cat toys that hang around everywhere and regularly my Q Revo blocks on it. ... Having to put them away before launching the robot and the only reason why I don't start it without my presence. ... This is the worst nightmare for my Q Revo."
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"I cannot use that for these vacuums with factory firmware because then the app just won't work no matter which wifi my phone uses. ... The apps always phone home instead of using LAN."
"it’s been broken the majority of the time"
"(The ultra got an error so I returned that to."
Bang for buck - mova p10 ultra Money is no object/I want the best - roborock Sara's 10r or dreame x50 ultra Budget/cheapest option changes alot based on sales. Just the other week I bought a refurbished L10s ultra for $240 Honorable mention - the new eufy e28 can be had for $800. I think its worth considering because the roller mop system they have going seems to do really good for mopping in general.
r/RobotVacuums • Best All-Round Home Cleaning Robot Vacuum for 2025 ->It was fine but I returned it for 2 reasons 1) not great in corners (as expected) 2) if I forgot to pick up a wire, this thing was gonna send me an alert while I was at work telling me " mop pad came off" The L40 was on sale this week so I upgraded.
r/RobotVacuums • Best All-Round Home Cleaning Robot Vacuum for 2025 ->We have a L10s Ultra and after 3 years it doesn't mop properly anymore. There does not come enough water out of the vacuum. It mops dry. We took it to our local dealer and they looked into it and couldn't fix the problem. Would not recommend it. Such an expansive tool should work longer.
r/RobotVacuums • I analyzed Reddit for the 20 most recommended robot vacuums in the past year ->I received a Dreame L10s ultra for Christmas. It has been an amazing experience so far! Highly recommend
r/RobotVacuums • Best affordable mopping robot ->Experience with 2 vacuums: I was using Mi robot (forgot model name; bought for 20k in 2020). It was a basic model with vacuum and mop functions. Worked okay, mopping was pretty ineffective if there are any hard stains. After a few years, battery life went down and mapping function also got impaired after we changed houses. Overall, 6/10. Recently bought Dreame L10s ultra. They needed some form filling to be done to get a demo person, which my mom couldn’t do, so by the time I did and by the time the service person came (1 week after filling form), return/exchange window was closed. The person discovered that the machine had faulty power button, and since I cannot return via Amazon, he asked us to send to service centre. They took a good 10-11 days to return the machine. Then the service person came, did demo, and we finally started using it 1 month after purchase. Although the initial service made us question the ROI, the machine itself is a dream indeed. My mom remarked that her slippers are squeaking on the floor because the machine did an excellent job at mopping. She manually swept the rooms today and said there was no dust and did the sweeping only for namesake. We also marked my grandfather’s room as a no-go zone and the machine does not go there. Overall, I am happy with this investment.
r/hyderabad • Anyone using Robot vacuum? ->L10 ultra owner here, well I got rid of it, in 1 year it started falling apart. Was unable get water from the dock, then eventually vacuum stopped, went back to Roborock. They are also not super durable but way better than dreame, not touching dreame again.
r/Dreame_Tech • Are Dreame Robot Vacuums really that bad? ->I read this stuff and wonder to myself did I get the only properly functioning robot but then I remember I have 2 and both of them function just fine. L20 Ultra and L10S. Is it just people with no issues say nothing? Are people not doing regular maintenance? I am not doubting anything said here but am genuinely confused as to how there can be so many issues.
r/RobotVacuums • Dreame is a scam ->Ik heb zelf de Dreame L10s Ultra. Zeer tevreden mee, had ik eerder moeten kopen. Heb hem een jaartje geleden aangeschaft. Werkt zeer prettig en maakt goed schoon. Wij gebruiken wel gedemineraliseerd water. Kost niet veel, maar ik heb vooral geen zin in kalk problemen:). Echt een aanrader!
r/nederlands • Robotstofzuiger ->I've got a dreamtech which has self cleaning mops and it does pretty good. I've also got 2 kids and toys all over the floor and it barely gets stuck.
r/smarthome • Considering a robovac, is there anyone out there that truly frees you from having to clean the mop yourself? ->As far as I can see the mops are spinning out not roller mops, which do clean the mops while mopping, for what it's worth. I have a LS10 ultra with spinning mops and it does a good enough job
r/RobotVacuums • Home Depot sale. Are these a good buy? ->I like these comparisons. Thankyou. I’m using the L10S ultra and happy with it for the time being but love seeing what’s ahead for us
r/RobotVacuums • Dreame L40s Ultra CE comparison ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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