I Didn’t Expect the Dreame X60 Pro Ultra to Be THIS Good 😧

If you’ve ever owned a robot vacuum, you know the classic headaches: they get trapped on raised door thresholds, their side brushes miss corners, and they drag dirty mop pads across your pristine carpets & some even scuff your skirting boards. Well, Dreame decided that 2026 is the year we end all of that. This is the all-new Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete. And looking at this thing, it doesn't just clean; it literally behaves like a robotic lunar rover.

It features an upgraded ProLeap obstacle system that can physically walk over double-layer steps up to 10 centimetres tall. It pushes an industry-leading 42,000 Pascals of Vormax suction. It packs V4 of Dreame’s Dual UltraExtend robotic arms with secondary articulation that swing out to clean baseboards and corners. And its all-in-one base station cleans its mops with 100-degree boiling water.

Is this finally the ultimate whole-home adaptive cleaning machine? Let’s find out. And stick around until the end, because there is one little problem that almost every robo vac that I have reviewed has run into in my house. I’m very curious to see if the Dreame will make it over this final hurdle… First up, let’s talk about the design. Most docking stations look like boring plastic dustbins. Dreame has taken an architectural approach here with an ultra-clean, black reflective glass front. It reflects the room like still water, and the gold trim makes it look like an expensive piece of modern audio gear rather than a domestic appliance. Because this is the Complete edition, you get a massive accessory haul in the box: extra side brushes, dust bags, filters, a litre of cleaning solution, and eight total mop pads - meaning you're fully covered for well over a year without buying spares.

The base station itself is a fully automated powerhouse: auto-emptying with up to 100 days of hands-free dust collection, automatic cleaning solution dispensing, hot-air mop drying, and auto-water refilling. Now, let’s get into the exciting stuff. The mechanical engineering starts with Dreame’s signature technical identity: the Dual UltraExtend Arms. Traditional robot cleaners have a fixed side brush and fixed pads that leave uncleaned blind spots in corners. Dreame has engineered the industry’s first dual-joint robotic arms with secondary articulation.

The SideReach side brush extends out up to 12 centimetres using a two-level swing arm that dynamically pivots around table legs, kitchen islands, and right-angle corners for 100% edge coverage. Now, with this Version 4.0 evolution of this extending robotic arm system, Dreame has built directly on earlier iterations by introducing enhanced precision and real-time adaptability.  While earlier versions pushed the brushes outward to cover basic wall edges, Version 4.0 integrates advanced force-feedback sensors and micro-actuators that continuously adjust the arm's extension and angle. 

This allows the side brush and mop to trace highly irregular contours such as curved skirting boards, chair legs, and uneven tile borders with constant, uniform contact pressure.  It does this using dynamic sensing rather than relying on static mechanical extension. So Version 4.0 eliminates the dead zones and missed patches common in prior generations and other less effective robovacs, ensuring consistent edge-to-edge cleaning across complex, real-world floor layouts. In practice, this means troublesome spots, like tight corners, around potted plants, and under low-hanging kitchen counters receive full edge-to-edge coverage every single time, eliminating the manual touch-ups typically needed after automated cleaning runs. And at the back, the MopExtend RoboSwing pushes the mop pad out up to 18 centimetres diagonally.

It slides straight into overhanging cabinet recesses and furniture gaps. And it gets even better: there's an attachable micro-vibrating soft plush module sitting right above the mop pad dedicated to cleaning along vertical wall baseboards, wiping away dust that normally settles along your skirting boards. There aren’t many other RoboVacs that can do this.

I've tested so many robo vacs where the brushes are in a fixed position, which work well in open spaces, but quite often what happens is that the fixed brushes can actually flick dust particles and debris out in the opposite direction and further underneath furniture, which makes cleaning them up manually even more difficult, which kind of defeats the very purpose of buying a machine that is meant to make your life easier. Anyway, here’s another big advantage for the Dreame. Normally, a robot vacuum with LiDAR has a tall turret sticking out of the top, meaning it jams itself under low furniture.

Dreame solved this with VersaLift Navigation. Out in open spaces, the DToF sensor stays raised, scanning 360 degrees for rapid mapping. But the second it approaches a low sofa, bed, or cabinet, that turret automatically retracts flush into the body. This brings the total height down to just 8.8 centimetres. Once underneath, it switches over to active binocular AI cameras, switches on its front LED headlights, and uses drone-style visual VSLAM navigation to map and clean the dark spaces traditional robots completely ignore. So the advantage of this will vary from room to room. But the fact that it can get lower than the majority of its competitors is a big deal. And remember, you can map multiple floors. So if you want it to clean mainly hard surfaces when downs stairs and the carpets under your bed upstairs. This is very well equipped and can adapt on the fly to these different scenarios..

“But how does it handle dirt, Troy?” I hear you say. Up front, the AI vision is backed by Proactive Light Dirt Detection. It projects an infrared detection beam to assess the surface, eliminating misidentifications from tile reflections. It spots light liquids, hair, and fine crumbs. And its built-in AI Obstacle Avoidance System uses advanced visual sensors and structured 3D light technology to identify over 320 distinct types of obstacles in real time, from cables and shoes to pet toys and stray furniture legs, allowing it to navigate seamlessly without getting tangled or stuck. This is a game changer! When it detects a wet spill like juice or milk, a blue light illuminates.

It immediately lifts its main roller brush by 5mm to keep it dry, slows down, applies 15 Newtons of downward pressure, and tackles the stain using its dual 280 RPM thermal mop pads, which use phase-change material to hold onto water heated above 40°C.  So, through Active Light Recognition and AI Stain Detection, the robot continuously analyses floor surfaces in real time. Upon recognising specific stain types, it automatically adjusts its cleaning strategy, dynamically tailoring mop humidity, cleaning passes, and mop-washing parameters at the dock to effectively target stubborn spots.

On carpets, the mops lift 10.5mm, and the suction jumps to a monstrous 42,000 Pascals. It uses the HyperStream Detangling DuoBrush 2.0, combining a bristled rubber roller and a TPU roller spinning at 1,600 RPM with 60% thicker rubber strips. It pulls deep-seated dust and pet hair out of high-pile rugs without a single strand getting wrapped around the axle. As a pet owner, during my testing, I’ve been able to see just how good this is. I’m so impressed with how the X60 Ultra can identify spots that need extra attention. For example, near the garden door where paw prints are often found and near the front door where I leave my shoes. Its attention to these details and its unique hardware and raw power make a very noticeable difference.

One problem with some robot vacuums is that they are great at cleaning, but some are also great at dragging a filthy mop across your floor, which can be worse than not mopping at all. This is where Dreame's 100°C ThermoHub Mop Self-Cleaning comes in. Inside the washboard, a built-in PTC heating system heats cold water from 20 spray nozzles right up to 100 degrees Celsius. The pads spin against the AceClean washboard in boiling-hot water, melting away kitchen grease, sticky sauces, and stubborn oils before the dirty water is vacuumed out. And for safety, the PTC system automatically cools down to a safe temperature before the robot rolls out, ensuring pets and kids stay safe.

The dock really is a slick bit of kit. It’s really nice to know that once the X60 Ultra has run its errands, you don’t have to worry about taking the brushes off and cleaning them manually each time. There are other similar products that are self clean but not many of them do it as effectively as this one. As I always say, the best tech are the ones that require minimal input and deliver maximum results…

Alright, remember that obstacle clearance challenge I promised at the start? Let’s watch the ProLeap System in action. Watch this: the front laser measures the step. The robot can execute a hurdle-style jump for sliding door tracks, or a synchronised crossing. The side swing arms rotate forward, the motorised legs plant down, elevate the entire body, and it vaults right over this 5.2cm vertical step and across multi-tier thresholds up to 10 centimetres.

If your home has sunken rooms, thick rugs, or high bathroom door dividers that trap other cleaners, this is pure magic. If you go back just a couple of years, this rounded divider between my dining room and kitchen was an impossible obstacle for every robot vacuum I had tested, which meant I often had to rescue the robot and return it to the dock by hand… and yes this doesn’t sound like a lot of work, but it’s an inconvenience caused by a piece of tech that’s meant to be all about convenience. 

So, what is the final verdict on the Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete? Between the 10-centimetre climbing legs, the retractable 8.8cm profile, 42,000 Pascals of suction, and 100-degree hot-water mop washing, this is by far the most complete, truly hands-off cleaning machine I’ve ever tested. It’s also maybe one of the most sophisticated-looking ones I’ve reviewed. I’m a big fan of the use of glass and metal where most others are 100% plastic.

And its performance is equally impressive; it doesn't just vacuum around obstacles - it adapts to the architecture of your home, and can glide under low furniture and boldly go where no man has probably gone before… not because they can’t, more likely because they can’t be bothered to lol. But that’s not a problem anymore because now you can get products like the Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete. What do you guys think? Would you trust a 10cm-climbing robot rover in your living room? Let me know in the comments down below.