Dreame D10 Plus robot vacuum review: Supurb cleaning, with some odd quirks

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If you’ve been shopping for a robot vacuum lately you know there’s literally dozens of choices. While bigger name brands seem to get all the press, there’s many smaller manufacturers out there, but how do you know their bots are capable, and potentially worth it?
I recently had the chance to try out a new robot vacuum and mop from Dreame. The Dreame D10 Plus is a dual vacuum and mop with an Auto Empty Base.
IN this review I’ll look at how well it cleans both vacuuming and mopping, if it has any special features, and what you need to know before you buy.
A couple of years ago I tried the Dreame D9 and had a very mixed experience; while it cleaned well, it struggled to map my home and got stuck on a lot of flooring transitions. I brought it to my aunt’s home and there it worked a lot better for her… so all that’s to say that I’m looking forward to seeing if the Dreame D10 Plus is an improvement.
This robot floor cleaner is a combo unit; it will vacuum your home but with the addition of a special mopping pad it will also do a light damp mop. Interestingly the water tank for the mop is part of the mopping pad itself, and odd but effective use of space.
A handy option when you first install the bot is to use Fast Mapping. Fast Mapping will let the bot roam around your home without vacuuming to create an accelerated virtual map. The virtual map is going to be key to making the most of you bot so I highly recommend you use it.
Amazingly it was done mapping in less than 10 minutes-easily the fastest and most accurate mapping I’ve seen in a robot vacuum to date
Let’s get to the mopping prowess.
In my mopping tests, I let the mop tackle things like muddy dog paw prints, and spilled and dried coffee.
The mop was quite good at getting wet spills and was very thorough.
You might be wondering how the bot handles mopping in homes with carpet. Good question and the answer is, it doesn’t. It will mop your carpets too… supposedly unless you set mopping no-go zones.
let’s get to the Vacuum testing…
I put all my vacuums through the same tests; I get them to clean things like finer flour, bigger bits like rice or oatmeal and larger cracker crumbs.
When it returns to the base Station after a clean, the D10 will automatically empty it's dust bin. You can actually turn this feature off if you want… But I don't know why you'd want to do that. It's a much better plan and leads too much better cleaning, and less dust been clogging if it empties every time it cleans.
Unlike another bot I was testing at the same time which was having a boatload of trouble emptying its onboard dustbin, the Dreame D10 is very effective at emptying, meaning lots of room for more dust when it heads out next.
In my previous testing with the D9, the robot got stuck almost every time it went out, and I would have to rescue it, or return it to the base station if the battery had run down.
I'm happy to report that with this version of the robot it's much better at navigating difficult areas, and I found it was much better able to free itself and far less likely to get stuck than last time I tested it.
You’ll notice I said less likley… this bot still get stuck more than some other brands
And that’s probably because it’s not great at object avoidance; Instead of avoiding potential problems, it pushes them around.
Dreame D10 will work with Google or Alexa, or so the company says.
You need to link the MiHome app with either Google Home or the Alexa app. While I was able to link my accounts, I had great difficulty getting results.
I also tried to connect Google Assiateant by going into the Google Home app, searching fro Dreame. I found it and link the accounts but had the same issue where Google would just not execute any commands.
Overall I can say the Dreame D10 is a major improvement over the D9. It cleans well, both on floors and carpet and when its mopping or vacuuming. All the software troubles I found I had on the previous version have been resolved.
The runtime is huge and it can clean my whole home on a single charge. The Self empty station is effective at cleaning out the onboard dustbin too, and you can dial your vacuum power and mopping up or down.
Downsides? I couldn’t get voice control working despite following Dream’s instructions to the letter. The damp mopping plate will get dragged over your carpets unless you set a mopping no-go zone… but the no-go areas are quite effective. There’s also no ‘water tank empty’ alerts. The other downside is the vacuum wasn’t perfect at getting down into the grout lines with some finer dust.
Dreame D10 sells for about $499US.

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[@amrohendawi6007]

so far I am really happy with the robot's performance compared to its price. it is well integrated with google smart assistant and it is literally effortless to set up and operate.

[@wesfishcare]

Nice video Erin! My guess with the carpet boost mode is that you already had the bot on high power. The boost only raises the power level to max if you're on a lower power mode. There isn't a special "Max boost" past the regular high power mode.

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

Thanks Wesley!

[@robertoborgen3781]

Has theee been any firmware update for tbis that has improved it since this review was made?

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Erin.

[@rexa06]

Do you get a reminder when the dustbin is full?

[@miropaananen5135]

I got google voice assistant to work by dowloading the dreame app not using it from xiami home. For some reason voice assitant doesn't work from xiami home.

[@cibi2009]

Can I add floor cleaner in the water tank, advise best liquid solution

[@simonforfan]

I just now bought one of these on outlet. I live with 2 furry kitties which is me usually running around daily with a vacuum. now if this can map around my intricate small 50 isch km2 apartment and do some vacuuming and please god let it be a awesome way for my cats to get around the apt. i'll be happy. I dont mind taking some heavy cleaning with regular vacuum and bucket and mop, if i just don't have to manually vacuum everyday, im good. also thanks for the review! Will update what the catlords think of this machine xoxo

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

You're welcome! Looking forward to hearing about it :)

[@blueish2]

How are you liking it? :)

[@SiRWarlock1]

Hi, quick question. Robot has automaticaly recognized 2 rooms but I want to add 1 more room, the living room, the kitchen and so on. I can't find how to do that. Any clue?

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

I think you would have to remap the whole house.

[@Ioana-xz3ud]

Hi, Erin! Would you recommend I buy the Dreame D10 plus or the Lenovo t1s pro? I found them at similar price offers and I don't know which one would be better for my parents' 2-storey house. I'd be very grateful if you helped me out here. Thanks!

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[@harbilito4910]

Which one do you think is better, this one or roborock s7+ ? In my country d10 is 200$ cheaper

[@Yvanahh]

The d10s pro (or plus if you want the empty bin) is even better than the d10, because it has also a camera with which it can even better identify obstacles.

[@thiagodarocha3144]

This one or ROOMBA I3+ ? Go!

[@Yaboilikalik]

Nice

[@user-wr1tk2oe5b]

Water doesn’t come out. Any suggestions?

[@julianaassisgeraldo]

I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?

[@MrBlueCreeper]

2:53 "Me Home" is the correct way to say Mi Home "My Home" is incorrect Just letting you know.

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

Thank you!

[@MrBlueCreeper]

@@ErinLawrenceTV you’re welcome!

[@farahd941]

You mentioned the robot cleaned your home without running out of battery. But you failed to disclose the square footage of your home.

[@theknight27]

She says it's 1000sq ft @ 1:49