Dreame X60 Max Ultra first impressions: Its tied for the most powerful robot vacuum of 2026. OK, prove it.

The Dreame Aqua10 Ultra Roller had a very short run as the apex robot vacuum before being overthrown by another Dreame robot vacuum: The Dreame X60 Max Ultra. It was part of Dreame's mammoth showcase at CES 2026, and is currently available to preorder ahead of its official release date on Feb. 10. I got to unbox my X60 Max Ultra early — here are my initial thoughts after the first day or so.

What's special about the X60 Max Ultra?

Dreame turned heads when it randomly released the Aqua10 Ultra Roller in September 2025. Its 30,000 Pa of suction power was a new high for the mainstream market, beating out the flagship robot vacuums that had held the title of best robot vacuum for most of the year (namely the Roborock Saros 10 and 10R, which have 22,000 Pa of suction power). Not more than a few months later, the X60 Max Ultra and its 35,000 Pa hit the stage. Unlike the Aqua10 Ultra Roller, a roller mop robot vacuum, the X60 Max Ultra mops with two rotating pads.

FWIW, Dreame isn't the only brand with a robot vacuum that powerful. The CES-announced Roborock Saros 20 robot vacs also have 35,000 Pa, though they don't even have an official release date yet. While that's the ultimate duel in my eyes, the X60 Max Ultra could have a leg up simply by being the only 35,000 Pa option available to buy right now. Either way, a power jump that large is hard to conceptualize in my head.

Is the Dreame X60 Max Ultra good on carpet?

In its first 24 hours, the Dreame X60 Max Ultra has done a pretty outstanding job at vacuuming various carpets in my apartment.

Since I keep up with vacuuming multiple times per day, there weren't a ton of opportunities for the X60 Max Ultra to tackle universal debris that builds up in everyone's home over time (i.e., dust, random crumbs, and hair). But as a professional robot vacuum reviewer, I'm not afraid to fabricate a mess just to make a vacuum's life difficult. The initial test involved spilled sprinkles and tufts of cat hair pulled from the ChomChom strewn across a furry white rug. Its pile and uneven zebra-ish texture make it easy for debris to skim under a vacuum's radar, and it's so light that no missed debris really blends in.

I was impressed by the success rate here. I had to get eye level with the floor to find any missed specks. On max power (the strongest of four settings), the X60 Max Ultra picked up every single ball of cat hair, even the ones that I pressed into the rug fibers. It cleared about 97 percent of the sprinkles, leaving behind a single green star and a few tiny balls. The lint roller test afterward revealed a few fuzzies and some fur that was left over, but the kind that's so thin that it's nearly invisible. The paper was still extremely sticky after rolling over the full 5 x 7 rug, which is promising.

Should its pickup rate be perfect, given its fancy suction specs and $1,699.99 price tag? I could see why you'd argue that. I tend to lean toward patience in a robot vacuum's first few days — it's still getting the lay of the land and learning where to adjust its suction power. I'll be better able to gauge its effectiveness on carpet over the next few weeks, as I put it to the test on the kitchen and living room rugs.

To give credit where it's due, the X60 Max Ultra feels extremely quiet for how powerful it is. Its strongest setting averaged between 67 to 69 decibels, and that was with my phone an inch away from the machine itself. (For reference, weaker vacuums I've tested range from 64 to 74 decibels). I was pleasantly surprised by how subdued (and short) the self-emptying noise is. At 71 decibels, you definitely don't have to plug your ears and brace yourself if you're anywhere near the dock. After being traumatized by several Roombas, Dreame's clear focus on noise level is appreciated.

Is the Dreame X60 Max Ultra good on hard floors?

January in Pennsylvania always comes with a certain amount of white salt residue being trudged inside on shoes. But in the aftermath of that massive winter storm, there's an unprecedented level of slush coming in and drying near my front door. We happened to have guests on the first day that I had the X60 Max Ultra, so there were even more shoes adding to the puddle — the floor was literally tinted gray.

The X60 Max Ultra's mopping came in so clutch. It was able to scrub away a vast majority of the massive powdery puddle in the first pass, leaving the floor comfortingly shiny behind it. I've tested so many robot vacuum and mop combos that struggle more with dried water stains than they do with wet spills, but the X60 Max Ultra aced it. Surely, that's the difference between mopping with room-temperature water and mopping with 104-degree Fahrenheit water, as the X60 Max Ultra does.

The spinning mopping pads were also pressurized enough to wipe up super fine dust that suction power alone often struggles with, even at 35,000 Pa. I made a huge mess while changing the waste drawer liner in my automatic litter box and sent the X60 Ultra to deal with it. The line between where the vacuum had and hadn't cleaned yet was as stark and satisfying as one could ask for.

Features I'm keeping an eye on: Navigation and threshold scaling

Aside from those core cleaning features, Dreame is also really touting the X60 Max Ultra's small obstacle avoidance capabilities. Thanks to improved dual AI cameras, it can allegedly avoid more than 280 objects that might be on the floor, including "tiny blocks" (Lego size, I assume). I'm still waiting for a volunteer to let me try this out with some unwanted pieces, but I did put an iPhone charger, an ankle sock, and a hand towel in the X60 Max Ultra's path two times each. The X60 Max Ultra successfully swerved almost all of them, and can drive precisely enough to clean right around their edges. It started to run over the phone charger one out of two times, but eventually backed off, never sucking it up.

Surprisingly, it's the X60 Max Ultra's smart mapping that has had more blips in the first day. A few times, it has sent itself back to the dock after giving the classic "could not find the specified area" excuse that I rarely see outside of cheap robot vacuums. But again, I won't judge too hard this early — robot vacuums make little tweaks to the saved layout of your home as it makes more and more laps. I do find the map in the Dreame app to be incredibly intuitive. You can tap to divide rooms very easily without any arbitrary errors, and you can get super specific with the size and shape of spot cleaning zones within rooms.

Am I the only one who's not super thrilled about the "climbing" capabilities? The max height it can scale is just under 3.5 inches, which is slightly taller than what the Dreame X50 Ultra could do. But it's still not all that helpful unless your home features shallow drops or sliding door tracks between rooms, like into a sunroom. The full-length mirrors in my apartment are all sliding doors, and the X50 Ultra was able to safely cross those to sweep in my large closet. I assume the X60 Max Ultra will be able to do the same.