dreame L40 Ultra Robot Vacuum Self Emptying, 11,000Pa Suction Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo with Auto Cleaning Dock, 149℉ Mop Washing, SideBrush Extendable, Solution Auto Refill, Voice ControlClimatePartner certified

The media could not be loaded. It took a while to dial in the settings on the app and I'm still making small adjustments.It does go through water a lot faster then expected. I have to refill the fresh water about every other day.Thats really my only slight negative. Everything else about this is amazing.To those who have problems with it going in circles when it gets on carpet, I had the same problem. Once I set up a carpet zone in the app then it behaved. I think it got confused since originally I had set up my the app as having laminate throughout the house. I assumed that it would automatically know the difference but after I set up the carpet zones in the app and gave it instructions it worked perfect.Our laminate floors have never been cleaner. The mop function is probably the best thing about this and that's saying something.My wife was skeptical but she says this actually does as good a job as hand mopping. I'm not exaggerating. It doesn't even leave streaks. Our dogs have free run of the house and with a doggy door they're in and out all day tracking in dirt. I have the smart clean feature turned on and it mops every night, sometimes twice.The object avoidance so far has been nearly perfect. It did try to suck up a black charging cable but it was on dark colored carpet so I'm not surprised it didn't recognize it.Our carpet rug has high pile so the mop heads did slightly touch it but that's an easy fix by just having the robot vacuum first while leaving the mop heads at the base then mopping after.We have 2 other entry rugs with shag carpet that this really dosnt like. The side brush got twisted up in it last night and I thought it had destroyed it but I was able to untangle it without problems.I love this mop.I spent a week researching before purchasing. I watched several videos on YouTube and narrowed down the features that I wanted before making my decision.I found this when it was on sell for under $500. I don't believe you need to spend a lot of money (over $1000) to get a good vacuum any more.This is our 3rd robot vacuum and I'm excited to see how for the technologies come in just a few short years. If you wait until these high end flagship vacuums have been out for while, you can pick them up at a steal. This was cheaper then the shark mop vac we bought from Costco a few years ago and the upgrade in technology is mind blowing.We also have had fun with the find the pet function on this. When we were at a family party the other night, I turned on the front facing camera on the app, then set it to free roam around the house searching for our pet until it located them. My Mom and Sister were blown away.I did purchase separately, the 3 year warranty. I figure if it goes out after 3 years then the technology will be to the point where I'm ready to upgrade anyway. Very happy so far and I feel like I made the right choise.Update: this morning the vacuum was stuck on the shag rug placed by one of the exterior doors. It had a completely dead battery. I had to pick it up and manually put it back on the charger. A few hours later I looked in the app and my vacuum had sent me a message. It read, "the Dreame mop vacuum has gotten stuck on this carpet several times, may I recommend that we turn it into a no-go zone?"It had the settings button under neath the text so I clicked it and it had already mapped out a no-go zone around that rug that I just needed to agree to. Wow.

I bought this when it was deeply discounted on sale (475), and then considered buying a second one when it had gone up slightly in price. I had previously considered buying a combo wet/dry vac (not robotic but manual), but had decided to buy a wet vac instead because I was skeptical about the ability of a vacuum to do both. I will say that this is an amazingly smart vacuum, and I wish that I had bought two. It's especially good if you have a large area to clean with mixed flooring. The vacuum is able to suck up its mops or to leave its mops on the dock while vacuuming, thus eliminating issues with doing both. The suction power is really amazing, and left my thick-but-short rug looking and feeling completely different; when I manually vacuum over that rug with a cordless Dyson, I have to go over it with many passes.I have two other robot vacuums from different eras of the technological improvements. My 2016 Shark is on its last legs, and I wish that I'd gotten two to replace that one as well. My 2024 Roomba is really great on carpets, but it runs out of battery and doesn't always dock before coming back to clean. This one is really smart about docking to clean the mops and/or repower before finishing its job. That makes it much easier to use than the Roomba. The mopping looks and feels extremely clean as well. I will also say that I think, in my opinion, that this does a better job of cleaning than I generally do, because I dislike mopping.At first, I ran this at night. It's really quiet except that it announces what it's about to do. I tried turning off notifications on the app, but it doesn't seem to have changed that, so now I run it during the day. I do try my best to put up chairs etc before running it. I do find that it notes where I have wires, so it's easy to note where to put things up for a better run the next time.I did have some issues with connecting it to wifi when first setting it up. It's also advisable to run the robot a few times to let it learn your floor mapping. I haven't yet figured out all of the possibilities with shortcuts on the map. One con is if you feel uneasy about a Chinese company having access to some of the data about your home, but I don't see this as any more informative than Googlemaps.I find the main issue with robot vacs to be maintenance. Theoretically, I can see that this vac is much more hands off than the others, which I empty out (and cut hair off the rollers) each time I use it. I've looked at the vac and it seems not to have hair tangled. I do clean out the dirty water tank each time I use it, regardless of whether it's full. The deep cleaning function is pretty neat -- it fills with hot water, allows you to scrub, and then it empties out. I will say that replacement bags/mops are an added expense while considering a robot vacuum but I consider it worth the price to have my floors cleaned each day.I will come back to this review if I find any issues with it, but right now, I am so obsessed with this machine, and tracking its progress on the app. It makes my floors feel amazing and I love coming home to a really clean house. I hope that it goes on sale again so that I can replace the Shark.