How Dreame's range is organised
Dreame names its lines by letter and its docks by suffix. X is the flagship series, mostly with a retractable LiDAR turret and with the highest published suction; Aqua10 and Aqua20 are the roller-mop family; Matrix10 sits between them; L is the long-running mid-range, from the L10s to the L60; D is the entry level. "Ultra" usually means the full dock, which empties the bin, washes and dries the mops and refills the water. The two-letter suffixes (AE, CE, PE, FE) are market versions whose published figures differ from the base model, which is why we list them separately.
X: the flagships
The X60 Pro Ultra Complete and X60 Pro Master publish 42,000 Pa, a 52 mm threshold and a 21 mm mop lift, the highest figures in the range, and the X60 Pro Ultra Matrix has the same 42,000 Pa and 52 mm on a dock that fits a different pad for each room; the Master's dock is plumbed in, as are the docks of the X50 Master, the X50 Ultra's robot at 20,000 Pa, and the X40 Master, at 12,000 Pa with a fixed turret. The X60 Max Ultra Complete and X60 Ultra are 79.5 mm machines with two-camera obstacle recognition, the X50 Ultra is the previous generation at 20,000 Pa with the same retracting turret, and the X40 Ultra, a generation older again, has 12,000 Pa, a full dock with tanks and no published size.
Aqua and Matrix10: the roller mops and the middle
The Aqua10 Roller is the base of the roller family: 30,000 Pa, a roller that lifts 14 mm and extends to the wall, a 42 mm threshold, and a fixed turret that makes it 120 mm tall. The Aqua10 Ultra Roller Complete is the same roller under a retracting turret at 97.5 mm, the Aqua10 Ultra Track Complete a 25,000 Pa variant, and the Aqua10 Roller AE the market version with structured-light obstacle detection. The Aqua20 Pro Ultra Roller X Complete is the roller at its strongest: 40,000 Pa, a 15 mm lift and a 50 mm threshold under the retracting turret. The Matrix10 Ultra and Matrix10 Pro carry dual spinning mops at 30,000 Pa, with the retracting turret on the Ultra only.
L and D: the mid-range and the entry level
The L line runs from the L60 Pro Ultra and L60 Ultra, both 35,000 Pa with the retracting turret, through the L50 Pro Ultra, the only other L with that turret, the L50 Ultra, which keeps a fixed turret but climbs 42 mm on ProLeap legs, the L40s Pro Ultra and the camera-free L40s Ultra, L50s Pro Ultra and L40 Ultra Gen 2 to the L10s Ultra Gen 3 and the generation before it, the 10,000 Pa L10s Ultra Gen 2, all with the full dock; the L10s Pro Gen 3 and its predecessor, the L10s Pro Gen 2, come without one. The market versions, the L50 Ultra AE, L40 Ultra AE, L40 Ultra CE, L60 Ultra PE and L60 Ultra FE, publish lower suction or simpler obstacle detection. The D line is where the dock gets simpler: the D30 Ultra still washes and dries the mops, and its American version, the D30 Ultra CE, refills the water too; the D20 Pro Plus, D20 Air Plus, D20 Plus and D10 Plus Gen 2 only empty the bin, and the D20 Pro and D20 have no dock.
What to check before buying a Dreame
- Height. The X60 Max Ultra Complete and X60 Ultra are 79.5 mm; the other retracting-turret models are 89 to 97.5 mm; the Aqua10 Roller's fixed turret makes it 120 mm.
- Thresholds. Dreame publishes a climb figure for most models: 52 mm on the three X60 Pro models, 50 mm on the Aqua20 Pro Ultra Roller X Complete, 45 mm on the X60 Max and X60 Ultra, 42 mm on the Aqua10 Roller, the two Aqua10 Ultra models, the Matrix10 Ultra, the X50 Ultra, the X50 Master and the L50 Ultra, and 20 to 22 mm on the rest that publish one.
- Roller or pads. The Aqua10 and Aqua20 models mop with a roller, the D20 Pro, D20 Pro Plus, D20 Air Plus, D20 Plus, D20 and D10 Plus Gen 2 with a static pad, and every other Dreame with two spinning pads. The X60 Pro and Max models, the X50 Ultra and X50 Master, the X40 Ultra, both Matrix10, the L60 Pro Ultra, L60 Ultra FE, L50 Pro Ultra, L50 Ultra, L40s Pro Ultra and L40s Ultra leave the pads at the dock before carpet; the rest lift them.
- Markets. Several models exist as AE, CE, PE or FE versions sold in particular countries. Check the product page for your edition's figures and price before assuming the base model's apply.
The rankings this hub draws on: best robot vacuums for mopping, for pet hair, for obstacle avoidance, for large homes and the best value. Every score is computed as described in how we score.