At IFA in September 2024, Dreame demonstrated a robotic vacuum with retractable legs that would lever itself up and really climb a step. It wasn’t fairly the staircase-climbing robotic of our wildest creativeness but it surely’s a powerful feat of engineering that demonstrates simply how far robotic vacuums have come.
At CES 2025, the X50 Extremely Full robotic vacuum, which options the “ProLeap” system, launched. And now it’s that can be purchased.
We’ve already examined it, so you may try our evaluate to search out out extra about what it’s like to make use of. Or learn on for all of the info about this mannequin.
What’s the ProLeap system?
Whereas Roborock (with the Qrevo Curv) and Shark (with the PowerDetect By no means Contact Professional 2-in-1) have already launched robotic vacuums that may elevate themselves up to deal with raised thresholds and thick rugs, the ProLeap system takes issues a step additional – fairly actually.
The X50 collection robotic options two robotic legs that reach to angle the robotic vacuum’s physique upwards, permitting it to climb a step of as much as 4.2cm, or a collection of steps of as much as 6cm. So no, it could possibly’t deal with a staircase. However you probably have excessive thresholds, uneven flooring or a change of flooring peak between rooms that’s prevented you from getting essentially the most from a robotic vacuum, this tech might change the sport for you.
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For those who assume that bumping round is more likely to trigger plenty of put on and tear on the robotic, Dreame has examined it and reckons that the X50 Extremely Full will have the ability to clamber over obstacles 30,000 instances in its lifespan with no harm.
When will the X50 Extremely Full be that can be purchased and what is going to it price?
The X50 Extremely Full is now that can be purchased within the UK. It prices £1,299 from Amazon and Dreame. For those who purchase it on 28 February, or for seven days afterwards, you may get it for simply £1,199, as a particular early hen supply.
The X50 Extremely can also be accessible within the US. It’s priced at $1,699.99 however you may presently order it from Amazon or Dreame for $1,399.99, utilizing an on-page coupon.
What different options does the X50 Extremely Full have?
The ProLeap know-how isn’t the one top-flight characteristic that the X50 Extremely has. Not solely can it climb, however it could possibly clear underneath low items of furnishings, because of a intelligent piece of tech.
You’re in all probability used to seeing robotic vacuums with a raised LiDAR tower on prime, and that’s what you’ll get on the X50 Extremely. A raised tower of this sort is among the finest methods to guarantee correct object detection and mapping, because it supplies a 360-degree vantage level for the DToF (direct time of flight) sensors.
The draw back to this characteristic is that it raises the peak of the robotic vacuum, which can restrict its cleansing potential.
Nonetheless, the tower on the X50 Extremely is full with what Dreame calls “VersaLift” know-how, which permits the DToF tower to retract into the physique of the robotic vacuum, so it could possibly clear underneath low items of furnishings.
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It additionally options one other robotic limb – the “Twin Flex” arm, which lets it clear proper as much as partitions and into corners, and beneath low furnishings.
The X50 Extremely has 20,000 Pa of suction, which suggests it must be greater than a match for critical mess, even on carpet. However because of a silent impeller, it ought to go about its work quietly.
It could possibly additionally deal with a spread of flooring varieties, because of its automated mop elimination, mop lifting and suction increase, carpet avoidance and intensive carpet cleansing – relying on the job and the flooring sort it encounters.
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To check the X50 Extremely with our different prime suggestions, see our round-up of the most effective robotic vacuums we’ve examined. And for fashions which are a bit simpler on the pockets, see the most effective finances robotic vacuums.