Dreame F10 review: Effective robo vacuum cleaner that does its job

With the festive season ringing bells, seasonal household cleaning efforts are going on for a lot of us. We have had robotic vacuum cleaners in the Indian market for a while now, with Dreame Technology having several options across different price ranges being one name.

The F10 is a more budget-centric option that does dry as well as mop cleaning. It is currently available on Amazon for Rs 16,999. I have been using one for a few weeks, and this is how the experience went:

The Dreame F10 has a typical robo vacuum cleaner look and feel with its circular shape, with sensors and two touch buttons for power and home on top. The bottom houses the floating brush, a 570ml trash can and a 235ml water tank. Powered by a 5,200mAh battery unit, the suction power of the F10 is 13000Pa, as per the company.

You’re required to use the Dreamehome app on your smartphone to set up WiFi on the cleaner. It took around half an hour to do the first mapping of the entire floor, and the map itself looked quite close to the realistic plan in terms of nooks and corners, as well as fixtures and furniture in place.

Mapping of the floor

You can make more maps and also assign specific zones within one to clean that separately later. There are three suction modes, including the most powerful mode for carpets. The most powerful mode is a bit noisy, but nothing too out of the ordinary. It weighs about 3.7kg on its own and comes in White (the one I tried) and Black colour options, including for the docking station.

In terms of regular cleaning of the floors, the F10 did an effective job of picking up dust, little particles and other things alongside. You can use the mopping feature using the water tank, where it would sprinkle a bit of water for a more satisfying cleaning of your floors. There’s not too much water wasted in the process, but I found some hair strands often getting stuck in the main roller brush in the process. It didn’t cause any issues in the dry cleaning process and the moving of the machinery, but it did occur regularly.

Cleaning of the floor itself is satisfactory, and rarely in a corner did I find something that should have been picked by the F10, but it didn’t. It ran smoothly across different types of floors and finishes, which was nice to see.

You can expect to run the vacuum cleaner for close to 4-5 hours on a single full charge with its 5,200mAh battery. Just pressing the home button takes it to the pre-assigned place to get charged with the docking station. There’s voice assistant support with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, and you can also set up routines for putting it to use during a specific time of the day.

It’s safe to say the Dreame F10 is quite an effective robo vacuum cleaner that does most of its job as needed. It isn’t perfect when it comes to wet cleaning, but it is certainly up to the task for picking dust, cleaning floors and being somewhat smart for covering your entire space.

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