Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete review: carpet leader, labs split on pet hair

This review covers one robot: the US model RLX87DE on the RCXE0808 dock, judged only on its own results. Check for that model number in other reviews. Figures quoted under another name may belong to a different machine. The US robot is rated 35,000 Pa. The cheaper X60 Ultra is a different robot too. It goes without the plate that presses the brush into carpet, and RTINGS doesn't expect it to clean like this one.

Years of signing off jet engine parts against their drawings taught me that a suction figure with no test behind it mostly tells you the motor exists. The promises that matter here hold up, and one is undersold. Dreame claims a single step of 1.8 in (45 mm). Vacuum Wars watched it climb 2 in (51 mm). That's the sliding-door track and the lip into the den. It slips under furniture with 3.1 in (8.0 cm) of space, and Dreame's US store backs it for 3 years. We give that credit.

Does it really get all the pet hair?

On carpet, yes, given a second chance. Three labs tested the US robot, and the gap between them is in the tests. Vacuum Wars let it run twice over hair flattened into carpet: it lifted 100%, well above that lab's average. RTINGS pressed hair into short carpet and allowed a single sweep on default settings: passable, with some left behind. The Hook Up buried very long hair and fluffy tufts in high pile for one run: average.

So it's excellent at hair, just not in one sweep. RTINGS tested on firmware 4.3.9_1495, the only US pet-hair result tied to a version. No US robot has been retested since. Whether later updates help is not known.

It won't wind hair around its brush, either. Vacuum Wars found 0% wrapped in its long-hair test. One home with three dogs, three cats and two rabbits saw the same over six months (AppleInsider, sponsored by Dreame). The robot flagged a clump at the brush ends a few times after skipped cleanings, and it pulled out by hand.

Will the dock keep up with a heavy shedder?

Mostly, with a hand from you now and then. Dreame says the bag lasts up to 100 days. In that eight-pet home it lasted 1–2 months, fair for a small zoo, and the dock never clogged. Three other US reports are less rosy. The Hook Up found 0.25 oz (7.1 g) still caked in the robot's filter after the dock emptied it. RTINGS's tester says the dock "does not always get everything out", though its highest emptying suction "does help a lot". Just A Dad Approved saw it clog once, with no warning, in a packed pet-hair test. The bin filled and the robot carried on without really cleaning.

The cause is a trade Dreame chose. The dock empties at a gentle 64.9 dBA, and RTINGS says the quieter motor stops pulling sooner. The robot's own bin holds just 8 fl oz (235 ml), which a husky in spring fills without trying. For most homes, pulling out a hair mat is a small chore. For someone who relies on the robot because vacuuming is hard for them, a silent clog is the failure that matters.

How does it handle carpet and thick rugs?

Very well, especially in ordinary medium pile. Vacuum Wars measured it pulling 89% of sand buried in medium pile, comfortably above average. RTINGS judged its carpet pickup good whether the pile was short or deep. The Hook Up's flour-and-seed mix in high pile came out at 65.5%, mostly average. That's a harder test, not a contradiction. Fine powder deep in thick pile is where it's merely good. Rug tassels still catch its brush, so the fringe on the runner stays your problem.

Suction costs battery. Vacuum Wars got about 950 sq ft per charge, below its average. It docks to recharge and then finishes, so big homes get done, just not in one sitting.

Will it avoid dog poop on the carpet?

Usually, which isn't always. RTINGS found it reliable around pet waste, and it dodged 22 of 24 objects at Vacuum Wars. Carpet is where it slips: The Hook Up watched it run over the fake poop once (4 of 6). For a grown dog with the rare accident, those are good odds. If your floors are mostly hard with a few rugs and a puppy is still learning, the guide to robot vacuums that avoid dog poop picks the eufy Omni S2 for you.

Where does it fall short?

Bare floors and dried stains. On one default pass, RTINGS found it leaves noticeable fine and medium debris on hard floors. Two of three labs found dried stains a weak spot. Edges are the exception: The Hook Up saw its swing-out mop work right along the baseboards. And the "212 °F" mop wash is true, if you happen to be the heater. Dreame's own fine print admits that's where the figure applies. The water reaching the mop is another story: in RTINGS's readings it sat between 77 °F and 86 °F (25–30 °C), and one reviewer's thermometer topped out at 94 °F on a just-washed pad. Nobody has tested whether hotter water would leave the mop any cleaner. It just isn't what the box implies.

What about the cameras and microphones?

It has two cameras and, the manual says, microphones that wait for a voice command. Dreame says recognition happens on the robot and no image data is stored in its cloud. Nobody has checked. The Dreamehome app has a spotty record. A login flaw CISA reported in 2025 is fixed in later app versions. A 2024 flaw that let shared users delete the owner's robot photos has no known fix. If you want no camera in the house, this isn't your robot. For a carpeted pet home that never wants to mop, our camera-free pick is the Dreame D20 Plus. If your shedder is house-trained and lives on hard floors and low rugs, the pet-hair roundup picks the camera-free eufy Omni C28, which mops too. The manual says holding Reset for three seconds disconnects the X60 from Wi-Fi, though maps and schedules need the app. Dreame sells it under the FCC's normal approval, so the new robot rules don't stop you buying it or running it.

If a robot that stays patched and controllable without the cloud matters more to you than carpet, our guide to whether robot vacuums are banned picks the Roborock Saros 20 instead. The Roborock Saros 20 vs Dreame X60 comparison sets the two side by side.

What isn't known yet?

We don't know whether firmware since RTINGS's July test fixes the software bugs its tester cited when he held back his recommendation. One owner reports phantom walls between rooms. Nobody has measured how often the dock clogs, or how Dreame's US support treats a dead dock. We found no recalls.

Should you buy the Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete?

Yes, if carpet and rugs run through most of your rooms and your dog or cat sheds hard. Given two passes it lifts every hair from carpet, and none winds around the brush. The best robot vacuum for pet hair and the best robot vacuum for carpet weigh it against the alternatives.

The catch is the dock. It doesn't always empty the robot completely, so expect to clear a hair mat from its small bin now and then.

It also earns a place on hard floors with deep rugs and a heavy shedder, if the gray line of dust along the walls and under the kitchen cabinets is what bothers you most. Our robot vacuum and mop roundup picks it for exactly that house. Other homes are better served elsewhere. On mostly wood or tile with an ordinary shedder, the ECOVACS DEEBOT T90 Pro Omni is the one our pet-hair roundup sends you to. If those hard floors carry thick area rugs that must stay dry, and your pets never have accidents, the carpet roundup picks the Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow. If a step taller than 2 in (51 mm) separates your rooms and your pets never have accidents, the comparison above explains why the Roborock Saros 20 suits you. Want to spend less? If your shedders never have accidents and every doorway sill is under an inch, we'd send you to the Dreame L60 Ultra PE, the pick in both the pet-hair roundup and our own review of that robot. The X60 earns its place in homes where the odd accident still happens. On a much smaller budget, our budget roundup and the carpet roundup both settle on the Dreame D20 Plus, provided somebody gathers up stray socks and cords ahead of time. If your home doesn't fit neatly into any of these, the home-fit finder asks a few questions and points you to a robot. For the carpeted, shedding home, we'd buy the X60.