The Dreame Matrix10 Ultra makes it clear on arrival and before our test that it is no ordinary robot vacuum. This starts with the unpacking and doesn’t stop with the docking station. Anyone standing in front of this appliance for the first time will briefly think they have ordered a mini fridge by mistake. The station measures just under 46 cm wide, 42 cm deep and is 59 cm high. However, what’s inside more than justifies these dimensions. All in all, the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra is an appliance that thinks floor cleaning through to the end more consistently than anything else on the market to date.
Technical data at a glance
| Feature | Dreame Matrix10 Ultra |
|---|---|
| Suction power | 30,000 Pa (pre-max) |
| Robot height (tower retracted) | 8.9 cm |
| Robot height (tower unfolded) | 11.1 cm |
| Mop sets | 3 pairs (blue / gray / yellow-orange) |
| Mop lift on carpet | 10.5 mm |
| Max. Obstacle height (ProLeap) | 8 cm |
| Dust bag station | 3.2 liters (approx. 100 days) |
| Battery life | up to 220 minutes |
| Obstacle detection | over 240 object types (OmniSight) |
| Station dimensions (W x D x H) | approx. 46 x 42 x 59 cm |
| App | Dreamehome (iOS / Android) |
| Voice control | Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, own assistant |
| Smart home protocol | Matter |
| Price (RRP) | from approx. 1,200 euros (DE) |
Scope of delivery of the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra: complete from the start
Dreame sends the Matrix10 Ultra into the race well equipped: All three mop sets are included right out of the box, as are cleaning agents for all three solution compartments, a spare dust bag and the extendable side brush. So you can get started straight away.
The scope of delivery at a glance:
- Dreame Matrix10 Ultra robot
- Base station
- 6 mops (3 mop pairs: blue universal, gray for wooden floors, yellow-orange nylon bristles)
- Cleaning agent for all 3 solution compartments
- Spare dust bag
- Retractable side brush
- Quick guide
Design and workmanship: unobtrusive where it needs to be
The robot itself is initially inconspicuous. Flat screen, discreet design in black or white, nothing unnecessary. High gloss in the right places, matt material where fingerprints would be annoying. With the LiDAR tower retracted, it has a height of just 8.9 cm, allowing it to fit under significantly more furniture than most competitors with a fixed tower, which of course means more cleaning space at the end of the day.
The workmanship is consistently high quality. No sloppy connections, no wobbly covers. The docking station looks good and, despite its size, becomes an integral part of the room if you give it the space it needs.
However, one thing is annoying at this price level: the power cable is very short at around one meter. If you can’t place the station right next to a power socket, you’ll need an extension cable. This is really no excuse for a device in this price range.
Cleaning concept in the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra test: the automatic mop change
The unique selling point of the Matrix10 Ultra is its automatic mop changing system, and it is the only one of its kind on the market. Three pairs of mops are stored behind a flap in the base station, almost like a jukebox mechanism. A specific mop type is assigned to each room via the app. The kitchen floor gets the nylon bristle pads, the parquet in the living room the absorbent gray pads, the rest of the house the universal blue ones.
As soon as the robot moves from one area to the next, it returns to the station, swaps the mop set and continues its round. The changeover takes about one minute.
In our test with the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra, this works reliably. If you don’t want the same mop that has just mopped the bathroom floor to be dragged across the living room parquet afterwards, this is a practical solution to this problem. For allergy sufferers, families with small children and anyone who simply attaches more importance to hygiene than the average person, this can be a real selling point.
However, the system does have a catch. If you have many different types of rooms and plan to change them frequently, you have to reckon with significantly longer overall cleaning times. Each change takes time and battery power. In smaller apartments with a manageable number of rooms, this is hardly an issue, but in large houses with many different floor coverings, it should be taken into account.
Suction power: 30,000 Pa, which also arrives
30,000 Pa sounds like marketing, but in the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra test it proved to be a solid argument. Practically nothing remains on hard floors. Crumbs, dust, hair, animal fur and fine sand are reliably picked up, and the robot also works more thoroughly along skirting boards and in corners than many comparable devices. The extendable side brush ensures that even tight corners are not ignored. The HyperStream double brush with anti-tangle design does not fill up with long hair and pet hair, which is a noticeable advantage in everyday life with pets and was also confirmed in the test during longer cleaning runs.
The Matrix10 Ultra cuts a very fine figure on short-pile carpets. To really put the 30,000 Pa to the test, we served it a nasty mixture of sesame seeds, salad herbs and rice on a black test carpet – a combination that drives many robots to despair due to the different weights and sizes. However, the Matrix10 Ultra was unimpressed and vacuumed the test area almost completely clean in just one pass.
It is more difficult on deep pile, but this is not a device-specific problem, but simply shows the limits that robot hoovers generally reach on deep pile.
For carpets, you can configure how the robot deals with this in the app. It can only lift the mops, leave them completely in the station before driving over them or drive over the pile at a higher suction level. If you wish, you can also set the robot to lift its chassis horizontally on high-pile carpets so that it can also drive over thicker carpets without any problems. This combination of adaptive suction power and flexible mop management makes the Matrix10 Ultra particularly suitable for mixed floors.
Mopping performance in the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra test: warm, hot and with stain detection
The mopping performance is one of the most convincing aspects of the appliance in the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra test. Dried ketchup and a sticky stain from spilled cola, both classic everyday enemies on hard floors, were wiped away reliably and streak-free by the Matrix10 Ultra in our endurance test.
The function for detecting dried-on stains can be activated in the app. The robot then stops in front of the stain, moves the brush and side brush upwards to protect the mechanics, and cleans the area thoroughly with the mop pads. Whether warm or hot water is used can also be set in the app.
The dual omni-scrub mops work with two counter-rotating pads that exert even pressure on the floor and therefore remove deeply embedded dirt more effectively than simple swivel pads. After use, the pads themselves are washed in the station with water heated up to 100 degrees and then dried automatically. This is not only good for the cleaning performance during the next use, but also significantly reduces odors and germ growth. At edges, the robot occasionally keeps a little more distance than necessary, but the right-hand mop swivels outwards and closes this gap on the return journey. On large open areas, the Matrix10 Ultra consistently delivers very good and even mopping results.
Navigation and the lowerable LiDAR tower
The lowerable LiDAR tower is one of the most practical features of the Matrix10 Ultra and is one of the things you won’t want to do without after a while. With the sensor retracted, the robot has a height of 8.9 cm, as already mentioned, and therefore fits under significantly more furniture than its competitors with a fixed tower. Routes where the tower still causes problems can be marked as low areas in the app. The robot then automatically moves these areas in lowered mode, which means that virtually no area in the home remains permanently uncovered.
According to Dreame, OmniSight navigation recognizes over 240 different object types. Our practical test showed a realistic picture: it mastered maneuvering through a bottleneck between a charging cable and a dog toy with ease and illuminated the area well with its LEDs. However, the camera reaches its limits with very small, flat objects – a single white brick was simply overlooked in the test run and mercilessly sucked in by the robot. Overall, however, the obstacle detection works well, there are hardly any hard collisions and the route planning appears logical and structured.
The ProLeap system with extendable wheels is particularly ingenious. The robot can overcome obstacles of up to 8 cm in height, i.e. door thresholds, carpet edges and furniture feet, which are simply insurmountable for other devices. In practice, it literally jumps over double thresholds, which is a real advantage over other models in an old apartment with many transitions, for example, and makes all the difference in old buildings or houses with uneven floors.
App and operation: Dreamehome does a lot of things right
The Dreamehome app is intuitive and at the same time offers a lot of depth. After the first mapping run, rooms can be named, cleaning sequences can be defined, no-go zones can be marked and the mop set, suction level and wetness level can be defined separately for each room. Schedules can be configured precisely and the live map shows the progress of cleaning in real time. This is much more fun than expected.
It is particularly practical that the map is not static. If you move furniture around or open up new areas, you don’t have to re-map each time. The map learns and adapts to changing circumstances. Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri are available for voice control, and the Matrix10 Ultra also has its own integrated assistant. Matter support also makes the device fit for all common smart home ecosystems, and Dreame provides regular app and firmware updates, which shows that the device will continue to be developed after purchase.
Battery, maintenance and independence in everyday life
The 6,400 mAh battery has a runtime of up to 220 minutes, which is enough for a complete cycle even for large apartments on one floor. If the battery is not enough, the robot returns to the station, recharges and continues exactly where it left off. Multi-floor mapping is available for apartment buildings so that several floors can be managed separately.
What really makes everyday life easier is the combination of automatic emptying, mop washing, mop drying and the 3.2-liter dust bag, which, depending on the household, lasts up to 100 days without needing to be changed, according to the manufacturer. In addition, there is the sophisticated system with the three separate detergent cartridges, which are simply inserted into the station and ensure automatic dosing.
If you don’t have any pets and operate the appliance in a medium-sized home, you can leave the robot running for weeks without actively intervening. Filling the water tanks, occasionally checking the fill levels of the cartridges and checking the pads are of course necessary, but more than that is not required in normal operation.
For whom is the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra worthwhile?
The Matrix10 Ultra is aimed at anyone who has mixed floors, takes hygiene when mopping more seriously than average and is prepared to invest accordingly for true full automation. Anyone who would have the bathroom, kitchen and parquet flooring mopped with the same pads without any problems simply does not need the mop changing system and will find strong alternatives in the Dreame L50 Ultra or the Roborock Saros 10R for significantly less money. For small apartments, the device is simply oversized in terms of price and station volume.
The situation is different in larger apartments and houses with different floor coverings, pets and many thresholds. This is where the overall package pays off and the Matrix10 Ultra shows what it was built for: a system that makes its own decisions, thinks for itself and hardly needs any intervention.
Dreame Matrix10 Ultra test summary: the most sophisticated system in its class
In the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra test, the appliance impresses across the board. The unique mop changing system, the lowerable LiDAR tower and the ProLeap system for overcoming high thresholds really do make a noticeable difference in everyday use. The cleaning performance on hard floors and short pile is excellent, the mopping performance with stain detection and hot wash is at a level that most competitors cannot match. The station is large and takes up space, the cable is too short and many mop changes take time. If you can live with this and want a system that really thinks for itself, the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra is currently the best the market has to offer.
- Unique automatic mop changing system with 3 pair sets
- lowerable LiDAR tower for a height of only 8.9 cm
- very high suction power (30,000 Pa) also convincing in practice
- Stain detection and mopping with hot water
- ProLeap overcomes obstacles up to 8 cm
- Matter support for all smart home systems
- Very large station
- Power cord much too short at only approx. 1 meter
- many mop changes extend cleaning time noticeably
- high purchase price
Dreame Matrix10 Ultra
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Price-performance ratio
92/100
The Dreame Matrix10 Ultra is the most consistent attempt to date to truly fully automate floor cleaning. The mop changing system works reliably, the cleaning performance is strong on almost all floors, and the station does almost everything itself. If you have the budget and have mixed floors in your home, you are currently getting the most sophisticated system on the market.
