- Dreame debuted its Laundry Care L10 Center at Dreame Next
- It combines four washer-dryers with a closet and a robot vacuum cleaner
- It doesn’t yet have a price or release date
Dreame is no stranger to robot vacuum innovation, being one of the first brands to showcase stair-climbing cleaners—but this latest model might be its weirdest yet: a robot vacuum hub meets closet meets four washer-dryers. All in one machine.
The Laundry Care L10 Center, which debuted at its Dreame Next show in San Francisco, is one of the strangest appliances I’ve ever seen — and that includes the robotic arm-equipped refrigerator Dreame, which was also showcased here at the event.
The four washers and dryers are designed to help you finally separate your cleaning loads, because if you’re like me, it all goes in at the same time on the same setting. The largest 10kg drum handles most of your clothes, a 3kg drum handles shoes and the pair of 2.5kg ports are designed for underwear and baby clothes respectively.
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The idea is that each drum can maximize its effectiveness in cleaning your clothes while helping you organize your laundry better.
As well as your typical water and detergent, this machine also uses ultrasonic vibrations to remove dirt and ‘AI Lingus’ to ensure your clothes are properly cleaned and dried (rather than still damp in spots) – and don’t come out tangled.
Meanwhile, the wardrobe section is designed to refresh and smooth your shirts and dresses between wash cycles.
One more thing
The final piece of this all-in-one cleaning machine is of course the robotic vacuum cleaner and mop, which hides in a compartment at the bottom of the washing machine’s stack, recharging the battery, emptying its dirt and refreshing the water supply as if it were in an independent dock.
The complete package sounds like the ultimate cleaning machine – the only thing missing is that the robo vac doesn’t appear to be the Z1 Laundry bot that walks around your home picking up dirty clothes for you, although I expect it’s only a matter of time before that changes.
The other dampener on the announcement is a lack of pricing and a release date for the all-in-one cleaning cabinet. However, my impression is that it won’t be cheap if and when it launches.
I also wonder if this is a less-is-more scenario. While the 6-in-1 package sounds neat, I fear its complex nature could make it a nightmare to maintain or fix if things go wrong.
What’s more, how useful is a dedicated cleaning drum for baby clothes? Children grow up, and not everyone has them to begin with. Maybe one or two drums makes sense, but four feels like overkill.
As with some smart home tech, this feels like a flashy concept, but probably not something every home should have. Although it might be on purpose – advertise a flashy washer dryer to get people interested, then sell them on the more mundane but solid standard cleaner and a separate robo vacuum cleaner.
We’ll just have to wait and see if Dreame’s technology can prove me wrong — maybe this 6-in-1 robo vac cabinet washer dryer is the home cleaning gadget we didn’t know we needed.
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