Dreame H15 Pro CarpetFlex review – Choose your roller

REVIEW – We have seen wet/dry vacuums flooding (heh) the small appliance market for some time now and I have loved many of them. However, if you have hardwood, tile, etc., and live in your home, what do you more than likely also have? Rugs. This is where I found such a shortfall of all my wet/dry vacs. Sure, I could quickly mop up those outside puppy paw prints, but I have to go get a whole different machine to suck up the unsupervised catnip party the cat threw. Dreame must have heard my rumblings because they’ve released the H15 Pro CarpetFlex that allows the user to choose a different roller for each floor type and clean itself afterwards.

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Price: $699.99
Where to buy: Amazon and Dreame

What is it?

The Dreame H15 Carpetflex Pro is a stand-up cordless floor cleaner. All the floors! It comes with separate rollers for carpet and wood/tile floors, and even emits a fine mist around the vacuum part to keep dust down. It’s got a self-propelling motor for the wheels to make maneuvering over large open spaces easier. The charging base acts as the machine’s cleaning system for washing the roller(s) and treating it to a heated dry function for 30 minutes, significantly cutting down on any funky odors.

What’s included?

• H15 Pro Carpetflex cordless floor cleaner
• Charging/self clean and dry base
• Hard floor brush (comes pre-installed upon shipping)
• Carpet brush
• Cleaning brush
• Replacement filter

Design and features

The Dreame is designed to be as easy-to-use as possible. The clean water reservoir sits directly above the brush, allowing you to keep an eye on the water level while you’re humanely relocating those dust bunnies.

The H15 Pro CarpetFlex has features I didn’t even know I wanted. For example, a mist function to tamp down dust AND a quiet mode for those mid-evening cleaning sessions where waking the whole house isn’t optimal. The dirty water tank is accessible from the front and the design does the job of keeping our hands away from where the used water gets dumped out. In fact, it can be removed while the CarpetFlex is drying to be emptied and rinsed without disturbing the roller dry mode.

The filter does a dynamite job of catching debris, like this oatmeal, and there is even a “larger debris” slide on the front of the machine for larger particles.

This also is helpful for thicker carpets when using the carpet roller.  The CarpetFlex is made to lay flat to fit under smaller spaces and has assistive wheels for ease of use not to mention reduce fatigue.

I would be absolutely missing one of the best points in the CarpetFLex’s self clean that not only has a pre-programed cleaning and drying set up for the wet dry roller, but also one for the carpet roller. The wash is relatively quick, with hot water, then automatically transitions into dry mode.

Assembly, Installation, Setup

The H15 Pro CarpetFlex has one of the easiest assemblies. You attach the handle into the designated port on the top of the machine till you hear a click. Then, place on the dock and charge to 100% before first use.

That’s it, and you’re ready to roll.

Once charged, you’ll fill the top tank with water and cleaning fluid and reattach to the machine. I will say, check these parts for shipping cardboard. It came VERY well packaged.

Final thoughts

I was really tough on this machine. As I wrapped up testing, the area where I live was hit with a nor’easter and I used the H15 Pro EVERY. DAY. IT RAINED. It picked up not just the muddy gross water dripped in on the fur kid, it also sucked up all of the leaves that blew in while mother nature demonstrated her wrath.

I thought I would be disappointed with my peanut butter test.  You know, because dogs poop in the house sometimes, and it’s not going to be solid 100% of the time. Imagine my surprise when the self cleaning function worked so well that I wasn’t haunted once by the ghost of peanut butter odors past.

I love the easy tab system to switch the rollers out. One flick and its ALMOST a one handed replacement. I sprinkled my rugs with a box of baking soda to test the suction. Not only did it pull from the low pile of my rugs, but never clogged once.

Granted, there are a few things I could take away points for, like the cleaning assist. In theory, I get it, it gives you a little push get things done a little quicker, sure. But these wheels are wild and almost too powerful for the machine. They constantly spin themselves, even with the adjusting speed feature.

I also noticed that with the front end of the machine, it’s very hard to get into corners under the baseboards, which I notice only because I am the messiest baker this side of the Mississippi river and flour might  be permanently in some of the areas of my house, but I digress. Trying to navigate head on didn’t really pull any debris from those areas and didn’t register on the “clean meter”.

I think the “quiet mode” should really be more accurately described as more of a “lower power” mode since its only slightly more quiet than a normal mode and it’s more of a help to battery life.

All that being said, this is a really good all in one machine. I keep it close in the kitchen and know that I’ll be super appreciative of it’s self clean during the holidays full of events and visitors.

What I like about the Dreame H15 Pro CarpetFlex Wet Dry Vacuum

• Easy installation
• Self Clean (and importantly – heated drying)
• Cleaning mode indicator
• Mist for dust
• Articulated head for ease of movement

 

 

What needs to be improved?

• Overzealous drive wheels
• Corner cleaning
• No direct spray function – for those tough spots that just don’t want to give up

Price: $699.99
Where to buy: Amazon and Dreame
Source: The sample of this product was provided for free by Dreame. Dreame did not have a final say on the review and did not preview the review before it was published.