Dreame Bot W10 · iRobot Roomba Max 875 Combo

The dock washes and hot-air dries the pads without help, but the pads themselves never lift: any carpet inside a mopping zone has to be excluded in the app or the pads taken off by hand.

LiDAR mapping is solid and enables multi-floor handoff, but 4,000 Pa suction is below current flagships. Capability ceiling is ceiling, not floor, for pet homes.

You are paying for a claimed 3x carpet improvement that nobody outside iRobot has independently measured.

Hot-water roller washing removes manual mop upkeep because the dock handles the wash and dry cycle itself; it also converts a simple nozzle clog into a heating-circuit and pump fault to troubleshoot.

Zero field history at launch: every dependability figure here rests on a spec sheet, not an ownership record.

Homes with rugs or carpet inside the mopped rooms

The two mop pads are fixed to the underside and do not lift. Dreame's guidance is not to run them over carpet, so a mopping pass through a room with a rug in it means pulling the pads off by hand first or excluding the area in the app.

Pet-hair-heavy carpet homes

LiDAR handles carpet detection well, but suction (4,000 Pa) is mid-range for 2021. Heavy pet shedding results in frequent brush tangles; LiDAR does not compensate for lower suction on high-pile.

Apartment dwellers with space constraints

Dock is large (23" × 15" footprint) and requires a drying rack nearby. Not suitable for compact apartments or homes where dock placement is limited.

High-pile or long-fiber carpet primary surfaces

4,000 Pa suction is adequate for low-pile and hard floors. Owner reports show visible dirt retention on shag or high-pile; LiDAR excels at mapping but suction underperforms the category baseline for 2024+.

Renters or homes without dedicated dock floor space

The AutoWash Dock needs permanent AC power and a fixed footprint; moving it means the robot has to re-orient against its stored LiDAR map, which is disruptive for temporary living situations.

Owners of delicate, fringed or tasseled area rugs

SealForce lowers a physical skirt around the cleaning head on carpet detection; iRobot has not published guidance on tasseled or loose-weave rugs, and a lowering skirt is a plausible snag point worth flagging.

Multi-floor homes wanting one dock per level

iRobot has not published multi-dock or portable-basestation support for this model; carrying the robot between floors means re-establishing the map each time rather than a dedicated dock per level.

Buyers wanting an established field record before purchase

The Max 875 Combo shipped September 2, 2026. There is no owner-report history yet on roller wear, dock water-circuit durability, or long-run map stability.