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The obstacle-climbing robot vacuum we wish we could afford to keep

Getting over tiny steps is just one of a few new features in Dreame’s X50 Ultra mopping robovac. It’s also got a great anti-tangle system and a steep price.

Out of nowhere, Dreame’s X50 Ultra robovac has catapulted itself to the top of the Digital Life list of things we wish we owned.

Well, not so much catapulted, as high-jumped. The new robotic vacuum cleaner and mop, which goes on sale this week, has both Fosbury Flopped and scissor-kicked its way to the top, thanks to a new obstacle climbing system that can get it in places no robotic cleaner has ever been before.

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John Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jdavidson@afr.com

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