The modern world has created a lifestyle that necessitates we live at a fast pace; everything demands our attention and things get left by the wayside when they’re not dealt with immediately. One of the many things that usually get left by the wayside is maintaining our living surroundings. However, with modern technology, tasks that used to take hours to complete can now be done in a matter of minutes including cleaning.
One such tech is the Xiaomi Truclean W10 Ultra Wet Dry Vacuum. While its name is a mouthful it’s built to make sure that you have two fewer chores to worry about on your plate. However, it enters a market that is being flooded by “new age” cleaning technologies like the wet-dry vacuum, the robot vacuum, steam mops, and more. Does it deliver on its promise to deliver a simplified cleaning experience as well as all the benefits of having a clean home? We’re breaking down the whole experience for you in this in-depth review.
Design
When it comes to buying cleaning technologies nowadays, the design plays an increasingly important role as many of today’s offerings aren’t built to be stowed away instead, they are built to be part of the décor. The Xiaomi Truclean W10 Ultra Wet Dry Vacuum is no different, but the company’s designers have made it so the vacuum is able to be integrated seamlessly into any décor.
The Xiaomi Truclean W10 Ultra Wet Dry Vacuum comes in two parts – the vacuum itself and the base station. Let’s break down the overall design first. The two parts are designed in a very complementary way – in fact, it’s so flawlessly designed that I wouldn’t be surprised if you thought it was a single unit. The vacuum unit itself is designed with minimal removable parts. The only actual removable parts are the waste container, roller, and handle. The handle becomes a permanent part of the vacuum after the initial installation. Other parts of the unit are all within the single seamless body of the Truclean W10 Ultra. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll realize I haven’t mentioned a clean water container. Well, that’s part of the base station. Yes, this vacuum fills itself up.
The base station is very minimally designed for the amount of functions it has. It is a single unit like the vacuum, it comes with a removable clean water container that’s removable. The rest of the unit isn’t. It stays as one unit. There is a container to store your additional roller and a cleaning brush to clean the waste container. This container also comes with a single button to heat dry the items inside which helps eliminate odors. Speaking of, the base station itself also comes with a heating system that allows it to both heat water and dry the roller of the vacuum unit. The removable water container can fill up the vacuum about 2.5 times before needing to be refilled. It also has an LED indicator that will glow white when there is enough water in the tank, yellow when you’re running low, and red when you’re out of water.
Overall, the minimalist aesthetic of the W10 Ultra makes it a very unintrusive addition to any home aesthetically. This is true even if the unit isn’t relegated to being in the kitchen or dining area. If it needs to be in one of the main entertaining areas of the home, the minimalist aesthetic allows it to blend into the room without taking away from your space’s aesthetics.
Specifications
| Weight | Approx 5.4kg |
| Voltage | 21.6V |
| Power | 200W |
| Charging Voltage | 26.0V |
| Dimensions | 250×250×1100mm |
| Water Resistance Rating | IPX4 |
| Base Station/Dock Input | 2.6V 0.9A |
| Base Station/Dock Output | 2.6V 0.9A |
| Price (RM) | 3,599 |
Cleaning for ANY Situation Except CarPets
The Xiaomi TruClean W10 Ultra is designed for cleaning on hard surfaces – carpets may not be the best idea when it comes to this vacuum. However, it would be remiss to not emphasize that this is a WET and DRY vacuum. Simply put, it’s meant for marble, hardwood, and laminate flooring. It’s also one of those vacuums that allow you to do a single pass to clean spills in a pinch.
So, let’s get to cleaning. The W10 Ultra is built for convenience. It cleans pretty well. Having used it for daily cleaning of my personal spaces for over a month, the unit does make life easier and cleaner. The rollers can take up dirt efficiently – this includes large debris and items like cotton buds. While I wouldn’t recommend having large items like cotton buds be picked up by the vacuum regularly, it’s nice to know it doesn’t just push them into harder-to-reach corners like other similar products.
You may think that using the unit will be tedious cause of the weight – I mean it weighs roughly the same as a bag of rice! – but thanks to the motorized wheels of the unit, the weight is not an issue. I would say that I was hardly pushing the W10 Pro around. Instead, it was like guiding a self-moving trolley – effortless. This also made cleaning seem to pass faster than usual. I found myself cleaning the same amount of space in about 60% of the time and ending up doing more than 1 pass regularly.
In addition to this, the Xiaomi Truclean W10 Ultra also supports heated cleaning which can be turned on with the mode change button. It does this by heating the water up to about 80°C. This is done by emptying the clean water from the clean water container and heating it in the base station as it’s filled into the vacuum unit. The increased temperature helps remove more stubborn stains. Of course, it doesn’t work as well as steam but it does help remove stains and residue more efficiently.
Another big plus with the W10 Ultra during my time reviewing it was the fact that it almost never got tangled with hair or even on rugs. While it did pull the rug into the roller, it didn’t continuously pull it in and instead, it stopped allowing me to pull it out without much hassle. The vacuum is also very flexible, it can lay nearly completely flat on the ground allowing you to clean under furniture with ease. However, it does have a drawback of being able to clean for a maximum of about 40 minutes on a single charge.
Designed with Hygiene in Mind
The Xiaomi Truclean W10 Ultra is one of the only vacuums that I’ve seen in recent times with a design that is very focused on hygiene. Many other similar vacuums don’t go through the lengths Xiaomi does with this one to ensure that the unit is hygienic and easy to maintain. It’s not only the big items or features but there is also thought into the small details.
The biggest example I can give of this is the design of the waste container for the W10 Ultra. It’s one of the only that separates the debris from the water. This is done with a sieve-like design in the inner chamber of the container. The compartments remain separated even when the waste water is at maximum. This simple design cue made it so the water didn’t stink even after a day or two of being in the waste container. Although, I’d still recommend emptying it regularly.
The next feature that lends itself to this is the roller brush cleaning which can be done after every use. This is done by pressing the self-cleaning button when it’s docked. This will then run clean water through the roller brush getting rid of most of the debris and dirt. The self-cleaning cycle ends with the base station using heated air to dry the roller brush. The dirty water is channeled into the waste compartment.
In addition to this, you have a side compartment that you can use to store your cleaning brush and an additional roller brush. You’ll be able to wash your roller brush place it inside this container and run a drying cycle to ensure that things stay hygienic and odour-free. The brush that comes with the W10 Ultra also helps you clean and reach the nooks and crannies of the device that would otherwise be a pain to clean. After cleaning, the brush can also be placed in the same bucket to be dried.
It Speaks!
One of the more hilarious features of the vacuum comes in the form of it – the vacuum – speaking. To be honest, I was so amused by this that I burst out laughing when it first did this. I mean it was speaking in Mandarin to me! But after changing the language – which you can do with a press of a recessed button on the back – I was able to understand it better in English. There was a total of about 5 languages that it was able to speak including English and Mandarin. These voice prompts are pretty useful especially when it comes to keeping the unit clean and functioning. It will prompt you to empty the waste container when you’re done cleaning and at the end of its self-cleaning cycle. It also notifies you if your vacuum isn’t docked properly in the base unit.
These voice prompts work together with the W10 Ultra’s 3-inch display which allows you to track the mode you’re using and the charge remaining in the vacuum. Even this is designed aesthetically to show you the information. The battery life is indicated by a green circle around the display which changes to yellow and red depending on the amount of charge remaining. The center of the display shows the mode and the temperature of the water being used. All of this just makes using the vacuum that much easier and intuitive.
A Simple, Elegant, and Intuitive Package That not only Helps Clean but Stays Hygienically Clean by Design
The Xiaomi TruClean W10 Ultra is a dream for people who want a simple, elegant piece of technology that helps them maintain their spaces. Despite a few drawbacks like battery life, Xiaomi has designed the vacuum to be aesthetically pleasing and functional in every sense of the word. It’s easy to maintain, easy to clean, and remains hygienic by design. There are no two ways about it, at RM3,599 it’s one of the better choices for wet-dry vacuums on the market thanks to the thought that has been put into it from the get-go to make sure it’s clean both literally and aesthetically.
