Dreame FP10 pet air purifier review from a household of 2 cats: Heavy duty, self-cleaning, amazing looks

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One thing about vacuum companies? All of them will eventually release the air purifier. Then, most of those product vacuum cleaners just start clumping together. The dream of getting rid of the air cleaning feature called “Furcatch” quickly revealed that the Dreme FP10 was not just another cleaner with a filter that lasts longer than usual, like the Dyson HushJet or the Shark NeverChange.

I have been using the Dreme FP10 Furcatch cleaner in my house with two cats for about two weeks. Here’s how it goes.

Design: Big, but perfect vibe

As someone who checks out robot vacuums at home every week, I’ve become incredibly tired of the dark electronics shoved into every corner of my life. I was naturally drawn to the appeal of the Dreme FP10, such as the slim round shape and modern cream color that doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb among my decor or white walls.

Sansa compares Dremee color options in my random Dreme corner.
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Leota appreciates the night light around her as much as I do.
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The FP10 measures over two feet tall and 14 inches wide. That’s the standard for a large room air purifier, and there’s something to be said for a large room air purifier that doesn’t aggressively look like it was meant to live in a garage.

The space moves 360 degrees around the bottom of the cylinder, so the FP10 does its best work when it can absorb particles from the air in all directions. I have been removing the cleaner from the wall while working around the house during the day, as well as at night. But given its size (and proximity to the foot of my chaise lounge), it’s easy to leave the FP10 in the corner during hours of heavy traffic in the living room. My cats spend a ton of time on the living room windows and the nearby cat tree, so there’s always hair and dust floating around that wall, though.

Furcatch roller = no interaction with the filter for two years

The Dreme FP10 gets part of its “Furcatch” name from the microfiber fur-cleaning roller that sits under a lid with a HEPA filter. Each time, the roller moves back and forth for a few seconds to comb the hair in the rotating filter as it passes. The material and the motion of the roller reminds me of using ChomChom to clean cat hair from furniture.

You will be able to see when the hair salon is full through the window.
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Use these touch buttons or the app to change settings.
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If you have pets, you’re probably familiar with the gray fluff that builds up quickly from settling in an air cleaner or vacuum filter. (If you say not (you know and wonder why your vacuum stopped picking things up, maybe that’s why.) When gray fluff gets deposited on the filter, that’s when the air flow is cut off to the cleaner – meaning no fresh air is being filtered.

Depending on the severity of shedding in your home, pet parents can pull the dander out of the filter every week. It’s enough to make you ditch the air purifier altogether, even if you know deep down that it’s important to your life. Dreme’s genius roller concept does just that, meaning the FP10 cleaner doesn’t need regular cleaning. or replacement filters. The FP10 filters are expected to last about two years each, and the app keeps you informed of how many days are left.

A moment of other pet-friendly features

As any air purifier aimed at pets should, the FP10 is designed to anticipate various cat behaviors – like sitting on top of your air purifier, whether it’s “appropriate” or not. Its flat canvas top supports a maximum weight of 33 pounds and is weighted down to prevent tipping. (Automatically turns off when touched.)

The adjustable LED light strip that surrounds the FP10 has also been a great night light for my cats when I’m out and about. It feels less wasteful than turning on a whole light, and I never stress about whether I remembered to turn on a light before I left. It is always open.

Noise level: Surprisingly quiet for its size

The Dreme FP10 Furcatch Purifier has several cleaning modes: AI Purify, Pet Purify, and Sleep Purify, as well as a custom option to drag the fan level up or down as you like. Sleep Purification, along with AI Purify or fan speed 4 or less, is like silence to me — you’d think the whole thing was pulled by mistake if the light didn’t light up.

The Pet Purify (about 52 decibels from an inch away) is the loudest continuous, and the 10 fan speed is the loudest (about 61 decibels from an inch away), but they are also not “loud” at all. The Dreme FP10 is no louder than the Dyson HushJet’s strongest setting.

Performance: The app says that wool-like particles are, in fact, captured

The Dreme FP10 purifier has been doing a great job of reducing lingering odors in my air conditioned living space. Why would someone design a kitchen without windows or HVAC? I would love to know! But you can imagine the potential muggieness.

I’ve noticed that I don’t really hold the Litter-Robot full unless I’m downstairs to change the drawer liner. The smell from the open closet doesn’t last long, either. Dreme’s website states that the FP10 was designed with pet odors such as feces, litter and urine, and pet food in mind. The activated carbon layer of the filter traps the odorous gas, which then hits the unique metal layer when it is chemically removed.

The FP10 also monitors indoor temperature and humidity.
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Here’s a smidgeon of fur piled up after two weeks.
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The Dream app monitors two types of indoor pollution: VOCs (volatile organic compounds that can come from paint, bleach and other harsh chemicals, or new furniture) and PM1, 2.5, and 10 (small particles and allergens such as dander, mold, or secondhand smoke or lit candles). I hated to find out that microplastics are some kind of tiny particles that can float around and settle in the dust, and that there are a ton of them coming out of almost everything I own. So I’ll take any relief I can get, like when my Dyson PencilVac laser points out that a little dust and cat hair is sitting on the hardwood in the FP10’s chamber.

While the VOC levels in my apartment were in the green (shout out to non-toxic cleaning products), I noticed a few spikes in the particle department. Most of them seem to coincide with heavy smoke cooking (frying seitan and cooking bacon) or times when I’m mocking the common scene by opening a single window that opens. The graph would be easier to read if it would let me switch to a 12 hour clock.

The Dyson HushJet I used to use has been moved to my bedroom. It did a pretty good job of clearing odors from the entryway and sofa radius, but its 203-square-foot volume didn’t have the reach to kiss such a large open living area. The Dreme FP10’s 1,346-square-foot capacity is a better fit for my typical ~800-square-foot space.

No hard issues yet, just things to keep in mind

I have nothing bad to say about the Dreme Furcatch air purifier yet. That doesn’t mean it’s the right air purifier for every home. Even if you need more oomph than a true tabletop air purifier, the FP10 Furcatch is by no means the most compact floor air purifier in a small space. Most of the Dreme product photos posted on stage show Furcatch just chilling in the middle of a large room with no strings in sight. In the real world, the convenience of installing a large model like this in your home depends largely on proper store placement.

Is the Dreme FP10 air purifier worth it?

One last vibe check.
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As long as you have the floor space, I would say that the Dreme FP10 is the best air purifier for homes with multiple pets. If the Furcatch roller remains as self-sustaining for the next two years as Dreme claims, it’s hard to imagine a heavy-duty air purifier better equipped to deal with shit-ton spills.

For comparison’s sake, the Dreme FP10 air purifier covers six times the square footage of the Dyson HushJet, yet costs only $150 more. The 1,346-square-foot FP10 costs $100 more than the 1,400-square-foot Shark NeverChange model, but NeverChange doesn’t tout NeverClean — the Shark’s filter still requires routine maintenance, while the Dreame is completely hands-free. Is the FP10 Furcatch cleaner by Dreame more expensive up front than the long-lasting cleaners from Shark and Dyson? Yes. But is Dreame’s Furcatch a better value in the long run? And yes.