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Review: The Dreame H15 Pro CarpetFlex is the first wet/dry vacuum I liked
I first tested a wet/dry vacuum when the technology was still new. It was an early Tineco model — and I hated it. The technology just wasn't ready yet. But the Dreame H15 Pro CarpetFlex is proof that that's no longer the case. When I first saw this wet/dry in operation at a Dreame event in New York City, I was amazed. And after reviewing dozens of vacuums in my career, I am not easily amazed by floor-cleaning technology.
If you've been looking for a wet/dry vacuum that actually works (and can clean on carpets as well), then the Dreame H15 Pro CarpetFlex is a smart pickup at $699.99. Dreame has made similar cordless wet/dry vacuums, but the addition of carpet cleaning sets this new flagship model apart. I took some before-and-after photos and videos to show you how it works.
The Dreame H15 Pro CarpetFlex: By the numbers
I should note that while the H15 Pro uses hot water to clean itself, it doesn't use hot water to clean your floors. I found it worked well as is, but if you want hot water cleaning, you'll have to spring for the $899.99 H15 Pro Heat Wet/Dry model.
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Type: Wet/dry vacuum and mop
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Cordless: Yes
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Suction: 23,000 Pa
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Self-cleaning: Yes (cleans with 212 degrees Fahrenheit water)
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Battery life: 60 minutes
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Charge time: 3 hours
The H15 Pro CarpetFlex Review: It easily passes the Swiffer test
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When I first started reviewing 2-in-1 hybrid robot vacuums and mops, I asked a simple question with each review: Does it pass the Swiffer test? (Not to be confused with my colleague Leah Stodart's Graham Cracker test.) As in, does it mop better than a $20 Swiffer? Considering that flagship vacuums now cost $1,000 or more, they damn well better pass the Swiffer test.
The H15 Pro passes where other wet/dry vacuums and robot vacuums before it have failed. Don't judge me, but in these before-and-after videos, you can see a layer of set-in stains, which my army of robot vacuums has left behind over the years. You can clearly see where the H15 Pro has been to work, and you can watch as the stains disappear relatively quickly. This is a wet/dry vacuum that really can wipe away stains on hardwood floors (or, in my case, laminate flooring and tile flooring).
That's impressive on its own, but the H15 Pro can also make fresh spells disappear just as easily. I spread a swab of butter on the floor, and the H15 Pro gobbled it up faster than any vacuum I've ever tested. That's partly thanks to a scraper, which drops down when you pull back the vacuum. You can lock this scraper in place, and if you look closely, you'll also see a slightly confusing message: "No detach. Just attach — one machine for all floors."
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The H15 Pro has one major flaw — don't make my mistake
OK, so that's the "wet" part of wet/dry, but what about carpets and other floor types? On paper, the H15 has a lot going for it. A filter to stop allergens, 23,000 Pa suction power, and a brush designed to comb through and clean carpet fibers. However, after rolling this vacuum brush across my hard floors to get to the area rugs in my bedroom, I found that this vacuum left behind a long trail of scuffs on my floor.
Now, I'm not sure if this comes from the scraper being locked in place or from the carpet brush itself. You could call this user error — no one made me lock the scraper in place or roll the carpet brush across laminate floors, but if it's user error, it's an incredibly easy error to make. Now, these scuffs aren't permanent, and I was able to use the H15 Pro to wipe them away, but it was annoying.
So, not great! Once I learned from my mistake, I found that this works fine as a carpet vacuum. It's not the best I've tested (that honor goes to a Dyson cordless vacuum — no surprise), but impressive enough for a 2-in-1.
Battery and self-cleaning work well
The Dreame offers one-button self-cleaning, which is very effective. The self-cleaning dock uses hot water cleaning (212 degrees Fahrenheit / 100 degrees Celsius) to thoroughly clean the roller brush of grease and debris, as well as hot air (194 degrees F / 90 degrees C). It's not as loud as I expected, and it cleans itself fairly quickly. As you can see, after a self-cleaning cycle, the scrubbing brush looks basically like new:
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Is the Dreame H15 Pro worth it?
If you have a lot of hard floors to clean and don't want to put in any elbow grease, the Dreame H15 Pro actually fulfills the wet/dry promise. However, you need to watch for the scuffing that can be caused by the carpet attachment. As long as you don't repeat my mistake, this easily justifies its $699.99 price tag. I plan on updating this review after spending a bit more time with this cordless vacuum, but my initial review has been positive.
Credit: Timothy Beck Werth / Mashable
Would I have bought this wet/dry for my one-bedroom New York City apartment? No, but if you have more square footage and share my disdain for cleaning, this cordless wet/dry vacuum makes quick work of tough messes.
You can buy the Dreame H15 Pro CarpetFlex from Amazon and Dreame starting today for $699.99.
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Bad Bunny promised good vibes and a whole lot of dancing during his Super Bowl halftime show, and he didn’t disappoint. But beneath the perreo-ready hits and viral clips was something deeper.
The performance unfolded as a densely layered visual essay, moving from Puerto Rico's sugar cane fields to New York bodegas, from reggaetón history to quiet political protest, and packing decades of memory, migration, and resistance into just 13 minutes of television.
From set pieces referencing the island's ongoing infrastructure collapse following Hurricane Maria to cameos honoring small-business legends and community elders, nearly every frame carried meaning. Some references were immediately legible. Others were designed for the fans who know where to look.
It was a case of storytelling: a reminder that Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio didn't just bring Puerto Rico to the Super Bowl. He brought its history with him. Here are some of the Easter eggs you may have missed.
Returning to the roots of the sugar cane fields
Before fireworks, choreography, or surprise cameos, Bad Bunny began his Super Bowl halftime show in a quiet, sunlit sugar cane field, worlds away from the stadium spectacle to come.
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Sugar cane fields are deeply woven into Puerto Rico's history, tied to colonial exploitation and the agricultural labor of generations of working-class people. By opening the performance there, Bad Bunny grounded his global moment in the island's past, honoring the people whose work and resilience built Puerto Rico long before it became a cultural export. It was a reminder that everything that followed grew from this soil first.
Bad Bunny's "Ocasio 64" jersey carries history
When Bad Bunny stepped onto the Super Bowl stage in a custom Zara jersey stitched with the name "Ocasio" and the number "64," it immediately sparked speculation. The name referenced his full surname, Martínez Ocasio. The number, however, carried a heavier weight.
On a personal level, "64" honors his late uncle, who once wore the same number as an athlete. But it also echoes the Puerto Rican government’s initial claim of just 64 deaths after Hurricane Maria in 2017 — a figure later revealed to be a devastating undercount.
Falling into YHLQMDLG
Midway through "Party," Bad Bunny plunged through the roof of the casita into a family's blue living room, a moment that felt both unexpected and deeply intentional.
The visual mirrored the aesthetic of his 2020 album YHLQMDLG, whose blue-hued visualizers defined an era fans never got to see live. The pandemic canceled that tour, making the Super Bowl moment a belated love letter to longtime listeners who’ve been riding with him since the beginning.
Toñita's surprise cameo
Among the star-studded spectacle, one of the night's most meaningful appearances belonged to someone far from the pop spotlight: Maria Antonia "Toñita" Cay, the beloved owner of Caribbean Social Club.
A fixture of Puerto Rican life in Williamsburg for decades, Toñita has been name-checked in Bad Bunny's lyrics and embraced by the Nuyorican community. Her presence in the show was about honoring the everyday institutions that keep culture alive.
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Victor Villa and the power of the side hustle
Another blink-and-you'll-miss-it guest was Victor Villa, the founder of Villa's Tacos. You'll see Benito pass a Villa's Tacos truck during "Tití Me Preguntó."
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Villa's journey — from selling tacos in his grandmother's yard to running acclaimed brick-and-mortar locations — mirrors Bad Bunny's own narrative of grassroots success. His cameo not only celebrated immigrant hustle but also spoke to Bad Bunny's larger message of believing in where you come from, a belief he made explicit when he told Super Bowl viewers that he never stopped believing in himself and that others should believe in themselves, too.
Coco frío and island street life
During "Tití Me Preguntó," Bad Bunny moved past dancers gathered around a coco frío cart, a small detail loaded with nostalgia. Fresh coconut water, sold by street vendors across Puerto Rico, is part of daily life on the island. By centering it in a Super Bowl spectacle, Bad Bunny elevated an ordinary ritual into a symbol of home.
"Gasolina" and the lineage of reggaetón
No, your ears did not deceive you. After blending "Yo Perreo Sola" and "Voy a Llevarte Pa’ PR," Bad Bunny pivoted into a snippet of "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee, a defining anthem of the genre.
The track, inducted into the Library of Congress in 2023, helped globalize reggaetón in the 2000s. Bad Bunny's performance also sampled Tego Calderón's "Pa’ Que Retozen" and Don Omar's "Dale Don Dale," situating himself within a living musical lineage.
Concho the toad makes an appearance
Before launching into "Monaco," the camera cut to an image of Concho, the animated amphibian mascot of Bad Bunny's latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Modeled after the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad, Concho represents environmental fragility and cultural survival.
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Jíbaros, power lines, and "El Apagón"
Men in straw hats (pavas) and white clothing — jíbaros, Puerto Rico’s traditional mountain farmers — appeared climbing power lines, blending folklore with modern crisis.
Historically associated with rural life and folk music, jíbaros symbolize resilience. Here, their placement on broken infrastructure referenced post-Hurricane Maria privatization, rolling blackouts under LUMA Energy, and the economic displacement explored in the song "El Apagón." It was a visual essay on who gets left behind when "progress" arrives.
Ricky Martin's Spanish-language reclamation
When Ricky Martin joined to perform "Lo Que Pasó a Hawaii," the moment felt both nostalgic and quietly radical. For an artist long associated with English-language crossover hits like "Livin' la Vida Loca" and "She Bangs," returning to a Spanish-language ballad on the Super Bowl stage carried its own symbolism.
The song reflects on migration and loss. Singing entirely in Spanish, sitting in a monobloc chair, marked how far Latin music has pushed the mainstream. What once felt risky now feels inevitable.
The light blue flag of Puerto Rican independence
At one point, Bad Bunny held la bandera con azul celeste, the light-blue version of Puerto Rico's flag linked to the independence movement.
Once associated with calls for Puerto Rican sovereignty and traced back to pre-U.S. colonial revolts, the light-blue variant of the Puerto Rican flag has become a symbol of resistance and cultural pride. Historians identify azul celeste as the original shade tied to late-19th-century independence movements, and its use today often signals a deeper conversation about the island's identity.
Bad Bunny previously featured it in "La Mudanza," and bringing it to the Super Bowl transformed a political statement into a global broadcast.
A quiet nod to Haiti's visual history
In one of the show's most subtle visual callbacks, a woman waving Haiti's flag wore a green-and-orange ribbed knit top that closely echoed Jay Maisel's 1973 Haiti series, particularly "Haiti No. 59." The styling — easy to miss amid the spectacle — felt deliberately precise, mirroring the texture, color, and composition of Maisel's iconic image.
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Lady Gaga and the maga flower
Lady Gaga’s baby-blue dress, paired with a red floral brooch resembling Puerto Rico's national maga flower, was more than a fashion moment. Designed by Luar founder Raul Lopez, the look wove national symbolism into couture, reinforcing the night’s emphasis on Puerto Rican pride.
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"La Marqueta" and the roots of diaspora
During "NUEVAYoL," Bad Bunny walked past a New York-style streetscape featuring a storefront labeled "La Marqueta."
The real La Marqueta in East Harlem was once a hub for Latino immigrants, helping shape Spanish Harlem in the mid-20th century. Its inclusion honored the diaspora communities that carried Puerto Rican culture beyond the island — and brought it back, amplified, to the global stage.
"Together We Are America"
Toward the end of the halftime performance, Bad Bunny — notably speaking in English — said, "God Bless America." He then expanded the phrase to encompass all the countries of the Americas, not just the United States, re-framing it as a message of unity and belonging. Holding up a football emblazoned with "Together We Are America," he made the point explicit.
Then, switching back to Spanish, he added: "seguimos aquí" ("we’re still here"), before spiking the ball and launching into "DtMF." The moment crystallized the show's larger thesis: presence as resistance, visibility as power, and community as the foundation of everything.
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Valentine's Day is less than a week away, but if you haven't bought a gift just yet, Dyson's giving last-minute shoppers a pretty sweet deal.
Well, technically two deals. As of Feb. 9, you can grab the Dyson Supersonic Nural hair dryer for $399.99, saving you $150 on the $549.99 list price. The same discount is also available on the Dyson Airwrap i.d. multi-styler, which comes down to $499.99 from its full price of $649.99.
At the time of writing, neither tool is on sale at Amazon, and while the Airwrap i.d. is on sale at Best Buy for the same price, the Supersonic Nural is still at full price. Sephora, on the other hand, has both the Airwrap i.d. and Supersonic Nural on sale, but only in the amber silk colorway, whereas Dyson's site offers more variety.
So which is the best to pick up for your boo (or yourself)? As Mashable's beauty tech expert, I broke it down below.
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Why we like it
I've tested every Supersonic model available, and while I maintain the supremacy Shark FlexStyle in a pure value sense, the Airwrap i.d. is the multi-styler that made me most get Dyson's popularity. Typically, the curling barrels on multi-stylers provide more of a blown out than truly curled look — and if your hair has trouble holding a style, the wave you do get might not last.
The Airwrap i.d. makes this process better by including a conical barrel in the attachments for tighter curls, and automatic temperature cycling — meaning the hair is hit with properly timed hot then cool air with the press of a button — making styling with this tool as mindless as it should be. In addition to the conical curling attachment, you'll get five more attachments (which vary slightly depending on whether you opt for the straight and wavy or curly and coily model).
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This is not the hair dryer for the dupe lover. This is the hair dryer for the person who rarely air drys, and wants one of the fastest and easiest hair dry experiences on the market. It comes with smart attachments that automatically adjust temperature and air speed, a scalp protect mode for closer and more comfortable drying, and automatic pausing. For textured hair folks, the diffuser has a removable center that's especially useful for pixie diffusing and maximizing your volume potential.
SAVE $800: The 57-inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 curved gaming monitor is on sale at Amazon for $1,499.99, down from the normal price of $2,299.99. That's a 35% discount.
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Sometimes, bigger is better. Think that bag of potato chips from Costco, getting upgraded to the seats with extra legroom on the plane, or streaming your favorite Olympic sports on a giant TV. The same can be applied to gaming on a giant monitor. If you need something bigger (and better), check out this Amazon deal.
As of Feb. 9, the 57-inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 curved gaming monitor is on sale for $1,499.99 at Amazon, marked down from the standard price of $2,299.99. That's a 35% discount that slashes $800 off the price.
So long as your computer desk has room, gaming on a giant 57-inch curved monitor could be incredible. Samsung makes some top-tier gaming monitors that'll massively level up your experience. Of course, it comes with a nice 240Hz refresh rate, a 1 millisecond response time, and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro. There's also something to be said about gaming on a Quantum Mini-LED display.
Nice extras include the ergonomic stand from Samsung and the DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1, and USB hub. There's also the Samsung Picture-by-Picture feature which gives you access to viewing two sources at the same time in their native resolution.
While we're still in the depths of winter, upgrade your gaming set up with the 57-inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 curved gaming monitor. Since you'll be saving $800 thanks to Amazon's sale price, you'll be able to snag new game titles or maybe even an ultra-comfortable gaming chair.
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