We swapped traditional vacuums for this robot for a whole month - here's how it went

Keeping on top of everyday mess can feel like a full-time job, especially if you've got pets, children, or a busy household. Robot vacuum cleaners promise to take one of the biggest chores off your to-do list, but with premium models now costing well over £1,000, it's fair to wonder whether they really can replace your regular vacuum and mop.

If you're shopping for the best robot vacuum, you'll probably have come across the MOVA Z60 Ultra Roller Complete. It promises to vacuum, mop, empty its own dustbin, wash and dry its mop, and intelligently navigate around furniture, all with minimal input from you. So, we decided to put the MOVA under inspection, weighing up its cleaning performance, ease of use, smart features, and overall value for money. At £1,249, this is a serious investment, so it needs to earn its place in your home.

Our tester, Carly, admits she was initially doubtful that one machine could genuinely do it all, particularly as someone who doesn't consider herself especially tech-savvy. But after living with it for a month in a busy family home complete with muddy paw prints, spills, and everyday chaos, she was keen to find out whether it could live up to its impressive list of claims.

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MOVA Z60 Ultra Roller Complete Robot Vacuum review

• RRP: £1,249
• Suction power: 28,000Pa
• Auto-empty base: Up to 100 days
• Mop system: HydroForce™ 12-nozzle Roller Mopping with hot wash and air dry at base
• Carpet protection: AutoShield™ – automatic mop lift on soft surfaces
• Obstacle detection: 200+ object types via AI vision and 3D mapping (FlexScope™)
• Edge coverage: 99.99% via MaxiReach™
• Threshold clearance: Up to 3.15" (StepMaster™ 2.0 and LiftPro™ Chassis)
• Brush system: TroboWave™ DuoBrush – tangle-prevention and airflow maintenance
• Warranty: 3 years

How we test robot vacuums

Before we get into the details of this robot vacuum review, here's some backstory behind the person who tested it.

Carly Hall-Simms

Carly is part of our Tester Network, a group of women, like you, who want to find appliances that are genuinely useful. She is a keen cleaner, always battling to keep her busy, family home sparkling clean. She wanted to test a robot vacuum to see how it would stand up to her traditional vacuum and honed cleaning techniques.

What is the MOVA Z60 Ultra Roller Complete Robot Vacuum like to use?

If you've never owned a robot vacuum before, don't be intimidated by the setup. Most premium models follow the same process: connect the robot to the app, let it map your home, and make a few tweaks before sending it off to clean. My advice is to spend five minutes getting this first step right, because an accurate map makes all the difference to how well the robot performs day to day. Carly also flagged early on that the power cable is quite short, which limits where the base station can live. As it's "big and a bit of an eyesore if you haven't got anywhere to hide it" Carly recommends doing some planning for where you'll sit the MOVA.

Once plugged in and placed in her home, Carly used the quick start guide to get it running.. She found the app easy to follow, with clear prompts reminding her to open any doors she wanted included in the map, switch on the lights, and clear obstacles from the floor before starting. Better still, the mapping process was impressively quick, taking under four minutes to scan her downstairs, beating the app's own estimate. Once complete, the MOVA automatically divided her home into individual rooms, which she could then customise. She merged the sections of her open-plan kitchen and dining space into larger cleaning zones, commenting that the controls were intuitive and simple to edit.

There are a couple of small things I'd recommend checking once the initial map is complete. Robot vacuums can only map the rooms they can physically access, so any closed doors will leave spaces off the plan until a later scan. Carly also noticed that the robot missed the narrow space behind one open hallway door, despite there being enough room to reach it. It's a minor quirk rather than a dealbreaker, but it's worth taking a minute to inspect the finished map before your first clean. Once everything is laid out correctly, you'll only need to make changes if you move furniture or want to create new cleaning zones.

I've tested enough robot vacuums to know that consistency matters more than bold cleaning claims and specs. Carly was looking for the MOVA to live up to its claims during her month of testing. Rather than bouncing around randomly, it cleaned in "neat back-and-forth lines" across each room, with the app showing its progress in real time. Carly admitted she found herself watching it at first because it was "strangely satisfying," before getting on with other jobs, which is exactly what a robot vacuum should allow you to do.

The 28,000Pa suction proved more than capable of handling the daily debris most households generate, from crumbs to pet hair. Carly was particularly impressed by how well it cleaned underneath furniture that her upright vacuum couldn't reach, and she found the anti-tangle brush lived up to its promise in a home with a dog. As she put it, the robot reached places her "regular vacuum simply can't."

Navigation is another area where premium robot vacuums should shine, and the MOVA was generally nimble and sensitive. Carly found it avoided obstacles that were too tall to climb, rather than getting stuck, and she watched it improve after encountering a tricky kitchen threshold. "Watching it learn from its errors was cool to watch," she says. Like every robot vacuum we've tested, though, it still struggles with tightly packed dining chairs. If you'd normally move them when vacuuming, you'll get the best results by doing the same here.

The only area where I'd encourage you to keep your expectations realistic is deep cleaning. Robot vacuums are brilliant for maintaining clean floors between bigger cleans, but they're not a complete replacement for a powerful cordless or upright vacuum. Carly reached the same conclusion, describing the MOVA as "a brilliant top-up cleaner." She found it didn't collect every last particle in one pass and, like most robot vacuums, it couldn't reach right into corners. For everyday maintenance, however, it performed exactly as you'd hope.

Vacuuming

Mopping systems are relatively new in the world of robot vacuums, especially ones that do a good job. Plenty of robot vacuums claim to mop, but many simply drag a damp cloth around the floor. The MOVA's roller system is much more sophisticated, continuously feeding clean water onto the roller while removing dirty water at the same time. Carly says this was the feature that "really won me over," largely because the robot handles the entire process itself.

She found it cleaned both tiled floors and LVT effectively, automatically lifting the roller whenever carpet was detected so there was no risk of soaking rugs. Better still, once the cleaning cycle finishes, the docking station washes and hot-air dries the roller for you. As someone who "loathes dealing with mop heads," Carly says this self-cleaning feature ended up being her favourite part of the whole machine.

She also tested the included pet odour solution and noticed her floors smelled noticeably fresher afterwards, which is a worthwhile bonus if you're constantly cleaning up after muddy paws or shedding pets.

Mopping

A good robot vacuum lives or dies by its app, and thankfully MOVA has kept things approachable. My advice is not to get overwhelmed by the long list of settings: start with the automatic modes and only dive deeper if you enjoy tweaking every detail.

Carly found the app "well laid out" and especially appreciated the scheduling function. Being able to set the robot running while the family was out meant she could return to freshly cleaned floors "without having done anything." She also praised the intelligent CleanGenius mode, saying it "did the job without any messing about," while noting that anyone who enjoys fine-tuning settings has plenty of options to explore.

There are just a couple of practical quirks to bear in mind. Carly points out that pressing pause doesn't automatically send the robot back to its dock, so you'll want to stop it somewhere sensible if you interrupt a cleaning cycle.

Cleaning the MOVA Z60 Ultra Roller Complete Robot Vacuum

One feature that rally makes a difference in day-to-day life is the self-emptying dock. Rather than asking you to empty the dustbin after every clean, the MOVA stores debris in its base station for up to 100 days before the bag needs replacing. It also returns to the dock mid-clean if necessary before picking up exactly where it left off, a process Carly says you "barely notice."

If you live in a multi-storey home, however, there's one limitation worth considering before you buy. Because the robot relies on its docking station to empty itself and maintain the mop, cleaning upstairs means carrying both the robot and its fairly substantial base between floors. As Carly explains, it's "doable," but it doesn't feel quite as effortless as using it downstairs. If most of your living space is on one level, this won't be an issue. In a typical two-storey family home, it's simply something to factor into your decision.

Should you buy the MOVA Z60 Ultra Roller Complete Robot Vacuum?

At £1,249, the MOVA Z60 Ultra Roller Complete is firmly in premium territory, and it’s fair to say this isn’t an impulse purchase. But as someone who’s lived with it day to day, Carly considers this less of a replacement for your vacuum and more of “a capable daily cleaning companion” She’s also realistic about its limits, pointing out that it’s “not magic,” because it won’t reach every corner, and upstairs use requires a bit of extra planning. Still, she’s clear on the bigger picture. For homes with kids, pets, and constant floor traffic, it does the heavy lifting in between deeper cleans, and that’s where its value really shows.

If what you really want is consistently cleaner floors without constantly dragging out the vacuum and mop, the case is strong. Carly ultimately found it “earned a permanent spot” in her home, with noticeably cleaner floors and far less effort required to keep them that way. And honestly, that’s the real selling point here: not perfection, but relief.