Mova Mobius 60: The Robot That Automatically Changes Its Mop – But Why?

Since its launch on the European market as an independent brand a little under two years ago, Mova has continually introduced new home-cleaning solutions. The brand leans on ongoing innovation to captivate a tech-savvy audience eager to test new ideas.

The Mova Mobius 60 is the perfect example. Rather than presenting a new robotic vacuum cleaner, the brand offers a new concept with a base equipped with three sets of mop pads. The goal? Clean more efficiently each room of the home, with mops tailored to kitchen stains, or designed to mop up water in the bathroom. I tested the Mobius 60 for a month to see whether this new vacuum, very different from others, was worth the investment and the space it requires in my living room.

Test conducted on a unit loaned by the manufacturer.

Design and Build: a Massively Elegant Docking Station That Demands Some Space

Inside the door, you’ll find the three sets of mop pads seated in a precise order. The red ones are dedicated to cleaning deep-seated stains on living-floor areas, the yellow ones are recommended for delicate floors like parquet, and finally the blue ones are designed for mopping up water in the bathroom or toilet.

You’ll also find two water tanks, clean and dirty, each about 4 liters, along with a 3.5-liter dust bag, roughly a month’s worth of daily cleaning. There’s also a spot for the two detergents included with the vacuum. The robot vacuum itself remains fairly conventional and resembles the V50 Ultra Complete we reviewed a few months back. It shares its retractable LiDAR sensor for going under low furniture, an extendable brush and mop, and a navigation system that combines laser and camera for obstacle detection and avoidance. The dual main-brush system is also the same. Mova updates its docking station but preserves a proven base.

Cleaning Performance: An Efficient Vacuum Robot, If Not Groundbreaking

The Mobius 60 is a premium model, and that shows in its specifications. It features a 30,000 Pa motor, with four suction levels adjustable via the mobile app.

On floors that aren’t heavily soiled, or in zones with more debris like dust clumps, crumbs, and pet hair, the Mobius 60 performs wonders. In a single pass, the vacuum captures nearly all the dirt in its path. The two main anti-tangle brushes work just as well for handling textile debris and preventing clogs. On carpets, the Mobius makes a very good impression with thorough dust extraction. When it hits a carpet, a flap lowers to create a semi-sealed space as the manufacturer describes, enabling better debris recovery. The result is visible after the pass.

I’m not particularly surprised by the Mobius 60’s strong suction performance, closely resembling the V50 Ultra Complete, so let’s move on to floor washing—the real novelty of this model. And this three-mop system leaves me puzzled.

Positive note: the washing is excellent wherever the robot travels. The red mops, used for living rooms, quickly remove traces. Only tomato sauce stains, deeply ingrained, may show a little resistance and require a second pass. However, the claim that the mops retain heat after the 100°C washing by the station remains to be verified. Once on the floor, the pads feel cool. The blue models are better suited for wet rooms and do efficiently mop up splashes. Since I don’t have parquet or delicate floors, I’d have a hard time judging the final mop set. Automatic detergent dosing remains a strong point of Mova models. The manufacturer provides a fairly standard product, along with a solution geared toward pet owners, more scented to give the floor a somewhat floral fragrance. You simply fill the reservoirs and let the robot manage the dosing. The amounts are fairly measured on each wash. After a month of use, I haven’t needed to revisit it, and the detergent level remains fairly high.

With its extendable mop and the strong downward pressure on the floor, the Mobius 60 is an excellent floor cleaner. I didn’t encounter any issues, aside from a few unaddressed areas, which are more a matter of navigation. The mop-change procedure raises questions for me. In practice, the process is well mastered. The robot enters the station, its mop pads are removed, then the vacuum exits while a plate installed in the door collects, stores, then grabs the next set of mop pads. The operation takes roughly five minutes, mop cleaning included, and it doesn’t really slow down the overall home cleaning time. However, the mop pads used at the start do not benefit from the hot-water drying. They’re simply placed back in their docking slot and will dry in the open air.

Navigation: A Fast Robot That Glides Easily Through Space

To map the layout before the first startup and with each cleaning cycle, the Mobius 60 relies on a retractable LiDAR sensor that analyzes each room’s layout and the overall size of the home. It is aided by a front-facing camera used for ground object recognition.

Once powered on, the device moves through the home with ease, properly tackling rooms by starting along the edges before addressing the center. Conventional, yet effective. It also features two motorized feet to clear thresholds up to 8 cm. In practice, the robot can reach my pantry, separated from the house by a small step, without any difficulty—something many newer models struggle with. Object detection is good but not infallible. Most of the time the device is smart enough to identify a cable or a pair of shoes and avoid them carefully. Perhaps too much so. The Mobius 60 proves overly cautious as it approaches my rug and doesn’t clean the edge to avoid getting it wet. After passing, there is often a small trail of dirt around the edge, and even lowering the detection sensitivity in settings doesn’t let it clean closer.

An animal mode is also built in to clean more intensely the living areas of our four-legged friends, but as often, I find this feature to be a gadget with little value. Mobius 60 never boosted suction near the dog’s basket and simply continued working.

All the settings are accessible via the Movahome app, which allows you to modify maps, add cleaning zones, or define furniture to refine the organization of each living space and every floor. The software is polished, better translated over time, though a few formulations still feel a bit off. I do regret a few connectivity issues that forced me to delete and re-add my robot, despite several updates.

Maintenance: A Robotic Vacuum That Essentially Runs Itself

The Mobius 60 is a robot well-suited for large homes, and that shows in its endurance. It can run for about three hours without issue and cover large areas without needing a refill in the middle of a cleaning cycle.

The Mobius 60 also aims to disappear from view, which means maintenance is essential. The device features a 100°C mop-washing system followed by hot-air drying to remove dirt from the mops after use. In my observations, this works well with pads that are thoroughly cleaned and free of bad odors. After three weeks of daily use, things get more challenging, and the water jets aren’t as effective as laundry washing. Mova offers three sets of replacement mops for when the previous ones are worn out.

Regarding clean versus dirty water, the Mobius 60 remains quite economical, and in a scenario of three days per week use, you’ll only need to refill and empty the tanks about once a week. The app even notifies you when it’s time via a notification.

As for the brushes, they remain easily accessible and despite a few tricky passes, no hair ever got stuck in the suction duct. The automatic dust emptying is powerful and the internal reservoir stays clean after the operation.