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Robot vacuums are great at keeping your floors clean, but there are a few areas they fall down on the job — stairs being one. Another is chairs and stools.
You know the scenario: You have a row of stools at a kitchen table, or chairs tucked under a dining table, and the robovac just can’t get in and around them, leaving a dust bunny bonanza. Plus, as these are generally areas where you eat, crumbs and food debris can quickly accumulate.
Of course you can move the chairs out to let the robot roam, but then the chair legs are still grungy, and you’ve had to do half the work. Mova has a solution.
This is the first robot vacuum I’ve tested with a mop that extends out on an arm to reach into tighter spaces.
Its latest robot vacuum and mop — the V70 Ultra Complete ($1,299.99), launching today — features a mop on an articulating arm that can reach almost 7 inches out from the robot, along with a side brush that extends 5 inches.
Combined with its relatively compact size, these appendages allow the V70 to clean under and around the stool legs at my kitchen counter, extending its mop to get up to the edges of each leg and using its brush to sweep up debris under the stools. It was impressive to watch it work.
After about 5 minutes on max suction, the Mova demolished the dust bunnies under my counter thanks to its 42,000Pa suction and dual roller brushes, and the area around the stools was squeaky clean. I can also see the mop arm being handy at getting the grime just under the fridge, along the TV console, and in those hard-to-reach corners.
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