In my 20s, I was an early adopter, always spending a fortune on the latest, greatest gadget, but now in my 40s, I'm content with learning from others' mistakes while I save my money. My opinion of robot vacs for a good decade was "super-cute cat transportation device and cord tangler." Then proceeded not to think about these for a good decade. Well, I reassessed recently and with the introduction of LiDAR and since on my last move I worked for quite a while on cord management, I decided it was time to give one of these a shot. I bought this unit primarily because of its reported 7000pa suction, its rubber tangle-free blades and the HEPA filtration that cleans the air before returning it to your space...
I am blown away.
The little bugger mapped my suite of rooms including a large theater, office, kitchen, bedroom, closet, bathroom, storage space and a couple corridors in under 13 minutes (and I've noticed it refines the map every time it runs). All mixed surfaces, some completely carpeted, some hardwood with a rug in the middle of the room and a tiled bathroom.
It then let me control all sorts of functions like floor type, what direction I want the room vacuumed in, how many times and the level of suction.
I gotta say... let the robots take over all our menial, inelegant tasks, just make sure you invest in the technology after it's been in the market a while and most of the kinks have been worked out.
Bottom Line: The Mova cleans my floors better than I can and leaves the tile and hardwood spotless. The vacuum lines it leaves on the carpet are super satisfying to look at. So much so, I haven't touched my lovely cordless shark vacuum since I implemented the Mova a week ago.
I also noticed the Mova doesn't bump into quite the number of items I do. And it's feature filled. The mopping function accomplishes an immaculate floor with just a tiny amount of water, vibration and pressure. No streaks. So clever!
In 2008 my roommate spent a fortune on the new roomba and separate roomba mop. Absolute garbage compared to units coming out today, but you still have to do your research. Some units still sold don't have LiDAR (think your $159 unit), suction that's not worth a darn. For a couple bucks more you get the damn stealth fighter version. It even lifts it's mopping portion on the bottom so it doesn't drag itself across your carpets. And it's built like a Volvo.
Again, ingenious device I'm in love with because it actually works, and works well! Thanks Mova!