MOVA V70 Ultra Complete Test: The robot with the long arm

The MOVA V70 Ultra Complete has a pretty long arm – and it could use it under our low sideboard in the hallway. Where the robot itself no longer fits underneath, its mop extends up to 16 cm to the side. We put the transparent version of the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete to the test and checked whether it actually leaves less floor space behind, how well the new station works without a dust bag and a quick look at what has changed compared to the V50.

Technical data of the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete

Model	MOVA V70 Ultra Complete
Suction power	Up to 40,000 Pa
Main brush	TurboWave DuoBrush with anti-hair entanglement
Mopping system	Two rotating mops, 300 rpm, 15 N contact pressure
Edge cleaning	MaxiReachX mop up to 16 cm, side brush can be extended up to 12 cm
Navigation	Retractable LiDAR sensor, RGB camera, LED light and obstacle detection
Height of the robot	8.95 cm with LiDAR retracted
Carpet functions	Ultrasonic detection, mop lift or automatic mop deposit in the station
Overcoming obstacles	StepMaster 2.0, up to 9 cm for compound transitions
Rechargeable battery	6,400 mAh with fast charging and automatic continuation of cleaning
Dust disposal	EcoCyclone station with washable dust container instead of disposable bag
Fresh water tank	4.0 liters
Dirty water tank	3.5 liters
Detergent	DuoSolution system with two separate dosing chambers
Mop washing	Hot water cleaning up to 100 °C
Mop drying	Hot air drying up to 70 °C
Variants	White version as MOVA V70 Ultra Complete; transparent Amazon version as MOVA V70 Ultra Complete X
price	1,399.00 euros at the time of testing

Unpacking and scope of delivery: What does the X actually mean?

We received the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete in the V70 Ultra Complete X version and when we unpacked it, we first wondered what the difference was to the regular MOVA V70 Ultra Complete. The first thing that stands out is the transparent cover of the station, through which the dust container and the cleaning solution container remain visible. As the model is explicitly offered on Amazon with the additional “X”, it seemed reasonable to assume that something might have changed technically.

However, when asked, MOVA confirmed that both versions are functionally identical and are offered at the same price. Apart from the appearance, the only difference is the scope of delivery: The transparent version MOVA V70 Ultra Complete X, which is sold via Amazon, comes without a pet cleaning solution. The white version, which is available through regular sales channels, includes this additional solution.

The box of the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete X contained:

• the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete X vacuum and mopping robot with transparent station
• a power cable for the station
• the multilingual documentation
• an additional side brush
• 6 mops
• two replacement filters for the robot’s dust container
• Multi Surface Cleaner in two sizes: 1,000 ml and 200 ml

A pet cleaning solution was not included with our X version. If you use the robot in a household with pets and would like to order this solution at the same time, you should bear this difference in mind when purchasing.

Apart from that, the Complete version comes with a decent scope of delivery. Replacement mops, filters and side brushes are included so that you don’t have to buy additional accessories after the first few cleaning rounds. The cable guide on the back of the station is also practical: excess cable can be wound up there and does not hang loose behind the base.

Design and workmanship: lots of movement on a round robot

Our transparent X version is particularly striking because of the station: Behind the transparent front, the containers for the cleaning agents and the dust container remain visible. This gives the station a more technical look than the white version. The robot itself, on the other hand, retains the familiar round design. The LiDAR sensor is located at the top, while the camera, sensors and an LED strip are located at the front.

One small change compared to the V50 is noticeable on the lid of the robot. Although MOVA also uses a magnetically held cover on the V70, it only takes up about half of the top side. With the V50, a much larger cover could be removed; the solution of the V70 is therefore more reminiscent of the P50. Functionally, this is not a major disadvantage, but the larger cover of the V50 is somewhat more convenient when accessing the interior.

The LiDAR tower is not permanently installed, but can be retracted for trips under low furniture. This gives the V70 a height of 8.95 cm. It also has front lighting that is switched on in dark areas so that the camera can continue to detect obstacles. How well this works in practice will play a role in navigation later on.

On the underside of the V70, MOVA relies on a principle that is already familiar from previous models. The DuoBrush consists of two main brushes and is designed to clog less quickly, especially with hair and animal fur. Anti-hair systems are no longer uncommon in premium robot hoovers, but the test nevertheless showed a good result: after our cleaning runs, the main brushes were practically free of wound-up hair. Only the small front roller should be checked occasionally, as individual hairs can still collect there.

The combination of mop and side brush is more unusual. The right-hand mop extends up to 16 cm sideways, the side brush up to 12 cm. When retracted, the holder for the right-hand mop sits compactly under the robot; we have removed the magnetically attached mop pad for the close-up. The V70 thus extends its cleaning area far beyond the actual edge of the housing. This is primarily intended for low furniture, deeper edges and narrow areas into which the entire robot cannot enter. Whether this design really achieves more on the floor had to be demonstrated in the mopping test.

EcoCyclone station: Vacuuming without a dust bag

We really liked the EcoCyclone station. The V70 empties its dust container automatically after cleaning, but the dirt does not end up in a bag, but in a removable container in the base. With the robotic vacuum cleaners we have tested so far, we were familiar with automatic suction, especially with dust bags. Accordingly, we found it pleasant not to have to buy consumables here.

After our tests with dust, animal hair and coarser particles, it was easy to see what the robot had collected in the station’s container. Emptying worked reliably, even if it is clearly audible for a short time, as is usual with such stations. The container can be easily removed, emptied and washed out if necessary.

MOVA claims up to 100 days of dust collection without emptying. How realistic this is in your own household naturally depends on how often the robot is used and how much hair or pet hair is produced. A bag system is more closed when it comes to disposal, but we would always prefer the bagless solution because there is no need to buy additional bags.

Water and detergent: two solutions can be dosed separately

In addition to the bagless dust container, there are two water tanks in the station: 4 liters for fresh water and 3.5 liters for the collected dirty water. This allows the V70 to remoisten its mops during longer cleaning rounds and then wash them out in the station without anyone having to run to the sink after each room.

More unusual, but not unknown at MOVA, is the DuoSolution system. The station has two separate chambers for cleaning agents and can therefore dispense a second special solution in addition to the normal floor cleaning solution. Our transparent version of the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete X has the technology for this, but the pet cleaning solution itself was not included with the Amazon model. We had already noticed this difference to the white version when unpacking.

For normal operation, the tanks remain the most flexible solution because the station can be placed anywhere in the room. If you have a water connection and a drain available at the desired location, you can optionally expand the V70 with a connection set and also automate the filling and emptying of the tanks.

Setup and app: Extensive, but not unnecessarily complicated

After installation, the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete is set up via the MOVA app and sent on its first mapping trip. This worked quickly for us: the robot mapped the rooms clearly and created a map that we could continue working with straight away. If a room boundary doesn’t fit, areas can be subsequently divided, merged or renamed. Carpets, floor types and restricted zones can also be added or adapted.

The app is extensive, but it doesn’t feel like you have to work your way through every menu before the first cleaning. For a normal round, all you need to do is select rooms and start cleaning. If you want more precise control, you can change the settings for each room – for example with stronger suction power on carpets, more water on tiles or a different sequence for heavily used areas.

Alternatively, the Clean Genius mode takes over a large part of these decisions itself. Nevertheless, we found it useful to go through the settings first because the V70 offers more options than a simple start-and-go model, especially for carpets, edges and low furniture.

The display of low furniture on the map is well done. Areas under which the robot moves its LiDAR sensor are visibly marked in the app. This makes it possible to understand why the V70 can reach certain places where other models with a fixed laser tower cannot. When the LiDAR is retracted, its height drops to 8.95 cm; under the furniture, it also uses its lighting so that the camera-supported obstacle detection can continue to work.

How does the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete perform in the test on hard floors?

When it came to vacuuming, we expected the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete to do much more than just pick up a few crumbs after breakfast. Dust, dried herbs, pet hair, crumbled cornflakes and dirt that was already in the EcoCyclone container landed on the hard floor – deliberately distributed right to the edges. Although the stated 40,000 Pa cannot be verified without a measurement setup, the result after the ride can be assessed all the better.

Most of the dirt had already disappeared after the first pass. On the open area, the V70 quickly picked up the mixture of fine and coarser dirt. The extending side brush was particularly noticeable: it picked up particles from areas that would quickly be just out of reach with a fixed brush.

Nevertheless, the result was not perfect after the first pass. In a more difficult corner, individual pieces of debris were left behind at first, and light particles were moved in places before they were vacuumed up. After a second round, however, this area was also completely cleaned. This shows: The long reach of the side brush achieves a lot, but sometimes needs another pass in nooks and crannies.

All in all, the robot vacuum leaves a strong impression. However, the additional reach makes the biggest difference not so much in the middle of the room as in places where dirt tends to collect: on edges, in corners and under protruding areas. It is precisely in these areas that it becomes even more interesting in the mopping test to see how much the extending construction actually reaches.

How does the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete perform in the mopping test?

For the wiping test, we spread coffee stains on the open surface and dried dirt around the edges. A sideboard in the hallway was particularly interesting. The distance to the floor there is too small for the V70 to drive completely underneath. This is exactly the kind of area where the wide mop is designed for.

During cleaning, the robot drove along the sideboard and pushed the right-hand mop visibly under the piece of furniture. Of course, it doesn’t reach the entire area deep under the cabinet, but it gets much further than a model with a mop pad that only extends just beyond the cabinet. This means that less area remains unmopped, especially along the front edge of the furniture.

On the open surface, the coffee stains had already disappeared after the first pass. The V70 had to work several times on the dried residue around the edges. It removed the stains well on the accessible surface, but some remained in the deeper joints at the end. This is not a total failure, but shows where even a high-quality mopping robot cannot fully match manual cleaning.

The longer reach of the mop slows down the cleaning process somewhat because the robot has to cover the area along the furniture with additional tracks. In the case of our sideboard, however, this was time well spent: what counts here is not whether the robot passes by as quickly as possible, but whether it reaches the flat area under the edge at all. This is exactly what worked visibly better with the V70 than with a conventional, shorter edge cleaning.

How does the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete perform on carpet?

The MOVA V70 Ultra Complete is extremely flexible on carpets. Depending on the setting, it lifts its mops, moves around textile surfaces, increases the suction power there or places the mops completely in the station before a pure suction round. The latter is particularly convenient for higher carpets because no previously damp pads are pulled over the fibers.

For the test, we distributed just over 10 grams of dust, pet hair, salt and crumbled cornflakes – almost the same mix as on the hard floor – evenly over the test area. The V70 worked through these quickly with high suction power, and coarser particles and animal hair were reliably removed on the first pass. The smallest particles such as fine salt, on the other hand, proved to be somewhat more stubborn: After the first pass, there were still visible residues in the fibers, and only the second round produced the desired result. This is not an outlier for this class of appliance, but it shows that the V70 has to allow a little more time for fine grit on carpet than on smooth surfaces.

What stands out positively overall is the flexible carpet management: The V70 reliably detects textile surfaces, automatically adjusts the suction power and mop behavior and leaves the pads in the station if desired. Once you have set this up, you hardly notice that the robot is switching between hard floor and carpet in everyday life – it just works.

Mop washing and drying: The station must be used after the stain test

After the mopping test, the mops were visibly dirty. The dried ketchup in particular had stuck to the fibers, so the automatic cleaning station had to do more here than after a normal round through the hallway.

MOVA advertises cleaning with water heated up to 100 °C. We were able to verify this in the test, and not just on the data sheet: During the washing process, we measured temperatures of more than 100 °C. This means that the mops are actually treated with very hot water and not just rinsed briefly with lukewarm water.

After washing, drying began automatically. MOVA specifies warm air of up to 70 °C for this; our measurement was around 61 °C. After the complete cycle, the mops were dry and could be used again straight away. This is a real advantage, especially after sticky stains, because the used pads do not remain damp and dirty in the station.

The station’s wash tray also looked tidy after this test. Despite the heavily soiled mops, very little remained there. Coarser particles collect in a small filter insert in the lower section of the base. This has to be removed and rinsed out occasionally, but the actual reworking after mopping was limited in our case.

Navigation and obstacle detection: mostly reliable, not flawless

In the test, the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete followed its routes clearly, found its way back to the station safely and usually reacted reliably to typical obstacles such as shoes or cables. The front camera not only helps it to avoid obstacles, but also shows which objects the robot has detected in the app. This is particularly helpful when it comes to cables, because after a trip you can see where on the floor it could become a little critical.

Nevertheless, we did have one outlier: during one run, the V70 tried to drive over the flat base of a desk. Instead of driving around it as an obstacle, the robot started to climb. Although this remained an isolated situation, it shows quite well why even a model with a camera should not drive over anything lying around on the floor completely unattended. We would still clear away thin cables or small, sensitive objects before starting off.

The camera can also be used for a remote view via the app. There are also functions for households with pets: The robot can clean areas around feeding places in a more targeted way or keep an eye out for the pet during a search trip. Whether you use these extras regularly is a matter of taste; the remote view itself can be very practical if you want to quickly check what the robot is currently seeing when you are out and about.

StepMaster 2.0: Designed for higher transitions

Another special feature of the V70 is its StepMaster 2.0 system. The robot can raise its chassis and, according to MOVA, is designed to overcome individual thresholds of up to 4.5 cm and compound transitions of up to 9 cm. This applies, for example, to the rails of sliding doors or transitions where conventional vacuum robots often get stuck.

Which thresholds the robot should actually approach can be defined in the app. This makes sense, because just because the V70 can technically manage a transition, it doesn’t have to climb it again every time it cleans. After all, our test showed that the robot’s joy of climbing can sometimes start in the wrong place, especially with unusual furniture or foot constructions.

Autonomy and maintenance

The battery of the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete has a capacity of 6,400 mAh. For larger areas, the robot can automatically resume an interrupted cleaning process after charging. In the test, the charging pause seemed pleasantly short compared to older devices, which can be relevant for larger living areas or several intensive mopping sessions.

Maintenance mainly focuses on the water tank, the bagless dust container, the station filter and occasionally the rollers or brushes. The main brush hardly caused any work due to hair. The station’s dust container will need to be emptied at different intervals depending on the household. If you have pets, you should not rely on the maximum times and should rather check regularly how quickly the container fills up.

On the positive side, there is no need to stock up on dust bags. Especially with an expensive appliance, it feels more coherent if the most important automatic functions are not dependent on a bag that has to be purchased regularly.

Conclusion on the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete

The MOVA V70 Ultra Complete impressed us in the test, especially in areas where robotic vacuum cleaners and floor mopping robots tend to lag behind. Under our low sideboard in the hallway, the mop, which extends far out, reached a significantly larger area, although the robot itself did not fit underneath. It also worked thoroughly on dirt along edges, while the coffee stains on the open surface disappeared after the first pass.

The EcoCyclone station was almost as convincing for us. We rarely had automatic suction without the need for a dust bag in our previous test appliances, and we wouldn’t want to be without this concept in operation. The container was easy to empty, while the station also got the heavily soiled mops dry and ready for use again after the stain test.

Even a platinum model cannot get away without criticism. When vacuuming, some residue remained in a difficult corner, the obstacle detection wanted to climb over the flat base of our desk once, and on carpet, fine grit occasionally needed a second pass – but this did not detract from the flexible carpet management overall.

In the end, it’s the overall package that counts: The V70 combines an exceptionally good mopping range with a bagless station, extensive automatic functions and an app that remains easy to use despite its many options. If you are prepared to pay the high price for as little rework as possible and particularly thorough cleaning of difficult areas, the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete is one of the most convincing vacuum and mopping robots we have tested to date. For this, it receives our Platinum Award.