Review: Mova V70 Ultra Complete robot vacuum — fully featured, highly recommended with two thumbs up

MOVA is making a big push into the Australian market this year and, with that push, has introduced several new robot vacuums, including the flagship V70 Ultra Complete.

Priced at RRP $3,299, the new V70 Ultra Complete features all the high-end technology you would expect from flagship robot vacuums in 2026, along with some of Mova’s own innovations:

• MaxiReachX technology, combining a 17cm mop extension with a 12cm side-brush extension to expand cleaning coverage across hard-to-reach areas
• 42,000Pa suction
• StepMaster System 2.0 obstacle crossing
• 300+ obstacle recognition
• EcoCyclone Bagless Dust Station
• Adaptive 134° Wide-Arc Mopping to deliver up to 3× broader coverage than conventional designs
• FlexiPress Mop Pad Adaptive Pressure with 15N of downward pressure
• In-Depth Pet Care

Design, Setup and Mapping

The V70 Ultra Complete’s design is similar to last year’s Z50 Ultra, though the mopping system is different this year.  The top features a retractable ToF sensor, allowing the robot to fit under more furniture.  

The front of the vacuum includes a window for the cameras and sensors to view what is in the vacuum’s path and how dirty the floor is – to allow for the smart clean, a feature I love.  

MOVA call its smart clean “CleanGenius,” and it provides “dynamic sensing” and “effortless cleaning.”  I would have to agree with that.  I set the scheduled cleans to run three times a week using CleanGenius because I don’t normally have any specific areas I need cleaned.  That said, my study floor was incredibly dirty one day, and the CleanGenius was able to increase the suction to clean it effortlessly.

I tend to use the manual/custom clean only when I want a particular floor cleaned a specific way – such as vacuuming and mopping a small section of the kitchen floor.  Technically, the CleanGenius *should* be able to handle this but I found that I was able to set the level of cleaning more comfortably with a manual setting – no “hoping” but basically a guarantee that the robot will clean to its fullest ability.

Setting up the vacuum was a breeze.  The mapping was super quick and accurate – sure it mapped a “room” outside on the deck through the alfresco window but a simple “wall” placed there by me in the app prevents it from trying to clean there.  The more complicated option was to hide one of the rooms it created out there, split the other room, and then hide the outside section I split off from the inside room.

There is no “furniture” placed in the rooms by the app which I don’t mind.  I have never understood why furniture needs to be placed on the map.  Just clean where I tell you to, around the furniture/obstacles, whatever it is.

The app is incredibly easy to use, something I found last year, with the app guiding you through the set-up.

Cleaning

Vacuuming

For an everyday clean, the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete performed exceptionally well using CleanGenius.  For custom zone cleans, you cannot use CleanGenius and instead have to set the vacuum or mopping level you need.  I would prefer it to use its smarts to determine if the floor is actually clean – after all, a zone clean is likely being performed due to a specific mess/spill.

Setting the zone is easy, but selecting the clean level is not.  I tested the strength using my usual breadcrumbs and walnut pieces and, while it managed to pick up most of it, there were some of the breadcrumbs left – that was using a mid-strength clean.  When I changed that to the “Max+ Suction Power” all of the breadcrumbs were gone.

Unless you are in a hurry, there is no disadvantage to just doing all of your custom zone cleans on this Max+ power – it’s better to have too much power than not enough.

Vacuuming on hard floors though, is a breeze, as you would hope and expect.

Mopping

It is interesting that MOVA has gone back to the spinning pads for mopping with this robot cleaner, especially considering how well the mopping pad performed on the Z50 Ultra but I’m sure they’ve done the R&D. What they have included is a 17cm mop extension allowing the robot to mop in hard-to-reach corners and right up against skirting boards.

This time I tested the mopping with jam and syrup on the hard floor and once again the robot performed exceptionally.  After falling for the attempt to vacuum at a lower than max level I set the cleaning zone to be cleaned at max power, with max water etc.  With a single pass on full mopping ability the floor was cleaned.

Included in the box is a bottle of MOVA’s Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner and a bottle of its Pet Odor Solution.  These are to aid the mopping, and although I cannot test their effectiveness, you would imagine they would only aid in the clean – it’s like washing the dishes with soapy water instead of just hot water.

Bagless Docking Station

The Docking Station looks a lot more traditional this year with the standard two tanks visible and the mopping solution and the dust tank located behind the front panel.  It’s not as stylish as some black docks but still looks good without being ugly.

The main consumable with a robot vacuum is the docking station vacuum bag.  Sometimes companies include reusable/emptyable ones but not many.  This bagless solution from MOVA is not only great for the environment but great on the hip pocket – the dust tank in the dock is also washable, a great solution.

The base station will remove the mopping pads from the robot if you are vacuuming only just in case they touch the carpets with their wet surface.  When the robot returns to the dock, it automatically refills the mopping solution, empties the dust, washes the mops and charges the robot. The Auto-Mop Drying dries the mops in approximately one hour, which can be a bit annoying, but it’s great to have.

Final thoughts

I’ve reviewed a lot of flagship robot vacuums recently, and the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete is a match for any of them. It is fully featured with smart cleaning, powerful suction, tangle-free vacuuming, high-powered mopping, obstacle climbing up to 9cm, and a fully featured docking station that, in a first for a robot vacuum I’ve used, includes a bagless dust station. The app is easy to use with accurate, fast mapping and includes manual roaming using the camera to view your house and pets remotely.

As with all flagship, fully featured robot vacuums, the MOVA V70 Ultra Complete isn’t cheap, but if you are looking at the upper end of the market for a vacuum that cleans better, is easy to use and does everything, then the price is about what you should expect to pay.

The MOVA Ultra V70 Ultra Complete is available now for ,299 RRP at Harvey Norman, Amazon and via the MOVA AU website.