Mova's Z70 Ultra Roller Complete arrives June 15 with stronger suction, a two-stage threshold-climbing system, and the same rear-mounted mopping roller that made its predecessor stand out. Here is what changes over the Z60 and where it sits against Mova's own V70.
Mova is moving fast. The company just put the V70 Ultra Complete on shelves at 1,399 euros, a model built around unusually long extending arms for its side brush and mop, and now it is following up with a second flagship in a matter of weeks. The Mova Z70 Ultra Roller Complete goes on sale June 15, succeeding the Z60 Ultra Roller Complete that landed near the top of our rankings last year. The MSRP holds at 1,399 euros.
What's new
The headline number is suction. Mova rates the Z70 at 36,000 Pa, a meaningful step up that should help on embedded grit and along edges where airflow usually drops off. Raw pascal figures rarely translate one-to-one into pickup performance, since brush design and sealing matter as much as the rated maximum, but the increase signals where Mova put its engineering effort this generation.
The more interesting change is mobility. The Z70 can now clear thresholds up to 9 cm tall, and it does it in two stages of 4.8 and 4.2 cm. That staged approach is how the robot tackles obstacles most competitors simply refuse, like the raised sills between rooms in older homes or the lip into a sunken living area. Plenty of flagship robots top out around 2 cm, so a 9 cm ceiling is a genuine reach advantage if the mechanism works as cleanly in practice as it does on the spec sheet.
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The defining hardware remains the wide mopping roller mounted at the rear of the chassis. Mova calls the system HydroForce Mopping 2.0. Rather than dragging static pads that load up with dirt and smear it around, the roller is rinsed with fresh water on every revolution and pressed into the floor at 18 N. That continuous-rinse approach is the main argument for a roller over conventional pad or dual-disc mopping, since the cloth never gets a chance to dry out or saturate with grime mid-run.
Carpet handling gets attention too. When the robot detects carpet, the roller is not only lifted clear but also tucked under a protective cover, so a wet mop assembly never parks against pile. The Z60 already lifted its mop; the added shield is the kind of detail that separates a robot that mostly avoids wet carpet from one you can leave unattended on mixed flooring.
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How it compares
Against the Z60 Ultra Roller Complete, the Z70 is an iterative upgrade rather than a redesign. The roller mop, the all-in-one station, and the general layout carry over. What changes is the suction figure, the threshold-climbing range, and the refinements to the mopping and carpet-protection systems. Buyers who own a Z60 will not find a reason to rush an upgrade, but anyone shopping fresh gets a more capable version of an already strong platform.
The comparison inside Mova's own lineup is the trickier one. The V70 Ultra Complete sits at the same 1,399 euro MSRP and takes a different approach to reach, using far-extending arms to push a side brush and mop into corners and along baseboards. The Z70 instead leans on its roller mop and climbing range. The choice comes down to your floors: the V70's extending arms favor homes with lots of corners and edge dirt, while the Z70's rinse-as-it-goes roller and 9 cm climbing suit larger open spaces and multi-level thresholds.
The cleaning station ships with the usual self-maintenance duties and can be ordered with an optional plumbed water connection, which removes the chore of refilling and emptying tanks entirely. Mova is also selling it in natural stone and brushed metallic finishes, an unusual nod to buyers who would rather the dock not look like a piece of appliance plastic in a visible corner.
Who it's for
The Z70 Ultra Roller Complete targets buyers who want serious mopping without babysitting pads, and who have a floor plan with raised transitions that trip up cheaper robots. If your home is mostly hard flooring with the occasional rug and a few stubborn thresholds, the roller mop plus the staged climbing system is a strong fit. If your priority is edge and corner coverage, Mova's own V70 deserves a look at the same price.
We rated the Z60 among the most interesting robots we tested last year, and the Z70 keeps every part of what earned it that spot while pushing the numbers that matter. A full review with our own mopping, suction, and navigation testing is on the way, and the threshold-climbing claim in particular is one we want to verify on real obstacles rather than a spec table.
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