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I've been using the MOVA S70 for a while now, and I think it's easy to recommend for the right house. It cleans really well, especially for what it costs ($649), but there are a few compromises that are worth knowing before you buy.
The short version: If your home is mostly hard floors, I think you'll be happy with it. If you have a lot of carpet, thick rugs, or heavy pet hair, I'd probably look at the S70 Ultra or another model instead.
👍 What I Liked
🧼 Cleaning performance. This is the reason to buy it. The roller does a really nice job on hard floors and potentially excels over some roller mops I’ve used.
📏 Edge cleaning. It gets right up against edges and under my cabinets where the toe kick is without needing the old "curtain trick" in the app. The slim design fits under almost everything in my house. Oddly enough, it doesn’t like going under my couch which is higher than other things it easily navigates under, but I think I can eventually correct that issue.
💧 No water streaks. Even after increasing the water level in a few rooms, I haven't noticed any visible streaking. The floor doesn’t appear dirty after taking a dry or wet paper towel to it.
📱 The app. The interface is clean, and I really like the extra cleaning modes like Quick, Standard, Intensive, and Deep, along with the redesigned settings and cleaning history. I'd love to see MOVA bring those features to its other robots.
👀 Obstacle avoidance. Overall, it's done well. It gets very close to obstacles without running into them and cleans right up next to them. I’ve only had issues with a few items described below. Every once in a while you run into situations where it’s almost too cautious or not cautious enough.
🌙 No onboard LED. I haven't noticed any issues cleaning in darker rooms even with no onboard LED. This proves that Mova chose the right features to exclude from the device to keep the price low while still providing a premium product.
👎 What Could Be Better
🗺️ Mapping. It needed more help than I expected. It got stuck several times during mapping and asked me to move it. Once I did, it found its position again and kept going really well, but it wasn't a hands-off experience. This was specific to a carpeted room.
🔊 It's loud. I run Max Suction, so that's part of it, but it's still noticeably louder than my V50. The wheels on hard floors are louder, and the dock makes more noise at the beginning and end of a cleaning cycle. The speaker (while adjustable) seems louder too at its max setting.
🚪 Quarter round trim and door stops. This was my biggest complaint. The robot likes to climb onto them, and when the roller extends, the trim lifts the robot just enough that it misses cleaning right along the edge. It always corrected itself, but those spots never looked quite as clean. Eventually I could see it leading to scuffs on my white trim since the roller itself is a black plastic.
⏳ It takes a while to get started. It washes the roller before cleaning, so expect about five minutes from pressing start until it actually begins cleaning. It’s not a deal breaker and I’d rather a clean, wet mop roller, but it isn’t an immediate response for a spilled mess. A vacuum session only begins immediately!
⛓️💥 The plastic. It looks nice, but the plastic feels thinner than the V50 and P50. It also doesn't have the magnetic robot lid or the gasket style station lid. Hopefully it holds up well over time, but it doesn't feel quite as premium. However, I do like the removable drip tray included in the charging station which makes cleaning simpler.
🤔 Who Should Think Twice?
❌ If your home is mostly carpet or has a lot of thick rugs, I'd look elsewhere. The roller only lifts on carpet so it can occasionally make the carpet a bit wet, and I noticed navigation gets less confident on plush surfaces. The S70 Ultra introduces a roller shield to protect carpet from getting wet.
🐶 If you have dogs that shed a lot, I'd recommend adding the Clean Chop/TriCut brush or stepping up to the S70 Ultra, which includes the TriCut brush as the standard.
⭐ Final Thoughts
For a home with mostly hard floors and low-pile rugs, I think the S70 is a really good value. It cleans well, gets into places a lot of robots can't, and the Mova Home app is always top notch compared to other brands.
It's not perfect, and I hope MOVA improves a few things in future versions, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it for the right home as I still think MOVA produces some of the best robot vacuums on the market.
I’ve attached some videos where I think the S70 struggled. Feel free to pass your own judgement. I have plenty of videos where the S70 excelled that I am not posting! The videos are also on 2x speed. TranslateView Original Text
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