Narwal's vacuums: pads on the Freo Z10, a roller on the Flow
Narwal sells three kinds of mop. The Freo Z10 family spins two pads and lifts them 12 mm over carpet: the Freo Z10 Ultra with 18,000 Pa, LiDAR with a camera and twin-camera obstacle recognition, the Freo Z10 Pro with 18,500 Pa and structured-light obstacle sensing, and the Freo Z10 Turbo with 25,000 Pa, whose dock empties, washes and dries but does not refill the water. The Flow family washes a roller instead and climbs 40 mm thresholds: the Flow 2 with 31,000 Pa and the roller lifted 10 mm, the Flow with 22,000 Pa and the Freo 20 with 31,000 Pa, all three navigating by camera rather than a LiDAR turret and standing 95 mm tall. The Freo 20 Edge is the Freo 20 without cameras: 31,000 Pa, a roller that lifts 12 mm, LiDAR and structured light for obstacles, and a dock that washes and dries but does not refill. The Freo X10 Pro is the entry model with a full dock: 11,000 Pa, pads that lift 12 mm, LiDAR and structured light for obstacles. Below it the Freo S has no washing dock: 8,000 Pa, a static pad pressed at 8 N, LiDAR and structured light, a 20 mm threshold rating and a dock that only empties, into a bag Narwal rates for 180 days.
What to check before buying a Narwal
- Carpet. The Freo Z10 and Freo X10 Pro pads lift 12 mm, the Freo 20 Edge's roller 12 mm, the Flow's 12 mm once Carpet Mode is on in the app and the Flow 2's 10 mm; the Freo 20 and the Freo S state no lift, so they mop where they go.
- Thresholds. Narwal publishes 40 mm for the Flow family, 20 mm for the Freo X10 Pro and the Freo S, and no figure for the Freo Z10 or the Freo 20 Edge.
- The dock. Every Narwal empties the bin, and all but the Freo S wash the mop; the Freo Z10 Turbo, Freo 20 Edge and Freo S do not refill the water, and the Flow and the Freo S do not dry. Narwal states 120 days for the dust bag wherever it gives a figure, and 180 on the Freo S.
- What is not published. Narwal states no runtime for any of these machines, and noise only for the Flow 2 (57 dB), the Freo 20 Edge (59 dB) and the Freo S (under 62 dB); our tables say so rather than guess.
The rankings this hub draws on: best mopping robot vacuums, for pet hair, self-emptying and best value. Every score is computed as described in how we score.