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wjwren said:
There was a mculloch on amazon special the other day. I guess its just a flymo with a different coloured body on. Did 1000m2.
There seem to be a few very similar ones - Flymo, Gardena and McCulloch . If you look at the specs, they all claim different sizes - 400m2, 400m2/700m2 and 1000m2.As I've said previously, look underneath and they actually have Husqvana branded components.
ETA - and if that sort of thing floats your boat, the Gardena "garage" (cover) fits the Flymo (and therefore probably the McCulloch)
Edited by Podie on Thursday 1st June 16:07
I think I'm going to go for the robomow, ordering this week will upload some pictures next week all being well.
Edit - for some reason the basic robomow use a Lead acid battery? Bit strange thought they all used Lithium ion. WIll have a rethink.
Edit - for some reason the basic robomow use a Lead acid battery? Bit strange thought they all used Lithium ion. WIll have a rethink.
Edited by wjwren on Monday 5th June 13:35
wjwren said:
I think I'm going to go for the robomow, ordering this week will upload some pictures next week all being well.
Edit - for some reason the basic robomow use a Lead acid battery? Bit strange thought they all used Lithium ion. WIll have a rethink.
Which model? I've a Robomow rc304 which has lithium batteryEdit - for some reason the basic robomow use a Lead acid battery? Bit strange thought they all used Lithium ion. WIll have a rethink.
Edited by wjwren on Monday 5th June 13:35
Origin Unknown said:
This looks great value?
https://www.johnlewis.com/robomow-rx12u-robotic-la... @ £499
My grass is ~5m x ~4m total, flat and edged with raised borders. My petrol self-propelled is completely overkill for it.
New to the robo concept but I simply have to have one, cutting the grass myself is only mildly preferable to sawing my limbs off with a blunt rusty saw.https://www.johnlewis.com/robomow-rx12u-robotic-la... @ £499
My grass is ~5m x ~4m total, flat and edged with raised borders. My petrol self-propelled is completely overkill for it.
This one above: looks good, big enough for my garden, Robomow are an acceptable brand, no? My question is, I assume I have to go out and push a button to set it off? Not the most overwhelming task in the world, but I wondered whether having one which I say "mow the lawn at 9pm every Monday Wednesday and Friday" and completely forget about it and the sodding grass, would be better?
CAPP0 said:
New to the robo concept but I simply have to have one, cutting the grass myself is only mildly preferable to sawing my limbs off with a blunt rusty saw.
This one above: looks good, big enough for my garden, Robomow are an acceptable brand, no? My question is, I assume I have to go out and push a button to set it off? Not the most overwhelming task in the world, but I wondered whether having one which I say "mow the lawn at 9pm every Monday Wednesday and Friday" and completely forget about it and the sodding grass, would be better?
The Flymo is only £499 as well, and looking at the reviews & the fact it is Amazon's top selling robot mower - you can't go wrong.This one above: looks good, big enough for my garden, Robomow are an acceptable brand, no? My question is, I assume I have to go out and push a button to set it off? Not the most overwhelming task in the world, but I wondered whether having one which I say "mow the lawn at 9pm every Monday Wednesday and Friday" and completely forget about it and the sodding grass, would be better?
It's just too small for our needs
Andehh said:
How are people getting on with them? Looking at a Worx for a family member. Does the Mower need to stay 100% within range of the wifi for it to work with the app?
Im not sure about the Flymo but my Bosch doesnt connect to the wifi at all - I dont think any of them do. They just transmit back to the base station. My Bosch Connect 400 has a sim card in it so can transmit to my phone anywhere in the world. So you can check on it's progress etc. Not really vital and if it hasnt been in the sale when i bought it I wouldnt of bothered as they do the normal 400 without the 'connect' functionality for less money. I dont bother really using the phone app feature, it's more a fit and forget item. One thing about Robotic mowers is that they still dont do around the edge - so I still have to get my normal mower out every 7 - 10 days and run it round the edge. Granted this only takes 2 or 3 minutes but would of been nice if the Bosch did it all.
It occasionally gets stuck and falls off the edge of the lawn but this is just teething problems. Every time it has been stuck I go out and adjust the guide wire. I think I may of had it too close to the edge of the lawn.
Apart from that with regular Nitrogen feeding my lawn has never looked better. I set it to cut 4 times a week.
CAPP0 said:
New to the robo concept but I simply have to have one, cutting the grass myself is only mildly preferable to sawing my limbs off with a blunt rusty saw.
This one above: looks good, big enough for my garden, Robomow are an acceptable brand, no? My question is, I assume I have to go out and push a button to set it off? Not the most overwhelming task in the world, but I wondered whether having one which I say "mow the lawn at 9pm every Monday Wednesday and Friday" and completely forget about it and the sodding grass, would be better?
Most of them have calanders built in. You can either set it to 'Auto' and it will cut itself when it needs it (not sure how it works that out) or do as I do and set it for Mon Wed Fri Sun at 10am.This one above: looks good, big enough for my garden, Robomow are an acceptable brand, no? My question is, I assume I have to go out and push a button to set it off? Not the most overwhelming task in the world, but I wondered whether having one which I say "mow the lawn at 9pm every Monday Wednesday and Friday" and completely forget about it and the sodding grass, would be better?
Andehh said:
CAPP0 said:
New to the robo concept but I simply have to have one, cutting the grass myself is only mildly preferable to sawing my limbs off with a blunt rusty saw.
This one above: looks good, big enough for my garden, Robomow are an acceptable brand, no? My question is, I assume I have to go out and push a button to set it off? Not the most overwhelming task in the world, but I wondered whether having one which I say "mow the lawn at 9pm every Monday Wednesday and Friday" and completely forget about it and the sodding grass, would be better?
The Flymo is only £499 as well, and looking at the reviews & the fact it is Amazon's top selling robot mower - you can't go wrong.This one above: looks good, big enough for my garden, Robomow are an acceptable brand, no? My question is, I assume I have to go out and push a button to set it off? Not the most overwhelming task in the world, but I wondered whether having one which I say "mow the lawn at 9pm every Monday Wednesday and Friday" and completely forget about it and the sodding grass, would be better?
It's just too small for our needs
And the 1200R has the programmable times/days options too by the look of it. Think I shall order right away.
We bought the Flymo last year on Amazon Prime day for £349 - we had been looking at £1000 Robomows, but felt it was worth a punt at that price, despite being told that "Flymo is s
t" by pretty much everyone.
Happy to report that I've not cut the grass since. I periodically brush "him" out, have changed the blades once, and have even given it a few coats of DoDo Juice
I got worried about pigeon crap, so bought the Gardena branded "garage" and it's been fine. A couple of googly eyes later and "Mowbi" as he's known is probably chomping away as I type.
It's quiet, thus far it's worked without any issues. We love him.
t" by pretty much everyone.Happy to report that I've not cut the grass since. I periodically brush "him" out, have changed the blades once, and have even given it a few coats of DoDo Juice
I got worried about pigeon crap, so bought the Gardena branded "garage" and it's been fine. A couple of googly eyes later and "Mowbi" as he's known is probably chomping away as I type.
It's quiet, thus far it's worked without any issues. We love him.
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