Robot mowers

[gfreeman]

BGARK said:

100 pages to check through!

What is the BEST quality robot mower for large gardens, 1 - 3 acres no boundary wires wanted, lots of trees, bushes, obstacles and debris.

Not concerned about the price, I appreciate for what we want it will not be cheap.

Thanks

You need to clear debris (size dependant) as the robot will drive over it and potentially get tangled up or end up with damaged blades.
I have a Husky which sometimes gets lifted or entangled when whacking the odd fallen branch.

[57Ford]

It would be great if you could bite the bullet regarding guide wires and have a fleet of Flymo Easilife’s.
Formation mowing!

[V-spec]

I agree on the debris

Aside from that I think a Luba2 would fit the bill. You can easily set all the bushes and trees as “no-go” areas.
But 3 acres is huge (12,000 sq m?), the biggest Luba will only do half of that (5,000m2).

I guess you could set it now half each day but I don’t know if the limitation is due to the distance from the RTK station as well.

[randlemarcus]

h0b0 said:

Neighbours dog then has a pee on my grass and then jumps back into their garden. We have complained about the dog being in our garden before and they suggested I put up a fence.

Can you leave your gate to the road open?

[h0b0]

randlemarcus said:

h0b0 said:

Neighbours dog then has a pee on my grass and then jumps back into their garden. We have complained about the dog being in our garden before and they suggested I put up a fence.

Can you leave your gate to the road open?

It’s the owners fault. He bought a puppy when he had 3 kids under the age of 3 and that puppy quickly grew up. The dog just wants attention. But, she is full of energy and any attention she gets she goes crazy. I wouldn’t mind so much as I’m a dog person. My wife would be pissed off but I’d happily play with the dog if things were different. Instead I’ve had to be the mean old man next door. She chased my kids around the garden and they were scared silly. My boy has history with dogs wanting to play. The last time it happened he ended up being “play” bitten and bleeding. Now he is petrified of any dogs.

I have spoken to the owner who tried to shout at me when I complained. That’s where he suggested I put up a fence. I look like Hagrid on a bad day. I politely told him he had failed at his responsibility as a dog owner and instead of giving crap back when someone points out his failures he should remain silent until it was appropriate to apologize. He quietly said “sorry, I will make sure it doesn’t happen again”.

He then told a pack of lies to his landlord about me being abusive. I know his landlord well. He is now on a final warning before being evicted.

[NickXX]

Had my Landroid M500+ for 3 weeks now. Other than a couple of cable cuts on day one (I didn’t peg it down enough). It’s been working very well. Thanks for the advice on 50mm or longer- my lawn isn’t perfectly flat, and it hides the undulations (and looks healthier). It also does the edges much better than I thought it would.

Other than getting beached on large branches/kids toys, it just does its own thing.

Very happy, as I wasn’t sure if it would be an expensive novelty or genuinely useful. It does a great job of making the lawn look smart all of the time (and hasn’t eaten the dog/kids ).

Edited by NickXX on Sunday 21st April 18:50

[Deep Thought]

Deep Thought said:

We've a Flymo 1200R for the rear lawn, but have been wary of getting one for the front as it needs left sitting out all the time.

Our house is on a main road and i'd have a fear someone would stop and lift it.

So i've ordered one of these. Doesnt require a boundary wire, you just have the battery charged, carry it out using the carry handle on it, then set it on your lawn. Repeat 2-3 times a week.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B6G4K1M5/ref...

Just got the Lawnmaster up and running today.

First impressions - i'm pretty impressed.

He's been beavering away for well over two hours now on the same battery charge.

EDIT: He ran for a full 3 hours which was pretty impressive.

Edited by Deep Thought on Saturday 20th April 18:55

[Deep Thought]

randlemarcus said:

h0b0 said:

Neighbours dog then has a pee on my grass and then jumps back into their garden. We have complained about the dog being in our garden before and they suggested I put up a fence.

Can you leave your gate to the road open?

I'd that many moons ago in my 20s and living in an end terraced.

The neighbour - an otherwise lovely woman - was quite happy for her dog to jump the fence and st in my garden. I approached her about it but she did nothing.

So i left the side gate open. She then would go round and close the gate!!

So i took the gate off its hinges altogether and locked it in the shed.

She finally got the message that point.

[Lagom]

Anyone after a Worx M700? Worx are currently selling them direct for £599.

[dhutch]

Deep Thought said:

She then would go round and close the gate!!

So i took the gate off its hinges altogether and locked it in the shed.

MAhahah! Love a bit of politics!

[Jermy Claxon]

V-spec said:

So; first thoughts are mixed.

My main concern, the RTK satellite signal, seems to be fine. Some of the surrounding trees don’t have leaves yet, but so far everything works.

On the other hand, it was frustrating to set up and the way it turns on the spot is chewing up my lawn!

I think maybe it’s still too early in the year for this, need to wait for things to dry out a bit and try again.

Interesting to see the Luba2 chewing up the lawn, is that because camera approaches the base station forwards then revolves on the spot?

I haven't unpacked my Luba1 yet (bought before winter, but now procrastinating/waiting for the RTK solar panel in June to make install easier) but wondering if the Luba 1 will chew up the grass too?

[M1AGM]

Yes it will. I embedded a large patio tile on the spot it turns to stop this happening.

[Jermy Claxon]

Thanks, if the software hasn't stopped that happening before June, I don't think I'll bother installing it.

[dave_Sw1]

Mu luba 2 is up and running now, had to put the RTK up on the Chimney to get a good consistent signal, overall i'm happy with it, sometimes its a bit off on the perimeter laps and dips a wheel in the flowerbed but if you get 25+ co viewing satellites its spot on, the stripes it does are so precise! to aviod the lawn damage I put the docking station on the patio as its flush to the lawn and he does all his spinning round and reverse park on the patio now.
pretty happy with it for now

[M1AGM]

It’s weird quite a few people have problems with the RTK and satellite reception (fb has loads). I wonder if it has anything to do with local geography? All of last year my base station and RTK were within a few feet of a big oak tree and a 20ft shipping container, I was expecting issues but there were none. Out of winter hibernation last week I set it up temporarily for a small area, 3 feet away from an outbuilding and close to several large trees, no issues. N Yorks, countryside, no neighbours.

[V-spec]

Does the green light stay on at night on your RTK station?
Mine does and it’s very bright.

The manual says is should turn off after 20:00 but it doesn’t. The helpdesk told me to “upgrade the RTK” in the app, but I haven’t found how to do that. The robot version and everything else are the latest.

[dave_Sw1]

It would but I have it on a smart plug as I don't expect to mow at night so it goes off