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ash73 said:
Podie said:
Trawl back throught the thread and you'll see where I posted about the Flymo 1200R, Gardena R40Li / R60Li, McCulloch R600 / R1000 and Husqvana 105
Yes I saw that, useful to know, just puzzled why the McCulloch spec says 600sqm and the Flymo is only 400sqm when the innards are the same.Flibble said:
I'm not sure it really matters how fast it cuts the grass tbh, as long as it gets done. I was just thinking that it would take ages to do a whole lawn if you're close to the maximum size for the mower, but then I suppose mowing half per day is plenty.
Ours is set to run from 11:00 - 19:00 3 days a week, and seems to have no problems coping. AstonZagato said:
I have a walled knot garden behind the house.
It is as fiddly as it gets - narrow lawns separating geometric box hedges, sunken pond.
Is that too much for a robomower?
Worst "look at my amazing garden post... ever!" It is as fiddly as it gets - narrow lawns separating geometric box hedges, sunken pond.
Is that too much for a robomower?
Joking aside, a properly set cable and this shouldn't be an issue. Might take some time as it's quite intricate in parts.
Zoon said:
AstonZagato said:
Does the dealer come and do that? Or is it down to me (never going to happen)?
Some dealers will arrange the installation for you on the bigger machines.So this area is around 300 square metres, and so I have pretty much decided on a Robomow RC304. Does anyone have any experience with the brand?
I like that it has a big steel blade and a sidecut, so it will cut all the way to the edge and unlike the Flymo1200R or equivalent Bosch, be able to deal with leaves and small twigs. Downside is that this blade needs to be replaced annually.
Functionality looks good and the aftersales service also seems pretty good. Any experiences of the brand?
To be installed next week, as the new lawn will need trimming soon. Pics below - gave you a before, estate agent photo of the derelict, and after, of the landscape folk tamping the new turf on Tuesday, as it's quite fun to see! The garden was all brambles, anthills and Japanese Knotweed, and had been since 2010...
78 rear view by baconrashers, on Flickr
Untitled by baconrashers, on FlickrPodie said:
AstonZagato said:
I have a walled knot garden behind the house.
It is as fiddly as it gets - narrow lawns separating geometric box hedges, sunken pond.
Is that too much for a robomower?
Worst "look at my amazing garden post... ever!" It is as fiddly as it gets - narrow lawns separating geometric box hedges, sunken pond.
Is that too much for a robomower?
Joking aside, a properly set cable and this shouldn't be an issue. Might take some time as it's quite intricate in parts.
Intricate is definitely the word. It is a pain to mow.
Slightly better view of the layout
I took that for the dealer to see what he thought.
My wife was somewhat scathing when I said what I was doing. It isn't normally me who mows it - we pay people to do it (but not often enough, in my book).
Subsidiary question, how do they cope with dog poo? I presume that is a disaster (a la Roomba)? My dogs almost never defecate in that garden (or anywhere in the formal grounds) but it does occasionally happen. I assume it leaves the place looking like a dirty protest on Cell Block A if you don't find it before the Robomower does?
AstonZagato said:
Subsidiary question, how do they cope with dog poo? I presume that is a disaster (a la Roomba)? My dogs almost never defecate in that garden (or anywhere in the formal grounds) but it does occasionally happen. I assume it leaves the place looking like a dirty protest on Cell Block A if you don't find it before the Robomower does?
It's all depends on the cutting height 
AstonZagato said:
Thank you - we put it in about 10 years ago.
Intricate is definitely the word. It is a pain to mow.
Slightly better view of the layout
I took that for the dealer to see what he thought.
My wife was somewhat scathing when I said what I was doing. It isn't normally me who mows it - we pay people to do it (but not often enough, in my book).
One option to consider if that you can have multiple boundary wires. You'd need to swap them over on the back of the base station, but you can force it to work in certain areas.Intricate is definitely the word. It is a pain to mow.
Slightly better view of the layout
I took that for the dealer to see what he thought.
My wife was somewhat scathing when I said what I was doing. It isn't normally me who mows it - we pay people to do it (but not often enough, in my book).
Clearly you will need something around the pond to stop it going for a dip, but bigger obstacles (and maybe those hedges) could be left to it bumping into them... although probably less than ideal
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