Are ROBOT LAWN Mowers any Good? 🤖Worx Landroid
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- See how my robotic lawn mower performed & what you need to know BEFORE considering buying one of these. Featuring the Worx Landroid.
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...what if it hits a bunch of turds?
My experience with the batteries from Worx is that that mower is going to dock every 15 min. and need to charge for an hour before it runs for 15 min. and docks again. sad because the products themselves are normally good tools.
@@kaptainkmann7808 That hasn't happened at all in 3 weeks. They rum for 90 minutes and charge for about the same. I think that's pretty impressive for a 20v battery
@@SilverCymbal I have the blower and trimmer both 20 v and last as I stated . Maybe they changed something about their batteries but mine suck .
Have you reviewed any other robot mowers?
"I love mowing my lawn, I would do it every day if I could"
Boy do I have a proposition for you
Probably not the best job to get into - I've heard from somewhere that there there are these new robot mowers that can automate the whole job.
@@richardwilde1348 amazing thread
You mow the lawn..I watch the football game..Deal?
if i had a ride on mower 2-3 times the price of this robot mower, i would love it too..
Was thinking the same thing.
But can it spill gas all over the driveway and lawn?
lol 😂 😂 😂
@@jeanine0125 he was joking love
lmao🤣😂
@@jeanine0125 shame.. so I'll still have to do that myself then.
I am actually President of the company
"Why would anyone do drugs when you can just mow a lawn" -Hank Hill
Dead 💀😂
I perfer old fashioned way not a dumb Robot
theres no lawn inside a nightclub :p
@@NightOwlGames You just gave me a great business idea...
Meth and mowing are a bad mix
I did the layout and installation by studying the on line videos Husqvarna had on the web th-cam.com/users/postUgkx2KDztGvdU79XTmlqIMSUyPq8CjprGJOR also recommended it When I started the unit it stated it would take a few days to learn all the spots in the yard. So I thought it was just finding the areas till I noticed it was cutting. It is so quite you don't know it is cutting.
Would love to see a review of these things on a lawn that is not a golf course. Mine has roots, some random sticks from trees, acorns, ruts and other normal stuff. Never seen a review of these things on real yards, just already perfect condition lawns.
Exactly lots of hills things in the way etc. This thing would be useless. Come home and it's run over your cat and that's all it achieved all day. Lol.
@@COLLECTORSCORNER1979ANT wow lmao you must have one stupid cat
@@COLLECTORSCORNER1979ANT That's a significant achievement to be fair. Cats are horrid little creatures.
forget it then, i hate it because of that reason.
th-cam.com/video/K0tc7dm-sCI/w-d-xo.html shows it handling a decently steep slope pretty well
Want to see 10 or more of these going at it, high speed.
I bet you could program them to choreograph their patterns like a marching band.
@@rob2257 Or have a battle royale!
@@sandspar move the blades to the top
@@sandspar boy do I have a show for you.....(battlebots)
@@sandspar seanoconner is right you need to check out battle bots you would love that show
Thanks for taking the time to make a video about your Robotic lawn mower exploits. I purchased a Husqvarna 450 3 years ago. It cuts 1.5 acres. I have minimal trimming to do. I made sure that the mower went far enough past the wire to accomplish this when it was installed. Has given me more time to do other things and not worry about the lawn. I have St. Augustine grass.
If this thing is anything like my Roomba it'll promptly cut up the garden bed and dive into the pool.
That is what thr boundary wirr is for. It won't go outside of the area you designate.
Before you buy, I suggest you pay close attention to Amazon comments for this items sales. Several people there have problems with this mower exceeding the boundary wire daily as well as the plastic wheels slipping. It will also clog on leaves unless you've blown then away from the yard.
Or find some tiny thing to get stuck on or forget how to dock or focus on one tiny area for 15 hours straight...
Your mower’s nav system was designed by Elon Musk ...
I know that my roomba cruises right over that $40 boundary strip. Honeybadger don’t care.
why am i watching this? i don't even have a lawn
Everyone loves robots!
Your wife has a bush, so you do😬🙄😲😷😷😷...
@@EDDIE5918 bruh
@@EDDIE5918 🤣🤣🤣
@In Honor of The South you probably don't own land either 🤦🏾♂️
I can't tell where it mowed and where it didn't..
That's the whole idea
These mowers run daily, so you are only ever cutting like 1/8" at a time. Your yard always looks mowed.
@@coltonmccormack8978 and always looks sunburnt too since it has to keep your grass so short.
Yeah people should let their grass grow so we can see the difference
@@88Petry The video says that it can be set up to 4" high. No scalping involved unless you want that!
My grandparents have had a robot lawn mower for 8 years and they love it
Do you know what brand it is?
@@steameddumpling9715 I actually do not
You think you can tell us 👀
I bought this unit last season. Best thing I ever did. I use to mow twice a week during summer, 2hrs at a time. Now I have more time to spend with the family and lawn always look great.
That’s exactly what this is for and it does a very surprisingly good job too.
We have had ours for 3-weeks now and it is nice returning home from working 12-hours to a freshly cut yard!
KNOW ONE LITERALLY KNOW ONE what about dog crap
You Tube what about dog poop?
@@littlejohn-pi7kk goes right over it.
Mowing the lawn is always the perfect start to the weekend, I’ll just stick to drinking beer and mowing the lawn. The only issue is the longer you’re out there the more crooked the lines are
Strait lines is important.
Put the Garden Lounge in the middle of the lawn drink some beer and warch how the robot mow around you😅
@@jonasstahl9826 This guy gets it.
The key to straight lines is to look at the end of your current row you're cutting. And drinking beer afterwards.
Use a conventional mower for 5-10 years? Buddy, mines been running since 1993 and still has the same oil in it. I figured the day I change it is the day it will blow up. I think of it as my lucky oil (sludge).
Damn 😂
But you've been filling it with gas right?
really a horrible idea but ok
@@curiously-cinnamon No, it doesn't deserved to be filled with gas. On occasion I give it give it a treat and go past half a tank. That way it doesn't get jaded and expect stuff like fresh oil.
@@masonburhoe2559 Your lips say "no", but my wallet says "Yes".
In Sweden robotic lawn mowers are very common. Almost all houses in my neighborhood have robot lawnmowers. And what Id say is that their is barely any theft going on with robotic lawnmowers. The cleanup part works by letting the mower mow every day it actually mulches the leaves really nice. In Sweden we primarly use Husqvarnas Automowers
Sweden has Yngwie, Amon Amarth, ABBA, Messhuga & Ghost as well. All are extremely talented.
I'm using a worx mower for more than 4 years now and its just working perfectly. Never had any issues and it mowes my lawn perfectly. One of the best purchases i've ever made.
which model do you have?
Thanks for this in-depth profile of robotic lawnmowers. I’m a gardener and I love gardening my edibles landscapes, and I would spend all day doing that and hand weeding, but mowing the small patches of grass areas here in the south Florida heat I hated. I had the Landroid on order when I discovered iRobot Terra, it was still set to be released so I canceled my Landroid and was waiting but within a few days iRobot made announcement to cancel the Terra due to Covid lockdowns. Man was I bummed. The Tara has some really compelling features, the remote control and the wireless boundaries were the two features I most looking forward to using… One with hand remote control lawnmower, as I said I’m a gardener and some parts of my yard have some tricky spots that may need maneuvering with the remote or training the robot to get into those areas that the wireless boundary markers cannot detect. Anyway, I seriously hope iRobot get their act together and is able to release the terra lawnmower, if not… sell the idea to a different company that can.
I have had the same worx since 2016 and I love it . I had to replace one battery because i didn't have a surge protector plugged in and had a lighting strike but the costumer service is the best I'd have ever had ...Ever ! I have a very big back yard and it keeps it up all i do is clean it and change blades. If i was to upgrade I would get a worxs the way they treated me when I had to call them was unmatched. Good service and good produce.
That's great to hear your good experience.
I owned a half dozen of their products over thr last decade. The eBay pricing is the best!
Did the lightning hit your house
@@ryannglazo7991 no I think it hit the power gride near by and traveled thu the lines I didn't have a surge protector then and it messed up some of my batteries plugged in at my shop
@@tonytrevino3204 damn sorry to hear that, I have a lightning rod on the top of my house and I hate it, One time I was outside smoking a cig on my porch after the rain stopped and lightning struck it and scared the living daylights out of me, my ears were ringing for quite a few minutes, lightning is crazy.
Didn't even know these things existed until recently. Thank you for being so open and embracing it and showing the world some of the perks and cons behind it.
I've known about lawn moving robots for like 20 years but they was not that big back then and back in 2018 I bought an Stihl RMI 632
I have a Husqvarna model about to install for my backyard they're widely used in Europe and should be fine. Good review thanks I have confidence in the unit but I'll still have to edge/ trim.
Great video and I appreciate all the work in making it, thank you. And.... beautiful lawn too! 👍
So nice of you
Bro I’m here cause I gotta write an article for my job on these lawn mowers. Thank you 🙏🏽
since april i own a landroid with acs .... wonderful... i can't mow by myself, problems with spine and lungcancer... i love it to watch him mowing...
We have a W140 on it's 3rd year now. The neighbors like to watch it and so do i.
My family bought the first husq robomower and since 2011 it's been going strong for our steep lawn... Just had to change the unit 3 times lol but we havent used the lawnmower in years
This is great for the elderly and disabled but I think that the technology it's on early stages. I can see that even for someone that enjoys mowing this could be of aid when does times when you get caught up with other things the lawn will still be done.
4:33 correction: this attachment now makes your Landroid 200% cuter.
Very true, it comes to life with those on
@@SilverCymbal it needs googly eyes
@@NithinJune and a big, buck tooth grin sticker on the front...
Back in 2007, I installed a Lawnbott brand which is the American-branded version of the Italian Ambrogio company. I chose this because it claimed to do slopes well. Back then, there were not many models on the market. Lawnbott fit the bill. In my case, I needed a solution to my elderly mother's lawn. She lived way out in the countryside and there was no one around to even hire to mow the lawn.
I had zero experience with these units but I did my homework and took the chance. It works great, to this day. It's been serviced over the years with improved motors and an additional battery. We have two zones and have it on full-automatic with only some time restrictions. We don't mow before 10:00 a.m. because we live in an area where there is a lot of dew on the grass in the morning and mowing wet grass is never good. Otherwise, it runs all the time, even at night with its blinking light.
Installation was a chore because we had two zones and more than an acre of lawn to deal with. While I was aware of a "trenching" device, I had no idea it existed on a small scale. In retrospect, I should have thought about the installation of invisible dog fences but it didn't occur to me. Thus, it took all weekend and 3 people to lay the wire by hand. But, once done, it was over.
The mower, as you said, does a great job. Even with falling leaves, the mower mulched those. The lawn looks like a putting green and we use it more these days because there's no grass to track into the house. I am very impressed. Now, true enough - not cheap. I believe my unit, back in 2007 was close to $2,700.00. But, maintenance has been minimal and there no gas or oil to buy. Electricity supposedly in $10 for the season.
I have no complaints. I did have to chuckle. Mom made the local newspaper with photographs of her sitting in a lawn chair while the mower did its thing. Mom's older male friends would come over, see this, shake their heads, and remember how many years they pushed a mower around! It was such a novelty at the time that locals would stop and watch it mow. I printed up a fact-sheet to hand out to those interested, as I was asked the same questions all the time.
I know the new stuff has many improvements. When ours finally wears out, I will certainly buy another one.
Thanks for the video! An excellent explanation. BTW, in all these years, I've never seen another robotic mower in action! I think they are pretty rare, at least in my area.
Thank you for this informational video! I just saw one of these robot mowers on a lawn in my neighborhood yesterday. I did not even know these things existed! I hate mowing the lawn and I will research these things to see if it is viable.
If you’re old and in the way and getting Gray, then by all means get one of these! Just sit down and watch it work and have a cup of tea!
Dont need to be old. U can manage ir time betyer with one of this u can do something else whike the lawn gets mowed....
I would gladly turn my love of mowing into only doing the details. That, and a new love of watching it do it's job hahaha.
jesus trevino yea well most people are so bored that they want to mow anyways. Not many people seem to have their own interests.
lazy fatass
@@MustObeyTheRules I looooove to mow the lawn.
3 months since I got my Workx and I just love it.
Update?
Seconded
Update, good sir?
3rd vote on update
@@unknownone8479 sold the house!
Looking into getting one of these because the Florida summer heat is what gets me! Mowing the lawn back in New Jersey was fine but mowing the lawn in Florida is a whole different Beast!
It could definitely help with that. Very durable little machine that just keeps working.
I love my landriod! You still have to do maintainance (weed eating, picking up leaves etc..). The only problem I had with mine is it would lose connection to the app quite often, so I got a wifi extender and put it close to the wall near where the droid charges.
i could never use one of these, mowing is just too fun but i do think its a step in the right direction for the tech (uses a battery that is similar to the rest of their line-up, uses an invisible fence, has GPS tracking, focus on safety and cheap to maintain) id be curious to to see it tackle a less than ideal yard (tree roots, uneven spots, soggy patches etc)
You must have a drive lawn mower bc push lawn mower suck high key unless you completely bored and have nothing to don
I’ve been using a Husqvarna 450XH the last two years and I love it. I sold my large 54” zero turn and bought my robot, installed it and had money left over! My yard is always cut and clean now. I still do my edging and trimming but it doesn’t take near as much time as it used to. Husqvarna has been making lawnbots for 25 years and they just keep getting better 👍
Very interesting. It sounds like that the 430450s are some pretty nice machines. Hopefully I can check one of those out some time.
Are the boundary lines powered?
Did you bury your lines?
I have the 450X too. Love it. All my cutting is done at night.
@@SilverCymbal I purchased both the Worx and Husqvarna. There is no contest, Husqvarna is way superior especially if you have any slope or complex yard. Returned the Worx as it kept getting stuck or overturning. Not the AutoMower
@@zeroturn7091 I have a 430XH. The home charging station must be plugged in, and the boundary wire runs from the charging station, so yes, it's powered (if you have a power outage, the robot immediately stops moving). My line is mostly buried. I paid for line installation, but have tweaked it in places to optimize the cut. When I do this, I use a spackle knife to cut a thin trench for the wire. Overall, I'd rate it at 8/10 and far preferable to using a tractor.
I have an Ambrogio 4.0 elite. 6 year warranty. Needs a winter service.
Grass looks perfect every day. Now I can spend my free time on other areas of the garden.
Yes it was expensive but the alternative was a ride on with much higher running costs so when you factor that in I’m saving time , saving money and my lawn it cut all the time whether is sunny or raining outside.
I own a husqvarna automower 450x and it's very similar to this. Love my automower it does a fantastic job!
I have a Landoid m500, love it. Looks like robot lawn mowers have not caught on yet in the US. They are really common here and they do really work well. Gardena seems to be the preferred brand.
I just read an article that said they are a $2billion business in Europe so you guys definitely have a lot more of them.
I've seen some models that will create tracks around the perimeter of the lawn. Does this mower do that?
What about edging and weed whacking??
@@Johnnyta43 you will not need to edge IF you put the wire right on the edge. We had an old border around the grass so we didn't go all the way around the edge. So it doesn't get all edges. Also I have a mix yard some dirt patches and etc and often the robot will dig into the dirt and get stuck.
I own this model and have had it for 1 month now. It works great just like it is suppose to. People get over the stripes you keep complaining about not having anymore. Your stripes are gone days after you mow. YOU DON’T HAVE TO MOW ANYMORE. The grass is cut daily and looks like carpet. So far I am pleased with it. I still have a push mower so I can bag leaves in the fall and spring.
That's great to hear. I like the idea of it looking cut every day. I fully expected this demo to end with a lot of technical issues and it never did. I think they had an earlier model that had issues but this worked really well for me.
The lines can last for two weeks if you use a reel mower.
Ethan Benson sounds like your a zero turn guy, go for it, I had a hustler but not anymore
FreedomisntFree America I’m into this mower now for 2 months and still don’t have to mow. I’m good without a reel mower. I do change the blades once month though.
How does it cope with grass that is a bit long or wet?
The blade system is a really simplified version of a commercial discbine. They have 2 basically much larger of those little blades and one or two bolts holding them in.
3:38 I love how it has actual metal blades unlike other brands that I looked at a while back that use a string trimmer head.
Love the idea not the price. Once they become more main stream definitely something I would get. It is so useful for the disabled like myself and people caring for the disabled like my terminal ill child. Just to high of price point right now. Cannot wait for them to become more affordable. Thank you for the video great info sounds like over all people/theft are the biggest issues.
I appreciate that, thank you. Yes I agree too, if these got to be very affordable I think they would sell like crazy. Blessings to you and your family.
@@SilverCymbal I would consider it at a better price. The current prices are too high to justify it for me.
Buy it used check online Craigslist
It is probably worth it to get one if your current mower breaks, but not to get one and get rid of the current mower. Normal mowers are still like $300.
I just got a robot lawn mower. This is a very helpful video.Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
As a customer, i can tell that this video is 100% legit !
You've summarized perfectly pros and cons, that's a good video sir !
If someone saw this video and is still not convinced, i'm gonna tell about my experience with my Landroid.
I've purchased one last year and it works pretty damn well. I was not convinced at first glance, like he said in his video.
"C'mon how those little blades cutting just a few millimeters would actively mow my yard ?"
"How does a randomised pathfinding would work ? i'll have have some parts of my yard mowed and others not !"
And well i was both right and wrong.
I've got an 1800 yd² terrain and sometimes, as i expected, not every parts are mowed properly.
However, the solution is very simple, since the only thing to do is to make it works longer ! 4 hours a day, 6 day a week and my lawn is mowed everywhere without any disproportion.
But yeah, only real problem is price, as you said, a bit too much expensive, i can't argue with that.
So if anyone can afford it, don't worry, it works fine, as long as you've followed installation instructions and upkeeping advices.
I set up our Landroid M to cut manually just to make sure it goes over tree roots that are above the ground and around trees, with cutting to the edge of flower bed edging.
Now I set it to Auto and it mows twice daily for an hour and my grass is perfect height everyday.
@@normt430 that sounds great. After reading several reviews, I think it definitely depends on your specific situation, and I think I'll just keep using my regular mower for now lol
could you give me some money? xd
I'm way to OCD to get one of these. It mowing basically in random paths on my yard would make me crazy.
I could never have one of those. I love to mow the lawn.
Ok Hank Hill
My yards so big I'd need 10 of these!
If I had one it would last about 15mins between neighbor hood kids riding it and local drug head stealing it...hell someone would shoot it for a turkey..
How bout you come over to my house
@@tylersmith9868 ahaha your comment 😂
You, dont acually have to dig the wire down by your selves, over time in like 2 months. The wire will automaicly grow down under the lawn. Tried to pull up the wire now after 2 years of the Worx other mower, and the wire just keeps snapping because its so far down
You are 100% right. 1 month later the wire is completely vanished on my lawn, and I mean nothing you can't see any part of it.
in sweden weve had these for almost 6 or so years and so so many families own one and the cool thing is that husqvarna makes them and they are crazy smart and useful.
funny to see what this can really do. I see dozens of them at work(we deal with airmiles points, so you can buy them with airmiles points) I had always wondered if this thing was even any good when I saw the first shipment come in.
Great video as always!
That mower is actually really cool!
Ok, now I'm sold. Always wondered how these worked.
I get sick and tired if cutting grass.. But i love the fresh cut look... After working in a refinery and long hours for a7 day shift,This could really come in handy on my of days... God knows i dred doing anything like this on a off day...i would invest in one of these for sure!!! We're living in the Jetson age for sure now
Great video, thanks for posting. When robotic vacuums first came out (Roomba by iRobot), they randomly bounced around too (mindless wall bangers), then somebody noticed that was very inefficient, took way longer to vacuum the house due to repeatedly going back over areas that had already been cleaned, meaning batteries had to have many more charge cycles, and unnecessary excessive wear. Then Neato came out with their version that actually navigated intelligently around so it would get done faster, do a better job cleaning, with many less charge cycles and less wear and tear. Anyhow, once Neato showed everybody how it was done, navigating robot vacuums then became the defacto standard method of cleaning. (please pardon me if I got the history wrong, never researched it, I'm just citing this from my own personal experience using robotic vacuums.)
I kind of see the robotic lawnmower as being along that same path of evolution. I feel you were spot on when you questioned in your video the longevity of the current generation of robotic lawnmowers because of all the mindless duplication of work going back over areas that have already been cut. It is that very issue that has kept me from making the investment into the robotic lawnmower technology.
Regarding the claim that robotic lawnmowers that can navigate will make wear path's and trails in the yard and that is why the manufacturers opted for random operation, I say BS. It is not that hard to add a level of randomness to navigation code that insures the robot's shift over a little bit this way and that in the paths enough to prevent those hard tracks from occurring. I feel the real reason the random element is used is to accelerate the wear cycle so they wear out faster and boost repeat sales.
Since I don't share your enjoyment of cutting the yard (much dislike but I'm also a cheapskate so I still cut it), this has motivated me to clean out my workshop out back I have been using for junk storage and get back to tinkering with and developing robotic lawnmowers, it is something of a quest I think will be fun, and since my wife will know where I am I'll stay out of trouble too. :)
Cheers!
I know what you mean! I had like the first romba and it did that exactly 🤦🏾♀️ this works alot better than that however I have a more imperfect yard with dips , holes,dirt patches, old plastic border, and it does dig into the dirt and get stuck occasionally. I just pick it up and move it. It goes a different direction every time it comes off the docking station. Eventually the whole yard gets cut. But in the beginning I watched it with a critical eye like u missed a spot and I hope you go back and get the huge weed u just went over and missed.😂 But after using it for 2 weeks the grass it has maintained low. Oh of course I bought mine used on Craigslist for $500
@@zfran5059 Thanks for the Craiglist tip, I've been watching Facebook Market, but I still haven't seen any for sale. I have watched quite a few videos on TH-cam and it seems most of the yards I see them bouncing around in, have already been cut, I wish there were more where we could actually see a difference is grass height when it cuts the grass. I've read if the grass is too high, you need to cut it with your old gas mower before releasing your new robotic mower on it, probably because to limit the amount of damage it could possibly do should it get into something it shouldn't, it is purposely made less powerful than it would need to be to handle high tough grass. Hopefully soon we will see some company come out with a smart mower that really is smart and powerful and doesn't have to babied so much.
@@TurpInTexas well we cut our grass first but it rained soon after that it started to grow. So we had very tall pieces of weeds and because the wheels will run over long pieces and other parts of the machine will go over it but it won't cut it but eventually the blade will go over it and cut it. Hey maybe I'll do my back yard it's really tall and make a video *don't hold your breath though*. But I'm so tempted to throw my extra wire on the back yard to see if will cut my tall grass. But I haven't tried it yet
When we visit Austria 2018, many of robot mowers are just roaming in the Austrian yards like it was even noiseless, clean yards. I was so amazed. These should be cheaper by now.
Very interesting! I would like to see the price on all these come down too. Imagine if they were $200 or less, people would buy them like crazy
The Huskevarna ones are $3,500, this is $1000, so the price has come down, but with so few players in the American market, it doesn't make sense to make it any cheaper until we have a few dozen brands to buy from. Then of course there is the Landscaping Lobby, because its America, and we can't be losing jobs to machines XD. All jokes aside, how many do you see in your town, there isn't a single one here, and it costs money to make a product, and it it isn't sold in high volume, it will cost more.
I mow at maximum deck height, so I only have to mow once every 2-3 weeks on average, 5 times so far this year, I'll only have to mow 2 more times. At 1.5 hours to mow, thats only 11 hours a year. If I value my time at $10 a hour, thats only $110 of value I'd be getting out of a robot mower. Compare that to vacuuming at 15 minutes a day, or 91 hours a year, and a Roomba will be $910 of value. Picked up an E6 for $250, set it to run daily, floors have never been cleaner. Still have to take 30 seconds a day to clear the rollers of 20" hair, but that's only 3 hours a year I actually have to "vacuum". Technically still need to hit the edges once a month with the Shark so 4 hours a year, for a total of 7 hours a year vacuuming, down from 91. But considering most people don't value their free time... $250 / 84 hours = $2.97 for an hour of free time, and surely an hour of free time is worth that much.
I'd never spend the money on one, but this was a good overview and fun to watch.
These are cool and are useful for someone who is very busy. I don't hate mowing enough and am not busy enough to care to get this. Same goes for the Roomba vacuum. I like it is not gas powered, but I'd just get an electric push mower, which is about the same price as gas powered. They are actually very simple to use, quieter than gas powered mowers, and obviously no dealing with gas smell or mess.
You make really good reviews and discuss questions which really matter. I ordered my Worx WR155E today, mostly because of this video.
Here in Ireland when the weather is good and the lawn is dry you have to make a choice: go somewhere in the nice weather, or mow your lawn. If you choose the 1st option, then next time you must choose the 2nd and it's possible that the lawn will be too big at that time. I think this problem will be solved with this mower.
Glad I could help! I think you will really like it. I expected this to be a problem after problem, but it just worked and worked.
As far as the lawn striping goes, I feel like there is a pretty simply software solution to this. Given that the mower has GPS and physical boundary detection via the cable, as well as the optional radar, it should be able to quite easily build a digital map of your yard. Not only would this allow for striping, but it could also be use to optimize the mower's path to reduce mowing time.
I agree the issue is that it literally comes down to inches so it doesn't fall into beds, etc. They just haven't gotten that accurate.
ya, if my indoor vac can do stripes on my carpet, then a robo mower should be able to the same way....
you are a star I have watched so many of your reviews, no one beats you!!!!!!
Brilliant video. Very well explained. Thank you.
Great balanced review. I think another advantage is they are really quiet and you can schedule them to mow at night so it doesn’t get in the way of kids playing etc during the day? Apparently they work in the rain too?
You can cut in the rain but during my tests it makes a mess on the robot and needs to be cleaned so its best to let the sensor stop it from raining and it can delay as well to make sure the grass is dry. They are SUPER quiet. I let it mow during the day since it barely makes any noise.
What about dog poop what is going to happen with the lawn mower and gas dose it require fuel
Interesting. I would’ve loved to see footage of it cutting through longer grass, so you can see the difference of grass length. The footage here doesn’t really show it cutting the grass as it all looks the same length.
It's not a "long" grass cutter, if you let the grass grow long enough to see a difference, the grass is too long and you'll need to cut it down before using the bot again. It's supposed to KEEP the grass short, not cut a yard from jungle to flat.
Oh I get it. It only cuts grass that doesn't need cut.
@@delbertdemarco6921 No, it just constantly trims the grass so it stays a consistent height and never looks bad. It's not a brush hog.
This is so neat, just saw this exact model the other day and filmed it like a star-strucked fan haha.
Well laid out video. Definitely can buy you time and I think that is awesome in its self.
I need one of these. I’ve been reel mowing 3 times a week and my wife hates how much time I’ve been spending in the lawn lately. Don’t tell her this exists 😂
I've done the same😂 but I like mowing the grass😕
Your neighbours must secretly hate you
That’s what I want them to develop, a robotic reel mower that mows straight stripes that I can send out by remote control at the press of a button every morning when I retire. It’s all part of my plan to sit on the patio and watch the robot mow while eating breakfast and drinking a mimosa every day. Then I’ll jump in the pool. This is what we’ve done all of this for and it’s all so close.
Bruce Solomon totally! Love that idea! 😁
Are you trying to avoid your wife?
As the owner of a landscaping company, I find this really interesting but I also do not want it to exist anywhere near me. I own the same type of lawn mower as you though, walker is a good brand!
I know a couple of landscaping companies that adapt mowers to their fleet they now spend less time on their customers property and didn’t have to fire anybody, because you know you don’t make a lot of profit just from mowing alone.
I have a small 127m2 lawn - mostly weeds - in a garden that I am away from most of the time as my house is in France and I currently have to spend most of my time in England.
4 months ago I installed one of these to try to keep the weeds under control while I am away and I have to say that so far I am very impressed!
I am aware that the manufacturers don't encourage using the landroid while unattended but life's not that simple as we all know and I think they would do well to maybe try to cater to remote users by adding a user override on the app to take control after it has gone into outside of wire lockdown, even after it has shut down, and directional controls to the app to try to get it back within the wire should it stray - assuming the user has visual CCTV contact as I do!
My lawn is small but pretty uneven with a pronounced slope off around 2 sides and a fallen tree in one corner which is the main obstacle. I ran the guide wire on an isolated loop around this tree from the get go as I figured this would be prudent to keep the droid from getting stuck in the deep holes around the base and v-branch cul-de-sac at the other end.
However, this has thrown up the only snag to my cunning plan in that if the droid goes into return to home mode automatically and hits the isolated circuit around the tree first it will just keep going around the tree in edge mode until it gets stuck. I don't know for sure if it will work out that it's on a separate loop and go looking for the outer wire circuit because it gets stuck in one of those holes I mentioned first.
But that is the ONLY time it has got stuck so far and I now have 147 hours on the clock.
I already had a CCTV system on my garden but I upgraded the existing static mute camera to PTZ with sound and added a second for full coverage. So now I can see and hear when the weather is good to set the droid off manually and keep an eye on it.
I am now confident that there is no need to watch it while it's mowing but after 3 hours on a 4000mah battery it's time to call it home so I watch for when it's approaching the outer ring and hit the home button on the app. On the 4000mah battery sometimes it can go up to 4 hours and other times it will barely make 3 so it appears to vary the charge amount on a cycle which is why I need to keep an eye on it after 2 hours to make sure.
Next spring I will re install the guide wire taking in more of the lawn now that I know what it can cope with and miss out the fallen tree. For that I guess I will need to get the OFF LIMITS kit. It does have the anti collision eyes so I might try that first to see how it goes.
Hopefully then I will be able to leave it to run itself fully autonamously confident that it won't get stuck anywhere.
Once on CCTV I watched it get caught up in overhanging brambles that had grown out since I last left the place. It was tugging back and forth and I thought for sure it would give up, but it just kept pulling, reversing, pulling one way, reversing pulling another over and over until eventually it was free. I have seen it get stuck in a couple of places on the lawn and work itself free, it's very tenacious!
It also seems to learn as it hasn't got stuck in those places lately.
So a lesson there is to make sure that anything likely to grow and overhang while you are away should be mercilessly cut back.
Also, when it's really dry and the droid is in edge mode it will slide sideways on the one edge of the lawn a noticeable distance but it keeps going until it reacquires the wire and gets back on track.
My garden is next to a road but has a high wall so not easily accessible for anybody with ill intent. In anycase the droid has built in security including a PIN - make sure to change it from default!! - to turn it on and an alarm which sounds and sends an app notification if picked up. This would make it not a lot of use as it stands to a would be theif but someone might decide to help themselves to the battery.
One really good thing about the landroid from a security point of view is that it is so quiet it doesn't announce itself to the neighbourhood from an enclosed garden even when running.
I hope to make a video about it on my channel probably early next year but in the meantime I can thoroughly recommend!
I know a neighbor who has one now for 2 years. Diff brand and bigger machine. They have some sloping and about 1/3 acre. It works great.
if it mowed randomly I would assume it would miss spots and over weeks of the grass growing there would be noticeable spots it was missing. I also think you got the mower for free to make this video. and thats why you did more of a video about the mower instead of a review type video.
It mows daily so never a spot missed. Just have to trim like normal.
5 years, my tractor mower 8years old no oil changed still running strong.
sadly tech culture nowadays is to not care for how long things last. After all if it breaks down the customer has to buy a new one.
Spent £100’s on my ride on - never again. A pain all the way. Would never recommend.
Paul Barker what brand was it?
Love Pitbulls mountfield
Paul Barker mine is a huskee lt 3800. Think it was like $800. Back in 2012
We’ve had a Gardena robomower for just over 6 years. It’s great! Just have to weedwhacker the edges every now and then. Maybe replace the blades twice or trice a year. But other than that, haven’t needed any maintenance at all, haven’t even cleaned it. Our neighbor has one too, they had to replace the battery after 5 years, easy repair, you order the battery, it arrives, you undo a few screws, swap the battery, screw it back together, and it works just like new. Well worth the price, durable and all replacement parts are easily available and rather cheap.
Robot lawnmowers are very popular now in Germany. They seem to do a really great job from what I have seen but I have had no conversations with neighbours about them. They will run you about 1k for a half-decent one but I also love mowing the lawn. I find it relaxing.
Mowing the lawn is the bane of my existence. *Quickly adds robot mower to his Father's Day gift idea list..
Or you could hire humans who can open and close gates and who can edge and use a leaf blower.
@@smokedoggxxl Yeah? What's your rate?
I went all the way from looking up Chinese seeds arriving in the mail, to robot mowers this morning. TH-cam is weird.
I love Worx! My gas trimmer is over 10 years old. They’re reliable!
Glad I found this review. I think I'll just get a riding lann mower and do it myself.
It's got shaving razors for blades does it trim beards cause the grass on those lawn are like 1/2 in high too much
I wish a mini robot could drive around my face and shave my beard at night.
I can already see myself yelling at the thing shouting you missed a spot again.
That happens. For some reason the model they sell in the UK has a voice control option. We can’t get it here. Maybe they don’t trust us? 😀
I think that voice control is useless if the mower is mowing according to shedule.
That’s screamingly hilarious
Third time this week Terra! You should’ve been a dishwasher!
Well mines will take breaks in the dirt patches 😬it's actually get stuck in dips in my yard. If you run it every day eventually it get to the uncut part. Yes in the beginning I did a lot of spot checking and yelling😂
Nice review 👍🏼
And I loved your garden.
I swear, the hospital that I go to now and then for my checkups actually use these. I see them getting to the chopper every time I go there!
"If you wan't to do cleanup you'll need another piece of machinery or something to do cleanup"
Shows footage of your daughter raking
lol
but thats cute
Only dumb people clean up and rake leaves. And then they put the leaves in bags and have the trash company take them away. These are city people who dont know how to do yard work.
@@greenlawnfarm5827 What does a smart professional yard work guy like yourself do?
@@richardg5301 Its called a mulching mower. The leaves get ground up just like the grass clippings and they break down. Like do you ever see the mexican lawn mower people bagging grass clippings?
@@greenlawnfarm5827 I've been mulching that way on two acres for thirty years. One issue I've found is that I'm creating a lot of organic material, which is a good thing. The organic material attracts the worms and my soil is great. The drawback is that the moles LOVE the worms and I have a serious mole problem.
@@jayrowe6473 I have some moles but not many. I never thought about getting rid of them, but I am sure there are methods.
Nawww I'm good I love mowing my lawn n doing the manual work,I love the smell and I enjoy the outdoors..this would JUST make me LAZY... FACT'S and I don't want to hear it works for the busy person who doesn't have time..YES U DO IF YOU PRIORITIZE.....but I ALSO get it that some people JUST don't like doing the work......n that's okay.
In my place I get a lot of cones and pines plus leafs and broken branches and some small stones after snow blowing so to get all this debris up I use the Agrifab lawn sweeper after my John deere garden tractor I also use the garden tractor to detach and spread fertiliser in the yard even hauling fire wood and all kinda things on the property
There are low maintence yards and high maintence yards. Our robot goes right over the dog's balls. But the sticks from trees are just obstacles the robot will go around.
Great video. I have a Husqvarna 430xh that has been faithfully mowing my front and back yard for last two years, and all the points you brought up in this video are very well thought out. I too, like other commenters here, enjoy mowing the grass. However, what the robotic mower allows me to do is to pack up my motorcycle for a long-distance road trip and leave without out concerning myself about yard mowing while I'm gone...even if gone for weeks. The mower just goes out and mows per the schedule I set up, and that's about it. Easy. If something were to happen (eg it gets stuck on a fallen branch or something), it would notify me via the app, and my brother or neighbor could simply free it and let it keep mowing (this has not happened, just an example). Overall. I really am glad I got it. Installed my self btw, not rocket science, but depending on complexity of yard, plan on a day or two if you are burying wire. Although the reviewer's suggestion of laying it on top of grass (staking it down) might be better for later adjustments
2006 my friends and I were sitting in my small engine repair shop drinking beer and came up with the idea of a robot lawnmower patterned after the roomba. We were going to call it a "Mowbot." Too bad we were more interested in the beer than we were with the idea,might have made a buck. True story.
This video gave me an idea, robotic children for cleanup/raking.
love this video and great presentation
Must get one for my Dad - his cat will love it!
Was looking at these thought no way it could cut my yard pot holes hills tress multi. Levels
I think you will be surprised. Ambrogio has a mower that is articulated and is perfect for your situation. It’s meant to go over very uneven ground.
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Well I have a flat yard but has dirt patches and places where it's dirt and it sometimes gets stuck when it goes over certain areas. But you can move your boundary wire around it. But the robot does move over hills n lumps and uneven pavement but still does a great job
@@zfran5059 well you can get one that is designed to handle very uneven surfaces. Ambrogio makes one that articulates and has very chunky grippy wheels that would be perfect for your situation
I'm looking to get one some day. My vacuum works great and so does my robotic pool cleaner. Hopefully these advance soon
thank you for the upload. I saw this during a cemercial while watching football with my bro. My question is how long does it take to charge?
Been saying it for years, one day it'll happen, well here it is....Think my job is safe for a while yet though lol.
In Europe, robot mowers are very popular. They been using them for awhile.
When a 20” push mower isn’t small enough
20 years ago there was robotic items like this announced for indoor and outdoor use
surprisingly, there are a lot of people love to mow the grass. i wish i live next to that person but for now i'm getting the mow-bot.
Nice lawn 👌
Thanks 👍
Dads be buying these and watching them mow the lawn and holding beer in their hand like 🍺😎
I bought a Husqvarna AutoMower 220 AC new in 2009. It has been working cutting my lawn for 11 years. In this time I have changed the battery one (1) time! Other than that just basic regular cleaning.
That's awesome to hear. I would like to try a @husqvarna someday
The fact I was looking at these on Amazon and boom TH-cam suggestion.