The lawn mowing robot is on – which one do you use and what do you say about it?

One does not exclude the other.:p I also have robotic lawn mowers. The "big" 435 x awd is not yet operational. Additionally, a large battery-powered lawn mower from Stihl. And then a multifunction tractor with a 122cm mowing deck... It also makes a difference whether you have to/may mow 100 or 1000 m2. A robotic lawn mower mows every day. Cutting a lot at once is bad for the lawn...

Hi,
I can only agree with the statements from Rick2018.

A life without a robotic lawn mower is possible, but pointless....! :cool:

There is nothing more relaxing than watching the robot at work while the neighbors struggle with their lawnmowers.... Otherwise, I would have to mow at least twice a week, each time taking 1.5 hours. So the robot gives me 3 hours of free time every week!

We have a Gardena smart sileno. It is designed for 1000 sqm, but it would have to run 24/7 for that.
So that our children can play peacefully in the garden and spread their toys around, and we don’t disturb anyone at night (hedgehogs and others rarely get injured by such a robot, but they are disturbed while foraging, which doesn’t have to happen), I decided it should not run much more than 6 hours a day.
We have 250 sqm of lawn, which fits quite well.

Why Gardena?

[*]Underneath it is a Husqvarna, most parts even have only a Husqvarna part number.
[*]Very quiet. In this residential area, several Bosch and Worx are also in use, which are noticeably louder.
[*]At that time, it was unbeatable cheap through the Hornbach price guarantee....

I first thought this Smart Gateway was just a nice gimmick, but today I would definitely always buy it along. It simply has the advantage that you can much more comfortably set the running times via the app, you can even send it back to its station during mowing via app (of course both can also be done directly on the device, but that is much more complicated), and you get error messages directly on your phone. “Otto” runs completely smoothly for us, but about 1-2 times a year it does get stuck, because the lawn is totally soaked from rain, or it gets hung up on some forgotten children’s toy. Then the message is worth gold.

Important regarding children and children’s toys on the lawn. Yes, the unit has various safety features but don’t rely on them. Otto has already run over some flat toys and shredded them into granules. It only reliably stops at objects that are at least 10 cm high. I would not let very small children be on the lawn while mowing.

Best regards,

Andreas

The thing about hedgehogs is unfortunately not true. Talk to people who work in hedgehog rescue centers. Hedgehogs are badly injured by robotic lawn mowers when they are hit.

So if you have a garden where hedgehogs could live, please do not let those things run at dusk and night.

It always depends on the lawn mower robot. Modern ones with many sensors are not a problem. However, we are no longer talking about 1000€ mowers here.

What wrote is indeed correct. You just have to read properly what he wrote. He is talking about Robbys with corresponding sensors that avoid obstacles. Referring to these, his statement is therefore correct.

Btw. I have planned a Worx for 1000sqm. It runs smoothly and is not louder than the neighbor's Husky. Worx, Gardena, and Husky are represented here and all run without problems

First of all, a big thank you for the great feedback. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to respond in more detail before this evening. Until then, I am curious to see if more interesting contributions will come. *thumbs up*