Lidl Parkside 20V 1000M2 robot mower review

Over2.5k I'll stick to the tractor mower

I want to get additional permiter wire, does any one know the gauge of the parkside wire? un-helpfully it is not listed in the spec…

Yes, that's an option too, thanks. Was just hoping for a neater solution

Hi, i have bought these last year, 30pcs (i think it was Set C) -

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005572122856.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.97.21ef1802pGXCpr

They were fine so far. Just double check the size before u buy

a little update:

so there was no need to reverse polarity. The polarity is used to guide Robo home. He’s been going in reverse and not making it home. ( anti clockwise as opposed to clockwise ) Will need to put it back the way it was.

I need to move the boundary wire. It’s to close to the hedge. And he’s not picking it up. Instead it’s crashes straight into the hedge and keeps trying to drive forward , tearing up the ground. ( I thought he was meant to sense objects )

anyway, I’m getting closer to burying the wire. Are people actually burying it? I’d planned to just go around making a slit with a spade/ hoe and push the cable into it.

Problem resolved

Please ignore - my mother went to her local Lidl - there was none in the middle aisle, but she asked them to have a good look, and they came back with the last one from the store room. Problem solved!

I all ready have the 2.5k tractor mower looking for an easier way to cut about a half acer.Have the tractor mower good few yrs would get dam all for it if I sold,it probably would get another 3/4 yrs out of it.

200m is the perimeter length. I went above this slightly by about 30m on the PMRDA model without issue.

I have a husqvarna 320 robot for the last 5 years that I use for the front and back lawns. I carry it between both and they have 2 separate stations and loops.

I have had a lot of issues, replacing the power supply units being the main one, so I have bought the Lidl PMRA 20 to use in the front.

Will I be able to use the existing cable and base station?

another update. I’ve pegged down the wire and have it all good

the problem is the robo leaves his house and turns to wrong side so he’s outside the mowing area. If I reverse the polarity he can’t find home as he goes tomato back of the house.

Does everyone’s return Holme clockwise ? Is there awaybof getting it to come back anti clockwise. I may just have to unpeg and move his house

Just on that - do people run into trouble with the wire just pegged on top if you want to strim around the edges of the lawn where the Robo can't reach ?

Surely the strimmers would get caught or cut the boundary wire say under a fence or along kerbing ?

Ok thanks.

I haven't got a chance to get mine setup yet but looking forward to it.

I have two of these mowers: PMRA and PMRDA.
The PMRDA suffered water ingress where moisture ended up on the display. The keypad was unresponsive.
You can see the slight gap between the membrane and the plastic housing below where the rain got in.

Above left is the good PMRA main board. On the right is the PMRDA with water damage. You can see where the battery leaked and other damage done.

The PMRA failed for an interesting reason. It was reporting “hardware error”. Opening it up revealed a load of aluminium filings

It was like an aluminium motor gear got shredded somewhere. But all three motors and gearboxes manually turn fine. One thing I did spot was the right motor must have come loose from its plastic mount or gearbox and began to turn freely, causing its cable to wrap around itself.

Suspecting that the cable was damaged, I swapped the motor and cable from the PMRDA one and it powered up without the “hardware error”.

So it looks like a repair is needed on one of the motor cables on one of the mowers, and water damage on the other. I would be confident being able to repair the motor cable damage, but the water damage looks unfixable due to the main board corrosion.

I don’t have the receipt for either. These of you replaced the whole mowers, what information did you have to give?

or anyone know where to get a PMRDA main board replacement?