My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

That's - for me - the sticking point. If a robo mower cannot mow all the grass all of the time without "preparatory work" of some kind, then it's not mowing the grass. Molehills, fallen branches, more molehills, windfall apples, anthills, yet more molehills, crazy brambles and blackthorn invading from the side . My grass grows through all of that, so I expect a mower to deal with it too. The ride-on does (every two days in the growing season) ; so that's my baseline for an acceptable new purchase.

Some time ago (on this thread) I also indicated that the most useful feature of a robo mower would be for it to keep the grass under control while I'm away. But again, I'm still not seeing any of you who have them talk about how they operated without fault and without any human intervention whatsoever for four to eight weeks at a time. If I'm going to have to cut the grass with the ride-on anyway every time I come home, then the robot is essentially useless … especially if I come home and find the moles boxed it into a corner on the first day and it never did any mowing the whole month long. [yeah, I had one of those self-driving toy cars that would regularly get stuck in a corner despite valiantly attempting many three-point turns.]

I saw a good few robotmowers in my local Aldi, 249 euro, its a perimeter wire model.

could you explain that in more detail? Got the no loop signal yesterday and need to go through all the possible issues for the weekend

I don't think my particular issue would be of any help as it was visually obvious.

If I were to troubleshoot a break, l would refer to my days firing explosive rounds in mines.

1. Check to supply is ok by running a short cable across the terminals.
2. Visually check the cable run for obvious damage. Holes in the ground etc..
3. If still broken, half the circuit with a cable to the mid point to determine which half of the loop is broken.
4. Run the cable to the mid point of the broken half.
5. Repeat until the short section is determined and replace it.

Lots of digging and new connectors needed. It was so much easier in mining when the wires were just twisted together.

thank you for the tips. I wasn’t able to get to it this weekend as it was so busy, but I’ve noticed when Iv come home from work the last 2 evenings the mower sitting in the middle of the lawn, with an error message. It would be in the docking station before this, so I’m not sure why it came out, then just stops - and how that relates to the no loop signal issue.

Has anyone seen this before? It’s the husqvarna 430x

Could you screen grab this, I don't quite follow.

App has all changed on me today

The joys of a puppy digging for moles.

Just bought the navimow i220 have not set it up yet. My base station is across the yard from the lawn so when mapping how do I get from charging station to lawn it wouldn't be part of the mapped area. How is your mower working

Great to hear it is going well. I will try the setup shortly just sorting out a few issues with the lawn. Thanks for your help

Hi all - the ride-on has finally given up, well it's gonna cost 700 euro for repair, plus it is at least 20 years old, so not sure it is worth the investment.

Options are to pay for the repair or with a budget of 1500-2000 euros - buy a second hand ride-on or go down the robot route. I'm leaning towards the latter, hence the post.

Local place sells Mountfield robot mowers, the MR1500 is on budget (and has a cashback promotion), but with my limited knowledge I haven't heard of the brand before. Any one here have experience with these?

Area is 1200m2, fairly flat (bit of a slope out the front), has one large no mow area and has some overhanging trees along one side of the site. Back garden and front garden(s) are connected.

From reading the last few pages here Segway and Luba seem to be good candidates to consider, but would like thoughts on any Mountfiend owners here.

Would also be interested in hearing if anyone knows of anyone that would buy the old ride-on?

Thanks.

I think they are offering €200 cashback for the MR1500.

I think it was €1500, seeing it online for €1999 in places!!!