My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

Installing a 430x with a narrow passage at one side of the lawn and want to stop the mower from 'accidently' going back down the passage during normal mowing until he needs to do so to return to charging station as I need him to stick to the guidewire when doing so as the boundary wire is tight to a kerb on one side, and he sometimes falls off if not following the guidewire, when he goes in there during normal mowing. Saw this online about putting these peninsulas in. Just wondered does anyone know what the distance between the two boundary wire peninsulas would be, 60cm, less, more? Hope I’m making sense 😀

Thanks for the response, the passage was narrow to begin with, probably only about 70-80cm so I put the boundary wire right inside the kerbing between the kerb and the lawn. I didn't have room to have another 30-35 cm on the outside of the boundary wires then. I will go with a 60 cm distance and see how it goes. Want him to be only following the guidewire in the passage to get out from or back to charging station. The bit of lawn in the passage, I will strim or manually mow, as its only about 4 meters long. Once again thanks for the response.

How much are people paying for a service on the Husqvarna Automowers, just clean, update software and full system check?

Obviously I'm not talking about washing it and changing blades, talking about a software update and full online system check, split mower replace seal etc, just mine not had software update in over 2 yrs.

It doesn’t matter if it’s not in the middle. I presume it’s just to try and minimise travel time back to the base which in the grand scheme of things doesn’t matter much. Mines tucked up in a corner.

on service price…paid 140 recently. First service in its 4 year life. Only did it because I wanted the firmware update which is supposed to make it better able to handle narrow corridors which I have crossing my driveway. I think newer models can update over the app so I don’t think I’d bother getting it done then. I don’t see the service does anything to prevent any failures

What are the pros/cons of having a mower that have a larger set of wheels at the front of the mower? Are they better for particular lawn types?

That sounds like it could be really helpful. My lawn is hilly and a bit tricky and sounds similar to yours. Would love to know if you made any headway on that?. My machine is a 430X so not sure if it would have that function ! Thanks

Ya it is I'm afraid. I saw a few others on here we're waiting as well so I said I better put it up. Email about restructuring and visit a website in a few days to log claim. Not holding out any hope really. Sickened. No money and no mower.

Just got the email too.

I'd requested and refund a week or two ago. Like others here, that's €2k+ down the drain and no mower.

Unfortunately I bought via debit card rather than credit.

Would appreciate if people could post advice/updates on reclaiming anything.

Tried Paypal, "Ineligible for PayPal's Buyer Protection

Got the same email this morning. I bought with Mastercard but over 120 days ago so unlikely to get anything.

I've requested a refund, for all the good that'll do, and lodged a disputed transaction with my bank. Not holding out much hope.

I was helping a friend install a new Gardena sileno. All went fine and I have installed a couple of landroids of my own without issue. My problem is, is the silena will not charge. I have power going to the station and when the robot is placed on the station it will say charging on the screen and the battery icon will have the charge symbol. After approx 30 seconds the symbol goes to normal battery icon at its lowest.

To me it seems to stop charging and then will turn off and the power light will flash. I have the boundary and guide wires set up and the station itself is green. I didn't realise there was any issues until I went to start it of course! It seems like possibly the contacts are bad. Any other opinions or am I missing something obvious? At the moment it's heading back to where it eas bought on Monday.

I had a look and they definitely aren't cheap. I would love a Gardena (part of the Husk group as far I know). Might look at a flyer (another one in the husk group I think).

 There is a Worx Landxcape Robotic Mower Lawnmower 20V | Lx799 €499.00 online, is something like what you are referring to? Note I have no boundary at the front and could do with some security on it. That might rule out the Landxcape.