My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

No.

The majority of mowers charge 40 mins cut 40 mins. They need to charge very regularly over the day and cut during the day. The entire premise is mulching the lawn that is regular cutting always. As opposed to big splash cutting like you would do with a manual mower cutting 40mm off in one go.

They're simply not suitable to what you're seeking.

I believe you'd have to reset the receiver each time you move it. Not a huge deal but pain in the arse. Genuinely just buy something like one of the lidl ones for the other area or two lidl ones.

I can't stress how dumb mowers are better than the incredibly expensive ones enough. Less to go wrong. All they are Meant to do is travel across all of your grass and nip the top of it regularly. You want the dumbest machine with the longest battery . And preferably parts are available for it. Bells and whistles add complexity , servicing and software upgrades. But they don't nip the top off the grass any better. The real only benefit can be programming more complex areas.

I bought my last ones on Amazon. About 12 Euro for 30 blades and screws.

I wouldn't bother with the genuine ones, you won't notice the difference.

I can't see how this would cause a problem, there are plenty of people with cables running through the garden for garden lights, electric gates etc.

I think the automower loop has its own frequency that the mower will look for.

Has anyone actually got the lidl mower?

Would be interesting in hearing feedback as older neighbour with smaller garden is very taken with my husqvarna but doesn't need to spend that kind of money.

So if the lidl one is any good it could be of interest.

Presumably it's a wire boundary one? Doesn't mention how much wire comes with it?family member might use this, but they have a fence between two parts - can you lift it up to move between two lawns, and will it perform effectively if this done?

No you can't, it needs access to its charger station. No one in their right mind should ever consider lifting and swapping a robot mower between areas. You'd be out there lifting it every hour. Completely defeats the purpose of owning one :) . It should be fire an forget save for cleaning it down every so often and changing blades the odd time.

Alas, no crossover. I tried with a shorter length of cable too, no change, mower outside again. Never got a callback from Novo, returned the unit this AM and got the refund :( Was really hopping it would work . I guess I'll get that call back later today! And no, I didnt buy the robot mower that was out this AM - and unlike last time, no-one bought one in the 15 minutes I was in the store this AM!

I think the battery on my Husqvarna 315 is toast. It gets to 100% charge, then waits another hour before heading out to cut. Then returns to the charging station when down to about 80%. Assuming it is the battery, where would be the best place to look for a replacement?

Yeah, think you might be right. After further observation it seems it's cutting and charging for the normal amount of time, it just seems that the displayed battery percentage figure is constantly 40-50% above what it actually is.

How old is your battery? I replaced mine after about 4 seasons.

Switch the positive/negative wires at the back. I think you have it round the wrong way.

I had the same issue when I installed my sisters for her, the issue there was I had the docking station turned the wrong direction, the return direction needs to be clockwise in that when mower is following the cable back to the entrance to the docking station it needs to be going clockwise. So as in below image the mower needs to be returning in the direction shown regardless of where you place the docking station. Our issue is we were trying to place the dock close to a corner and expected the mower to return from the right (if you're in the lawn facing the station) but it must return from the left. Swapping the positive and negative just meant the mower tried turning and going outside the lawn or in our case bumping into the wall it was beside.

If I'd looked at the diagram on the docking station I'd have noticed it detailed there but who needs instructions.😁

Update on this for anyone interested -Lidl Model Parkside PRMA 20-Li 1000m2 - installed for approx 2 weeks - my Lawn area is 450m2 -

Issues so far I had were all small

I had to re-position the boundary wire a few times - tighten up around the trees as I had left too much of a gap around them

fill in some track marks around the perimeter (with top soil) where the petrol mower had been over the past 10 years - the robot was catching while turning & would come across to the "wrong" side of the boundary wire

had to bare the lawn to allow the robot cross from one boundary wire to the other without catching on the longer scutch grass

my neighbor has the Gardena SILENO Life Robotic Lawnmower - 1000 M2 & my Lidl one is more or less identical in size & design.

It's early days but everything is working as it should at this point

Thanks a lot to this thread

Got an ambrogio 29D last week, installed ourselves and feel like packaging it up and returning. The programs are set up we followed the manual but it seems like if the Border cut function is disabled, the mower won't follow the program and doesn't leave the station at the set time. Anyone have any suggestions?