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My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

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    #2462
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,114 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    I've a similar issue. Mine are 330 and 470 sqm. Have dithered quite a bit and haven't taken the plunge yet. My latest thinking is something like Ambrogio Twenty Elite using two charge points and hopping the machine across every two days.
    The alternative may be to simply install two Ambrogio Twenty DeLuxe.
    https://www.ambrogiorobot.com/en/models

    Thought I would have to decide recently but the ride on got a reprieve.
    Note you have a good bit of kerb and that will still need to be trimmed.


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    #2463
    KCross
    Registered Users Posts: 12,070 ✭✭✭✭KCross


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    New to this but wondering if you could help me. Don't realy want to buy a ride on due to storage etc. Our front lawn is split into 2 sections, seperated by the driveway as you can see from the picture. What are my options given that the lawnmower cant go across the driveway?

    Are the lawns connected around the side/back of the house?


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    #2464
    maynooth_rules
    Registered Users Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭maynooth_rules


    KCross wrote: »
    Are the lawns connected around the side/back of the house?

    Nope unfortunately 😞 . Back is fenced off


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    #2465
    KCross
    Registered Users Posts: 12,070 ✭✭✭✭KCross


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    Nope unfortunately �� . Back is fenced off

    I dug an underpass under my fence (post/rail fence) to let the mower move from the front to the back. You wouldnt even notice its there until you see the mower going under it.

    Could you do something like that?

    If there is no way to let the mower drive between the two lawns you are looking at manually dropping it between the lawns a few times a week... which defeats the purpose of having the robot, imo.


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    #2466
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,114 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Well, you could start with one and if you had a bit of money in a few years, buy a second machine.


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    #2467
    krissovo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    One is 220m sq and the other one is 280m sq

    Two of these landriods for just shy of 1k, I now have two, a M300 and a M2000. I had the M2000 crossing the driveway with ramps originally but some near misses and now its more damp it was causing some outside the wire errors so I just got a 2nd one. I control both with the same app and they are easy to setup.

    https://www.myrobotcenter.eu/en/worx-landroid-s300-wr130e-2020


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    #2468
    maynooth_rules
    Registered Users Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭maynooth_rules


    krissovo wrote: »
    Two of these landriods for just shy of 1k, I now have two, a M300 and a M2000. I had the M2000 crossing the driveway with ramps originally but some near misses and now its more damp it was causing some outside the wire errors so I just got a 2nd one. I control both with the same app and they are easy to setup.

    https://www.myrobotcenter.eu/en/worx-landroid-s300-wr130e-2020

    How do you find those machines? Happy with them?


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    #2469
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Hopefully be starting on a self build at start of next year . Big site over 1 acre. I had always planned on buying a ride on but now I’m considering the robot option .
    I want to ask a few basic questions having read back a few pages
    1. How do they charge ? Do I need to make sure I have an electric point in the garden or are they solar charged ?
    2. Should I make sure the Main Front garden “loops” around The back to connect With the other strip ? Thinking about this I should probably do it anyway for a ride on
    3. There is a significant fall on the site at the moment . There is like to be a slope in back garden. Is this an issue ?
    4 . Are they not easy to steal ?
    5. Average cost (I know this is a how long is a piece of string type Q) in comparison to mid range ride on

    Thanks for any help


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    #2470
    krissovo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    How do you find those machines? Happy with them?

    With the latest firmware update they are very capable machines and I am really happy with them, our lawns looks like a golf fairways. The older firmware had issues with outside the wire but now I find they are 99% reliable. The app is really good and very simple to use.

    The edge cut is a nice feature and I have added the collision avoidance module on the big lawn so it moves out the way of the kids toys.

    There are some minor negatives, if your perimeter is on a slope or there are sharp corners the way it follows the wire can cause the wheels to dig into the lawn so I have 4 or 5 small patches where the wheels have dug into the grass.


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    #2471
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,114 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    km79 wrote: »
    Hopefully be starting on a self build at start of next year . Big site over 1 acre. I had always planned on buying a ride on but now I’m considering the robot option .
    I want to ask a few basic questions having read back a few pages
    1. How do they charge ? Do I need to make sure I have an electric point in the garden or are they solar charged ?
    2. Should I make sure the Main Front garden “loops” around The back to connect With the other strip ? Thinking about this I should probably do it anyway for a ride on
    3. There is a significant fall on the site at the moment . There is like to be a slope in back garden. Is this an issue ?
    4 . Are they not easy to steal ?
    5. Average cost (I know this is a how long is a piece of string type Q) in comparison to mid range ride on

    Thanks for any help
    1 Yes an electrical plug.
    2 Yes at design stage, connect all lawn areas.
    3 Slope should be no problem
    4 Not really, all makes have a PIN so useless to a thief. Larger models will alert if they're moved or picked up.
    5 Cost probably the same as a ride on.

    Just think of the time freed up.


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    #2472
    Tilikum17
    Registered Users Posts: 1,316 ✭✭✭Tilikum17


    krissovo wrote: »
    Two of these landriods for just shy of 1k, I now have two, a M300 and a M2000. I had the M2000 crossing the driveway with ramps originally but some near misses and now its more damp it was causing some outside the wire errors so I just got a 2nd one. I control both with the same app and they are easy to setup.

    https://www.myrobotcenter.eu/en/worx-landroid-s300-wr130e-2020

    I’ve heard they don’t work in the rain?


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    #2473
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Water John wrote: »
    1 Yes an electrical plug.
    2 Yes at design stage, connect all lawn areas.
    3 Slope should be no problem
    4 Not really, all makes have a PIN so useless to a thief. Larger models will alert if they're moved or picked up.
    5 Cost probably the same as a ride on.

    Just think of the time freed up.

    Thanks that’s very helpful
    I enjoy cutting the lawn and have always wanted a ride on tbh
    But due to change in job I no longer have as much time during the summer and the site is HUGE

    I am strongly considering this option now .
    Free up the shed for a pool table :D


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    #2474
    krissovo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    Tilikum17 wrote: »
    I’ve heard they don’t work in the rain?

    They work fine in the rain, mine are out when its raining if needed. There is a setting in the app for a rain delay but this can be switched off to allow cutting. The only issue with rain is if you have a perimeter on a steep slope, when wet the rear driven landroid can struggle with grip and dig the wheels into the ground or front can swing outside the boundary. Its no problem on a gentle slope or flat lawn.


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    #2475
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,114 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    This gives you an idea what your looking for.
    https://www.husqvarna.com/ie/products/robotic-mowers/#products

    You probably need the 550.

    https://www.mowermagic.co.uk/acatalog/Ambrogio-Robotic-Lawnmowers.html

    Or the 250 here.


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    #2476
    padraig.od
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭padraig.od


    KCross wrote: »
    Im a bit hesistant to give you that advice from my keyboard, just in case its not the same issue. :)

    That part arrived today. Fitted over lunch and my machine is up and running
    (silently) again. Thanks for your help.


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    #2477
    randombar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭randombar


    So I wired up another battery to my worx. 5hrs mowing time now. Just wondering what do people think the optimum mowing height is?


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    #2478
    krissovo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    GaryCocs wrote: »
    So I wired up another battery to my worx. 5hrs mowing time now. Just wondering what do people think the optimum mowing height is?

    I can see that being handy now the rain delay is kicking in a lot more and the ground getting softer. How did you fix it to the landroid? I assume you wired them in parallel.

    I set mine to 40, perfect for the kids playing football/hurling or soccer, any shorter I find the wheels cut up the lawn too much now its getting softer on the perimeter.


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    #2479
    dashoonage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    Hey all, have people got covers. garages for the mowers when they are in the charging station or are people just leaving them out to the elements ?


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    #2480
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,114 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    A lot make their own little hut. The optional ones are usually dear and flimsy looking, just an over head protector.


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    #2481
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    dashoonage wrote: »
    Hey all, have people got covers. garages for the mowers when they are in the charging station or are people just leaving them out to the elements ?

    For my Gardena Sileno I got the Garage.


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    #2482
    obriendj
    Registered Users Posts: 410 ✭✭obriendj


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    For my Gardena Sileno I got the Garage.

    How is the Gardena going?

    I have a "Flat" slope that is about 20% but a little steeper at some places but less than 30%
    I have been looking at mowers that can do up to 35% but wondering if it is enough. or would i need one that can do 40% slope?

    Thanks


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    #2483
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    obriendj wrote: »
    How is the Gardena going?

    I have a "Flat" slope that is about 20% but a little steeper at some places but less than 30%
    I have been looking at mowers that can do up to 35% but wondering if it is enough. or would i need one that can do 40% slope?

    Thanks

    I couldnt offer advice

    I have a the Gardena Sileno 1000m2 cutting an 80m2 Garden thats flat as a pancake.... Complete Overkill but Garden is looking perfect at 4cm.

    It's part of my Smart home as a luxury rather then a necessity.


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    #2484
    randombar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭randombar


    krissovo wrote: »
    I can see that being handy now the rain delay is kicking in a lot more and the ground getting softer. How did you fix it to the landroid? I assume you wired them in parallel.

    I set mine to 40, perfect for the kids playing football/hurling or soccer, any shorter I find the wheels cut up the lawn too much now its getting softer on the perimeter.




    Couple of pics.


    It's a POC, but it might just stay that way :D


    https://www.dropbox.com/s/vpdwh7p5k554orp/Screenshot%202020-09-09%20at%2014.24.55.png?dl=0


    https://www.dropbox.com/s/sqfvsurfa2anphs/Screenshot%202020-09-09%20at%2014.24.46.png?dl=0


    Wired in parallel, only two wires required, other versions of worx needs a third for discharge but working ok so far with the two.


    Left it at 50 after, grass is looking well so why rock the boat.


    Just wondering for those constructing rooves(roofs) how does it sense the rain if it's hiding, or does it just go out and think "oh balls raining" and go back in.


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    #2485
    TV4Ever
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭TV4Ever


    Great thread - helped me decide to go for a landroid m1000. Question for anyone that may be able to help - does the connector at the end of the charging base come off? I’m lookong to put the transformer in the garage and drill a hole in the wall. I did see some posts that the husqvarna one comes off easy enough so just wondering if anyone has done the same with the landroid.


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    #2486
    krissovo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    TV4Ever wrote: »
    Great thread - helped me decide to go for a landroid m1000. Question for anyone that may be able to help - does the connector at the end of the charging base come off

    There is a waterproof connector a couple of feet from the plug and transformer. Its about 12mm wide so not too big to drill a hole.


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    #2487
    Mitch Buchannon
    Registered Users Posts: 994 ✭✭✭Mitch Buchannon


    GaryCocs wrote: »
    Just wondering for those constructing rooves(roofs) how does it sense the rain if it's hiding, or does it just go out and think "oh balls raining" and go back in.

    I've got a Landroid M1000 on the way to me at the moment. While researching I came across a German forum for robot mowers. A lot of the guys there make their own garages with mini gutters that drop rain onto the sensor inside the garage. Mower doesn't even have to leave to know it's raining


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    #2488
    dashoonage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    has anyone actually bought a timber garage for one from anywhere? rather than making one ?


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    #2489
    glog
    Registered Users Posts: 212 ✭✭glog


    glog wrote: »
    I have a brand new Husky 430X Charging station complete with transformer, 10m cable and anchor bolts which is surplus to my requirements.
    It is unopened, in original packaging - Cork area.
    PM me if it you are in the market for this.
    Cheers,
    gLo

    Still available if anyone is on the lookout.


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    #2490
    Bedouin79
    Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Bedouin79


    Ok have my first proper robot question. Got an ambrogio installed last Friday all seems to be going well then I noticed. During the night when the robot is stationary and fully charged is is leaving the base going a few feet and returning to base. To the extent the lawn is cutting up. Also this morning it was due to start at 7 checked at 7:30 and it was still leaving the base and returning practically immediately.


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    #2491
    krissovo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    Ignore the state of the lawn as its reclaimed from being overgrown but does anyone who has a post and rail fence have a solution for keeping small pets in the garden but allows the robot through? My landroid does a great job of cutting around the fence and as there is lawn in front of the fence I would like it to be cut by the mower.

    I was thinking of putting up a brush strip or a chain curtain that will allow the mower through but limit a small dog but it would be great to hear from anyone who might have done similar.

    This is the fence and the lawn in front

    526280.jpg


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