Robot lawn mower?

[biggs682]

Get a couple of sheep

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Get a couple of sheep

Mrs RC would prefer a goat or two.

 

[fossyant]

It was only a small area 10m2 or so and was cheaper than buying a lawn mower 😂

No excuse ! Plastic grass oh noooooo.

 

[fossyant]

Mrs RC would prefer a goat or two.

Plastic goats for you !

 

[biggs682]

Mrs RC would prefer a goat or two.

Don't they eat everything

 

[Electric_Andy]

LewisLife

This couple have a smallholding and have had 2 robot lawnmowers, I think the above link includes them both but you might have to browse around the channel. Certainly the latest one they got (heavier duty) looked amazing and went over some fairly tough terrain, is GPS controlled (near woodland) and they have a virtual map of where it's been; IIRC it never really went more than 20-30mm from where it was programmed to go. You manually control it the first time around and it then remembers the route for future. It also returns to the base to charge so you'd have to think about that.

Something like the MAMMOTION LUBA mini AWD would be something I would consider. They are approx £1500. But, you could pay double - treble that for a ride on and still have to operate it, service it and put fuel in. A little and often approach with a robot, it goes over the grass daily (or whenever you tell it to) so the clippings are much smaller and drop back into the soil.

This is one of those things where I think half jobs are pointless. Getting a cheaper one and having to lay wire, or keep an eye on it, or keep monitoring it in case it gets stuck or blocked, is defeating the object IMHO

 

[OldShep]

Mrs RC would prefer a goat or two.

Grass is the last thing they choose to eat

 

[classic33]

Grass is the last thing they choose to eat

And they don't taste as nice.

 

[Alex321]

I'd just do it manually, or if it's massive area, get a ride on mower - every man wants one of them. It's good exercise.

350 sq metres is a medium sized garden by modern standards. Certainly not massive, but not small either.

 

[fossyant]

Robot mowers, you'll be riding an e-bike next

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Robot mowers, you'll be riding an e-bike next

A few years away from even considering that.

 

[Moon bunny]

Find out what your local dealer sells and go for one of those, easier for servicing, spares, accessories.etc.

 

[Dave7]

Out of interest, my Bro went past a golf course on the Wirral and there were 4 robot mowers on just one green. This was a 'posh' course. They must be good to cut the greens to the required standard which is seriously short and perfectly even all over.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Out of interest, my Bro went past a golf course on the Wirral and there were 4 robot mowers on just one green. This was a 'posh' course. They must be good to cut the greens to the required standard which is seriously short and perfectly even all over.

I think they do a pretty good job, not least because they go over it much more often than one would with a manual one. So there is far less grass to cut, far less resistance on the blades, leading to a cleaner shear of the blades of grass. Most shoddy looking lawns look that way because they are left to get long. So when the mower goes over them, it essentially just rips the grass off and you get frayed ends.

If you think about it, you can achieve a very good cut with a very cheap mower, providing you use your due diligence and keep blades sharp and grass short. The robot mower lends itself to this task very well. A lot of the negative reviews I saw online last year (when my parents were considering buying one) were basically because of unreasonable expectations. They wondered why it struggled when it had to plough through a foot of stringy winter grass