to splurge on a robot lawn mower

[crayfishyum]

Single parent
Do pretty much everything and whilst i love housekeeping chores, I end up dreading weekend mowing!

No idea where to start.

200/250 sq meter flat square garden

Budget up to £400

TIA

Love ours, it was at the cheaper end at about £300. It's a lawn master one that doesn't need a boundary wire laying.

Still need to do edges yourself and it doesn't gather the clippings, so works best if you set it going a few times a week when grass is growing quickly

but when you say do the edging… that still means hauling the mower out and doing that not myself?

where did you purchase from? thank you!

They don’t collect the grass though do they in which case unless you don’t use the grass it will just be covered in clippings which will then get everywhere . I’d recommend a battery mower , we’ve just moved over from petrol to battery and it takes a 1/3 of the time to cut the lawns now .

in our garden we had to strim the edges but it was worth it. We got ours on group on, a deal website- was a good brand but 50%off!

Oh thanks for this OP you've saved me making the same thread.

I'm guessing by edges poster means you've got to strim them?

How does the wireless edge one know where to go??

We have a landroid for our garden, it is a big garden so we needed a model that could cope. It is a lifesaver in summer, goes out every day trimming a teeny bit off (so no “clippings” really) and keeps it neat. Only issue is in winter our garden turns to bog & it can’t go out, and by the time it is dry enough to use it the grass is a foot high. But at least DH is mowing once a year not every week.

i’m so excited!

So now to splurge.

please keep recs coming in for small / medium garden, flat and square

@SlipperyLizard - does yours just trundle about until the whole area is probably done, or does it map the garden and know where it's been?

Also - does it have a place where it goes to recharge?

Our nearest neighbours have one. Don't know the brand. It's big though and has headlights!

what brand is yours?

crayfishyum
not at home and don’t know but can check later?

Lawnmaster is what you want at that budget. The super fancy computerised GPS ones cost thousands and aren’t necessary for your sort of garden. You need to be on top of recharging the battery and putting it out, but it will do the job.

@Laiste it just trundles about (within the wires), which we were a bit dubious about but it did a great job last summer. It has its own dock for charging, so it goes back to that when it is done.

yes please!

Thank you :)
It puts it's self to bed!

(i can see me getting emotionally attached 😂)

are you going to splurge to @Laiste ?

i’m seriously considering this one that is well reviewed on Which

https://uk.worx.com/landroid-s300-wr130e/

I've never owned one, but everyone I know who does seems to be getting rid of them. Combination of them not doing a very good job, and people still needing to strim/trim areas/rake up cut grass, and breaking down, or not dealing well with damp or uneven terrain

I'm assuming a lot depends on what type of garden you have, though. Presumably it works better if you have a flat square of defined lawn which is relatively dry, not somewhere with lots of trees/planting?

Which make do you have?

I really want one but do not know which one to get.

How do they function with tree debris?
Twigs etc.

Also - uneven terrain?

My daughter’s friend has one , it’s amazing, they just leave it to do its thing, it goes back into its little kennel to charge when it needs to . They literally don’t do anything. I particularly love the way it knows they have a pond and manages not to fall into it !
Sounds like it might be an expensive one though . When we finally move house soon I shall ask her more about it , it’s brilliant!

Mil has one loves it it cuts the grass and it mulches it into lawn so no raking , she has a very large garden so the blades need replacing often and it gets serviced regularly. Hers is very high end it was a big investment but she's getting older so the ride on lawnmower was getting to be too much for her

I wouldn't like all the little bits of grass all over the lawn.

I suffer with hayfever so puts helps by doing it little and often. Yes you do have to either strim or chop the edges but it's not a hardship every few weeks or so. Our goes out for an hour three nights a week. It looks lovely and green at the moment. Don't notice the clippings at all.

there’s 1 available within a 15km radius of my home on facebook marketplace!

which one do you have?