Flymo EasiLife 150 GO Robotic Lawn Mower – Cuts Up to 150 sq m, Ultra Quiet Mowing, Manicured Lawn, Bluetooth Application Control, Safety Sensors, Hose Washable, Lifestyle Functions
Flymo EasiLife 150 GO Robotic Lawn Mower – Cuts Up to 150 sq m, Ultra Quiet Mowing, Manicured Lawn, Bluetooth Application Control, Safety Sensors, Hose Washable, Lifestyle Functions, Orange and Grey
Flymo – The Lawn Care Experts
Flymo EasiLife GO 150 Robotic Lawn Mower
Our smallest robotic lawnmower yet with a simple Push & Go interface and advanced smartphone control. Designed for gardens up to 150m2 the Flymo EasiLife Go 150 is a fully automatic robotic lawnmower that gives you a tidy lawn with zero effort. Set a schedule in seconds and it automatically cuts the lawn returning to the charge station when needed.
- Streamlined Push & Go interface for instant scheduling & control
- Tilt, Lift and Collision sensors for your safety.
- Hose washable for your convenience.
No screen or complex programming. LED indicators guide you for quick and easy control
Where do the grass clippings go?
A Healthier, Greener Lawn
No need to empty a grassbox or dispose of grass clippings, its regular cutting technique returns fine grass clippings back into the lawn which acts as a natural fertilizer and improves grass quality.
Does it have extra functions?
Extra Mowing Flexibility
It’s functions are designed to fit around your life: Spot Cut, Override, Park or Second Area – which can all be controlled from your EasiLife App!
Why Choose a Robotic Lawn Mower?
Why Flymo?
Finding the right robotic mower for your lawn can be daunting, and it’s important for you to find a lawn mower that fits your lifestyle. Robotic lawn mowers are ideal for those of us that want to spend less time mowing our lawn, and more time relaxing and doing the things we love…
What robot best suits me?
Push & GO | Interface | Assist-U LCD Screen |
25% | Slope Performance | 35% |
150m2 | Working Area | 800m2 |
16cm | Cutting Width | 16cm |
20-50mm | Cutting Height | 20-50mm |
Smartphone App | ||
Lifestyle Features |
Push & GO | Interface | Push & GO |
25% | Slope Performance | 25% |
150m2 | Working Area | 500m2 |
16cm | Cutting Width | 16cm |
20-50mm | Cutting Height | 20-50mm |
Smartphone App | ||
Lifestyle Features |
- Flymo Easilife 800
- Flymo Easilife GO 500
| Weight: | 6.1 kg |
| Size: | 150 m² Cutting Area |
| Dimensions: | 51.8 x 33.7 x 21.5 cm; 6.1 Kilograms |
| Model: | 9704785-01 |
| Part: | 9704785-01 |
| Colour: | Orange and Grey |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Manufacture: | Husqvarna UK |
| Dimensions: | 51.8 x 33.7 x 21.5 cm; 6.1 Kilograms |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 150 m² Cutting Area |
Best thing for the garden - EVER.
After a few read throughs of the manual I was still slightly confused about the installation. However after couple of questions direct to Flymo support about the installation of the boundary and guide wire all was sorted. I did not place the charging garage in the most ideal position as I need to buy a 25m charging cable. I started with just pegging the wires around the lawn. Most were fine as ‘Mower’ cut close enough to the edges, but as always a few tweaks were needed. A week or so later I buried The cable only taking a few hours. All seems to be working well and the lawn is looking really good. The lawn mower is so quiet and we have it scheduled to run first thing and last thing each day now. One thing to note is to make sure you really push the connectors on to the charging station. I didn’t realise when I first installed it, and had a couple of errors with boundary wire. Then found the connectors were not all the way in. Press them in hard.
Just built ‘Mo’ a summer house to keep dry and out of the sun during our lovely summer
I’d recommend the Easilife mower to any one.
Only thing I found out today that I will share, if you want to integrate an Easilife with google/Alexa assistant or SmartThings then currently buy a Gardena Sileno City mower as this used WiFi not Bluetooth to connect.
Love this little guy
Come on Amazon, what did i use this product for, really? Its a lawn mower.
My lawnmower currently deputises for most of the cast of the Royal Shakespeare company. Of course, due to COVID his chances of treading the boards are limited.
When he is not touring the country he can be found trimming my lawn in the back garden.
He’s been running about a month now with only a few mishaps, once he was beached due to a hole my dog dug in the lawn. Not his fault to be fair. But, twice he has botched his parking and become stuck, at least thats what i think has happened, it maybe he hit a wire turned and became beached on his own hub. Wither way not great.
When he is working properly things are great. Its a little annoying to have to cut the edges but great to watch him trundle around doing his thing. Presumably practicing his lines for his big break in Hamlet.
A note about delivery, my first one of these went missing in the post. To their credit Amazon sorted it, but it did take a few days. It did amuse me the lady in the contact centre did say have i looked wverywhere for it? It might be in a bush. For the record it comes in a pretty substantial box which has areas in bright orange.
Really love i
It takes a while to get the boundary set. lots of bending but simple to do. Machine is easy to set up and does its job really well. Will save hours of mowing and the lawn will always be well cut.
Really love i
It takes a while to get the boundary set. lots of bending but simple to do. Machine is easy to set up and does its job really well. Will save hours of mowing and the lawn will always be well cut.
Great robotic lawnmower after a bit of work.
Great robotic lawnmower bit of work to do first by putting wire round lawn and connecting to base.
Takes time to install but brilliant once in place
There is no denying that this is fiddly to get installed. Getting the wires in the right place and connecting up the guide wire will take you some time. Once it is in situ though, it will do you proud. The app isn’t particularly in depth, but it does what you would want it to in setting up a schedule and sending the mower out or bringing it in.
When setting up, it’s a really good idea to plan out exactly what you are going to do with the wire. Lay out the wire and adjust it. Only cut the wire when absolutely ready and don’t be tempted to do a small test area first and then expand it (from experience I can tell you that makes it worse!) The connection where the guide wire joins the perimeter has been a bit temperamental for us, with the wire ‘falling out’ of the connector on a regular basis. When we get round to burying the wire, we will twist the ends of the three wires together to make the connection and seal them together. The connectors are not necessarily needed, but are merely there to make things simpler… we just found them fiddly.
I’ll definitely be continuing to use these in the future and as and when this one needs replacing, will be getting the next model up probably just to have those extra few settings. For now this does exactly what we need it to do.
Robot Mowe
When I got the correct way of using this machine, it’s really good, it does its work as and when its supposed to and does a great job….
Don’t think this will run perfect first go, it won’t. It’ll take a few days to tweak the perimeter wire. Start the cutting height at the highest or you WILL cut the wire and wait a few days until the wire sinks in… or bury it, then lower the height gradually.
Once it’s set up it’s so relaxing to watch with a beer knowing you don’t have to walk backwards and forwards anymore with a lawnmower. Love it.
(Had to make it a house)
Great timesaver, but need still need an edge trimme
A great robotic lawnmower, although probably better value for a bigger lawn. A few things to note:
1. The guide wire is positioned to prevent the mower over-running the edge or banging into things. This means that there is a 5-20cm border that still needs to be manually cut.
2. The mower operation may be best suited to a straight/squared lawn. Ours is made up of multiple curved edges, which means the mower takes a lot of time to cover all areas and can leave islands of uncut grass.
3. The mower will not work in long grass. We had a newly laid lawn, so had to leave it for 3 weeks. At which point the grass was to long for the mower. Had to borrow the neighbors manual mower for the first cut.
Good item
Hard work putting the guide wires in then didn’t work, the terminals on the docking station were so flimsy they didn’t work, replaced with better quality ones and now works great. Brought for my 80.year old parents , now they sit and watch the lawn being mowed.
Good item
Hard work putting the guide wires in then didn’t work, the terminals on the docking station were so flimsy they didn’t work, replaced with better quality ones and now works great. Brought for my 80.year old parents , now they sit and watch the lawn being mowed.
Time saver, that works.
Reliable and well made. Shop around for best price. 2 months on and a happy owner.
Never mow the lawn agai
Having broken at least 3 lawnmowers on long grass over the years I decided to invest a little more and purchase a robot mower. My choices were the Flymo easilife or the Worx at the same price point. I decided on the Flymo as it is owned by Husqvarna who make several lawnmower makes including Gardena and McCulloch. The Flymo appears to be exactly the same as the Gardena with a different colour and significant cheaper. Hence parts will be easier to come by. The setup is a little time consuming. This requires a perimeter wire being laid down aswell as a guidewire for returning to base. Several videos YouTube avaliable to help with the procedure. These wires can be buried or tacked down which is what I have done however I will be burying the wire when time permits as the wire can become pronounced when grass grows. Mower itself is very good, sturdy, weather resistant and quiet. I’ve scheduled a daily cut so the grass is maintained and the very small cuttings are mulched and absorbed into the soil. Cutting height is manually adjusted by control on the mower. Schedule can be adjusted by using the menu on the mower or via the app. Note the app is quite basic i.e. change schedule, check error messages, check status of mower and connects via Bluetooth. Therefore you can only adjust settings for the mower when in close proximity of the mower so no WiFi access without some kind of bridge. The limited Bluetooth app and the onerous manual setup is the reason I’ve given 4 stars. Overall very happy as I don’t need to mow the lawn anymore.
I thought long and hard about whether it was worthwhile to get this robot. It doesn’t take all that long to mow my lawn. It does, however, take time and effort I can’t really spare right now. Do I pay someone to do the job: or buy this, and never mow or pay again? Decision made.
I already knew set up would be time consuming, so I did ask for help with that.
However, once we were up and running, it was sheer delight. The bug putters around the lawn quietly shaving it, and I don’t have to do a thing. Not even empty a grass box. And there is no noise to disturb anyone.
My tips for new buyers:
1 – You don’t HAVE to sink the boundary and guide wire. You can just peg it down. We had to do that, as the ground was rock hard.
Just peg it firmly down to the ground, and maybe use more pegs than suggested. We didn’t experience any problems.
2- Pay attention to the recommended wire distances from paths, gravel and borders. There is a guide ruler in the box – we didn’t find it till the end, because it is embedded in the box itself (gah).
3 – Raise the cutting height up to max to start with, to help prevent issues with wire cutting or overlong grass
4- Don’t lose the Allen key, or you will kick yourself. Also make sure you have decent pliers. I had to adjust the wiring after my helper had left, so you can guess I learned this the hard way.
Special note: It is assumed that you will run the mower automatically on a timer, but you don’t have to do this. You can run it on an ad hoc basis. Set the mower to MAN (manual) and it will not operate until you start it. Be aware that there is a timer which is factory set to run from 7am if it is on AUTO, unless you instruct differently.
In summary: if you’re thinking of buying it, stop thinking and click buy now. If you have a higher budget you might enjoy one with app connectivity, but if you want your lawn mown with no effort and a non stratospheric cost, this one is perfect.
Have fun.
Works amazingly well! 10 stars!!
I must admit that I was a little skeptical when a friend gave this product rave reviews one night at a dinner party. He just would not stop talking about it, but his lawn looked like a professionally kept cricket pitch so I thought I would give it ago. I have been using it for 6 months now and am quite literally stunned by the results. My lawn looks like it is professionally kept. It always looks like it was just mowed. Which it was! The robot covers every inch of my large back garden and never, ever, misses even one inch of it. I thought it would leave cuttings everywhere, but they are literally invisible because it is cutting every day and is therefore only taking off a minute amount. I watch the robot happily working come rain or shine (works perfectly even in downpours), and it is always a talking point when anyone comes to our house for the first time. They are not super cheap, but when you weigh it up against the hours and hours you’ll spend mowing, the many days your lawn does not look mowed in between times, the hauling of grass cuttings, and the overall boredom of constantly having to do this job, this thing pays for itself in no time! If you have any reservations about whether this robot works, stop wasting your time reading and start buying – you will not be disappointed!
Why did I not buy this sooner!!!
I love this product.
I took a long time to read over reviews and different models and even debated buying this for over a year. BUT WHY!!! Yes, it’s a bit fiddly to bury the wire as it took me a few hours but once it’s down it works a charm. I initially pegged it on top so I could see anywhere I needed to adjust which was worth it.
My garden is really uneven and there are the few odd areas that I have filled holes it but had this nearly a month and so impressed that all I have had to do is reach for the strimmer.
Yes there are more complicated models but it’s not needed. I have an array of gadgets and smart home stuff and just wish I bought this sooner. Saves me a couple of hours a week and that’s what it’s all about. Job done.
Sit and watch your grass get cut every day of the week. Awesome green lawn.
I was a bit sceptical initially about the cost of a robot lawnmower, that has dispelled now we have it in the house.
Set up is relatively easy, there is a reel of wire to lay out around your garden with the supplied pegs. This makes sure that the mower slows a little before bumping into things. If it does bump into something (like a sleeping dog) it does realise that and moves away.
I would recommend NOT burying the cable until you are happy it is in the right position, then it’s just a matter of pushing a spade into the grass and sliding the wire in. The grass does grow around it quickly, so you may decide that it does not need to be buried.
The cut length is determined by a dial under the waterproof cover where all the time and date programming is done, set up is easy and quick.
Once the mower is set up it more or less does its own thing, it just needs an occasional clean (every month or so on a daily cut cycle). Blades are cheap and easily changed (about once every three months), there are plenty on of third party bits and pieces on Amazon.
The big benefit is the quality of the lawn, especially with this weather recently. If the mower is cutting every day its only removing one days growth which it leaves behind to mulch the grass. Our lawn has never looked as good. no more ‘scalped’ lawn look the day after mowing, then ‘unruly’ for a week until my husband gets round to cutting it!
When you weigh up, the quality of how the lawn looks. How much time (and space) you save by not owning a conventional mower. Set that against the cost of a new mower, then you have a great reason to invest in a robot lawn mower.
All you have to do then is sit back and watch it mow the lawn, oh, you will need to pick a name for it as well, it quickly becomes one of the family.
Excellent produc
Set up, sit back and let Little mo do the work, extremely pleased and amazed.
Best purchase made
I love this mower! I have had it for two years now and I have not mowed the lawn once since, and the lawn is perfectly smooth. I only need to trim the edges a little now and then.
Super easy to install and to setup mowing schedule, there is nothing to complain about.
My lawn is ~300m2 (3200f2) and it manages to cover every bit of it.
I found information on robotic lawn mowers quite difficult to come by. So here are a few things you might want to know.
The different sizes (200, 350, 500) are exactly the same hardware. The only difference is the length of boundary wire (you can buy more from their parties that works perfectly) and the software. The software difference is how long the robot will operate each day. So unless you want him cutting for 12 hours every day there is no point going for the top model.
Set up is time consuming. The cable to the base is only 8m, which restricts where you put that somewhat depending on your plug socket availability. You need to install a boundary wire & a guide wire. They can be buried or pegged above the ground. I have pegged initially to allow for adjustments but will probably bury bits further down the line. It comes with good instructions and a ruler to help with this.
You can only install one guidewire. However this can be up to 500m long! You can set up to three zones. This is done by setting how far along the guidewire it starts mowing. You can then dictate how much time it spends in each zone. I have a “U” shape garden so have zone 1 at 0m for 66% of the tine, zone two at the top for 25%, and zone three at the other side for 9%. The guidewire also helps him go home to recharge.
The App is very basic. It works via Bluetooth so you have to be in close proximity (works through the window though!) and allows you to start or stop him. Most programming is done in the machine which is easy enough, but really the App could be improved a lot relatively easily.
So far he is cutting at his tallest level and mostly scarrifying all the moss out. Which is great, I just pray grass will grow in its place. It should do, and I am hopeful that by the end of summer I will have a beautiful lawn.
The set up took 4 hours or so. But in the first day he had already cut my entire 210sq m garden, so it’s almost paid off already!
Cheap low quality boundary wire.
It’s good and does the job:- But be warned they have lowered the quality of the boundary wire and it snaps easily. Originally these wires were made of copper and there was no problem but ours keeps breaking. Also the connector plugs are poor quality and easily come out of the socket.
Brillia
Best thing I ever bought I will never mower the grass again with this machine I can sit and enjoy the sun with a bee
Gamechanger!!
As the title suggests this is simply a game changer. Would never go back to a traditional lawn mower again. I confirm that I buried the wires but became invisible in a matter of weeks. My garden is around 400m2 and had cut my lawn daily without any major issues. Will defo recommend it to anyone!!
Gamechanger!!
As the title suggests this is simply a game changer. Would never go back to a traditional lawn mower again. I confirm that I buried the wires but became invisible in a matter of weeks. My garden is around 400m2 and had cut my lawn daily without any major issues. Will defo recommend it to anyone!!
Very reliable machine.
This Flymo Robot mower is absolutely fantastic. It does everything it is supposed to do. Easy set up, and very good instructions. Once the boundary wire is in place, no more problems. Excellent and very highly recommended mower.
Very reliable machine.
This Flymo Robot mower is absolutely fantastic. It does everything it is supposed to do. Easy set up, and very good instructions. Once the boundary wire is in place, no more problems. Excellent and very highly recommended mower.
Super produc
Great product, keeps the lawn perfect, bout a second one for the front law
Fantastic product , the future with no grass cuttings
Great product , fiddly and time consuming to setup guide and home wire, but commonly done once . Once done works a treat , tirelessly . We called ours Salah , Mo . Kids and pets love to follow around . Battery rechargeable, is a replacement part. Should last , made by husky . Love to watch myself at 7 am having my coffee . Flatter , squarer the garden the better .
Fantastic product , the future with no grass cuttings
Great product , fiddly and time consuming to setup guide and home wire, but commonly done once . Once done works a treat , tirelessly . We called ours Salah , Mo . Kids and pets love to follow around . Battery rechargeable, is a replacement part. Should last , made by husky . Love to watch myself at 7 am having my coffee . Flatter , squarer the garden the better .
Takes a while to set up but well worth i
I had been looking at this product and others like it for about a year. I hate mowing my back lawn in particular as it took so long. I have had this set up for about 3-4weeks now and I haven’t had to do anything for except remove the kids toys. I have a trampoline, kids slide; swing; seesaw 3 in 1. Sand pit and young child’s swing and slide set. It moves about all theses just fine. I did make up a bumper for the trampoline legs as I have ties for it too.
I have given him a slight clean on the bottom once in this time and also made a cover for him to go under when “home”
The setup takes ages! Took me about 4hours however once done that is it. No more mowing. Its really not difficult to install though. I was worried about the mulching as thought the kids would be bringing in lots of little bits into the house, but as he goes out so often you just don’t even see anything but a perfect lawn. As longs as you don’t mind not having lines this really is a great time saver.
I think for my size lawn (roughly 100-150m2) this was perfect. Even if my lawn was half the size I think I would still buy this product depending on the price you get it for as it has ranged significantly over the years.
A lovely small robo
It wasn’t the easiest thing I’ve done. It took me nearly one day to wire the whole garden that I have. My garden is divided in three distinct sections and there are walls dividing it to these areas. After a careful plan and one day of hard work I managed to place the wire around all three areas. It took a bit of trial and error to get the robot to find its way back to the charger as well but after the setup was complete it now works perfectly fine and everyday the robot starts munching on the lawn like there’s no tomorrow. I was worried that it cannot climb some hills that I have. I was worried before purchasing it and measured the slope and I have some slope above 30deg and the product specifications stated that it can do 25deg. I’ve noticed that when the grass is short enough it can even climb the areas with 30 degrees angle easily.
The battery lasts around an hour to 90 minutes depending how tall the grass is.
The remaining of the grass that it cuts remains in and becomes a natural fertilizer which is handy. I thought it might turn the grass to yellow but because this robot cuts the grass too fine it’s not even visible and the lawn looks fluffy after a few days that the robot runs over it.
It has definitely made my life easier and one less ting to worry about and to work on when I’m at home.
Hard work installing the boundary wire but worth the effo
This is surprisingly good.
You have to install a boundary wire around your lawn to stop it wandering off or mowing your flowerbeds.
This can either be buried or pegged down.
To reduce the risk of the wire being cut I buried the wire.
As I have a reasonable sized lawn this took most of a day.
Once the boundary wire is laid and connected to the base you just need to charge the mower, program the cutting times and away it goes.
This season the grass was quite long before I set it going so it took it a couple of days to get it looking trim but no effort on my part so …
I've lost so much of my life up to this arrival!
I cannot explain how satisfying it is to see this little guy chug around my 1/4 Acre – keeping the lawn neater and greener that I could have ever imagined. Sure – its a bit of a pain laying down the boundary wire, then fine tuning the wire (and repairing a guy few guts before burying) BUTY IT IS WORTH IT. So happy with this purchase.
I've lost so much of my life up to this arrival!
I cannot explain how satisfying it is to see this little guy chug around my 1/4 Acre – keeping the lawn neater and greener that I could have ever imagined. Sure – its a bit of a pain laying down the boundary wire, then fine tuning the wire (and repairing a guy few guts before burying) BUTY IT IS WORTH IT. So happy with this purchase.
Great time save but a few bugs
We bought this 2 years ago so seems like a good stretch to review it!
So the first task, but you have to do this with all robo-mowers, is setting out the guide wire. The instructions were clear, there was more than enough wire and more than enough stakes. We didn’t bury our wire and it’s never been cut or caught. After 2 years, its mostly covered.
Positive: I haven’t cut the grass in two years! It does a great job. No patches and the grass looks great presumably due to the fact the cuttings mean its feeding itself.
Negative: the guide wire connectors at the back are a little temperamental. I have spent more than a few days heading into the garden to wiggle them.
Negative: current issue is that the unit stops and just says “lifted”. Did it last year and seemed to clear. Doing it right now and refused to clear. Waiting to hear from Husqvarna.
Other: Husgvarna sell a box which you can store the connector ends in for protection over winter. Should really come with the unit and not sold separately as its a necessity.
Overall: this is a great, labour saving purchase which i’d recommend. I don’t know whats causing the latest issue but hopefully will be resolved. A little bit of effort to lay out the cables but it’s not that troublesome if you stake them down. Instructions are great and very clear. The user interface is easy to navigate and use. It’s very intuitive so I rarely have to get the instructions out.
Hopes and Dreams: One day GPS will be more accurate so you don’t need guide wire. A Smart version that allows you to control the schedule on your phone and will text/notify you if the unit isn’t working.
Got to stop watching it !!
I bought mine one when it was reduced in price after wanting one for a while bought it Jan 2020 and have now just taken it out of box to set up, Setting up was relatively easy, I had already fitted a outdoor socket for it in advance and planned where I wanted to put docking station which was not on grass cause apart from killing the patch of grass I wanted it to come over patio to dock next to house, so I fed boundary and guide wires along paving joints after running a angle grinder along joints to open up for wire which was easy to do see my pic which shows guide wire coming down centre and boundary wires in paving joints either side, will fill joints later for tidiness, I buried wire instead of pegging down as the thought of taking all that pegs back out to bury wire later was not something I fancied doing, after that was done pressed home , start, nothing oops, turns out I had to set to auto 1st thankfully that was all it was and away it went, on 1st day ended up switching off power socket at 9.40 pm as it was still mowing and after reading manual properly see that default auto is 7am to 10pm so have now set to 7 days from 7am to 3.30 pm as my grass are is approx. 180 sqmtrs , so far no problems but will keep petrol mower for a little longer to be sure
6 month review
Finally got round to reviewing this.
I purchased this on Prime day as it was listed on Deal of the day and got an absoulte bargain for it. Well worth waiting for when its on promotion if you can.
My experience as follows:
I read the instructions in detail to get to grips with the boundary wire. So basically this is just a green wire that you put around the area you want cut. I used the pegs to start with and thought why not give it a go and see what happens. Really interesting to see one work if are new to this type of tech. Within 2 minutes it had cut through the boundary wire so I did a proper job and sunk the boundary wire deep into the grass. This takes times but is well worth it.
So I have used the device now from July right up to around October. Overall it is great. My application is one area of grass that is a hassle to cut with a normal lawnmower. I set it to cut three times a week and it does the job. I come home to see it moving around and cutting the grass.
No problems with the clippings, they are so small you don’t notice them.
It always go backs to the charging station and it is quiet in its operation.
Negative points:
If the lawn is slightly wet it really struggles and just stops which can be a pain. I think it would be good if it had a rain sensor to tell it to revert back to the charging station when it rains.
It needs more traction, slight gradients are ok but again if the grass is slightly wet it gets stuck.
Conclusion
Overall – great. Yes it could do with some improvements but I love it. This is my first Robot device and I am sure it will not be the last. For much larger areas of lawn I would go for a different brand but for smaller areas this is both on budget and will do the job.
Deal of the day
The only family member you need.
Words cannot describe my love for our Lawnmower, Maxx (his name)!
He has become an integral part of the family. Rather than taking 45 mins cutting the lawn, I gladly sit for hours, watching Maxx work.
Maxx we love you!
Perfec
So easy to set up and saves me so much work
Best purchase of the year!
I wasn’t sure this purchase was necessary but after a summer of not having to mow lawn every two weeks and having a beautiful lawn I am totally converted!
Mo is a member of the family. Even the dogs has grown to love him.
Best purchase of the year!
I wasn’t sure this purchase was necessary but after a summer of not having to mow lawn every two weeks and having a beautiful lawn I am totally converted!
Mo is a member of the family. Even the dogs has grown to love him.
Great robo
Great robot, have had him for two years now and he’s been brilliant. Occasionally gets stuck, but generally does his job well and the lawn looks good. People find him entertaining and the dogs ignore him.
Great robo
Great robot, have had him for two years now and he’s been brilliant. Occasionally gets stuck, but generally does his job well and the lawn looks good. People find him entertaining and the dogs ignore him.
Bought this after being tempted by an end of season deal despite some scepticism.
Product arrived next day, and the following weekend I set about placing the boundary wire, guide wire and recharging station. Picked an absolutely foul weekend to do this, heavy rain etc, but I was excited!
Having read other reviews and advice, I decided to go straight for burying the cables, rather than pegging them to the surface. I used an edging tool to cut a slot and then pushed the cable into that, to about 1-2 inch depth. Took quite a while due to the miserable weather conditions, and the fact that our garden size is at the upper end of the range for this mower, with various ‘island’ trees to consider.
Got it done eventually and had the mower on charge as suggested while I was doing this. Once set up, and after a final cut with our old mower as the lawn was quite shaggy, I set the robot to work.
Now, the nominal cutting width of the blades is 175mm so very narrow and our garden is quite large and an odd shape. I had been worried due to the random cutting pattern used by this mower, that there would be odd little triangles of tufty uncut grass all over the place. I neednt have worried however, this mower is fantastic. I set it to cut between 7am and 7pm every day initially – which it does by cutting for about an hour, then returning to base for an hour or so to recharge, then cutting for another hour and so on, until 7pm. So approximately half the time in fact is spent cutting.
Initially there was the odd high spot where it might go aground (tree stumps that I’d cut close to the ground but not close enough to pass over or high enough to bump into and turn round, but I then removed these altogether. So the first week or so was really fine tuning. I started with the mower on the highest cut setting (50mm) and then gradually wound it down to about 30mm as the days passed. I have never known my lawn to look anywhere near as good. It is short, uniform, and looks a beautiful healthy green. There is no trace of any clippings. Because the mower cuts every day, the amount cut is only a few mm at a time so the clippings are tiny and just mulch straight back into the lawn. And after the preliminary set up, it really did just get on with it with no intervention from me. Kept it going until the first frosts came in early november, which is much later than I’d normally cut the grass if I were having to get the old mower out and cut it myself – but this one just trundles out as programmed come rain or shine and does a fantastic job. It has now been put away in the shed along with its base for the winter. The wires mercifully can stay put all year round.
There are slight long patches right around the perimeter where it doesn’t cut, but if you set the boundary wire up correctly, these should be minimal and can easily be taken care of with 10 mins of strimming every couple of weeks.
It does require a bit of thought and planning before setting up and I would urge you to do this and read the manual carefully as it will pay dividends.
But really this has become one of the best purchases I have ever made.
Not sure how the longevity the battery will be, but if that ends up being 100 quid every couple of years for a new one, it will more than be paid for by personal time freed up and petrol saved.
Do it!
Couldn't live without 'Hank the Tank'
After 6 months of use our flymo (aka Hank the Tank in our house) is still going strong. Set up was easy, and the DVD guide was very useful. Great value for money, and even better timesaver. Living in a city estate, not having a bag of cut grass to dispose of is great, the arisings from the daily mow are lost around the garden.
The only negative i have is the connections to the rear of the home base are too flimsy, and are easily disconnected by accident (we have a rabbit in the garden who regularly hops over the back and disconnects the guide wires), for that reason cant give the ‘easy to install’ rating 5 stars. The version of the base on the DVD seems to have much better connection types than we got.
Great Robotic Lawnmowe
I bought this lawnmower quite late in the season so have only used a few times but am impressed so far.
It does a great job and is almost silent running but obviously does take a lot longer than manual mowing but just leave it to it!
The only thing is you must bury the boundary wire and not just peg it out as I found like other reviews that the mower cuts the wire and then repairs are needed.
So with a bit of preparation work I am hopeful for great results next year.
2 yrs no probs
Bought this about 2+ yrs ago and have had no problems. Lawn has never looked better. despite being on rather poor soil. I find the easiest way to deal with the uncut perimeter is to whizz round with a sharp battery hedgetrimmer. Otherwise not needed where flowers/shrubs overhang the mown area, or in some places I’ve laid a boundary of bricks flush with the lawn so the mower can cut right up to the edge. Bought another (‘badged’ as a McCulloch) for a second area. Equally happy with that.
Has Saved me 100's hours of grass cutting
I’ve purchased two of these, besides having replacing the blades a couple of times they are virtually maintenance free. Laying the cable initially is annoying but an hour or two of doing that saved 100’s of hours of cutting time and leaves the gardens looking great. Well worth purchasing, no hesitation in recommending purchasing these. Make sure to purchase some “Cable Connector Electrical Wire Connectors for Robotic Lawn Mowers, Irrigation Applications” as they come in very handy if the wire gets cut or if you need to move the wire.
Key points from my experience
– This mower does my 700 m2 metres meters square lawn quite easily. It cut all the fairly high grass down to a low height in only 2.5 days. In my opinion this mower would easily cut 1,000 m2 meters square plus as it can be set to run all 7 days of the week. One review on here suggests this mower will cut 4,000 m2. I can quite believe that because much larger areas offer long clean runs without continual stopping and turning, where as smaller lawns mean the mower is spending lots of time inefficiently stopping and turning.
– I paid 400 for the mower delivered from Amazon and bought an extra kit on ebay containing 150 metres perimeter wire, 300 pegs & connectors for the larger lawn. This extra kit cost 33. So total cost all in was 433 delivered.
– The total length of the supplied perimeter wire (150 metres) plus the additional perimeter wire I added on for the larger 700 m2 meters square lawn is 210 metres.
– The join in the perimeter wire for the return to base wire and the join for the extra perimeter wire do not affect the performance of the mower detecting the edge of the lawn. Edge detection works flawlessly on all of the perimeter.
– I installed this on Friday morning. It took the whole morning to install. It did 3 cuts and charge cycles on Friday before I realised that I had to press AUTO to get it working as much as it will (it will only cut 12 hrs a day because of Flymo imposed firmware limitations).
– After I had installed the RTB wire I did the initial “can it follow the RTB wire” test. On the menu it’s called the “Calibration”. This checks that it can follow the RTB wire all the way to the end. It does this then starts cutting. I thought that the mower was all automatic after that. It’s not. It does return to base, after this initial test then when it gets back you must press AUTO and start while it is charging. It will then cut automatically on the timer. You must also set the timers for the amount of cutting time & respective days you desire.
– This mower is a wholly HUSQVARNA mower. Husqvarna bought Flymo. The mower is badged Husqvarna all over. This is a quality mower. Husqvarna are the market leader and were building auto mowers decades(?) (a long time in any case) before anyone else.
Limitations / to do list :
– This mower is limited by the firmware on board to only cutting 12 hrs per day. Even if you set it to cut from 00:00 to 23:59 it will only cut for 12 hours in each day. You can set it to cut every day if you want. The literature does not list how many hours it will actually cut as a maximum per day if you set it to cut 00:00 to 23-59, only lists maximum operating time, which is charging time plus mowing time.
– The danger of power cuts. The mower uses the powered edge wire to know where the grass boundary is.
If like me you have a grass boundary which is a flat surface, and which is connected without barrier to another property owners land and the public highway then a potential power cut is a problem. Because in the eventuality of a power cut the mower would not be able to detect the edge wire – because the edge wire would no longer be powered – and the mower would potentially go off off my land into someone else’s. This obviously could bring mower into contact with children or animals and be a dangerous situation. For this reason I only operate the mower while I am in the house so I can be here in the event there is a power cut.
this problem can be resolved with a battery operated current detection system that will send a radio signal to the mower in the event it detects a lack of current in the edge wire, the more I would have a similar simple radio connected to a battery that would then activate the stop switch. this is actually a simple circuit to implement, but it is a question of when I get the time to do it.
– The mower is currently limited by it’s own firmware to being able to charge and cut for only 12 hours per day. This limitation can be circumvented through some combination of resetting the mower and reprogramming it on the fly while it is mowing (avoid on the fly reset while it is charging). This could be done through use of an additional pre-programmed chip, placed on top of or inside the mower, connected to the mower internal chip pin out. Or for more convenient control – even more work – through the use of simple radios as mentioned previously (NRF24 or RFM69C).
– additionally, the use of a GPS with an internal map would alleviate the problem that can potentially be caused by a power outage on the boundary wire, and a rogue mower going off to where it should not, and would also allow the mower to be directed to spend equal amounts of time in all areas. This is future work which I could do but simply have not the time to implement.
– Once an open source project is developed that provides a board with on board (i) control chip, (ii) firmware ie re-programmable software that is baked into a chip (iii) gps (iv) wi-fi (v) remote sophisticated app for our phones all we will need to do is disconnect the current control board and place in a new one. This cannot come fast enough. I am sure the Ardumower project will develop into this.
I will update this review after a few months
Its Pretty Good
Works ok for me, the only drawback is you have to get the strimmer out to cut the perimeter of the lawn where the robot can’t get too. Its a small penalty to pay as it does a cracking job of the rest of the lawn. Just be conscientious with setting the boundary wire up and making the connections.
EDIT April 2021. Put the machine out early April.
It worked on one occasion and then lost all power, technically its still in warranty, Flymo tech support extremely difficult to contact. Its only worked for two seasons.
Edit June 2021, An electrician resolved the earlier problem above. It worked for a few weeks but has broken down again. As usual customer support not contactable, I have only a few days left on the warranty, I will be buying all future big purchases on the high street where I can take them back to the seller. No more big stuff off Amazon, go to B&Q you know where they are
Get the wiring right - when you bury it otherwise your chop the lawn to bits.
Nothing to dislike – he is marvellous – we have a difficult garden – large pond in the middle but he gets round it and keeps the grass looking O.K. it gives our gardener the extra time to actually garden for us. I think it would be a good idea for the wiring from plug to robot (the black and white wiring) to be longer as it limits where one can site it and we have to have the shed in sight because our outside plug is on the house wall. However, not much of a sacrifice.
The best thing ever.
Literally the best thing I have ever bought. I was slightly concerned by some other people’s issues but I think most are due to natural selection 😉 The lawn quality has improved significantly since we set ‘Billy’ up. Mulching is the way all lawns should be cut but you just don’t have the time. The best thing is getting home from work on a Friday evening with the lawn looking perfect and knowing it isn’t a job you have to do tomorrow morning. Very easy to set up, if he chops his wire, it’s easy to mend and you’ll eventually get it all perfect with some minor tweaks.
Worth i
It takes some time to prepare the field, but worth it.
Life changing, time saving.
This mower has been life changing. Took a whole weekend to set up but well worth it. Top tip – watch the videos on You Tube to help with the boundary wire set up. It’s saved us so much time this summer, cutting the lawn and trips to the tip with cuttings as this product does all that for you. I haven’t set timers on mine. I put it out when I’m home and just leave it run all day so I can keep an eye on it as it had a tendency to get stuck in places at the start. I’ve remedied that now. Wished I’d got one ages ago.
This product buys you time!
I’ve had the product since early summer and it has saved me days of lawn care. After and installation and simple configuration I just left it to it’s own means with minimum maintenance. Garden looks very good. About to pack it away for winter.
This product buys you time!
I’ve had the product since early summer and it has saved me days of lawn care. After and installation and simple configuration I just left it to it’s own means with minimum maintenance. Garden looks very good. About to pack it away for winter.
Superb bit of kit.
Have used it for 6 months shows 95 hrs of use. Does a fantastic job and now the lawn looks better than ever.
Super quiet, and does the job, but with caveats
Calling this a ‘smart’ device is stretching the term smart to near breaking point. It has practically no sensors apart from collision detection, meaning it goes in a straight line until it hits something big enough to stop it (which does not included small dogs) then turns randomly and goes off again. You have to install boundary wire (provided) around each section of lawn you want to mow, to prevent it from going into flower beds, or over terrace edges. No drop sensors? Also, the detection of the boundary wire happens at the center of the mower, meaning if you haven’t spent a lot of effort partly burying the wire it’s liable to be cut by the mower before it’s detected. Also, it does handle gradients, but it doesn’t handle uneven ground very well. We had to fill in several minor depressions and level a few bumps before it could operate fully automatically. That’s the cons
Now for the pros – it actually does the job. You may have to monitor it the first few runs, but otherwise random straight lines actually do the job. I should also mention that it is perfectly safe. It’s bumped into my small dogs (dachshunds) and while it startled them, and didn’t stop, they weren’t hurt at all. It’s also bumped into me but I’m large enough to make it turn around. The other thing is that is *quiet*. We’ve set it to run early mornings and late evenings and it’s never woken us, nor after several weeks of automatic operation have the neighbours complained.
Fab mower !
Best purchase I have made lately . Better performance than I thought and rugged and reliable . Great stuff !!
Great buy
Works as it should..after trying a few others in the past, this has been the best.
Quick delivery, might be difficult to setup initially but it works great.
Looking for a mower and this came up on a deal offer, cheaper than the cordless we were considering.
Takes a while to lay the wires, we buried ours.
Had to lay extra armoured cable, but that was on the ‘to do’ list anyway.
Built a mower garage.
Once it’s all set up Morris the mower trundles around quietly at the programmed schedule and then returns to his garage.
The grass is looking better than it ever has.
Only minor negative – can’t read the display through the opaque cover.
Doing a great job!
Now that the perimeter and guide wires are set up the robot mower just works the hours selected and the lawn is looking good. The setting up does take a while and the wires are better when sunk into the lawn to avoid raking them up whilst trimming the edges. Now I can leave it to get on with the job! The completely random cutting pattern seems to work!
Absolutely brilliant.
Absolutely thrilled with our robotic lawnmower. Easy to install, works like a dream. Our grass has never looked so good. Wish we had got one years ago.
Cuts well but needs to be ofte
Great mower but need to place perimeter wire closer to edge otherwise you will need flat blade edge trimmers!! I have managed to put docking station on patio not on lawn, much neater although mower does play pin ball from time to time but finds its way back onto grass. Have to cut every two days or cuttings collect on lawn and looks a mess!!
Cuts well but needs to be ofte
Great mower but need to place perimeter wire closer to edge otherwise you will need flat blade edge trimmers!! I have managed to put docking station on patio not on lawn, much neater although mower does play pin ball from time to time but finds its way back onto grass. Have to cut every two days or cuttings collect on lawn and looks a mess!!
Its well worth the Money
It takes awhile to get the cable laid correctly but then …..its great sitting there watching the grass being cut !!
Excelle
Good value on prime day.
Easy to set up but the wire can take time to lay (we do have a very large lawn though).
Works great in all weathers.
Brilliant Robotic Lawnmower.
Brilliant, saves time, works well and best of all no grass clippings to dispose of.
I wish I had purchased one years ago!
Excelle
Good value on prime day.
Easy to set up but the wire can take time to lay (we do have a very large lawn though).
Works great in all weathers.
lay your boundary correctly or you'll stile strimming!!
Best birthday pressie I ever bought my husband
Not sure the cat like it though!
She stalks it around the garde
On the whole i am really happy with this and would have given 5 stars except for one small design flaw. The fixing point at the back of the docking station where the boundary and guide wires are secured is not overly secure. It’s far too easy for inquisitive cats to remove the clips. I have fixed this by placing an edging brick behind the docking station to make the area inaccessible to them.
If you are using with cats I would recommend making your own carport as the ones you buy have too much space at the side and cats will easily be able to get in there – mine was being used as a litter tray!!! Another reviewer suggested using a Samla box from ikea and it’s perfect. I covered mine with ivy fence roll and camo gorilla tape to make it look a little less intrusive (both available on amazon).
The instructions say don’t put the docking station in a corner – but I found that with a bit of trial and error I was able to find a set-up that works perfectly in the corner.
I can honestly say my lawn has never looked this good – and the trimmings truly are invisible. (I was skeptic al about this).
Would I buy one of these again? Absolutely YES.
Great purchase
Most has already been said in the other reviews. Key points are bury the wire in the grass just a cm or two below the grass, use a spade to make a tiny trench to put the cable in. Then sit back with a wine or beer and watch whilst the robot does the job that you used to. Very, very satisfying!
Great purchase
Most has already been said in the other reviews. Key points are bury the wire in the grass just a cm or two below the grass, use a spade to make a tiny trench to put the cable in. Then sit back with a wine or beer and watch whilst the robot does the job that you used to. Very, very satisfying!
Best purchase
Excellent product! Works exactly as it’s supposed to. Very easy to set up and operate. Great watching it cut the grass knowing I haven’t got to do it!! Worth every penny.
Best purchase
Excellent product! Works exactly as it’s supposed to. Very easy to set up and operate. Great watching it cut the grass knowing I haven’t got to do it!! Worth every penny.
Hassle free mowing!
Great lawn mower. Definite worry putting time in to bury the wire as when it is done the mower works like a dream. Garden has never looked so good. Bought on sale so at 100 off it was even better value for money!
Hassle free mowing!
Great lawn mower. Definite worry putting time in to bury the wire as when it is done the mower works like a dream. Garden has never looked so good. Bought on sale so at 100 off it was even better value for money!
So good I bought a second one to do the front garden.
Everyone was very impressed with the cut and once set up I just love the fact it’s saved me endless hours cutting the back garden (which is it maximum cut size of 400m sq.). I heartily recommend.
So good I bought a second one to do the front garden.
Everyone was very impressed with the cut and once set up I just love the fact it’s saved me endless hours cutting the back garden (which is it maximum cut size of 400m sq.). I heartily recommend.
Worth it!
Set up took a while but only because I chose to bury the wire as I have a very curious dog who would likely chew through it otherwise. I hate cutting the grass and now only have to occasionally strim the edges of the garden. Worth every penny!
Worth it!
Set up took a while but only because I chose to bury the wire as I have a very curious dog who would likely chew through it otherwise. I hate cutting the grass and now only have to occasionally strim the edges of the garden. Worth every penny!
Perfect lawns and end to clippings
Once it has been set up and you have got the wire in correctly in the ground etc – which does take a bit of work – I love the fact that you never have grass cuttings ever again. The lawn looks healthier with the tiny clippings just being constantly recycled. Worth getting and worth the hassle involved in the set up
Perfect lawns and end to clippings
Once it has been set up and you have got the wire in correctly in the ground etc – which does take a bit of work – I love the fact that you never have grass cuttings ever again. The lawn looks healthier with the tiny clippings just being constantly recycled. Worth getting and worth the hassle involved in the set up
Digby - our new best friend.
Digby is our Flymo 1200R, as affectionally named by our kids – I bought one because I really hate mowing the lawn, it would take about 1.5-2 hours to mow it, its a 100ft garden by maybe 40ft wide, so a nice size for kids to run about in. I have been wanting one for ages now and an Amazon Prime day came along and I was feeling flush so bought one.
Installation was time consuming, maybe a couple of hours – we don’t have many obstacles other than a trampoline to route the wire around, so was reasonably straight forward. My plan is to dig the wire in once we are happy with the location of it and it’s cutting ability.
Once setup I gave it a Monday to Friday 6am-3pm job of cutting the lawn, and that was it. We have had a couple of incidents where he fell into a small hole that had had grass over it, but quickly filled it in and let him on his way….
He is silent – you wouldn’t notice him doing his work, We have trained the kids to hit the stop button if they think someone or something is in danger – but he has been perfect. He navigates the archway in the middle of our garden with ease (connecting the smaller formal part with the bigger kids part) and he gets on with it. 4 weeks in and the garden is already looking healthier and well groomed.
I have to say, even my wife, who knows I like toys is impressed with him. Its one more chore we don’t have to worry about – so by my calculations he will have paid for himself within a year in regard to time etc. Now if someone could build a robot to cut the hedges I’d buy that as well
Really great product – can highly recommend. Don’t be sceptical, it really does work. If/when it breaks – I will buy another. Long live Digby!
Stripes are over-rated. This is the future.
Once you’ve gone through the faff of carefully installing your garden set up – this thing is brilliant. No hesitation in recommending for medium sized garden use. It’s unbelievably quiet, the finish is superb, set it to auto and leave it to do it’s thing.
A bit of edge strimming will be required from time to time, or you could lay a perimeter border to width. Zero regrets buying this.
Prime Day bargain!!
Stripes are over-rated. This is the future.
Once you’ve gone through the faff of carefully installing your garden set up – this thing is brilliant. No hesitation in recommending for medium sized garden use. It’s unbelievably quiet, the finish is superb, set it to auto and leave it to do it’s thing.
A bit of edge strimming will be required from time to time, or you could lay a perimeter border to width. Zero regrets buying this.
Prime Day bargain!!
Excellent Mowe
Hi,
Well, I’ve been watching this on amazon (camel camel camel uk) for about 1 year. The price varies quite a bit, usually hovering around 550 – 600, but I got it for 399 on Prime Day, 2019.
I’m delighted with it. My garden is about 550sqm, and the flymo suggested limit is 400sqm, so I knew I would be pushing the limit with it.
It manages to get to all parts of the garden in about 5 days, so even at the moment (end of July in Ireland) when growth is at its maximum, it still manages to keep the grass nice and trimmed.
The lawn had about 4 weeks of summer growth on it when I got it setup, but it wasn’t a problem.
It comes with 150 meters of wire, but I needed to buy another 150m, which cost about 70. Other than that, I built it a little wooden house and it all works fine.
Setting up the boundary wire is a lot of work, took about 8-9 hours in total over a few days as I needed to wait for the extra boundary wire to be delivered, but once it was installed, it works great. Read the instructions, and other reviews for tips, as this will save you time when installing it.
A large part of my garden has a fence, so I just ran the wire along the top of the fence rather than pin it down or bury it. The mower just detects the fence, and chooses a different direction. I also ran the wire along the back of my trees around the edge of the garden, again along a fence. It just bounces off the tree and goes on its merry way. My kids have named it Wall-e.
I also put the boundary wire underneath my cobble at a few places and it still detects it.
Mine is set to the default time, 7am to 10pm. It doesn’t run this whole time. Its cuts for 45-50 mins, and then starts searching for the guide wire to bring it back to its docking station to recharge. It will cut for a max of 6 cycles per day, and 6 recharges per day, and then wont work again until 7am the following morning. 6 x 45 mins is a lot of cutting, 7 days a week. This is the max allowed by the mower. The manual says the battery life is 2 — 4 years. I assume running it to the max like this, 7 days a week with quicken the battery’s demise. You can buy a replacement battery when needed. I’m going to keep mine on max like this until the autumn.
Overall I am very happy and would highly recommend this. I purchased it, as due to my large garden, I takes about 90mins to cut the grass most weekends. Aa a result, I wouldn’t have the time or inclination to take on other garden/household tasks eg, painting, weeding, cleaning gutters, planting flowers, playing with the kids. Cutting the lawn just became a inefficient use of my time, when I can get a machine to do it instead.
Just like washing machines or a dishwashers, at some stage, they become cheap enough to justify their purchase.
I couldn’t register it with flymo, as they don’t have the facility to register mowers in Ireland.
Other than that, I love it.
It’s brillia
I am very pleased with the results, it is keeping the lawn at a brilliant height, and no grass clippings which is brilliant. Having installed it just gets on and I have forgotten it is there, I am just reminded by the always tidy lawn.
It’s brillia
I am very pleased with the results, it is keeping the lawn at a brilliant height, and no grass clippings which is brilliant. Having installed it just gets on and I have forgotten it is there, I am just reminded by the always tidy lawn.
A Great Product, A Great Help.
I have hearing problems so this Guy Fantastic.
Very quiet, does not bother me at all,
Faultless performance so far, Best of all I can
leave him to it while i do something else.
And it’s made in the UK
A Great Product, A Great Help.
I have hearing problems so this Guy Fantastic.
Very quiet, does not bother me at all,
Faultless performance so far, Best of all I can
leave him to it while i do something else.
And it’s made in the UK
It really doesn’t need your input. It’s self sufficient.
This is the best think ever invented. I love it. Now they just need to invent a dog walker / poop picker robot and I may have time for myself.
Excellent auto mower for the price
Excellent auto mower, just pegged boundry wire and charging wire , too much hassle to bury it, been running for three weeks now with no problems, highly recommended.
Wish I'd got this years ago!
OMG This machine has changed my life. If I’d known how fantastic it was I’d have bought it years ago. It’s changed my life literally!
Take a while to bury the boundary and guide wire in the garden but well worth it. As once its in its in and you can foreget about it. Then just wire up the base charging station and program the little monkey and off he goes. Larry, the lawnmower, was programmed to mow every day 7 days a week, for 10hrs. He had the lawn looking great in a week, and after a month to five weeks he’s had his work hours cut to just 4 days a week. Had no problems at all. He’s easy to programme and just gets on with his work. Only had one collision but that was my fault, as I put the ends of the boundary wire behind his house so it went in thru the back, and he got stuck trying to mount himself on the charging station, but he’s not done it again since. I’m going to buy him a proper little wooden house for the winter as the one I have I made from semi rigid clear polycarbonate and although it shelters him from most of the weather, it’s not ideal. It’s like a big cloche. Once I get a proper house for him it should eliminate the risk of another collision.
He cuts the grass perfectly I set it on the highest cut to begin with and now it’s on no.3 mid setting. My ground is very lumpy and bumpy so any shorter and it would be skimmed on the lumps. Everyone says how good the lawn looks, like a bowling green (with weeds). But the weeds are getting fewer as Larry cuts the tops off before they can bloom and seed themselves. I reckon come autumn I’ll have a perfect lawn. I have to do the edges with either the strimmer or the electric mower once every few weeks but thats no hardship. It only takes half an hour.
Anyone can install one of these, just read the manual, get to know the machine and what you can and can’t do, follow the instructions and watch a few vids on youTube cos there’s a few on there, and Bobs your uncle.
I don’t know what I’d do without Larry. I’ve got quite attached to him, and seriously considering getting him a twin for the front lawns or another base station.
If you are unable to mow your grass due to health issues, or you just hate mowing, get one of these. It’s money well spent. Best thing I’ve ever bought.
Would
This is amazing totally easy to install takes a while but well worth i
proper installation of border wire
simple to install easy to operate and copes well with small gradients. quiet and my lawn has improved no end much greener and looks amazing
i would recommend this brand of robo
proper installation of border wire
simple to install easy to operate and copes well with small gradients. quiet and my lawn has improved no end much greener and looks amazing
i would recommend this brand of robo
Bury wire to avoid it being cut by the mowe
I chose not to bury the boundary wire and it has been cut twice which forced me to relay it. Don’t be lazy like me and just dig it in for comfort as good connection is essential
Bury wire to avoid it being cut by the mowe
I chose not to bury the boundary wire and it has been cut twice which forced me to relay it. Don’t be lazy like me and just dig it in for comfort as good connection is essential
Great little robo
Superb little robot. Bit of a faff to install boarder cabling but once done, long messy grass is a thing of the pas