Flymo EasiLife 800 Robotic Lawn Mower – Cuts Up to 800 sq m Ultra Quiet Mowing, Manicured Lawn, Bluetooth Application Control, Safety Sensors, Hose Washable, Lifestyle Functions, Frost Sensor
Flymo – The Lawn Care Experts
Flymo EasiLife 800 Robotic Lawn Mower
Day or night, rain or shine, the Flymo EasiLife 800 robotic lawnmower automatically cuts the grass for you so you don’t have to. It independently mows a lawn of up to 800m², cuts any garden shape and tackles slope gradients of up to 35%. Designed with quick installation in mind – simply install the hidden boundary wire to define the cutting area and off it goes.
- Pin Protection for your security.
- Tilt, Lift and Collision sensors for your safety.
- Hose washable for your convenience.
Features intuitive Assist-U interface for easy scheduling, monitoring and communication with the mower from the onboard keypad & LCD display or via the smartphone app. It also comes with LawnSense and FrostSense to automatically adapt cutting schedule based on weather and lawn growth conditions.
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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.
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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.
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Can it mow in the rain?
Adaptive mowing whatever the weather
Detecting grass growth, it automatically adjusts the schedule to suit conditions, ensuring an even cut and protects the lawn.
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Can it mow my irregular shaped lawn?
Mows every corner of the lawn
Perfect for imperfect lawns, the EasiLife robotic mower can navigate across lumps, bumps and inclines of up to 35% so you can have a perfect finish.
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How easy is it to install and program?
Intuitive controls and quick scheduling
Install the boundary wire to define the cutting area and program the mower in 3 easy steps.
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 you love…
What robot best suits me?
Assist-U LCD Screen | Interface | Push & GO |
35% | Slope Performance | 25% |
800m2 | Working Area | 150m2 |
16cm | Cutting Width | 16cm |
20-50mm | Cutting Height | 20-50mm |
| | Smartphone App | |
| | Lifestyle Features | |
Assist-U LCD Screen | Interface | Push & GO |
35% | Slope Performance | 25% |
800m2 | Working Area | 500m2 |
16cm | Cutting Width | 16cm |
20-50mm | Cutting Height | 20-50mm |
| | Smartphone App | |
| | Lifestyle Features | |
- Flymo Easilife GO 150
- Flymo Easilife GO 500
| Weight: | 11.4 kg |
| Size: | 800 m² Cutting Area |
| Dimensions: | 55 x 38 x 23 cm; 11.44 Kilograms |
| Model: | 9705132-01 |
| Colour: | Orange and Grey |
| Manufacture: | Husqvarna UK |
| Colour: | Orange and Grey |
| Size: | 800 m² Cutting Area |
Overall, an excellent mower.
very easy to set-up once you know what you are doing. recommend researching a little to unsure right first time.
The instruction where excellent and easy to follow.
only issue I had was actually speaking to someone over the phone when I encountered a couple of set-up problems – that said, plenty of helpful tips online and on flymo website.
We have a fairly large, irregular shaped lawn with a lot of trees and other obstacles, so I wasn’t sure how well the mower would cope, but it’s been running most of the summer and it’s doing a great job.
Installation on a larger lawn was a reasonable amount of work to bury the boundary and guide wires, but you only need an edging tool. Once set up it works great. I need to rescue it once every couple of weeks if it gets wedged against a tree, but it’s saved me so much time and effort.
Great product, would definitely recommend.
I nearly nocked it down a star for having to source my own optional extra boggly eyes. And while I think they should be included with every unit I’m not sure that’s fair to flymo.
Set up is a faff, but a couple of hours and it’s done.
I had to redo the set up annoyingly as there is a typo in the quick start guide which puts the decimal point in the wrong place for distance on the wire…. Which was honestly infuriating. But now it’s set up and been going for 6 ish weeks that’s a distant memory.
Just use the trimmer now to go around the edge once week and it’s done.
I have a large garden with various obstacles in the lawn (trees, bird feeder etc….). I have found this mower frees up so much time, that I can now relax and enjoy the garden a bit more.
I buried the guide wire, time consuming, but worth the effort. A top tip, is to purchase some clear 4mm tubing, for ‘islands’ around tree’s. I threaded one side of the cable through the tubing and taped the ‘return’ cable to the side of the tubing, so the wires do not cross each other are a perfect distance from each other, enabling the robotic lawnmower to cross the buried cable, with no issues.
Here’s the link to the tubing I purchased. 4mm ID x 6mm OD – 10m Length PVC Clear Hose Vinyl Tubing, Food Grade Plastic Flexible Tube Pipe for Transfer Water Oil air https://amzn.eu/d/8jMX9Qi
1 week in and the mower is doing a great job going out daily and keeping my grass at a constant hight (hiding all the weeds) with no issues of it getting stuck or parking itself to charge.
The one thing that I find extremely frustrating and why it’s not 5 stars is that the software artificially LIMITS THE FREQUENCY YOU CAN MOW. I can get around 3 hours a day from mine, the manual doesn’t actually define the limit (annoying and sneaky) so I’ve had to use trial and error with the scheduling to work it out. I can only assume this is a commercial decision to force customers to pay more for the same product if you have a larger lawn. It feels like owning a car but only being able to use it for a set number of hours a day.
As said I am happy and the lawn looks great so it’s non issue for me but MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CORRCT LAWN SIZE because this is sneaky commercial marketing from Flymo.
I love cutting grass but a heavy workload, lack of free time available and the fact that we don’t often get dry sunny days to cut grass up here in Scotland, meant that this was a great solution to maintaining our garden throughout the grass-growing seasons and although it comes at a cost – if it stands the test of time, it wont take long for it to pay for itself.
Pro’s
– once you have it all set up its so good.
– You can set a schedule or timetable and it will go out and do its thing before returning to the base to charge.
– There is an app that’s ok – I dont often use it after setting up the scheduling but you have an element of control over it.
– its quiet, really quiet – when its out cutting, it doesn’t even disturb birds in the garden, the dog if she’s out and it will have no affect on interrupting conversations if you have anyone round sitting in the garden.
– little to no grass cuttings to contend with. (unless your grass is too long to begin with – I’d suggest you cut the grass before first use and let the mower maintain that).
Con’s
– so, you have to install a wire around the perimeter of the area to be cut.
– You can use the provided stakes to pin it down, which is easy enough but be warned that on the lowest/shortest cutting setting (we found the longer and medium setting too long) it cut the cable in places – so burying it is probably the best solution and that is a rubbish task to carry out, essentially going round with an edging tool and pushing the cable into the ground, all the way around. Its boring and time consuming but worth it.
– You essentially have 3 spinning blades that cut the grass to a length and if like us, you choose to have the mower out every day – its really just nipping the top off the grass. Theres no vacuum or catch bag, so the grass just lands on the grass, essentially self-replenishing itself. It does however mean that any footwear that crosses it, will bring an element of grass back indoors (particularly when the grass is damp/wet).
– like a traditional mower – grass does accumulate underneath and you will from time to time have to clean the undercarriage.
Neither Pro nor Con
– you’ll need an outside power source
– the optional flymo cover is expensive. I didn’t like the idea of no cover at all, given the weather conditions up north and so went with the purpose made one by Flymo, thinking that it would connect to the charging base but to my disappointment it is a free-standing structure that is in no way connected to the device – so a cheaper or DIY alternative should be considered.
If you’re unsure about robot mowers, don’t be – they do pretty much all you’d want and the Flymo is no different. It comes out and munches the grass automatically, keeping the grass nice and tidy.
You need to spend a little time setting up, but once you get it figured out it is great.
The App however is a bit dodgy, mainly because it doesn’t reliably connect to the mower (Bluetooth connection).
The main idea of the app is to be able to connect remotely when within a reasonable distance, so one can send the mower out, bring it home to its dock or adjust the schedule. However the only way to get the thing to connect is to go outside and wake it up by pressing some of the buttons on the actual mower. Then the app connects. This is obviously rubbish, especially if it’s raining and cold outside.
I would hope Flymo will sort this. Would it put me off buying again? No. But I may try a different brand next time.
The issue with this mower is that what they don’t tell you is that it will refuse to operate for more than 2 hours in a given day and will tell you that the operating limit has been reached and will refuse to work for 24 hours after this (so if you exceed the limit close to midnight – it may refuse to work for 2 days after this). This is purely a software restriction installed to make you buy the “bigger” models (all GO models have the exact same hardware – the only difference is the level of time restriction in the firmware). This needs to be considered as if you run the machine with default settings (where it wants to run all night) it can leave the machine out of action every 2nd day. You cannot force it to cut once this limit is reached, the manual modes are all locked out once the limit is reached. That said if you set it to 1 hour a day max, and run it every couple of days, it should do fine in a small garden but I hate this concept / implementation of DRM.
Product support is dire, they don’t reply to messages at all.
Installation is a long process, as you have to bury the boundary wire really (they will show that you don’t have to do this just lay it on the surface, but if you do this, its very easy to get the wire cut especially if your lawn is not dead flat).
The supplied power cord is VERY short (2 meters) and you’ll probably need to purchase a larger wire which are pretty expensive too unless you can put your base station right by an external power source.
The android / apple app is a must really but the Bluetooth range is pretty short here, so forget operating it from indoors, you have to go stand by the machine really to get it to connect.
+It cuts the grass really well
+It’s quiet and reliable
The Not so good
– It takes time to install the guide wire, but that’s only a small amount of time in comparison to all the time saved mowing in the future
– The software is awful – really awful.
– It works on Bluetooth, so you need to be close to it to make it respond – wifi would have been a better choice here, though to be fair, most cannot see their wifi network in their garden.
– The instruction manual is overwhelming, unnecessarily complicated and a complete mystery
– Tech support is nonexistent – many hours on hold for nothing.
All the above are not insurmountable, and once you know, and work within these limits, the actual job the product does is very good.
You Should Know
. You will need to buy the house for it / a house for it. The Flymo house is good, but is another 108 on top of an already expensive product.
. The blades need replacing – not a bad thing, but another cost.
. The guide wire needs to be well buried, and tightly pegged. If it isn’t, the mower actually chews its way through the cable.
. The instructions are contradictory about a guide wire and a loop wire. Simply, the Loop wire goes around the edge and defines the area to mow. The Guide wire runs roughly through the middle of the space and divides the area into 2 zones – this enables you to mow one half then the other. Nothing more complex than that (despite the instruction manual’s best efforts!)
Initially I thought once it had arrived to just pop Larry the lawn (named the mower) out on the garden and test if it can go up the slope, but you have to set everything up before Larry was even able to switch on.
Set up did take a while, around an hour. Our garden measures around 30 metres long and 10 mtrs wide, and there are a couple of areas I wanted to stop Larry from venturing. Once the boundary wire was down it was a case of getting Larry ready to go, my advice is RTFM (read the F Manual) it isn’t something you can guess your way through.
Any once all set up, the app for the phone is pretty good and does what it needs, we set Larry off and luckily he dealt with the incline really well so no issues there. Larry goes out twice a day and easily covers all of the lawn, rain or shine he is out there.
This is by far the best money I have spent, no more hefting the large petrol mower onto the lawn, Larry is almost silent too, so can go out at any time of the day or night.
And 4 months in, the lawn is looking better than ever, the moss which has always been a huge issue is disappearing, this could be down to the regular mowing or the grass clippings mulching back into the lawn. Our garden is set up in such a way that Larry gets pretty close to the edges so I have no need to go out and strim after. The only slight issue we have had is where Larry has gone through the wire a few times, so make sure you leave some slack near the base station. It is easy to re-connect using the spare wire connectors that come with it.
So all in all a great purchase. I would highly recommend.
It has been running a few weeks now. I’m so impressed with this mower and my lawn has honestly never looked better. The Flymo works very hard to free itself from all our lumps and dips and I hardly ever have to rescue it. It’s hard to believe it could do the job when you watch it trundling around but it absolutely does. It will be even better when I’m better and can smooth out some of the bigger dips.
It reads the weather and avoids the rain and super-sun. It’s really quiet, so it never disturbs us.
Flymo provide loads of very helpful videos so you have every chance of understanding the product before making a purchase, but there is one thing they don’t tell you until you read the whole manual — the best place to place your charging station is in the shade, so you need to think about this when you are planning your loop. There is a failsafe that shuts down the charger if the battery is too hot. I wish I had realised this beforehand. I will get it a little garage to deflect the sun.
My only other criticism is that the supplied pegs for pinning down the guide wires are rather short. I knew I would need more than were supplied, and the unbranded extras I purchased were 50% longer and stayed down better.
Life changing – never have to cut the grass now, just strim the edges every few weeks. Garden is always ready for use. Also use the ‘secondary area’ function to do our front garden too where you manually lift it into the second area and then move it back to main area after its done – really not a big hassle. Have not given 5 stars because mine curves to the right and tech support said it shouldn’t do that – so I am in the process of having it looked at by one of their service agents. But I don’t think it actually affects it’s cutting ability anyway because the grass looks fine enough to me. Took about 5 hours to set it up but once that was done, there’s little else to do. I also had to set up an outdoor plug socket which is a necessity – you can’t charge it in doors and then take it outside.
Takes a while to initially set up, I chose to bury the boundary cable which does take time but worth it as there is no danger of cutting it later.
The only thing I find a little frustrating, I would like to set a schedule for a couple of hours in the morning then the same later in the evening. Once the mower has done the first two hours it returns to its docking station and cannot be used again that day, App says it’s reached it’s daily limit, this situation is not mentioned in the manual. I emailed technical support but not heard anything back 3 weeks later. I presume it is factory set to ensure they can have different size mowers and can charge more for longer running units.
The App is a little clunky and could be very much better but without it, setting schedules etc would be very difficult. This only works via Bluetooth so if your docking station is at the bottom of the garden you will need to get in range to change any settings or schedules.
Also you will need an outside electrical socket, depending where you want to put the docking station so this could add to the initial cost.
Watch the price too, back in April this was 375.00 and now in June it’s 200.00 more. I guess, out of the mowing season they reduce the price to continue to move them.
Saying all this, the lawn is in the best condition it’s ever been, lush and green and no cuttings to get rid of. The unit is also good fun and my grandson loves it!
If you can get this at the right price, have the time and effort to set it up and have an electric socket where you want to position the docking station, I would recommend.
Update 29/6/22
Flymo support have finally got back to me and all they say is this model will mow for 2 hours a day, maximum. This means it is more important to get the correct unit for your lawn size.
Could I live without this little guy? Absolutely not.
The mower is fantastic, goes out twice a day and maintains the grass. We have dogs and our grass has been in terrible condition for years, since getting this mower the grass quality is certainly improving!
Setting up with the wiring was a little tricky at first but honestly nothing too complex. No problems with him so far!
I’ve had this Robot for just over a week so it’s a little early for a review of longevity or lawn quality but I will edit it in future months.
First off, the instructions and installation details were very simple to follow. Out of the box you have everything you need. Plenty of boundary and guide wire and more than enough pegs should you use them.
My lawn is very small, probably about 40msq so the Easylife Go 150 is perfect. I needed a solution to losing space for a petrol mower and this seemed the logical step. As you can see by the video, the lawn is flat to a paved pathway, so digging a small trench around the boundary allows the robot to move effortlessly over the edging. I now only need to trim when the edge creeps onto the path. I would’ve had to do that with a traditional mower anyway so no issues there.
As for the docking station, I didn want it on the lawn as it would be a trip hazard for little ones. The solution was to take out the mortar in the path and lay the guide/boundary wire accordingly. As you can see in the picture (where the mortar is darker) I have repointed the path and the robot has no issues detecting it and stopping. It finds the docking station every time and doesn’t ever collide with the garage wall.
Securing it to the floor, I have used the plastic pegs it came with but drilled into the slabs, then using a rubber mallet, gently hammered them in. They are firm enough to keep the docking station in place, but loose enough for me to take them out for winter.
So far so good. It’s only been a week but I am very impressed with Unicorn (named by a little one). They cut tirelessly and seem to get the job done. I’m not entirely convinced the blades which came with it are the best, there are more than a handle of uprooted grass roots which it appears to have torn out rather than cut. I may pay for higher quality blades when then need replacing just to see if the cut is better or whether it’s just the robot itself.
I will review this again after the summer to see if I’m still as happy with it then.
*Edit 25/5/22
I’ve added an additional photo to show a bumper I have added to Unicorn. This is to prevent further scratching when it collides with our plant bed sleepers which run down one side of the garden. It was only causing minor damage to the front, but this prevents it complete without hindering the mower at all.
If you have any raised areas which the mower will impact with, I would suggest adding a similar bumper to prevent scratching.
I come from the throw away the instructions and get the thing going school.Sadly no good for this.
Laying the perimeter wire took a while but i used a kitchen knife to cut the turf and slip it inside,all i thought was good.
I got the tree obstacles all wrong and ended up just taking it out – it happily bumps into them and moves elsewhere,not sure its worth the effort of avoiding them.To be honest i’d probably have let it just hit my fences and dwarf walls and reduced the strimming with hindsight but i’ll know for next time.
My biggest mistake was not emptying the box properly – didn’t realise there was a great big plastic sheet that attaches to the charging station stopping the mower knocking the charger over every time.
After a week of correcting my mistakes its now out every day for an hour or so at 4pm prompt (remember to set date/time properly-mine was in 2002).
Like others have said,it’s very satisfying to watch it on it’s travels while avoiding the hard work.
I’m 8 stone heavier and have a gin and tonic addiction.
Awesome bit of kit that is saving me hours a week . Hate mowing so boring. Set up was easy. Just follow the ruler for the boundary. Guide wire was easy too . Just make sure you push down fully on the coupler. I also buried it so as not to have the mower chop it to pieces.
App is easy to use and install. The mower is scheduled to go out and mow on the highest setting until either the boundary wire gets grown over or I decide to bury it. Can’t fault the little thing. Watching it do its work in the sun with a pop is weirdly satisfying too.
Overall i am extremely impressed, I can now go away and not worry about coming home to an overgrown lawn. I also don’t need to worry about collecting and dealing with grass clippings because it all gets mulched as it goes. I’d recommend this to anyone.
Initial setup, lessons learned… so unlike my robot hoover, this lawnmower requires you to install a boundary wire around the perimeter of the garden and around any obstacles you don’t want it to run into. You can either cut a groove in the lawn and place it in that, or use the supplied stakes to hold it down while you wait a few weeks for the grass to grow over it and pull it down. I opted for a groove which i thought might take me a couple of hours maximum to create. Over a day later and with some help I completed the wire lay! A couple of weeks later I needed to adjust parts and add a guide wire and do opted this time to just stake it down – this was much much easier! if you take this option, leave the cutting height at its highest to avoid risking cutting the wire while it beds in.
Wire placement – the boundary wire needs to be a set distance away from the edge. The distance is adjustable between 20cm to 30cm in the app, but has to be the same everywhere. If you have any cut borders you’ll want it to stop before it drops its wheel into it because it will struggle to get back out of anything more than a 2cm drop. Obstacles over 2cm in height don’t need the wire if you don’t mind the lawnmower colliding gently with them and changing course (small trees are fine).
Guide wire – I thought this might be optional, but the mower is not very clever and really struggles to find its dock without it. Again this is nothing like my hoovers which easily dock. You will need to install the guide wire which also helps guide it to other parts of the lawn if like me you have a side section.
Noise – it is fairly quiet. I can hear it from inside if it is quiet inside, but nothing that bothers me at all.
Coverage – on my first few cuts I let it run 6 hours a day. It will cut for about 1 hour, charge for an hour and then come back out. Mine is the 500 model and I suspect the only difference is the amount of boundary wire you get in the pack and not the battery size. I now cut for about 2 hours a day (which means setting it for 4 hours to allow for charging) and it seems to cover it very well.
Dog poo – I have a Labrador so I try to pick up daily if he has poo’d on the lawn. I have missed a poo a couple of times now and the mower just drives through it. The blades on these are small almost razor blades, so it doesn’t explode the dog poo everywhere, it just gets smeared about a bit and dragged over the wheels. You can hose the machine down so its easy to clear up.
A great bit of kit and means I can spend my garden time doing other things.
In the Amazon comparison with alternative products, it states that the cut width is 60cm. When I saw it I did think it was dubious and sure enough I was correct. If you choose this product because of the cutting width please be aware that the figure of 60cm is incorrect, it is more like 20cm (similar to its competitors). I was pleased to note that machine is actually made by Husqvarna. I believe that Flymo is a subsidiary of Husqvarna. Husqvarna were early into the robot mower scene and my hope is that they have been able to produce a reliable machine.
After completing the installation, I was all set to give it a test run. I went on to the app, set it to overide the preset schedule, told it to run for an hour and pressed Start. Nothing happened, it told me that it was scheduled to start at a later time. I tried a number of other times to get it to run manually but to no avail. I sat down, about 2 metres away from the charging station, to read more of the instruction manual. Stood up to look at the machine and to my surprise it was off at the other end of the garden and had started to do its stuff. That’s how quiet the machine is! My guess is that the machine had to be charged to a minimum of 80% before it would set off but I couldn’t find anything about that in the manual.
Watching the little machine go about its business was quite comical and fun. The boundary wire which I had placed at about 20cm from the edges of the grass appeared to work well. I hadn’t realised that the machine stops to turn once the machine was half way across the wire so you might end up with the wheels ending up in your flower beds. It seemed to be able to climb out easily enough though.
I had the machine on its highest cut height of 50mm (factory setting) and it was quite a dry day so none of the grass was especially taxing for the machine. How it will work in the damp with slightly thicker grass remains to be seen. The blades on these machines are tiny so I would suggest getting some spare replacements especially if you have and stones or worm-casts. After it completed its first outing, it had cut most of the grass, just a few areas of uncut grass. My guess is that if the grass is being cut every day then the randomness of the movement of the mower will likely get all the bits it missed before and so will become unnoticeable. The machine does have a tendency to cut over areas that have already been cut but I’m guessing the software isn’t that sophisticated to map the lawn and know where it has been!
Next I intend to lay the boundary wire for our front garden and add it into the back garden loop. This will be a secondary area and my understanding is that I should be able to set the machine to secondary setting, move the machine to the secondary area and hit Start, it will carry on cutting the front grass until the battery runs out or I stop it.
All in all my first impressions are good for our small, not so lush, grassed areas.
I like gadgets
But they’re often more fun than useful
This little beastie is both. I have an acre of garden, mostly lawn. Far bigger than the 500m2 it’s designed for. I also set it up in April with long, wet grass. I was totally unfair.
But he just trundles on and on and with each cut makes his life easier, so each time he can trundle further and do more
The grass is a lovely length and evenly cut. It’s actually better than the results from my ride on, as the 500 copes with all the little undulations and hills without beaching or bottoming
Setting up the wire was two days work and I did bury it using an edging spade. But not one problem since. And I sit here with a nice cold Sauvignon and a warm glow as I watch my lawn being beautifully cut
Thoroughly recommend
I find the app and scheduling really quite straight forward, so Maurice the mower now wends his happy little way around my lawn on a regular basis. Obviously it lacks stripes, but who cares, when it’s neatly mowed? Frankly ensuring our Beagle’s “calling cards” are removed before he’s due to mow is far more trouble!
Thus far he appears to be way more reliable than either of my ex-husbands, and complains significantly less too! What’s not to love?
Robbie (as we’ve called him) has been with us a few weeks now, and we love him! He potters around & keeps the lawn (and the dog) in check, making sure i don’t have to get the big mower out, sort out the extension leads, ensure there is room in the bin for grass cuttings, and generally wasting an afternoon!
Got my kids to help with burying the guide wire, and connecting up, so it was an easy job for them whilst i supervised with a cuppa from the comfort of my garden sofa!
Since then he’s been doing his thing, and the children think he’s brill (the kids are 20 & 22) and video him for their social media, prompting lots of ‘you are so posh’ responses apparently. No, not posh, just lazy! Friends think he is great & are looking for their own robot mower now.
I’ve started building him a little wooden garage for far less money than the moulded plastic cover that flymo suggest, so i’ve had fun doing that instead of mowing the lawn!
Great purchase, would recommend to anyone who is very busy, or lazy!
Any misgivings? No. Although i think he secretly fancies the barbeque – he seems to be down in that area of the lawn quite a bit!
I never expected to be so impressed by such a useful gadget.
First off, I bought this from Amazon Warehouse and it was slightly used and repacked, but was near enough half price so a bargain.
Set up is a little involved and please read the instructions, as some thought is needed re the layout and cables need to be laid carefully and ideally buried as there is risk the blades will cut through as the mower goes 20+cm over the boundary. Setting up and connecting to the app is a bit fiddly but logical once you follow it through.
Results are amazing, in less than a week grass is looking better with a daily trim. It’s also somewhat therapeutic to watch the new house pet quietly meander around the garden.
One point that needs making is that these devices aren’t hedgehog friendly so please do not set them to run at night as some reviews have recommended.
Replacement Review
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Following a return of my first unit after just under a year, I’ve now had the replacement for 3 months. The replacement was an advanced exchange from Amazon direct. Very simple, easy and a free process. The replacement was brand new.
I changed everything except the by then buried wires in the ground.
The replacement unit has been fault less and I really do mean that. I plugged it in and charged it on the day it arrived and set it on a daily schedule. It has cut the grass every day since. It has never got stuck, lost or failed to return to the charge base ever. I’ve not touched it at all. It is exactly what it should be. The lawn looks immaculate 24/7. What more can you say.
In summarise my experience with these points:
1. The setup does take time and is a lot of effort but is neccesary. You must make sure you do this right. As with most things bad prep = bad results.
2. If you get a good unit its brilliant and based on other reviews I think I was unlucky the first time.
3. Amazon’s return service (I have prime if that makes a difference) with the 2 year warranty took any risk away (within warranty).
4. Flymo support is shockingly awful and for that reason I can’t revise my score back to five stars. They have to sort this out. If it fails outside of warranty I know its probably just going in the bin and its a bit expensive for that level of after sales service.
Original Review
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I have had this product for just over one year.
The product worked well for around 2 months and during that time I would have given it a 5 star review. However after that point it started to develop problems. Initially the mower would return to its base and charge but it would not cut the grass again based on the schedule. You would realise after a week or so and when you connected to it via the app it would be showing an error that wasn’t possible. If you acknowledged the error it would clear and work again.
After a further two months it developed a more serious fault. It would return to the charger but refuse to charge. No option from the app could get it to do anything. If you physically picked it up and moved it off the charger it would then return itself but still refuse to do anything. The only way to get it to work again, with the abscense of any physical or software based reboot option, was to disconnect the charger and let the battery drain completely which would take several days. Once flat you could switch the power back on and it would then fully charge and it would work again. However when it returned to its base you would have to go through the cycle again which gets to the point where the machine is more work than it was saving and only cutting the grass twice a month.
After contacting Flymo support I was asked to take it for repair which I did in February in anticipation of starting to use the device again this spring. It took around 6 weeks for it to be ready to collect which I wasn’t that impressed with. When I got it back it worked perfectly again for around 10 days before the app displayed a message this Monday stating cutting limit had been reached after not doing anything since the previous Friday. I left the unit until this morning when it still did not start again. I manually used the app to start a cut which it did but after leaving it for some time I came out to the garden to find it motinless in the middle of the lawn. When connecting to the device it says it has been lifted.
That’s enough for me I’ve lost confidence in the unit and I’ve now contacted Amazon who inside 10 minutes have arranged a replacement which is brilliant. I will give it a second chance because when it works it does the job very well but reliability could be a concern.
I would also like to add that the Flymo support is very poor. When I chased them after the device has been in for repair for four weeks without any communication it took 15 days for them to reply. Thankfully by then the repair company had contacted me directly to tell me it should be done by the end of the week which it was.
I will update this review after I get my replacement.
Some times there’s problem with connection with app.
Mower Its very quiet I love to.
The Flymo EasiLife Robot Mower is genuinely the best thing I’ve bought in years! I’d learnt about robot mowers a good while ago but at that time the price associated with them made purchasing one a dream. I was able to get this little gem delivered last week at a relatively excellent price thanks to Amazon’s Warehouse promotion (20% off). The initial set up involves laying the boundary wire etc (if you’re reading this, I’m assuming you’ve done some research and know all about this). I’ve read this is a pain point and I won’t deny it was. It took me around 2 hours to lay the wire and then daily checks for a few days after the mower had run to make sure it was in tact. Over the first few days after the mower had run I’d find areas where the mower had pulled the boundary wire up slightly so I would add further ground pegs. On that point, the mower came supplied with approximately 100 ground pegs but I needed more; no issue at all as I found B&M sell packs of 25 for next to nothing. The next challenge I had was the mower kept beaching itself over the legs of a trampoline I have in the garden for my little boy. This was easily overcome by adding some cheap wooden boards in between the legs of the trampoline secured by zip ties. The mower can’t now travel over the legs of the trampoline and uses the anti collision sensors to back away when it encounters the trampoline. The full set up only takes a couple of days as you may need to adapt the set up to suit your individual garden but once done I guarantee you will be as happy as I am right now. My robot mower has been running for days, cutting the lawn at 3cm (just as I like it) and has not gotten stuck or caused any other issues. I’ll need to strim the edges every now and then but that is no bother at all when compared to the prospect of pulling out my overly heavy petrol lawnmower out every weekend! My final piece of advice is if you’re considering purchasing this is do it, put in some effort on the initial setup then enjoy the rest of the season 🙂
I have several lawns that I can’t connect together so of necessity I’m establishing something of a fleet…
I’ve tried the EasiLife and EasiLife Go in various sizes, the difference between the sizes, as far as I can tell, is simply a software limit on the length of time it will operate each day – the hardware is identical except you (usually…) get more pegs and cables with the ‘bigger’ models.
I havent tried other makes (to be fair the Flymos appear have it sewn up on cost, but the prices do fluctuate wildly)) the Gardena in particular looks identical to me bar the colour and rather more expensive, the price for almost any of the models seems to change radically- in some cases from below 300 to above 1000 for the same model, so pick your moment to buy.
I’d say the 1200r is better built mechanically but the later EasiLife/Go versions have more software options and more flexibility in locating the base station, which is good.
Incidentally some bright spark decided that they would save cost by providing a low voltage lead of inadequate length- the 1200R was fine, but the EasiLife is pathetically short and the aftermarket leads are not cheap.
The perimeter wire supplied is on the mean side too so you may have to buy some aftermarket extras but they at least are readily available.
One thing I was unable to find out before spending my money was the differences between the EasiLife and EasiLife Go, pages of marketing nonsense about how your friends will envy your astuteness in buying a Flymo robot and having more free time and a better lawn than any of them, but a dearth of actual information.
So, here it is, some actual information:
There are only two significant differences: the cutting height adjustment, and an LCD screen on the mower itself.
The more expensive EasiLife version has a large knob to adjust the cutting height to pretty well any level you like but the Go has just three settings that you set by unscrewing the blade carrier and locating it in one of three positions. Probably fine, but a bit disappointingly cheap.
The Go version has 5 LEDs to tell you what is happening but they light or flash in a completely unintuitive pattern to indicate things such as such as charging or wrong pin code – I haven’t managed to do anything without the guidebook yet. A simple row of leds each with a single function and a label such as ‘charge’ or ‘spot cutting’ would be a huge improvement. The EasiLife version has a screen to help here.
Both versions have a bluetooth app which in the case of the Go is pretty well essential to make any sense of it, but the app itself is less than wonderful – it is grumpy about (unnecessary) email addresses and I have had to reinstall it and start again as the ‘help’ service is non-existent.
That said, once you have set up your mower then I don’t see the need to fiddle with it.
For that reason (well, because of the price difference really) I’m standardising on the Go version but it is slightly more frustrating to set up.
A couple of tips:
The time spent burying the wires with a lawn edger is well spent but if you are new to this try pegging out a trial area first so you can see how much border to allow (I reckon 25cm is a good balance – there is some adjustment on the App if you have got it slightly tight)
If it appears not to function it may just not be fully charged- until it is it just sulks in it’s charger and reuses to come out to play- but this is not obvious from the instructions, the panel or the app.
Oh, and you can’t get two of them to share the same lawn, they won’t play together – I had to try!
This is a review of the Easilife Go 150
I’m writing this review a week after purchase (7th April 2022) and will update at regular intervals.
First thing to note is that there is no real difference in new Easilife Go 150 / 250 / 500 range of lawnmowers. The only difference is the length of boundary wire and pegs you are given. My garden is around 100m squared and the amount of boundary wire provided by the Easilife Go 150 was more than enough. This was an impulse buy for me after receiving a notification on my Amazon app. I had been looking for a new lawnmower but hadn’t considered a robotic lawnmower as I was under the impression they didn’t really work properly. However, after reading the reviews and looking up reviews on YouTube I was convinced that they work well and that the price at the time was a cheap as they ever have been on a deal (I paid 372.99 for the 150 model, the 500 model was available for 409.99).
Set Up
After reading the reviews I expected the set up to me much more difficult and time consuming than it was. I have a relatively simple rectangular shape garden and I managed the set up in under an hour. It is much easier to follow the official Flymo set up video on YouTube (just search for it) than to follow the instructions provided. I am not a very practical person or a major DIYer but I managed it with ease. Also managed to connect it to my Android phone (Google Pixel 4a) with ease first time. By the way, you don’t need to use a phone app to for the lawnmower, it can be used standalone without the phone, it just makes life easier.
First Start
I was a little perplexed at first that the lawnmower was sitting in it’s charging dock and not moving despite me telling it to start both manually on the lawnmower and on the phone app. However, when I moved it from the charging dock to the grass it started working. I later realised that it will not move from the charging dock at first until it reaches 100% charge. So if you wonder why it will not move from the charging dock on its first use, this will be why. It worked its way around the garden and found its way home to charge when the battery it went down to around 20%. Then it moved back out again when it was fully charged. I have set it to mow for 4 hours a day but I will adjust as time goes on. I expect it will only need to be on duty 3-4 times a week.
Cutting and Performance
It did a very good job cutting the grass down. It makes very small cuts and does not collect the grass but leaves it on the lawn. I thought this would be an issue but it wasn’t. You don’t notice any of the cuttings on the lawn unless you look very closely. I have found that the cuttings have increased the quality of lawn already, as the cuttings naturally fertilises it. I started at the highest cutting height (3) and the reduced it to the middle cutting height (2) which is perfect for me. The advice is to gradually reduce the cutting height. I didn’t take any notice of this, and sure enough, I paid the price – it cut through a part of the boundary wire that was a little high. However, this was easily fixed (2 minute job) by using one of the spare electrical wire connectors provided. After this I also bought an extra pack of 20 wire connectors from Amazon for 7.99 for potential future use. Well worth an investment. Lot’s of people recommend burying the boundary wire when first setting it up, but if you do this it will be difficult to find any wire breaks in the early weeks when potential problems are likely to arise. As the weeks go by the wire will gradually sink into the lawn and get overgrown by grass anyway. I main problem is that people ignore the advice to put the boundary wire at least 10cm away from the edge in the hope of a closer cut of the edge of the grass, but if you have a weeds, clumps, dips or bumpy ground beyond the wire the lawnmower will lift or fall and in doing so change the angle of the cutting blades and potentially cut the boundary wire. I find that it edges the lawn perfectly with the boundary wire set 10cm away.
A Note on Changing the Cutting Height
At first I just couldn’t work out how to change the cutting height and the advice on Amazon Questions seemed different from different people. A lot of people told me I just had to turn a knob that didn’t exist on my model. I have since discovered that there have been subtle changes to the models over the years. My current 150 model is the latest model and was released in February 2021. On these newer models you have to take the small top cover off (the black plastic bit, not the main orange cover) and there you will find a hex key. You then flip the mower on it’s back and unscrew the blade mechanism and place it back on the mower on a different setting that is outlined. Easy when you know how but this took me ages to work out.
Neighbour’s and Dog’s Best Friend
A big bonus is that it is very very quiet, unbelievably quiet. You will be able to set it off to cut the grass at any time without disturbing the neighbours. Indeed it is very relaxing and meditative to watch. Also, my dog used to go absolutely mental when I used my hover mower to cut the grass and I was worried he would also bark at the robot mower. Praise the Lord, he takes no notice of it at all and this has saved me a lot of stress as no more unhappy spouse and children as the dog no longer bounces up and down at the patio doors like a demented banshie for an hour or so while I cut the grass.
Final Words
In short, if you’re tempted to buy this but not sure. Take the plunge and go for it. It is my favourite buy of the year so far. I love it. Easy to set up and works brilliantly.
Very impressed. Had a couple of weeks now. Took a couple of hours to carefully put the wire around the garden. Since then I have had it running as per instructions in highest cut, then amended to the lowest cut. Now my lawn has never looked so good compared with a petrol mower. Cuts closer and looks fabulous. Convenience was the reason it was bought but the lawn looking so marvellous is an added benefit.
Installed three weeks ago running very well. Decided to lay the wire with the stakes into the lawn, easy to instal and working very well.
I decided to install the boundary wire by burying it from the outset. It was a brave decision but I decided that I’d prefer to have it done at the outset than have constant problems with a cut wire- as others have reported. So far I think it was a good decision. The installation of the wire took a couple of hours but was tolerable on a nice day when the ground was soft and so the cuts were easy- it would be a different story on a rainy day or with rock hard ground. I laid out the boundary wire, included loops at the corners and where the guide wire was going to attach, and then buried the wire after cutting a slit with an edge cutter- with the wire being pushed down in the slit with a mallet and inverted peg. I set up a small connected secondary lawn area immediately adjacent to the main area too.
I then laid out the guide wire, attached it to the boundary wire and checked the connections via the lights on the charger. Initially I panicked- it was flashing blue (no connection)- but then realised I hadn’t pushed the connector parts together firmly enough when attaching the guidewire. Once squeezed some more, the light went green and bingo- all was good!
I’ve run it a couple of days now (already moving to a shorter cut height of level 2 since the wire is buried). So far its great- it trundles about the garden, doesn’t knock into things, stops the right distance after passing the boundary wire and there’s been no glitch. It got stuck once near the charging station but I think I didn’t put the boundary wire behind the changing station as required (the instructions aren’t totally clear on this) but I think I’ve sorted it now. I would say that the dog definitely wasn’t keen on it and made a bolt for the front of the house when it started up!
I contacted flymo in advance of purchase to ask about the difference between the Easilife GO 250 and 500 and they responded by email and phone- though clearly support was based in Europe. But it was helpful for the simple question- I’m not sure how it would be for a more complex query.
I would note that the low voltage power cable is very short- only about 3 metres long. I bought a weatherproof extension cable and box from Argos that allowed me to run the cable to where required. Otherwise all was good. There was enough boundary cable and guide wire for my 120m2 area (including the secondary area) and enough pegs because I buried most of the cable- more would be used perhaps if on the surface only.
I’ll see how things progress over the coming weeks but so far I’m very pleased. It’s not quick to set up but the instructions are clear if you take time to read and digest them.
Update after 12 months of use. Works brilliantly. It stayed out all winter – I built a small house for it to hide in- and it’s been great, with frost sense keeping it parked during snow for a couple of weeks. I kept it mowing once a week throughout winter and it keeps the lawn looking neat. Really I just forget about it and it does its thing without hassle. Had a loop signal fault once which was where the guide wire connected but it was easy to fix with a new connector- there’s even a Facebook page which has some useful advice from other users. App got updated last spring too and is better than before though still Bluetooth of course. Overall delighted – wouldn’t go back- it really is a time saver.
Performed great first year but can’t get it to start this year.
The mower keeps shutting down, it maybe the batteries but need advice as I don’t want to spend 100 if I don’t need to. Advice please
With 4 separate lawns I’ve run 1200r mowers for 4 years but the base station pcb packed in on the original one and a replacement costs 200 plus, so I upgraded to the EasiLife.
Big improvement in all respects. Swivel castor reduces scuffing and more sophisticated algorithm and gentler changes of direction avoids making muddy patches adjacent to the boundary wire. Good app but make sure it’s the latest version.
Hose wash down also possible.
Really easy to set up I watched the video on flymo website , didn’t take me long . Larry has made such a difference to the lawn and gives me more time for other things . So glad I brought one
Upon set up, you really have to examine the instructions carefully before doing anything! Took me about 3-4 hours to set this up, including the boundary wire, for around a 120m2 garden with odd-shaped edges. You need to place the boundary wire at different distances to the edge depending on whether the edge is a wall, flat path or obstacle, but the cardboard guide helps with that.
After 1 week of use, the mower worked as expected in terms of schedule, but got caught/stuck on the boundary wire twice and also completely cut through it. (It is worth noting I had the mower on the shortest setting). I laid the boundary wire again, but this time buried it in the lawn. It’s not in use over winter but I’ve read it still works when buried (and in fact it’s actually recommended!).
It’s worth noting that you still need to manually cut some grass with certain edges (such a walls), as the mower doesn’t cut right up to the edge.
Overall, I’ve given this a 4/5; it’s overpriced, and fiddly to set up, involving some trial and error.. but once it’s configured properly it works well.
This brilliant machine takes away all the hassle of lawn mowing. Most of which is knowing that the grass needs cutting and you really can’t be bothered, but if you don’t do it in the next couple of days it’s going to rain – be too warm – or it will be twice as long! Well none of that with this baby in your garden. You set it up to cut as often as you want – I do twice a week on high, and leave to get on with the job. Which is does without any hassle and no complaining!
The initial setup was a bit of a pain. I laid the boundary wire down on top of the lawn, pinning down as per instruction, mainly to judge how near to the fence I could get (cuts down on the strimming) – After a couple of cuts I reckoned I could move the boudary wire closer to the fence by about 3 cms. Well every little helps. Once satified with that, I used a lawn edge trimmer spade thing to make a shallow trough round the cutting area and. using one of the pegs with the pointed end cut off, I pressed the wire into the trough nipping the soil back together as I went along. The mower needs a guide wire to take it back to base. I chose the furthest point from the base for the straight line so that it could pick up the route to base easier. After a couple of weeks you couldn’t see where I had planted the wires.
If you have OCD about straight mowing, cricket pitch lines in your grass – which I admit I did have before I got this mower, then I’m afraid you’re going to have to get over that, but if you want to take the pain from mowing your lawn this is the one.
Very good product once set up but instructions complicated and tech support all via e mail which takes too long. Had to go to Amazon support (which was excellent) as Flymo customer care was bad.
Had to rely on YouTube videos as much easier installation guidance than flymos ow
In terms of technical setup, the initial wizard is OK, but it’s worth checking out the advance scheduler afterwards. This is so you can set times and days more gradually, rather than the ‘which of the 7 days do you not want to cut’ option the wizard gives you. The cutting length is easy to set for my grandparents. No need to go in to the settings for that, just adjust the knob on top.
The model we bought didn’t include Bluetooth as far as I could tell. I looked up the manual and the settings tree which does show the option, though nothing on the device itself. I think it would be nice to have some kind of interaction with the app, so you can more easily adjust the settings etc.
Since using, the lawn has been healthier. The mulch that gets created by the mower appears to be feeding the lawn. So that’s a plus.
Would we recommend it? – yes if it is on sale. We paid 529 for the 500 option.
We’ve had this 3 weeks now & very happy with the purchase. Took a couple of hours to set up, we pegged the boundary wire down and it can’t be seen now it’s settled. It’s currently set for 1 1/2 hours a day and that does the job perfectly.
Once set up, he just goes out and nibbles the lawn. I think what I like best is you don’t get that awful job of mowing an unruly lawn if you miss cutting for a week. Not had any issues with broken wires. A quick zip around the edges with a battery strimmer once a week takes a minute. Lawn always looks ‘acceptable’ or better. If you have an uncomplicated lawn, it does a good job.
Having spent considerable time landscaping my garden and returfing, I realised I has created the perfect opportunity to look at robot mowers. I knew nothing about them but realised that the edges of the lawn being either flush patios or brick bedding borders was an ideal start…and I could easily relocate other obstructions creating a clear mowing area.
I had two initial concerns….would it mow to the edge and can I locate the charging station on a flower bed or similar….and the answer to both was yes. Mowing to the flush edge requires locating the edging wires about 2″ in and i fixed the charging station to a patio slab on a flower bed flush with the lawn.
So…any problems? So long as you read the instructions or watch a YouTube installation video then it’s not too difficult. Luckily I had new turf so could carefully lift to hide the guide wires underneath. Over the next week or so you’ll find a few adjustments will be needed so it never gets stuck.
The mower does not collect the grass cuttings, but mulches them….so I did find initially we brought grass cuttings into the house on our feet…but I seem to have resolved this by buying some new outdoor mats and mow frequently (presently 3 times a week)….
I’ve had the mower now for a couple of months and hopefully the lawn will always look neat and the chore of lawnmowing is past and replaced by the pleasure of sipping on a glass of wine as we watch the mower pottering about!
This Mower is very good better than I had expected. I can sit and watch while it does all the work , My Lawn is just over 78m2 but I bought the 250 unit mainly because I think Batteries would last longer after a few weeks of mowing it does cut nearly the whole Lawn on one charge ( 2 hours) .It does take time to set up and you do have to modify the Boundary wire to suit. My Lawn has a short slope that the mower tried to negotiate, though not steep because the Mower has to turn, it digs in when trying to climb the slope made worse because the front of the Mower is too light ,I did test this by adding a small weight (2.5kg) to the front and this does work up to a point. So I did have to compromise and move the boundary wire to a suitable height from the slope. Meaning I do have a wee bit more personal mowing and edge trimming (only because of the obstacles in my garden). Setting the cutting height is also trial and error because of high and low spots on my Lawn. but it does a very good job provided you set it to work regularly. Flymo recommend every day but I set mine to three times a week setup via the App. you cannot program this Mower via the onboard keyboard. The App is very easy besides. the only time I over ride the schedule is if it has been Raining a lot (Scotland). My last point is for placing the charging station and weather proof cover ( bought separately), Again because of the shape of my Garden and the different walls and stairs ,I just had to allow the Mower to bump in to it because your boundary wire has to run behind regardless. All in all a great wee project anyone could handle provided you can have a nearby power source.
As a robotic lawnmower the Flymo is brilliant. It is let down a little bit by the instructions that come with it though. They aren’t very clear and seem to contradict themselves in places.
Go on the website and watch the video it will save you time reading and rereading the poor instruction guide!
The only real gripe is that the power lead it comes with is very short, seems a little bit of an oversight.
Difficult to set up manually, I’d recommend using the app, which after two weeks is doing the job. Cutting seems good ,lawn being cut and looks good. Reserve judgement for this first season.
We have only had the mower for two weeks but it was relatively easy to install and works perfectly after a bit of tweaking and using the trouble shooting section in the instructions. I can definately recommend this mower after having had a very disappointing experience with another brand which we had to return. So far we are very happy with the performance of the mower and the lawn is now well groomed a week after it had been deployed.
I purchased the EasiLife 150 GO. The setup was easy as my garden is pretty square with straight lines. I haven’t had any issues with the boundary wire being cut as I pegged the wire down with many more pegs than suggested in the manual. This helped keep the wire tight and within a couple of weeks the wire has pretty much disapeared into the ground so I don’t see any point in me taking the time to bury it as its not visible anyway.
There are 3 cutting heights which you can adjust by unscrewing the cutting base and rotating it onto another height. Level 3 cuts the grass at its highest level and level one at its lowest.
One small issue I found is that level 2 was a little bit too high for me while level one was too short. I was able to easily overcome this by adding a small spacer and getting some slightly longer M5 stainless steel screws which adjusted the cutting height between level 1 and 2. This for me cut the grass to a perfect level!
Its fasinating to watch it navigate the lawn and it really does do a good job in keeping your grass looking good.
OMG I love my lawn but through the summer cutting a 400m2 lawn every week does need dedication. I have named my EasiLife Lawna. Bit of a to do laying the wire but follow the instructions then it’s fine. You really won’t regret it. Lawna cuts 5 days a week 5 hours a day on the highest cut, 2 days off. Lawn looks as good as ever. If you want strips then just run the mower over it but it looks great without it.