This ROBOT Mowed My Yard For 2 Years: Here's What Happened

[@WatchJRGo]

One more thing to add... the neighbors loved this thing, everyone would stop to talk about it, they would help if it got stuck, that was a lot of fun. Other times it would get stuck while I was out of town and I'd have to ask Gabe to move it back to the charging base so it wouldn't just be sitting out for a week. You basically have to "roomba proof" your yard to run it with no intervention. 🍻

[@psubuster]

Need to get yourself a miniature 🐐. Low maintenance and low cost. Just love him around the yard on various stake points and a chain.

[@toyota420xp]

I realy want that honda helix

[@andreedberg4562]

Really just to one manufacturer to choose from when it comes to a robotic mower and that's Husqvarna and their Automower series. Cost a bit more but soooo much better quality and your lawn will look like your neighbor or even better. You can pay for installation to minimize running problems

[@Crotal_Karma]

It mows.... not like this!

[@kmlumd44]

This guy's lawn health looks like crap.

[@robertfack3082]

I bought mine at the same time as yours. It works well on my complicated lawn, but the placing of the boundary wire is critical. Also it hates twigs which get caught underneath in the grass guides. You chose a robot which was too small for your half acre lawn. Husqvarna or Robomow make much bigger (and more expensive) ones. Husqvarna make a four wheel drive one (looks fantastic, but very expensive). My robot mows every part of my lawn a least three times a week, and the results are very good. Robots cut a very small amount off every pass and leave the cuttings in place to fertilise the grass, which only works if it can cut little and often. You need a bigger robot.

[@darrelhandgraaf7708]

Been using the largest model of Husqvarna robot mower for 4 years. Cost of the mower was MUCH more expensive (about $3k) but no real problem with it getting stuck or quality of the cut. Biggest problems were rodents chewing through the buried giluide wired and the inability of the mower to mulch leaves in the fall on my large, heavily forrested lot.

[@HubersRanch]

It really depends on the mower you get. Personally I still think Husqvarna has some of the best ones but you have to spend the money. And you also need to prepare your yard for a robot mower.

[@mainehouse3789]

Very likely the wires are coated in a soy based "green" alternative. It's a huge issue in the automotive industry too.

[@normt430]

I paid $700 for returned/refurbished from Worx and started season three. Most of the wire breaks are from our shovels!

[@darthXreven]

@@mainehouse3789 right I bet a bunch of activists talked companies into going GREEN ugh..... know what I say?? let's burn the rainforest, belch out black coal smoke and really piss these lunatics off eh?? sorry not angry at you, I'm so sick of activists is all.....

[@Lance-fk1eb]

I have been using Landroid for 2 years, bought extra batteries for continues cutting and has been OK. Lost connections of guide wire and used Harborfreight line finder which buzzes to find the wire- could imagine that that is a hassle if disconnected. Only thing is, I miss the striping of pushmower as this goes all over the place like a Roomba with the lawn looking tired. It helps reducing the work of mowing if you decide to finish off with pushmower

[@MikeMPharmaCyclist]

You're supposed to replace the blades every 2 months... lol. Also, tweaking the boundary wire setup and home base allows it to work nearly flawlessly. The distance from the edge at most needs to be 10.2" for walls or undefined borders/beds, that's directly from the installation instructions. They also instruct to not bury your wire (stake it down first) until you've confirmed the layout. I'm not sure why people don't understand spending a couple hours to actually install something properly is well worth the effort. For weed eating, mine doesn't leave much but if it really bothers you you can lay thin paving stones maybe 4" wide next to the foundation of your house/ fence to eliminate the need for trimming. Last stuck scene was just a comically bad boundary wire placement lmao 🤣 thanks for the video either way.

[@mr.c6674]

Unfortunately disposable income cause people to make everything disposable and not follow instructions, be impatient, and devalue what products can offer if instructions are followed. I've seen so many KZbinrs toss instructions.

[@AmnesiaPhotography]

Bought a mower a week ago - and while it gets stuck a bit- I’m flagging those areas and refining the yard to “Roomba proof” the mower. A lot of work us, but they are all improvements. The point of this cost one year’s lawn service is a big one. I mowed my own lawns for 3 years, so I figure my labour will pay for two of these with some profit left over. Love the idea of pavers, I’ve seen some people edge with like an L shape edge - the flat edge at ground level this would stop the need to trim!

[@MikeMPharmaCyclist]

@@AmnesiaPhotography nice man, hope it works well for you! I am not quite 4 months in with mine and overall love it, occasional hiccups but for all of the time saved, no noise, not paying a third party, and a constantly manicured yard it seems well worth it. I haven't done the paver edging thing yet, let me know if you do! Others seem to like it. I'm edging maybe 25 mins every 2 weeks with the string trimmer currently.

[@tobbes3566]

Are they not common in the US? , were im at there super common. They work great too.

[@tobbes3566]

@Jeffery Franks Intresting, here they are really common.

[@fredrailsback2081]

Hank Hill would think that this is the most asinine thing he'd ever seen.

[@alteredstate5111]

I was thinking that if Hank was his neighbor he’d been straight over offering to install a sprinkler system fed from a tank with the water pretreated with the correct ph and nutrients as well as insisting on mowing it as well

[@jamessurveyor4859]

After seeing your dad work on the car crusher, I think he could build you a robot John Deere. Get about a 50 inch deck and two or three trips around the yard and it's done. Get him to convert it to electric.

[@michaelmaes]

Biggest problem with robot mowers is people thinking it does everything, including edges, leaves, branches, without destroying other obstacles. A robot mower is just a tool which helps you reducing your work by mowing th big surfaces, so you gain some time every week.

[@IntheDraft7]

Exactly. When you buy these robots you have to understand the limitations and how they operate. I had a friend over this past weekend and was showing him our robot vacuum, and he said well it doesn't really do a good job on the corners. I was like, you're correct, BUT it it does 95% of the job! It actually does more than I would do. This thing is going under the couches, tables, and other furniture far better than I would do. But in his mind, it is like well if it isn't going to do the corners then forget the whole thing. I think some people just have a hard time with change. For me, when I look at the vacuum, and see how well it does I cannot for the life of me see how a person doesn't just run to the store and buy one.

[@SteveBassen]

The old fleet in the background of the intro was a flashback for sure (Fiat, Titan, Samurai) . Milwaukee needs to come out with a robot mower built on their new M18 mower chassis.

[@HobbzGarage]

I have the exact same model. The 1st time I put the wire down, I had the same problem as you. I ripped the wire back up and followed the directions for spacing, and haven't had to touch it since. To keep the battery from dying when it does it's automatic return to home, set you schedule to mow for like 3 hours, then it will have enough to get home. Yes the still having to weedeat sucks, but the Milwaukee makes quick work of it.

[@peterhoz]

Been using a moebot robot mower exclusively on my yard for 18 months. Does a great job. Your issues seem to be having a single "zone" for such a huge area, plus that you didn't lay the wire per the instructions as you said near the end. You should split your yard into a "front" and a "back" zone, and lay the wire so it doesn't miss the charger. Then program it to do the different zones separately, maybe on alternating days.

[@schinianelli5547]

i have a neighbor in Myrtle Beach. that has been using his landroid for almost six years. it does a nice job, and is still going !

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

I've known one person who has success with robot mowers. He used 3 on his 1/2 acre lawn and divides it up into segments.

[@HoschtonBoy]

I am 78 and still push mow. I am thinking about getting a riding mower but until then my 2009 22" Ariens will keep on keeping on hopefully. My drive cable is rusting out on me , got to get one soon. Best of luck JR.

[@schrodingersmechanic7622]

Mine used to have problems getting stuck frequently multiple times per session mainly on the parts closest to the curb. Twice it has gotten picked up by scavvers who thought it was being thrown out. The wheels just don't have enough grip. As a hail Mary I took a box of deck screws and put a screw in every other tread. Then I cut the heads off to make them like spikes. That alone fixed 98% of my problems with it. Excellent traction now and it helps aerate the lawn too. My grass is greener than both of my neighbors and it looks like it has basically stopped growing. All it needs is a touch up with the weedeater every few weeks and an edger on the driveway every couple months. I'll never go back to a push mower

[@mobilechaosyt]

I always felt that these mowers had to be run similar to a Roomba. Run it every other day, so that all the grass was kept at a consistent level and hopefully limit the thatch. The reality of keep a really good lawn is to mow it twice a week and water it enough so that it grows at that rate. I only have time to mow it once a week and even then I don't always get it done.

[@dustyc324]

owning a lawn sucks. you gotta do it or pay someone. sucks either way.

[@brianstauffacher]

yes yes yes!!! although Automotive content is great. But these are some of my favorite videos ever to watch and learn from!

[@WatchJRGo]

The robot mower was a fun experience for sure 🍻

[@clevelandmaker386]

@@WatchJRGo please tell me you named the robot Dave!!!!!!

[@TheBarberShopScott]

Definitely should have added a couple cameras to go live with while it mowed lol

[@WatchJRGo]

Missed opportunity to put a GoPro on it and watch it bump into trees 😂

[@markmargiotta946]

Yard needs some love

[@justastulpe3265]

have 4 - 5 years now, best thing i ever bought it !!

[@maciekzientara]

If it struggles on 0.5 acre, You should split your yard in sections. At least 3. it really does pretty good job when mowing zones.

[@mckrackin5324]

For less than $1000 (not counting the mower) you can put GPS, servos and control board on a riding mower and it can strip your yard. I've been gathering the stuff to make a 48 inch zero turn autonomous. Pretty neat project and not nearly as hard as you'd think. Would be a fun project for your channel. You can do it with small push mowers too. You use electric wheelchair motors to drive and control it. An electric mower would be good for your yard size.

[@jake_of_the_jungle9840]

Lmk when you make that work and make a video please

[@yoted]

Sounds like a fun project. Does the software already exist for it or are you writing some to make it happen?

[@lilmike2710]

Sounds awesome. I'd be worried about liability though.

[@thecomanchekid]

This sounds like a good project for the stuff made here channel...

[@MikeMPharmaCyclist]

The lawyers are waiting for you with this idea lmao 🤣

[@darrellsaunders4267]

This mower is recommended and guaranteed by AL Gore and John Kerry.

[@lellesunk]

Still waiting for the lawnmower that automatically turns into a snowblower when it gets winter and snowy.

[@Cartier_specialist]

You'd think they'd make one guided by GPS since everything has GPS these days. The wire boundary thing seems like the designers just gave up.

[@TheBrokenLife]

I think you'd need to do both and I honestly thought that's how these things worked. I imagined the boundary wire was a safety hard limit and that it mowed via GPS. I guess not.

[@fredrikholmqvist8281]

Husqvarna has the epos and ceora. So yes the technology already exists

[@alpha2gproject783]

Not going to lie. This...just this was not something I knew I needed. I was just looking at buying a new riding mower since mine took a dump last year...but I'm not home enough to mow as much as I need to. This is definitely awesome!

[@billieyoung497]

if you dont cut your grass in my town,someone from the city rides around the neighborhoods and if your grass aint cut you get a ticket and that is 1300 dollars because you didnt cut your grass...if you park in your yard or store stuff lets say like an old tire or something...you get a 1300 dollar ticket.

[@LuckysMotorcycles]

Amazing , your grass actually looks worse than mine !

[@herbiehusker1889]

It looks like it's never been watered

[@WatchJRGo]

Well it's just starting to come back from the winter 🤷‍♂️

[@lordgarth1]

IKR. I’d fire my service if my lawn looked like that coming out of winter.

[@bernardortiz7351]

We went with a Husqvarna automower. We're nearing the end of 1 year of ownership and my grass has never looked better. Yes, we have to pick up dog toys and bigger sticks, but for the most part, it has been a great little mower. It does get stuck on a high root every once in a while (yes, I'll put more dirt down there), but it runs nearly every day and the tiny trimmings that it does has done a world of good for the grass.

[@MisterRandomEncounter]

Does it mulch leaves tho. I have been kinda wondering and dont know if its good for it or not .

[@bernardortiz7351]

@@MisterRandomEncounter No. There may be a model with a leaf mulching attachment, but this does not. I use my other lawnmower to pull up the leaves.

[@fabianalvarado1200]

How low do you set it to mow?

[@bernardortiz7351]

@@fabianalvarado1200 we have St. Augustine grass (relevant, as each species may have different needs). I put the automower at its highest setting so the taller blades can help shade the roots from the brutal sun. 2 years in, and we still have a great, green lawn that I only need to trim.

[@simonwoodward438]

We are about take delivery of much larger Husqvarna for school playing fields, about 8 acres , it's a hell of a bit of kit and because the whole the roof is covered in solar panels as green as the grass it's cutting.

[@steveluken3180]

Mowing is just too therapeutic for me. I can't do a robot or pay anyone else to do it. Maybe when I'm too old to move, but until then, it's all me.

[@WatchJRGo]

I've mowed my yard and done some commercial mowing, I'm super allergic to it. Usually can't breath the next day 😬

[@stickit2theman1]

@@WatchJRGo saaaame I have to take a 24 hr allegra at least a couple hours before I mow 😌

[@TakuroSpirit77]

@@WatchJRGo Same here, but, just like shovelling snow, it's the only 'gym time' I get sometimes. Try wearing a mask while mowing. No joke, a good KN95 will filter out allergens and you'll be able to breathe.

[@OhPhuckYou]

Okay Hank Hill.

[@steveluken3180]

@WatchJRGo That would change my perspective for sure. I'm lucky that all I get is maybe dry eyes from allergens.

[@jeremyTallen1]

I despise mowing so much it makes absolutely no sense to me. Luckily the kids ride their mini bikes enough that I don't have to mow often. If I could my whole yard would be gravel.

[@TheBrokenLife]

It makes no sense to anyone. The entire idea of having a mowed yard was as a display of excessive wealth. The idea was to have so much land that you could afford to not have animals graze on it, but make it appear is if you did anyhow. Mowing the grass is literally a medieval flex.

[@johnwest7993]

"Been 2 years since it started mowing..." Well, at least it's determined.

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

In my experience, WORX and MacAllister products are the classic example of: "Buy cheap; buy twice". Their batteries and/or their chargers don't seem to last very long. I now stick to Makita, Black and Decker Professional or Stanley Professional. The MacAllister weed-whacker at our UK house had a dead lithium battery, when we came to use it this spring. Bought a new battery with some difficulty, as MacAllister no longer sells the battery and this is for a product that is only 2 years old, which is very poor customer service. Now the charger has died as well. I will bring the big Black and Decker 54V whacker back from our French house at the end of summer. It is 4 years old and still works like new.

[@pauljs75]

The Worx 20V weed-whacker/edger units are really only meant for a small 1/2 acre lawn that gets mowed once or twice a week, and that's about it as that's all the battery lasts for on a charge. Nice as you don't have to deal with a 2-stroke engine and its maintenance and they're somewhat quiet in comparison too. (Works well enough for the semi-urban home here.) But they don't really go out of their way to tell anyone with a bigger yard that they need something with more endurance. If you run a push-mower - yea/maybe, riding mower - nay. And it's definitely the wrong choice for any commercial landscaping, that kind of running should stick to gas all the way despite the other costs/maintenance.

[@4TheMotorist]

The only thing this thing is missing are the little soap bubbles it makes when moving forward. What did you run out of bubble liquid?? 🤣🤣

[@Soupy_loopy]

I think this might be the first honest review of this product. Every other "review" sounds like a sales pitch.

[@sumo-ninja]

as a professional landscaper I can tell you without even an inkling of doubt that the sharper the lawn mower blade the faster it dulls... what you actually want is a flat bottom and an angled point on the top so that the angle meets the bottom at a point but is not razor sharp that will last much longer than something that has been sharpened to a high degree. in other words you have much less of a bevel then usually associated with desired sharpness.

[@donmynack]

I paid a guy on Facebook marketplace $200, plus the trade-in of my old Toro, for a refurb Honda gas mower last year. Takes maybe an hour a week to do the whole thing. The self-propel is actually really fast. I burn maybe 5 gallons of gas a year on it and a gas trimmer. Works for me.

[@xPreatorianx1]

Definitely not a product for me. I love mowing my yard. I love getting paid to mow other's yards even more. (Used to do it every summer. Just walk around the area and pick up clients.) Hell when I lived in a retirement community, I bought my first car to prep for my first born child with the earnings from mowing lawns sun up to sun down every day. It got to the point to where potential clients would literally show up at my work place and ask if I was available when I got off. I should have honestly gotten a buddy or two on board, but I was literally doing it just to take care of the up front costs of my first kid. That was the only time I really hustled that much. This is cool though, but as long as I can mow my own yard, I'll never buy one. Maybe when I'm a senior.

[@kge420]

Senior here. Always love cutting my lawn as it’s great exercise. Cold beer after seems to taste much better too. Don’t stop unless you have to.

[@GG-si7fw]

You got to look at this from an another vantage point. You could get a fleet of these to setup in those yards and do touch up trimming and monitoring the army of mowers working on your behalf.

[@ChakatNightspark]

you know what is better then hiring a Service or getting a Robot Mower. Going out and buying a Lawn mower and doing it yourself.

[@kevinhubbard294]

Must be old video because all the cars shown in the background are gone.

[@WatchJRGo]

The beginning is from 2 years ago, the end is from yesterday 🍻

[@umad42]

WatchJRGo WatchJRMow WatchJRTow WatchJRFlow(Plumbing) WatchJRLow(Digging holes) This is my thought process every time you mention the mythical third channel

[@joeschmoe5009]

Watchjrflow (rap)

[@joeschmoe5009]

Watchjrrow (boats)

[@umad42]

@@joeschmoe5009 Also good ones, yes

[@altafari]

WatchJRglow (electrical)

[@garylgoldberg]

@@altafari Noooo -- that would only have one video (if that) and then no more others.

[@joeschmoe5009]

When i worked at best buy we had these by husqvarna, always wondered how well they did

[@clifbradley]

The Geo Metro. One of my favorite builds with . I thought that thing was so cool. And because I watched that series, it led me to Big Al's bike and Auto, Auto Action Rebuilds and Hoovie's Garage. Oh well. Cool shirt. And the Honda scooter that was going to be a jet ski

[@L.Nilsson]

one of the world's best inventions. Have been driving for 8 years and the machine does the job. I fertilize with nitrogen and mow, that's all. Has the world's greenest and finest lawn

[@michaeldisalvo]

Dude kicked the heck out of that Landroid and the robot didn’t even notice.

[@mchuo7834]

Dairy farms have robot manure and feed pushing robots, they follow a set path every day. If you could have an rc for the mower, set a preprogrammed path once, I think I would work a lot better.

[@ivangaeta3663]

Thanks man I appreciate it. You saved me $1000. I was going to get one of these

[@TechWeLove]

So basically, until it actually goes in lines, and can go back to the charging station on its own, is bigger, and faster, it's not worth it.

[@davegibs4761]

Lol! You murdered your yard! Hahaha! I feel for that guy who got it looking so good before you bought the house and turned it into a desert. 😜

[@ayedee6681]

lol, wichita is so harsh on grass in the summer, so unbelievably hot and dry, i spent a fortune on city water sprinkling my grass, had a garden service, and my grass did not look much better :o

[@williamlargent3052]

I have the worx wr155 the half acer model. My lawn spec. .4 acer, perimeter 1093 ft. (It is a half acer lot take out house and have .4 acer of grass) I am very happy with my unit. In the beginning I had some issues with some areas but a tweak here or there solved my issues (took about 3 week to solve all problems maybe 6-7 hours of total time spent). I would not call this robot a lawn mower but instead a lawn maintainer. Last year I only cut my grass twice, once before starting the robot and then later in the season. ( turned the robot off because no rain and very hot grass stopped growing went away and it rained causing the grass to grow while I was away for 5 days) Here are the statistics from last year plus two months this year ( I live in Central Pennsylvania) total distance traveled 476 miles, mower work time 601 hours, and 233 charge cycles. Now in the spring time I have the robot cutting 10 hours a day 5 hours in the morning and 5 hours in the evenings. Once summer hits and grass slows down reduce time to just a couple hours a day. By the way my yard looks better than my neighbors. I still have to use the string trimer

[@williamlargent3052]

This spring I cut the grass in March and have not cut it since. The wr155 is taking care of the yard. As I said above I still have to trim but now I only have to work 1 to 2 hours a week taking care of the yard rather than 3 1/2 to 4 hours each time I cut the grass and in the spring I would have to cut the grass 3 time a week and some times 4.

[@kerrylewis2581]

You are much smarter than me, so you know soil testing and fertilization are probably your issues more than cutting.

[@69Dartman]

It's a cool idea but you need one that uses a lidar sensor and like that so it can actually map the yard and detect big things to avoid. I have a robot vacuum with the lidar sensor and a camera in the nose so it maps the house and can spot shoes, socks, and wires on the floor. I started with a dumb one that did random patterns till it was done, got the better mapping one when I found a deal, and just got the one with the camera. Not perfect but it does straight lines and has a map and always knows where it is at. The camera as long as there's enough light spots the random obstacles and helps it avoid them. I'm sure someone makes a similar idea for a robot mower now. I just want to get a battery powered one with a couple of batteries and self propelled and I'd be happy myself but a robot would be cool.

[@drcruelty]

You'd think with GPS and laser ranging available nowadays there would be one you could program pattern and all complete with Google Earth maps.

[@ThirdDegreeWitchExplores]

Looks like expensive rubbish to me , mowing the lawn is a great chill

[@eslusher1]

If you don't install it correctly you will get bad results. I have a very rough and overall bad yard with slopes. The set up has required me to fill in holes and tweak the boundary wire. You also have to pick up sticks, change the blades, remove stumps that may be to high and use a string trimmer about every week or so. A little Fertilizer and weed killer would of helped your lawn. I'm sure that is what you're neighbor does and what was done to your yard before you started using Landroid. I love mine and have no intention of giving it up.

[@nadenolam8368]

Stopped and said hi yesterday, I was in my Miata.

[@WatchJRGo]

Yup, Miata still looks great! 🍻

[@grizzavision5692]

I had artificial grass laid. Looks just like grass. Boom, problem solved!

[@1kreature]

The pin number thing pissed me off. It turns out, first time you turn it on if you follow the doc you set your pin to AAAA. If you don't you better know what you hit, for you are setting pin!

[@dfboiler]

I love the statement, “if I had followed directions”

[@colleenemal5182]

I bought mine around the same time. I also have the same problems. It always gets stuck it misses the base. I refuse to get rid of it though. It’s like my 2nd kid, but semi useful kid

[@MarcusWiderberg]

Awesome with an honest experience report! Thanks! The state of robot mowers has not changed in years, we have an old bosch indego 1000 that is like 10 years old, that has now broken down. Proponents of the myth of progress tells us how fast tech moves. Yet even after a decade, it seems none of the basic problems of these robotic mowers have yet been solved by any brand or team! They get stuck, eat things, cannot find their way back, etc. You have to really adapt your garden and installation to get them to work, and even so, most of them struggle. ( Bitter: Instead of fixing reliability, manufacturers focus on adding more app related features) Even Husqvarna Automower struggles, they had huge problems in 2021 with their new line. And given that even their service is not stellar, it is hard to find a good solution.

I've only heard good things About the Husqvarna line. Also subsidiaries... Gardena.

[@glassvial]

And to think I got my push mower for like $100, there's no way I'd spend $1000+ on a robot mower, I'd put that toward a rider if my yard didn't have a steep dropoff.

[@_RiseAgainst]

I think we have a while before we have to worry about Skynet

[@MJorgy5]

You need an old Craftsman, a pallet of Milo and a motivated middle/high school student.

[@broderp]

You know how you can tell when someone has no clue what they are doing? Why do people follow the blind?

[@proppo4924]

If you have a boundary on a slope of ANY kind, no matter how much, this mower is virtually worthless unless you have time to constantly watch it. I've only seen one youtuber rate them for this and I wish I had known before I bought it. With any moisture, It will spin it's wheels, dig ruts, fall outside the line, and you will be constantly going out to save it. Night time mowing is out of the question, dewy grass, no saviors around... The app may or may not notify you immediately, in 20 minutes, or not at all. I have found mine two feet outside the line in the street with just a slight slope at the curb.

[@WatchJRGo]

That’s my experience exactly 💯

[@sirmiro2]

How could you get that bad results? I've had an even older one going since 2015 with perfect results. Knifes need to be changed once a month. Installation is key, it must be done right. 2 meters (6ft) completely straight into the charger. And these things need to go a bit every day, and gives perfect results here in Europe.

[@rupe53]

My first thought is you can never clean up the yard for a weekend party in an afternoon and this thing leaves twice as much edging to do. OTOH, in theory, it could run every night and be caught up, as long as it doesn't rain. I'm also guessing the GPS feature is a theft deterrent and you have to pay extra for monitoring... and the GPS has nothing to do with tracking the unit within the yard. The wire is what keeps it within the boundry, but still randomly cutting all over, which is kind of ridiculous. I can just see a dog barking and following it all over then shoving it into the bushes.

[@j.f.e2333]

This is my 4th year using a husqvarna automower, works pretty good. It's important to change the blades regularly ... and even as important is to get a mower that is rated to cut an area at least double the size of your lawn. The sq ft it says on the box is more like "up to" and assuming you let it run 24/7 (nobody does that). That indeed makes things much more expensive, but it should be able to go over pretty much your entire lawn in a single day (or however long you let it mow on a single day), the clippings need to be super small for it to perform well. It's not designed to knock down your gras an inch or 2 at a time.

[@omansnowball8027]

I get the neighbour to do mine. He’s very efficient. It cuts out all this wire rechargeable batteries and all that nonsense. A big wave from the window and some inanity about his reward being great in heaven. I wish that he would buy a quiet mower . I find that the noise is really annoying when I am trying to understand some Olympic game that is new to me.

[@philipr7686]

I'm going to guess the lawn still needs help, as in, fertilizing, and I would suggest several core aerations for your lawn/s, then fertilize after. You'll get a better plug from the lawn after a good rainfall or watering of the lawn/s. Many years ago, I estimated a gorgeous lawn that had regular core aeration done and composted turkey manure to fertilize it. Mow high, 2.5 - 3" mowing height.

[@larrybe2900]

Any lawn that gets what is known as "creeping charlie", a broad leaf weed, can take care of it with iron added to the soil. It does not like to grow in soil with iron. I have done it and it works just fine.

[@vaakdemandante8772]

All his lawn needs is water - looks dry as dirt.

[@dinewalton]

I love my robo mower. I even love just sitting in the lawn and watching it, very relaxing. But i hate the guide wire. I wish you could turn off the guide wire feature because all of my back yard is fenced in.

[@GAMINGOBRIEN69]

There is 2 types of "sorry about the wind" type one is it sounds like a hurricane is right next to you, this is most common, but type 2 is when you barely hear it, rare but that is what happened when you said it

[@greathornedowl3644]

I remember that, wasn't it colliding with your deck? After frustrations with my last two gas mowers, I sprung for a Greenworks 40V electric mower. Works fantastic.

[@biffhenderson1144]

My observation: 95% of the videos of people using a robotic mower have awful looking lawns. Perhaps 5% have nice, lush green weed free lawns. Priorities?

[@jonathanj.4800]

What a fine contraption. Your lawn looks wonderful. What a nice little lawn mower. I'll run out and buy one. Immediately. Congratulations!

[@Killaclan1696]

How is it

[@Lindsey_Lockwood]

Been using mine for 2 years+ and it's doing fine. I notices your neighbors yard past that large fence is also mostly deadzone as well

[@vamosaltemacongabrielmende3965]

Quite interesting machine, but that will became my doggy new chewing toy 😂

[@JerryMac1125]

$1000 for That battery operated Hunk Of Plastic 🤣🤣😂😂

[@K0gashuk0]

I really dont have those problems. I have been running robot mowers since 2005. The original had to be taken out every week and allowed to do its thing and brought in. Then I got some newer ones that were autonimous but still had some drawbacks. Now the two landroinds I have are great. I have the edge mowing figured out. I live on an acre lot so it is worth it especially with bermuda grass taking over. I have a couple of places the thing gets stuck but I simply move it. Yes the smart thing would be to spend $5 on dirt in those spots. Parts are also cheap compared to older mowers. I have a couple of packs of blades. I stripped the mount on the blade disk and that was a whopping $5 shipped to replace.

[@odea8505]

I don't have that much problem either. I work with lawnmower and fix the trouble spots to keep it from getting stuck stuck.

[@anthony10370]

Thanks for the honesty. I was thinking about one of these but now no way. I want one that follows a pattern like the modern robot vacuums.

[@deadsetanime7102]

For city yards like my row house, this is perfect. The small 20x30 patch of grass is quite the hassle. I was thinking about just graveling it all in but maybe this is a better option.

[@vanderumd11]

Definitely go with a turf. trust mw

[@cherokee1232]

Thanks for the info was literally buying one and wife said watch a review before I purchase so I’m sticking with out local mowers also. But I pay 3500 year for mowing

[@TheDuke013]

It reminds of the car toys I had as a kid that bumped around and always got stuck.

[@coryt490]

TLDW: JR bought a robot mower, didn't read the instructions, installed the guide wire poorly, didn't do any other lawn maintenance, and had bad results.

[@clifbradley]

Next week....I turned my robot mower into a shop sweeper/mopper and it only cost me $63!!

[@zachronspees6432]

Nice video, but no surprise, that their was bugs, too new of a technology. Though If I was going to put out around 1k, I would invested in a riding mower & it would knock out the yard a lot quicker than week.

[@mickmcgrath2313]

I think your yard needs more than that! 😂

[@loopertrooper6671]

It starts with mowing the lawn then escalates to mowing down people in the streets of LA. I’m sure Skynet is pleased.

[@craigkoss9276]

Pause right at kzbin.info/www/bejne/eou8fp1mabh0nLs JR really does not like people wearing shoes in his house.

[@TheBrokenLife]

You have to admire a man with strong convictions and a vinyl cutter. 🤣😂

[@mattclinch1976]

Black and decker makes a great battery operated weed whacker. I've had mine for years, still holds a great change. Charged it twice all last summer I think.

[@michaeldisalvo]

I have 2 separate wire tracks. One for the front and another track for the back yard. My wr143 covers a 1/2 acre with no problem. I use a 4 hour battery and soon adding metal spikes to the wheels for better grip. My lawn is green. Why is yours not? Then main problem here is the wire install and lack of care for the yard with general cleanup and adding dirt. I did enjoy the video.

[@ruthmccoy8853]

You should have bought a Husquvarna, my mum has 3/4 acres, does hers in 2 days, then just tops up during the week on a regular 2hours/day schedule. Grass is green, moss free beautiful

[@Cryptonymicus]

Lawns were an obscene waste of resources long before anyone starting producing robots to cut grass. I mean, it just boggles the mind that anyone would think that any of this stuff is a good idea.

[@c182SkylaneRG]

Thanks for the review! I see these things in Lowes and find myself wondering how good they could REALLY be. Personally, I've always enjoyed mowing the lawn, as long as I was using a riding lawnmower. Anytime I've used a push-mower, it's a chore. So that's the trick right there: you need a yard big enough for a riding mower, and then it becomes almost like meditation time. :)

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

Imagine the fun if it finds a freshly dead squirrel and Purée's it in a zigzag pattern all over the yard for you. XD

[@billpar]

you also have to continuing fertilizing, liming, insect killing, aerating and not in your case but thatching your lawn, but you are right someone needs to develop something stronger and more effective for lawn cutting

[@phille8176]

We have the exact same at home and I can hear it going outside my window 🤣

[@LL-ue3ek]

Lawn cutting appears to be simple but it's not. I've done it for many years and I know for sure that none of the robots would justify itself when it comes to overall considerations, even after you use it for couple years. I think the designers had seriously underestimated the physical details it takes to cut the simple lawn. These details are extremely simple to humans but forbiddingly difficult for robots, like picking up a fallen tree branch before proceeding. That's why I didn't even waste time looking into these robots and still hire lawn service, it's zero hassle, and most importantly, they do a nice and complete job that these robots can never even dream of accomplishing in a hundred years.