Robot Mowers

[Mourne Red]

Are those robot mowers good on slopes? Have a fairly steep one out the front of the house. Petrol mower is goosed from trying to cut it.

So weighing up whether to get an electric mower or robot

[Tony Baloney]

I've had three of them so far. Two of them are wired, one home (Husqvarna), one at my mothers (Worx) and one at my house in Donegal, which has no wires. It's a Mamotion Luba 2. I would never get a wired one again after getting the Luba. Great machine, never misses a beat, and can go between areas (over the driveway) no bother. It's about £2,200 or so. They have a smaller one out now as well at about £1,500.

That's the one I recommended via the brother in law on the Gardening thread. I'll be getting one next year as he has recommended getting the lawn in shape first. He says there is nothing more satisfying than sitting at the dinner table after work watching it trundle past and thinking "thank f**k I don't have to go out an mow the lawn!"

[ONeill]

What if I enjoy the misery.

[Tony Baloney]

What if I enjoy the misery.

Arseblog podcast whilst mowing the lawn would be perfection then.

[RedHand88]

Are those robot mowers good on slopes? Have a fairly steep one out the front of the house. Petrol mower is goosed from trying to cut it.

So weighing up whether to get an electric mower or robot

Not great on slopes. Can't mind the exact angle but they won't go past a certain point, maybe 20 degrees?
I have one for the flat garden out the back. Can't do the front because of the slope. They are a fantastic job.

[Tony Baloney]

Are those robot mowers good on slopes? Have a fairly steep one out the front of the house. Petrol mower is goosed from trying to cut it.

So weighing up whether to get an electric mower or robot

Not great on slopes. Can't mind the exact angle but they won't go past a certain point, maybe 20 degrees?
I have one for the flat garden out the back. Can't do the front because of the slope. They are a fantastic job.

An AWD model will tackle a slope.

[OakLeaf]

Are those robot mowers good on slopes? Have a fairly steep one out the front of the house. Petrol mower is goosed from trying to cut it.

So weighing up whether to get an electric mower or robot

The Mammotion Luba 2 deals with slopes no bother as its 4WD. It's rated for 80% (38 degrees). My place in Donegal has pretty steep slopes. I had the Worx there to begin with, and whilst it dealt with the slopes ok, it went over the boundary wire at least every other day. As it turns out the slope rating at the boundary is much less than the rest. I think it was 10% at the boundary for the Worx. The Luba 2 doesn't have that problem.

[OakLeaf]

What if I enjoy the misery.

You can still buy manual push mowers. No engines or anything like that, just honest graft. They're wile craic, especially in the wet 😀

[ONeill]

Oh I have one. Watched Clint Eastwood using one in a film years ago and bought it. Class clicking sound.

[Mourne Red]

Cheers for the advice above gents - Will look into AWD/4WD mowers 👍🏻

[OakLeaf]

Oh I have one. Watched Clint Eastwood using one in a film years ago and bought it. Class clicking sound.

Lol. Class. We had one in the late 70s. Being in the countryside on a farm, our grass out the back was about half an acre. After a few goes, we swapped it for a cutting bar on the back of the Dexta!

[OakLeaf]

Cheers for the advice above gents - Will look into AWD/4WD mowers 👍🏻

Depending on the size of your garden, Mammotion have a new smaller version of the Luba 2, called the LUBA mini AWD

[grounded]

Bought a flymo 1200r which was basically a rebadged Husqvarna back in 2020. A basic, no frills mower that needs boundary and guide wire laid.
    I always get the feeling (just like with modern cars) that the more sensors there are, the more to go wrong.
   I did make a little house for it when its charging on the base. Keeps the worst of the weather off it which helps.
   Very little maintenance bar cleaning ,changing the blades and I've recently changed the battery.
   Previously during grass cutting season I would have spent 2 hours a week cutting and another hour or so running to the dump with the grass as our bins are too small.
   Roughly doing the maths over its 4 years or so of operation it has saved me 360 hours or 15 days from cutting grass.