Robot Mowers

[RedHand88]

I have a Kress myself, not the GPS one you've linked but the older one which uses a boundary wire. All in all it is excellent. You can really notice the difference between the back garden which has the mower, and the front garden which does not (too steep a slope).
Only maintenance is changing the blades every six weeks or so which is a 10min job.

[Mad Mentor]

I got the Segway X315E in July this year and it has been brilliant. I have about 1000m2 of grass in two lawns, one of which has a decent enough slope and the other has several big trees. I just let it map the boundary itself and mapped where the septic tank is as a no-go area and gave it a route between the two lawns. It avoids the trees no bother. I had it cutting every second day with the weekends off. So far it has mowed 28.5Km2 and the app reckons it has saved me 141 hours. I need to bring it in for the winter soon but I think it will need one more cut at least. It cost me €2550.

[Would ye whist]

When you put it away for the winter what do you do about the first cut of the season next year?

I got the Segway X315E in July this year and it has been brilliant. I have about 1000m2 of grass in two lawns, one of which has a decent enough slope and the other has several big trees. I just let it map the boundary itself and mapped where the septic tank is as a no-go area and gave it a route between the two lawns. It avoids the trees no bother. I had it cutting every second day with the weekends off. So far it has mowed 28.5Km2 and the app reckons it has saved me 141 hours. I need to bring it in for the winter soon but I think it will need one more cut at least. It cost me €2550.

[Mad Mentor]

When you put it away for the winter what do you do about the first cut of the season next year?

I got the Segway X315E in July this year and it has been brilliant. I have about 1000m2 of grass in two lawns, one of which has a decent enough slope and the other has several big trees. I just let it map the boundary itself and mapped where the septic tank is as a no-go area and gave it a route between the two lawns. It avoids the trees no bother. I had it cutting every second day with the weekends off. So far it has mowed 28.5Km2 and the app reckons it has saved me 141 hours. I need to bring it in for the winter soon but I think it will need one more cut at least. It cost me €2550.

I might run the ride-on over it just to tidy it up but will probably just bring the robot out and let it go.