My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

Did you sign up to German Amazon prime to get the offer?

Is there a UK equivalent of shipgerman? I am looking at the landdroid offer on UK Amazon prime.

I'm looking at the smaller landroid. For German prime you need to be in Germany. And for UK Amazon I can't get the robot delivered to here.

Thanks very much for your help. The fact they give you a German address might get around the fact. Now to convince the wife!

Thanks for the responces, that seems reasonably straight forward. Ramping the grass down to the driveway sounds a lot easier than trying to bring the driveway up to the curb.

Do most of the units on sale now have the option of creating 'zones' or is that a high-end feature?

Can't speak for all brands but I just got a Landroid and it handles 4 zones. You can set the % time it spends in each zone on average but you can't tell it to go to zone 3, for example. (I don't know if others allow this)

However it doesn't have a guide wire, like a Huskie. And because it (like all mowers really) are a bit stupid it moves to the relevant zone by following the wire in an anti-clockwise direction. So if one zone is say in the 2 o clock position, relative to base, the mower will run the entire perimeter until it gets there.

It's not the worst thing in the world but not very efficient and leaves track marks along the boundary.

Pretty much all robot mowers you can buy will use a boundary wire to set the area to be mowed. (apart from the newly/expected mowers like the Segway navimow but I don't even know if you can buy them yet).

Husqvarnas need a boundary wire to keep it in its mowing area but also has a guide wire to send it to far off areas to mow and allow it to come back to its charging station when needed, without the need to follow along the perimeter. I think some Huskies may have some GPS features to allow for smarter mowing but I don't own so can't comment.

Landroid only has a boundary wire. So it mows within that area but also gets to and from mowing areas by following that wire.

Best thing to do is watch YouTube videos on them and read through pretty much this whole thread. There are even video links throughout here

Any chance you have rounded the threads?

When you are screwing them in they should be very easy to twist and you dont tighten them at all really.... just a slight extra twist once they hit the mark.

I dont struggle getting mine opened anyway.

This is probably the 4th or 5th motor at this point. And a new battery a few years back. New front board. New motherboard under warranty. I've put in a new screen myself I got on AliExpress (they have to be soldered in) and some other bits and pieces.There has always been something every year to be honest.

Hey all, interesting thread thanks!

I've just moved into a new house and excited to get an automower for the garden. Basically settled on the Husqvarna 430X based on the size and need for a couple of guide wires. I'm wondering if anybody has bought one recently and knows where is best price wise? Greetfeet.ie seems to be the cheapest I've come across.

I need a fair bit of wire by the time I do a boundary and two guide wires, probably 5-600m. Do I even bother with the genuine Husqvarna installation kits (I'd need a Large and Medium, so €500) or just go for a 500m reel of compatible wire (good link to German site above for ~€100) and a bunch of their connectors? I intend to bury the wires so I really don't need the 4 million pegs that come with the kits, or the extra cost :).

Thanks for any thoughts.

Its not really. It needs to be able to survive underground in damp conditions for years on end. Not all wire is designed for that.

Now, that doesn't mean you need to pay through the nose for OEM wire but don't put in bell wire and expect it to work flawlessly for years. The OEM wire is quite thick (both the wore and the sheath around it) and designed for the job.... so you get what you pay for. Im sure you can get a non-branded version of the OEM wire that will do fine but don't buy "any old wire".

The last thing you want is to be searching for breaks in a few years time or wondering why your mower won't go out or gets lost on the way home etc.

Running the same model last few months and doing a fine job.

Mind me asking where you got it ? Looking for a second unit.

Finally installed my Landroid M500.. currently in process of frequently adjusting boundary wires where it struggles and finding a way to get it to cross my gravel driveway, but I guess it will be worth it in the end.

I was wondering where would I be able to get a bigger capacity battery - as it seems amazon doesn't ship them here or up North (and not just amazon).

Also are there any reliable non-Worx branded batteries that would work in order to save a few bob ?

Mine doesn't like the slight slope and border to the road, I already moved the wire in more , but still need to go out and rescue. I think that I just need to forget about that strip of grass between fence and road or fill up with more soil and make the strip wider closer to the road ( there is very little traffic here).

Also my lawn is very spongy and thick and it likes to sometimes bury it's font wheel when the lawn is a bit bumpy and then gets trapped. Will try hanging some weight at the back and see if it improves. I think once it is finally working and without intervention I will feel great sense of accomplishment😎

Looking at the generally positive and genuine reviews , looks like you have been very unlucky with that battery - but how did you get it shipped here, it won't let me order it (or any other battery). Which I actually don't understand, as I did get a Worx strimmer with 2 batteries shipped from Amazon Germany.

That 5 Ah battery looks interesting for 66 euro. So are you trying to get that battery locally somewhere for the same price ? The webshop seems to be from Holland.. I may browse through some Dutch Landroid forums and see if there any experiences with these batteries.

Please let me know how you get on if you decide to get it.

Well, I would be a bit wary of that company. Trustpilot reviews are mixed to say the least.

They basically have a website in every country they do business with (not in).. one of the main gripes seems to be that they (as stated on the website) can ship from Holland or Hong Kong. People's experiences are when shipping from HK you get stung with import duties.

This is "buried" in their T&Cs : 7.3 The consumer is responsible for extra costs resulting from the delivery of goods, like additional postal fees or import duties

Also lot of stories of on stuff not arriving, not great response times to emails etc.

If the battery wouldn't work, you would have same problem as with Amazon- no way to send it back.

Apologies for getting slightly off-topic. Hopefully there are easier ways of getting larger batteries here. If all else fails I will simply buy one next time I am on the continent or mainland UK.