My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

My Worx landroid is excellent at digging holes in the lawn and hiding!

Is there somewhere in Ireland to 3d print a set of spikes for the wheels.

mower had gone from performing well to pathetic in the wet, as above it is also struggling to get out with all the raining, so I have rain sensor turned off as prioritisation is to keep grass under control, but that is leading to more stuck, and digging hole events.

I have emailed navimow pretty robustly last week too asking why it has to dig- it really shouldn't be so stupid that it spins for so long it digs a massive hole in instead of stopping or trying to move in another direction. Sometimes it stops but frequently it doesn't seem to recognise it's reached the end of the road.

im aware spikes could dig more, but I hope the spikes limit the number of occasions robot finds itself in trouble in the first place.

Hi,

This is interesting - I have 2 of the Parkside PMRDA20-Li A1 mowers.

The first I got when they were available instore early July in NI and it is working away fine, no problems at all.

The second I picked up a few weeks later after spotting it sitting as a return (I checked and it hadn't been installed at all).

Set it up and 3 days later I got the same issue as you where it would not turn on and the keypad was non-responsive. LCD still worked when placing in charging station. Tried allsorts like holding the start button for more than 2mins, tried a battery reseat, a different battery... no joy. Interestingly the wifi connection to app still worked when connected to charger. The error in the app showed up as 'Lock", not lockeddue to pin access.. just 'Lock'.

I contacted Lidl support and they have passed details onto the service partner. I haven't heard anything from them yet and its been over a week.

How long did it take for them to contact you?

Thanks,

John

That is what I had to do. Do you have any cable connections in your loop ? That is where my problem was .. I could hear a weaker signal around one of these ( thankfully I since made a map with where I have connections). I looked at the connection , could not see any problem but cut it anyway, put in a new one and problem was fixed.

What could potentially cause a weaker signal (in my layman's opinion) as well is where a cable is damaged but not cut... that would be a real pain though.. first I would see if you have any weaker signal around your connections, maybe it is not even weaker but simply different - that is why you need to use headphones ( re: my comment about the less expensive one that (also) didn't come with a 3.5mm jack)

Hi, yes in last few weeks as well. It is really aggressive when turning and even when it's returning to charge along boundary and has a right turn to make, it has a circular track cut into the clay, it wasn't as aggressive before

But first see how you get on and spot a weaker signal and look if there is a connector somewhere close.. Not sure how big your area is, but not laying the wire again would be my first goal.

Yes.maybe, i had auto softwear switched to off but when i checked on saturday it had put to auto and probably updated to latest. Very annoying

I've a landroid L2000. 1000sqm of boundary wire. Had a break last year. Was repaired with just a twisted in patch. Worked perfectly for months. Then I had an auto upgrade a few months back and it would not Dock every time and say wiring missing or out of boundary. The usual symptoms of a damaged wired. Then last week the robot updated to the very latest firmware and just wouldn't work. Missing Wire message all the time. So went out with the ~100sqm cable I had left and made a large square on the lawn and its acting perfectly, like new. I found online that you need to solder/tin the wire joints at the breaks to ensure a proper connection. Which make sense as I did use the 3M connectors that came with the robot and they didn't work at all. Note, that while wire missing was happening, I had a constant green light. (Using the 3m, it was a red light and I did use the correctly) Only thing I didn't do was measure the resistance on the original loop , but will do that before and after I solder the joints;see what the difference is, if any.

There is some models of Kress that no guide wires are required but you will pay well for that privilege.

Apologies i took the question mark after you spoke off guide wires as such.

I don't think you are exactly encouraging people to bother to reply to you with the time of your last few posts.

Wireless, WiFi, 4G , LTE and GPS are all over rated. The forum is full of people who've updated their mowers via various yearly updates and then they start acting worse than before.

The more complex a mower the more you'll be asking questions or giving out to the dealer.

Unless you've a serious need to have Wireless solutions on board a machine that you literally just want to mulch your lawn then don't bother. The real gain is a headache and a lighter wallet.

I see the only legit reason for remote access is if it's a holiday home remote operation. Stick with simpler robust models with the longest battery life you can get.

What do you guys think of the hookii neomow x?

Hi,

I bought a Parkside robot lawnmower from Lidl recently. Set it up fine but when mowing it gets stuck in a few parts of my garden. I cut the grass in case it was too high but still gets stuck. A few parts are a bit mossy, the wheels spin but it can't move. Is the solution to cut as low as possible with the normal mower first?

Showing how deep it is:

Thanks.

60s quite high I cut mine to 40mm. Prep work not needed. I've done nothing to the lawn for 4 years bar let the mower mulch it all of the time. This has nearly cleared every ounce of what was used to be quite a mossy spongey mess into a very lush soft green lawn. It's night and day. And it's entirely down to the mower constantly trimming the top and dropping it into the grass. It's promoted the grass growth no end and eliminated other weeds.