My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

This is my first winter with a robot. Do people tend to take in the charging station and power supply? Or just take the robot in for winter.

When do people tend to bring in their mowers? Are they in already for some or you?

One full season with Luba now over. Have to say that once the bugs were worked out over the Summer with the regular updates its turned int a very competent robot mower - absolutely meeting expectations.

I am in Ireland and I was a Kickstarter backer. Lyster lawnmowers in Athlone are the local dealers but I've had no dealings with them - so I can't say what the service is like.

It's a very solid machine with a lot of heft to it. It won't survive a drop though. The manufacturer has struggled to keep up with demand, I think they are starting to get on top of it now though. The quiet season should help.

I think it's a great option for the typical big country garden in Ireland. It's overkill and wouldn't work in the typical urban/estate postage stamp garden however.

Your lawn has poor drainage then and not enough grass coverage.

This should have improved with your use of these mowers overtime. I.e grass everywhere with little gaps mulching helps this along.

You could probably do with using sand in spots to help improve drainage. Drill holes pour sand down them in various spots across the lawn.

Dryer grown that's grass covers has excellent grip , boggy ground with mix of patch or longer than normal grass will not. Ideal slipping conditions.

I have 2 long haired GSDs

Did you remove the safety guard from under

One long haired German/Belgium Shepherd cross, hair in wheel motors also a problem here too. I stripped motors down about 2 weeks ago, one full of hair, grease solid with it, other fine, but has been clogged before. Know I will need new motors soon, was flagged during service last yr, but keeping them going so far. Good news is the newer motors are supposed to keep most of the hair out bad news is they are 200E +

I don't understand?

What is dead?

I think the motor is on the way out, it is possible to dissamble and regrease it but if you are getting those messages you are probably too late.

Replacing the motor is pretty straightforward but if one is on the way out then the other one isn't to far behind.

I have ordered a shelter for the mowbot and the base is in a tight enough spot in the first place so I was thinking of taking up the grass underneath and to the left and right of the shelter. It's in a narrow section as it was close to a plug.

Has anybody put the base on anything other than grass? I wasn't able to strim the grass at the rear of the station as I'd damage the wires so I'm trying to come up with an easy solution.

Apologeis for bad quality photo but it's zoomed in from a blink camera.

Thinking an astro turf mat? Or just a rubber mat?

Are all of your mowers still out and about?

Mine are in the shed a couple of weeks now for the long winter nap. Had intended to leave them out longer but there was about 200mm of water in the garden at times over the past while so I decided to pull the plug.

Mine was out till last weekend and created a muddy patch in one spot of the garden, mower needed a good clean but is now tucked away till next year