Lidl Parkside 20V 1000M2 robot mower review

Hey folks, I had put my mower away for the winter with the intent of setting it up fully in the summer. The problem is I have forgotten the password and it is not the factory one has anyone had this issue or any idea on how to solve it? Thanks.

Hi fellow lidl robot mower fans.

I got one a few days ago in lidl and have it up and running. I did notice it was making allot of beeping sounds this evening while out in the lawn cutting.

I searched the documentation and the web and there is no mention of them making a beeping sound.

Had anyone else experienced this?

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yes mine was doing that also…….I cant get to it quick enough to see what comes up on the display when it beeps🤔

However, it has been mowing correctly and returning to dock as scheduled so fingers crossed!

How do you turn on the Bluetooth on the mower, mines the 1000m² one I got the other day. Nothing in the instruction manual about it but there's a Bluetooth symbol on the box.

Glad to find this thread, some great info here. I bought the 500m² mower a few weeks ago.

Was also a bit puzzled why there were two set up manuals, some of the guidance like how to set up the charging station seems to be rubbish. But its easy enough to figure out if you read it all and experiment. I also had a few teething problems with my mower getting stuck on uneven ground and on an easy slope running down off one side of the main lawn into a retaining wall (mainly to do with finding traction on slope). Just had to pull the perimeter back a touch from those hazards.

The kids love it, having 'Bruce' (had to name him) whizzing around and cutting away is a great novelty. Also a source of hilarity (my 3 kids are u-5), like when we leave footballs on the lawn, Bruce just bumps or 'dribbles' them out of the way, (have to keep an eye for dolls or teddies as they'd meet a grizzly end).

Have seen on this thread how water can effect the thing so I have been very careful to use only in dry weather. I use an upturned wheelbarrow as a garage for it and only send him out on evenings or weekends having checked the forecast.

I'm curious to see the rain sensor work but also feel like its a bit of a waste of time considering other comments on here. I mean if you lose your warranty because it gets wet, its not much of a warranty, especially considering our weather, and that the mower could potentially have to navigate up to 95% of the perimeter wire to return to the charger having had the rain sensor triggered. By that time, the mower could be completely soaked beyond saving. I don't think it would have been too much of a stretch for the designers to make it rain-proof.

My only other gripe with the mower is that it doesn't deal with borders at all. As a hayfever sufferer, the whole idea was that I don't have to put myself through the torture of mowing the lawn anymore but I now have to take out the strimmer to finish the job, I didn't have to do this with my old petrol mower which both cuts the borders and sucks the grass up into the bag. So it kind of defeats the purpose having to strim and then deal with all the loose grass on flower beds and patio areas. Aaaah!

On your last point about the borders, I think that's applicable to all robot lawnmowers

Finally got it all set up when it starts to mow it will run for about 20 seconds and then I get a Hardware Error (3). Anyone know what that means?

hi, just wondering if you got the PIN issue in your Lidl mower sorted. I have the same problem with mine

My one beeps very frequently, including while it has a full battery. Mainly while changing direction. I took it as a feature to prevent it tripping people up.

I have mine set to mow Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday only........it was out this morning (Monday) at 7 am🤷.......does it compensate if it doesn't reach the hours worked the previous day??? Or for rain ?????

Mine is randomly stopping. The few times I have catched it happening and ran to it to check the screen it says "Emergency stop". No other error messages. It happens totally randomly in different places in my yard. No obstacles, no bumps in the ground, nothing. Sometimes it mows full cycle (4 hours), sometimes (today) stops every 10-15 minutes. I have cleaned it, I have removed the black bumper and the brush, I have reset the factory settings. Should I remove emergency stop button? Is it some software fault? Should I contact the service centre or just return it?

Has anybody experienced such issue?

Hi all,

Just something I've noticed when setting up the mower. I left extra cable at the back of the unit incase I needed to move it again. When starting up the mower it came out of station saying mowing but doing nothing, (also sometimes saying outside). Decided to cut cable to correct length to fit to back of unit. Had no issue since. The extra cable coiled up, no matter where will give off misleading signal's. Hope this helps someone out.

If the mower is fully charged before the time you have set, it will go out to cut and will only return when it needs to be recharged or manually sent home. It should (will) start again on next schedule time.

Sorry to hear that. Does the emergency stop button still return to its position after you press it, i.e. it’s not caused by the button physically falling down?

If not, my guess it’s water ingress. Get onto Lidl if it’s in warranty. If not, you could try and remove the button from the outside, it’s just two screws from what I remember. But the actual electrical connection is inside the main housing. It’s a hall sensor that is activated by a magnet in the red button. You could open up the main housing, check for water damage and and unplug the hall sensor wiring connection if needed. You can bypass these sensors by taping a small magnet to them (assuming they are working).

I think you are right - this happened with mine (I've a bumpy lawn too). Bumper off and cutting at 60mm highest setting and its fine now once it just has to maintain the lawn. I did have to cut manually for the 1st cut as it was too long to let the bot handle (I nearly left it too long and was going to have to do a 2nd 1st cut, but I put 2 of the mowers on the lawn for a day or two and it got it well under control).

Even still, it will mow along happy as larry in a straight line, then stop and change direction - unsure if the bump sensor triggers or if the blade motor current spike causes this detect point, as the surface looks fine to me. So far I haven't worried too much about it as it still gets the job done.