Lidl Parkside 20V 1000M2 robot mower review

Hi folks

Great thread with tons of useful information thanks

We set ours up in a test area just to ensure it wasn't rubbish and need to go straight back. Plus we were having some garden work finished off before we could do a proper install.

We've been really impressed with it, we have a couple of the huskvarna ones so already quite familiar with robot mowers

I've just moved the Lidl one to the area it will be staying in, fitted the boundary wiring and switched it back on

As soon as it asks for the pin it's then saying emergency stop and gives me no other options.

It's not fully charged (78%) and has been moved to a new location. Does it need some kind of reset or anything else obvious I could try?

Some of the area is sloped and I'm not sure the Lidl mower will cope so rather than have to dig up loads of wire I did a quick basic job and just removed the mower blades so the wire doesn't get cut (the logic being that if the mower can navigate the area I'll then properly bury the cable. Would there lack of blades cause the emergency stop?

Any advice appreciated thanks

Has anyone figured out the schedule / work time?

I had it set to the default 9-12 and 13-16. But I would often find it out after 16. I have the work time set to 1 hour.

My logic is that it will not start a run after the finish times.

Also if the mower turns off eg. if it gets stuck and you don't catch it in time you have to reset the schedule each time. Anyone know how to solve this?

Docking is hit and miss but like others have said I have put the boundary wire slightly to the right of the notch and it works 90% of the time.

Hi I have the parkside was working so well until I decided I better set up the docking correctly as up to now I have to return to charge manually.

After I went at it am now getting loop signal lost 😭 cannot figure out what is wrong as there is no visible break in cable, could it be internal in the cable?

Also green flashing light does anyone who's mower is working know what this means?

Thanks

It means that the loop signal is lost. The first thing to check would be the pins in the charging base. Mine had become lose when adjusting the wire. Just unplug it, take out the wires and stick them in again. And check are they in the correct position.

I finally got the mower connected to the app and WIFI. Got up this morning to multiple notifications of abnormal battery temperature and a red light on the docking station.

I currently have the mower to mow thursday to sunday, would the fact that the mower is docked for 3 days mean the battery is overheating?? should i send it out for a few hours everyday instead?

Looks like the mower lost all the schedule settings and WiFi connection today.

Any one knows why this happens..…should I return it or are customer care worth contacting??

Good news! Hopefully she stays that way and doesnt throw another huff.

That doesnt sound good. It shouldnt matter how long the mower is docked for. The fact that this happened at night would suggest its not getting overheated from the sun. I would guess a dodgy battery. Does the red light on the dock stop when you take the mower out of the base station? Would you have another one of them Lidl batteries that you could swap in and see if it fixes it? Maybe the mower losing its cutting schedule and wifi settings is a symptom of a completely depleted/faulty battery too.

The battery temp error has only happened once. charges and mows fine before and since. Always docks ok

It has however lost the schedule and secondary areas twice or three times. Messing round trying to connect to app seems to cause it, but I think it lost it for no apparent reason also.

I dont have a spare battery to try

Its a pity cause i am really happy with performance when it is running.

does anyone know if the 200 euro version is still on sale or just the 349 euro? Thank you!

Will the lidl robotic mower cut greater than 1000sqm.

Mine is working very well on an area of 940sqm. But there's another 400sq.m that I'd like to cut but I'm hesitant as the manual says that the mower will do 1000sqm and not to over step that area!

I imagine you would have patches where the grass is longer if you go beyond the recommended area. It takes quite a while to cover the full area. Perhaps it would risk running out of battery before it reached base to recharge as well

Bumper removal can help with lumpy terrain.

WRT the pause function - I think if you pause for over a certain amount of time the mower turns off. That happened to me today, we had bouncy castle arrive for the children and I paused the mower, went back after and hour or so to tell it to return to the dock but it had turned off.

Best of luck with it!

I bought one in my local Lidl last week. It's worth checking if your passing one if you tried before as I checked the day after they were released a few months ago and it wasn't there, so it must have been a return or something.

It's also possible/probable I'm returning it too as there was an issue with my Mams mower and I bought this as a backup if I couldn't get it going again, but I got hers working again.