My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

172e RTK and 101e. Going well, still a few teething problems at times with dips in the lawn needing tidied up but nothing major.

Grass has never looked better.

Bit the bullet and checked, the RTK one I bought isn't on sale. Nor is the one I wished I'd bought, the smallest RTK one.

I'm in the north west, actually got it via dealer in the North.

Don't think it's recommended on the 101e. 172e is grand.

I just scrape the crap off it with a stick and wipe it down. For a more detailed clean before standing down in winter the dealer recommended compressed air.

Lyster Lawnmowers, Athlone

Spoke with Coughlans. They have no news yet on shipment.

Yes, picked it up today.

Managed to get it set up and the lawn mapped so will see how it runs tomorrow.

Took a bit of time between updates etc. and had a few issues with the mower getting positioning even though we have good clear sighting to the sky.

Pallets of the Luba in the warehouse so they seemed well stocked although they could all be going to customers and retailers.

It was really a throw away comment without too much thought, but you got me thinking. I was comparing the Luba 2 1000 against a second hand ride on that was coming in at about €2500.

When you look at the initial costs involved they are roughly the same, I paid €2,300 for the Luba, and you'd probably get another 10 years out of the ride on. But when you take the maintenance costs that come with it you'd have to expect approx €2,500 in petrol, services, belts, blades, oil, filters and borrowing a trailer to transport it for servicing over those 10 years.

With Luba the cost for up keep is replacing the blades 2 or 3 times a year and the electricity to charge it, total might come out at €250 over 5 years. There may be a service needed or broken part/battery that might cost €500.

So over 10 years the ride on would cost €5,000 and if I had to buy a new Luba after 5 years for €2,500 it'd bring me to €6,200 over 10 years (2,300+250+500+2,500+250+500).

But the main benefit I see is that nobody actually has to physically go there every 2 weeks and cut the grass, hard to put a price on that I suppose. Also, since we've had the Luba set up the grass hasn't looked this good since it was initially set about 30 years ago, it's currently cutting 3 times a week. Lastly having no cut grass pile stacking up is a nice bonus.

It's not exactly a direct comparison but even with the pessimistic view on having to replace Luba after 5 years, for me it offers better value overall. I'm hoping the Luba will get much further then 5 years but if it only lasted 4-5 years, I'm ok with that.

Any recommendations for Kress blades? For a 101e and 172e. I have the spare set that came with them, long overdue a change to be honest but I'll switch them over this weekend. Just planning ahead.

Lysters Athlone & Coughlan’s Carlow are the 2 Irish suppliers I know of.

Bought mine with Coughlan’s. Courier delivering on Monday all going to plan.
I don’t think there a huge advantage going with supplier for this type of product? Ultimately if you have issues , you will be going to Mammotion

Hi,

Any idea why my Parkside robot lawnmower keeps beeping while mowing please?

Thanks

Pa

For the Luba owners, what are people using for an rtk mount on the house? I'm trying to get my hands on the Mammotion L bracket and it's either sold out or won't deliver to Ireland depending on where you look.

I have it spiked into the ground at the moment next to the charging station but I'm looking for a more permanent install so I know I won't have to remap if I move the charge station down the track.