WHEELS: are your Lumba Wheels [ ] the Original Tractor-like wheels (front & back the same) [ ] or the Omni Front Wheels (like the Blade)?

@@tulsatom4307 all four wheels are the same, thick rubber tires (not omnidirectional in the front like they are offering as a model choice now). Personally I'd steer clear of the omni wheels. Like I said above, the AWD four rubber tires can tackle the craziest hills. They can handle even bigger inclines than Husqvarna's $5k AWD model. The Luba 5000 is literally a tank, even on wet grass.

Too bad it’s only 30-70mm HOC at the moment. :/

@@402SHO I'll be honest, the sweeper worked awesome (when the robot wasn't getting stuck every 30 minutes) and the packaging it came in was excellent but yeah, they've got a long way to go before it's a viable product.

@@alexlanders9005I am in the same boat. It’s so close and I want to love it but it’s just not there. The sweeper works great but the bag fills so fast

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You know I was thinking red white and blue for Independence Day weekend but yours is funnier 😂

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Roomba has standards apparently.

Call it the Goomba

If you need something RIGHT NOW, consider looking at the Mammotion Luba mowers. They have the 1000, 3000, and 5000 models depending on how large your yard is. My lawn was never pristine. It was in terrible shape when I bought the home, and so far I've only had time to fix the weeds and haven't had a chance to level it out or re-seed it. It is a very lumpy lawn with 30 degree slope along one edge of it. It is bermuda grass that has been growing too tall too quickly and has required more mowing than I want to do in the summer heat to keep the HOA happy. So I bought the Luba 1000. So far I've only had it for a week and it has been handling the bumpy lawn with ease since it is a heavier mower with more power than the ecoflow blade. There are a few warts though: 1: The anti-theft systems are arguably inadequate since a thief would need to connect Luba to their home wifi for it to ping its location for help. Some users have resorted to hiding airtags or GPS trackers on or within the mower. 2: The battery is not readily accessible for user replacement. Time will tell how big of an issue that will be. 3: The 5000 models have been known to wear a donut shaped hole in the lawn approximately 1 meter in front of the charging station since that it is where it always does its reversal maneuver to recharge. The 1000, 3000, and in some regions a subset of the 5000 models have omniwheels for the front wheels that should reduce wear on the lawn when turning. I haven't had mine long enough to see if the problem will develop with the new wheels. The omni-wheel models have only just started being shipped to consumers. I hope that future software updates will be able to randomize the position of the reversal maneuver. Until then, you might want to move the charging station to where the eyesore isn't immediately visible. 4: While the newer lubas have omni-wheels like the ecoflow, they're arrayed differently in such a way where I don't think that they'll have the same issues that the ecoflow experiences. However I do worry that they might have trouble with pine needles. I have no pine needles on my property, so I'll never know firsthand. 5: Large trees with dense foliage can block the GPS signal that Luba uses to navigate, so if you have many trees on your property then luba may not work well. That's what I can think of off of the top of my head. My luba has only gotten stuck once, and that was because I mapped the lawn too close to a flower bed and it attempted to climb the brick of the perimeter wall into the bed. It climbed up enough to trigger the lift sensor which shut down the mower as a safety precaution. But that was my fault for mapping the perimeter too close to the obstacles. IMO you should expect to still need to do a light amount of mowing/trimming around the perimeter of your home or any obstacles. If you don't have an immediate need, it might be prudent to wait a few years. I suspect more manufacturers will start adopting RTK guidance, and I imagine that RTK guidance will be combined with vision to help improve performance amidst heavy tree cover. Like I said, I haven't owned mine for long yet. But so far I am very happy with it and my primary concern is someone stealing it. edit: the luba also currently has the same cut height range as the eco-flow, which as has been stated is an issue for some breeds of grass. Newer models with a larger range of cut deck are in the works but aren't available yet.

@@GeneralArmchair wow you are an awesome human for taking the time and detail for helping me with that info. I really appreciate it. We only have 3 trees right now because we have a smaller property but we have been looking for a couple years to get a slightly larger home and property and I like the RTK style since it doesn’t require wires to be installed and we can easily take it with us to the next house…if that ever happens 😂. The way I think of robots in general are that they help about 80-90% but there’s still some form of human involvement still. At least that’s the way it is with our robot vacuum so far. We’ve had it for almost 2 months and that why we are considering a robot lawn mower because my wife is now slightly convinced that it could help and be convenient. The robot vacuum still has its quirks though. For the lawn mower I’d expect that she would still need to trim along the perimeter and obstacles or the occasional mow. Our main concern is the super bumpy lawn but the general contractor is supposed to fix they issue they caused when they repair after the tornado. It’s pretty bad and you have to watch that you don’t roll an ankle right now. I like the Lubo but I’m worried in general for a lot of companies because I wonder what the lifespan is from a robot mower for serviceability like you mentioned. My concern is the battery, deck motor, wheel driving motors and even if those are fine I worry that companies decide not to support it anymore or close up shop and I don’t know if that means the mower will still function or does it rely on the manufacturer to operate? Will it be like a cell phone and they just stop support and then you are forced to upgrade. These are some of my concerns. Thanks again!!

@@kore996 Long term serviceability is definitely a concern with the Luba. From my limited personal experience and with reviews from others, the mower seems to be a good job but signs of growing pains in other areas are definitely visible with mammotion. Personally I feel like most of the other companies manufacturing mowers have been resting on their laurels for years with their guide-wire driving roomba style mowers. I think Husqvarna might be the only solidly established company offering an RTK guided mower, but theirs clocks in at twice the cost of some of the Luba models. I read about some home-made solutions that grew out of something called the Ardumower project, but the documentation that I could find on it was mostly in german. I just don't have time to devote to a DIY project of that level right now, but the final solution at least would be something where you could replace everything and weren't reliant upon support from a single company. Normally I mow while wearing a filtered mask because of my grass allergies, but the heat has been unbearable for wearing a mask this year and one too many nastygrams from the HOA pushed me over the edge to rolling the dice with luba. I might get burned with early adopter problems, but I'm hoping it can last me 4-5 years so that it can save me some money in the long run compared to hiring someone to mow my lawn. I might be capable of taking it apart myself to replace a simple battery, but if it can just last me a few years then I hope something more refined will be on the market in the future. For example I was attracted to the Worx brand mowers since their mowers have readily replaceable batteries that use the same batteries as their brand of cordless power tools. But the Worx mowers all use guide wires with the exception of their new "vision" model that replaces the wire with unsightly magnetic strips that sit upon the surface of the grass, and even then it still does the inefficient roomba style navigation. I suspect that the future is a combination of RTK for map definition and high level route planning, with some kind of vision sensor providing obstacle avoidance and backup navigation during periods of poor GPS reception that may be encountered under trees or within an alley between homes between the front and back yards.

Nice touch to add the EGO fan! 😂

Walmart has it for $999 right now

Are you sure you are getting that Novabot? Looks like to me they went out of business. I too put in an order but I have gotten nothing but an undeliverable email reply.

@@blissfulbeadsclips Wow. I have no idea... But I have been getting regular emails I actually just got an email yesterday about the 4th of July. So I will stay optimistic for a couple months yet. 🤔😏

Husqvarna and a couple other companies make a doggie door that you can build into the fence. It may not work for the EcoFlow Blade though because it's so tall.

I agree overpriced junk.

ha ha!!! 😂

@@Thelawncarenut You were supposed to get the electric robot mower review out during Pride Month!

water it in and it will green up. give it a little time and keep watering the lawn properly all the way through

it looks cool and I hope to get one very soon to test.

Love the Luba!

It’s my fan not his 😂😂😂

@@Brettsgrasscapades Nice!!!!!!!

I bought one that night when I got home. 😂

@@Thelawncarenut NICE BOYS!!!!!

Does that have the built in mister on the ego fan??

ha ha!!

Lazy people need this ! Walker mower for me! 👍🏻💪

Cardiovascular Surgeons all agree, No Robots cutting the grass. It has to be a push mower! ❤

@fredrickhaemker8434 You bet. Robot mowers are for the week and lazy. Nothing like a good case of heat exhaustion to feel good about yourself 😎

Birth defect 😂

😂. $999.00 online at walmart site at time of this comment.

I bought one, it's in the mail, arriving this week!

love it!!

nice!!!

love it!!!

interesting! you do have alot of trees that we did not have to contend with. Brett has the RTK pole in the front yard, but the mower does fine all the way at the far back behind the house. But I had not considered what overhead disruptions would do. Looks like we will have to test it on a shaded lawn next.

@Thelawncarenut yes I would love to see that. I got a luba 3000 that does a much better job. Btw I am a long-term fan of the channel ;)

​@@Innovate2renovatedo you have a lubba video? Looking for an honest review.

@BrendenChase77 yes I have a few on my channel

@@Innovate2renovate sounds like you like it. Thanks!

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