This ROBOT Mowed My Yard For 2 Years: Here's What Happened

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I didn't want to mow my yard or pay a lawn company to do it, so why can't we automate the worst part of home ownership? I met my first robot mower when I was about 10 years old, it was horrible, the controls were wired, you had to walk around your yard and program it, and it was so expensive no one bought them. Fast forward to 2020 and robot mowers are just Roombas with spinning razor blades. I bought the Worx 150 on Amazon, spent a couple hours setting it up and let it loose. It's been 2 years since it started mowing, here are my thoughts on it.
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@WatchJRGo 2 жыл бұрын

One more thing to add... the neighbors loved this thing, everyone would stop to talk about it, they would help if it got stuck, that was a lot of fun. Other times it would get stuck while I was out of town and I'd have to ask Gabe to move it back to the charging base so it wouldn't just be sitting out for a week. You basically have to "roomba proof" your yard to run it with no intervention. 🍻

@psubuster 2 жыл бұрын

Need to get yourself a miniature 🐐. Low maintenance and low cost. Just love him around the yard on various stake points and a chain.

@toyota420xp 2 жыл бұрын

I realy want that honda helix

@andreedberg4562 2 жыл бұрын

Really just to one manufacturer to choose from when it comes to a robotic mower and that's Husqvarna and their Automower series. Cost a bit more but soooo much better quality and your lawn will look like your neighbor or even better. You can pay for installation to minimize running problems

@Crotal_Karma 2 жыл бұрын

It mows.... not like this!

@kmlumd44 2 жыл бұрын

This guy's lawn health looks like crap.

@robertfack3082 2 жыл бұрын

I bought mine at the same time as yours. It works well on my complicated lawn, but the placing of the boundary wire is critical. Also it hates twigs which get caught underneath in the grass guides. You chose a robot which was too small for your half acre lawn. Husqvarna or Robomow make much bigger (and more expensive) ones. Husqvarna make a four wheel drive one (looks fantastic, but very expensive). My robot mows every part of my lawn a least three times a week, and the results are very good. Robots cut a very small amount off every pass and leave the cuttings in place to fertilise the grass, which only works if it can cut little and often. You need a bigger robot.

@MikeMPharmaCyclist 2 жыл бұрын

You're supposed to replace the blades every 2 months... lol. Also, tweaking the boundary wire setup and home base allows it to work nearly flawlessly. The distance from the edge at most needs to be 10.2" for walls or undefined borders/beds, that's directly from the installation instructions. They also instruct to not bury your wire (stake it down first) until you've confirmed the layout. I'm not sure why people don't understand spending a couple hours to actually install something properly is well worth the effort. For weed eating, mine doesn't leave much but if it really bothers you you can lay thin paving stones maybe 4" wide next to the foundation of your house/ fence to eliminate the need for trimming. Last stuck scene was just a comically bad boundary wire placement lmao 🤣 thanks for the video either way.

@mr.c6674 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately disposable income cause people to make everything disposable and not follow instructions, be impatient, and devalue what products can offer if instructions are followed. I've seen so many KZfaqrs toss instructions.

@AmnesiaPhotography 2 жыл бұрын

Bought a mower a week ago - and while it gets stuck a bit- I’m flagging those areas and refining the yard to “Roomba proof” the mower. A lot of work us, but they are all improvements. The point of this cost one year’s lawn service is a big one. I mowed my own lawns for 3 years, so I figure my labour will pay for two of these with some profit left over. Love the idea of pavers, I’ve seen some people edge with like an L shape edge - the flat edge at ground level this would stop the need to trim!

@MikeMPharmaCyclist 2 жыл бұрын

@@AmnesiaPhotography nice man, hope it works well for you! I am not quite 4 months in with mine and overall love it, occasional hiccups but for all of the time saved, no noise, not paying a third party, and a constantly manicured yard it seems well worth it. I haven't done the paver edging thing yet, let me know if you do! Others seem to like it. I'm edging maybe 25 mins every 2 weeks with the string trimmer currently.

@tobbes3566 Жыл бұрын

Are they not common in the US? , were im at there super common. They work great too.

@tobbes3566 Жыл бұрын

@Jeffery Franks Intresting, here they are really common.

@darrelhandgraaf7708 2 жыл бұрын

Been using the largest model of Husqvarna robot mower for 4 years. Cost of the mower was MUCH more expensive (about $3k) but no real problem with it getting stuck or quality of the cut. Biggest problems were rodents chewing through the buried giluide wired and the inability of the mower to mulch leaves in the fall on my large, heavily forrested lot.

@HubersRanch 2 жыл бұрын

It really depends on the mower you get. Personally I still think Husqvarna has some of the best ones but you have to spend the money. And you also need to prepare your yard for a robot mower.

@mainehouse3789 2 жыл бұрын

Very likely the wires are coated in a soy based "green" alternative. It's a huge issue in the automotive industry too.

@normt430 2 жыл бұрын

I paid $700 for returned/refurbished from Worx and started season three. Most of the wire breaks are from our shovels!

@darthXreven Жыл бұрын

@@mainehouse3789 right I bet a bunch of activists talked companies into going GREEN ugh..... know what I say?? let's burn the rainforest, belch out black coal smoke and really piss these lunatics off eh?? sorry not angry at you, I'm so sick of activists is all.....

@Lance-fk1eb 9 ай бұрын

I have been using Landroid for 2 years, bought extra batteries for continues cutting and has been OK. Lost connections of guide wire and used Harborfreight line finder which buzzes to find the wire- could imagine that that is a hassle if disconnected. Only thing is, I miss the striping of pushmower as this goes all over the place like a Roomba with the lawn looking tired. It helps reducing the work of mowing if you decide to finish off with pushmower

@fredrailsback2081 2 жыл бұрын

Hank Hill would think that this is the most asinine thing he'd ever seen.

@alteredstate5111 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking that if Hank was his neighbor he’d been straight over offering to install a sprinkler system fed from a tank with the water pretreated with the correct ph and nutrients as well as insisting on mowing it as well

@jamessurveyor4859 2 жыл бұрын

After seeing your dad work on the car crusher, I think he could build you a robot John Deere. Get about a 50 inch deck and two or three trips around the yard and it's done. Get him to convert it to electric.

@SteveBassen 2 жыл бұрын

The old fleet in the background of the intro was a flashback for sure (Fiat, Titan, Samurai) . Milwaukee needs to come out with a robot mower built on their new M18 mower chassis.

@HobbzGarage 2 жыл бұрын

I have the exact same model. The 1st time I put the wire down, I had the same problem as you. I ripped the wire back up and followed the directions for spacing, and haven't had to touch it since. To keep the battery from dying when it does it's automatic return to home, set you schedule to mow for like 3 hours, then it will have enough to get home. Yes the still having to weedeat sucks, but the Milwaukee makes quick work of it.

@HoschtonBoy 2 жыл бұрын

I am 78 and still push mow. I am thinking about getting a riding mower but until then my 2009 22" Ariens will keep on keeping on hopefully. My drive cable is rusting out on me , got to get one soon. Best of luck JR.

@schinianelli5547 Жыл бұрын

i have a neighbor in Myrtle Beach. that has been using his landroid for almost six years. it does a nice job, and is still going !

@peterhoz Жыл бұрын

Been using a moebot robot mower exclusively on my yard for 18 months. Does a great job. Your issues seem to be having a single "zone" for such a huge area, plus that you didn't lay the wire per the instructions as you said near the end. You should split your yard into a "front" and a "back" zone, and lay the wire so it doesn't miss the charger. Then program it to do the different zones separately, maybe on alternating days.

@justastulpe3265 5 күн бұрын

have 4 - 5 years now, best thing i ever bought it !!

@brianstauffacher 2 жыл бұрын

yes yes yes!!! although Automotive content is great. But these are some of my favorite videos ever to watch and learn from!

@WatchJRGo 2 жыл бұрын

The robot mower was a fun experience for sure 🍻

@clevelandmaker386 2 жыл бұрын

@@WatchJRGo please tell me you named the robot Dave!!!!!!

@michaelmaes 2 жыл бұрын

Biggest problem with robot mowers is people thinking it does everything, including edges, leaves, branches, without destroying other obstacles. A robot mower is just a tool which helps you reducing your work by mowing th big surfaces, so you gain some time every week.

@IntheDraft7 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. When you buy these robots you have to understand the limitations and how they operate. I had a friend over this past weekend and was showing him our robot vacuum, and he said well it doesn't really do a good job on the corners. I was like, you're correct, BUT it it does 95% of the job! It actually does more than I would do. This thing is going under the couches, tables, and other furniture far better than I would do. But in his mind, it is like well if it isn't going to do the corners then forget the whole thing. I think some people just have a hard time with change. For me, when I look at the vacuum, and see how well it does I cannot for the life of me see how a person doesn't just run to the store and buy one.

@TheBarberShopScott 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely should have added a couple cameras to go live with while it mowed lol

@WatchJRGo 2 жыл бұрын

Missed opportunity to put a GoPro on it and watch it bump into trees 😂

@tiredoldmechanic1791 2 жыл бұрын

I've known one person who has success with robot mowers. He used 3 on his 1/2 acre lawn and divides it up into segments.

@mobilechaosyt 2 жыл бұрын

I always felt that these mowers had to be run similar to a Roomba. Run it every other day, so that all the grass was kept at a consistent level and hopefully limit the thatch. The reality of keep a really good lawn is to mow it twice a week and water it enough so that it grows at that rate. I only have time to mow it once a week and even then I don't always get it done.

@dustyc324 Жыл бұрын

owning a lawn sucks. you gotta do it or pay someone. sucks either way.

@schrodingersmechanic7622 Жыл бұрын

Mine used to have problems getting stuck frequently multiple times per session mainly on the parts closest to the curb. Twice it has gotten picked up by scavvers who thought it was being thrown out. The wheels just don't have enough grip. As a hail Mary I took a box of deck screws and put a screw in every other tread. Then I cut the heads off to make them like spikes. That alone fixed 98% of my problems with it. Excellent traction now and it helps aerate the lawn too. My grass is greener than both of my neighbors and it looks like it has basically stopped growing. All it needs is a touch up with the weedeater every few weeks and an edger on the driveway every couple months. I'll never go back to a push mower

@alpha2gproject783 2 жыл бұрын

Not going to lie. This...just this was not something I knew I needed. I was just looking at buying a new riding mower since mine took a dump last year...but I'm not home enough to mow as much as I need to. This is definitely awesome!

@markmargiotta946 2 жыл бұрын

Yard needs some love

@maciekzientara 2 жыл бұрын

If it struggles on 0.5 acre, You should split your yard in sections. At least 3. it really does pretty good job when mowing zones.

@ghiagoo Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Just the video I needed to see. I have a half acre lot. Bummed it didn’t do better.

@mckrackin5324 2 жыл бұрын

For less than $1000 (not counting the mower) you can put GPS, servos and control board on a riding mower and it can strip your yard. I've been gathering the stuff to make a 48 inch zero turn autonomous. Pretty neat project and not nearly as hard as you'd think. Would be a fun project for your channel. You can do it with small push mowers too. You use electric wheelchair motors to drive and control it. An electric mower would be good for your yard size.

@jake_of_the_jungle9840 2 жыл бұрын

Lmk when you make that work and make a video please

@yoted 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a fun project. Does the software already exist for it or are you writing some to make it happen?

@lilmike2710 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome. I'd be worried about liability though.

@thecomanchekid 2 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a good project for the stuff made here channel...

@MikeMPharmaCyclist 2 жыл бұрын

The lawyers are waiting for you with this idea lmao 🤣

@mickmcgrath2313 2 жыл бұрын

I think your yard needs more than that! 😂

@MarcusWiderberg 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome with an honest experience report! Thanks! The state of robot mowers has not changed in years, we have an old bosch indego 1000 that is like 10 years old, that has now broken down. Proponents of the myth of progress tells us how fast tech moves. Yet even after a decade, it seems none of the basic problems of these robotic mowers have yet been solved by any brand or team! They get stuck, eat things, cannot find their way back, etc. You have to really adapt your garden and installation to get them to work, and even so, most of them struggle. ( Bitter: Instead of fixing reliability, manufacturers focus on adding more app related features) Even Husqvarna Automower struggles, they had huge problems in 2021 with their new line. And given that even their service is not stellar, it is hard to find a good solution.

Жыл бұрын

I've only heard good things About the Husqvarna line. Also subsidiaries... Gardena.

@phille8176 2 жыл бұрын

We have the exact same at home and I can hear it going outside my window 🤣

@4TheMotorist Жыл бұрын

The only thing this thing is missing are the little soap bubbles it makes when moving forward. What did you run out of bubble liquid?? 🤣🤣

@anthony10370 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the honesty. I was thinking about one of these but now no way. I want one that follows a pattern like the modern robot vacuums.

@davegibs4761 2 жыл бұрын

Lol! You murdered your yard! Hahaha! I feel for that guy who got it looking so good before you bought the house and turned it into a desert. 😜

@michaeldisalvo 2 жыл бұрын

Dude kicked the heck out of that Landroid and the robot didn’t even notice.

@johnwest7993 Жыл бұрын

"Been 2 years since it started mowing..." Well, at least it's determined.

@lellesunk 2 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for the lawnmower that automatically turns into a snowblower when it gets winter and snowy.

@LuckysMotorcycles 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing , your grass actually looks worse than mine !

@herbiehusker1889 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like it's never been watered

@WatchJRGo 2 жыл бұрын

Well it's just starting to come back from the winter 🤷‍♂️

@lordgarth1 2 жыл бұрын

IKR. I’d fire my service if my lawn looked like that coming out of winter.

@markstevens1729 2 жыл бұрын

Similar to my experience with a Roomba. We have an area rug the “robot” saw as a cliff and would no go there. Lovely.

@ayedee6681 2 жыл бұрын

lol, wichita is so harsh on grass in the summer, so unbelievably hot and dry, i spent a fortune on city water sprinkling my grass, had a garden service, and my grass did not look much better :o

@Soupy_loopy Жыл бұрын

I think this might be the first honest review of this product. Every other "review" sounds like a sales pitch.

@dfboiler Жыл бұрын

I love the statement, “if I had followed directions”

@greathornedowl3644 2 жыл бұрын

I remember that, wasn't it colliding with your deck? After frustrations with my last two gas mowers, I sprung for a Greenworks 40V electric mower. Works fantastic.

@mr_jake.y8348 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they will get better one day. Love your videos JR.

@cherokee1232 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info was literally buying one and wife said watch a review before I purchase so I’m sticking with out local mowers also. But I pay 3500 year for mowing

@Marfoir0303 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving an honest review 😎

@joeschmoe5009 2 жыл бұрын

When i worked at best buy we had these by husqvarna, always wondered how well they did

@jaymorgan8017 2 жыл бұрын

Great honest video.

@xPreatorianx1 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not a product for me. I love mowing my yard. I love getting paid to mow other's yards even more. (Used to do it every summer. Just walk around the area and pick up clients.) Hell when I lived in a retirement community, I bought my first car to prep for my first born child with the earnings from mowing lawns sun up to sun down every day. It got to the point to where potential clients would literally show up at my work place and ask if I was available when I got off. I should have honestly gotten a buddy or two on board, but I was literally doing it just to take care of the up front costs of my first kid. That was the only time I really hustled that much. This is cool though, but as long as I can mow my own yard, I'll never buy one. Maybe when I'm a senior.

@kge420 2 жыл бұрын

Senior here. Always love cutting my lawn as it’s great exercise. Cold beer after seems to taste much better too. Don’t stop unless you have to.

@GG-si7fw 2 жыл бұрын

You got to look at this from an another vantage point. You could get a fleet of these to setup in those yards and do touch up trimming and monitoring the army of mowers working on your behalf.

@deadsetanime7102 Жыл бұрын

For city yards like my row house, this is perfect. The small 20x30 patch of grass is quite the hassle. I was thinking about just graveling it all in but maybe this is a better option.

@vanderumd11 Жыл бұрын

Definitely go with a turf. trust mw

@c182SkylaneRG 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review! I see these things in Lowes and find myself wondering how good they could REALLY be. Personally, I've always enjoyed mowing the lawn, as long as I was using a riding lawnmower. Anytime I've used a push-mower, it's a chore. So that's the trick right there: you need a yard big enough for a riding mower, and then it becomes almost like meditation time. :)

@vamosaltemacongabrielmende3965 2 жыл бұрын

Quite interesting machine, but that will became my doggy new chewing toy 😂

@simonwoodward438 2 жыл бұрын

We are about take delivery of much larger Husqvarna for school playing fields, about 8 acres , it's a hell of a bit of kit and because the whole the roof is covered in solar panels as green as the grass it's cutting.

@clifbradley 2 жыл бұрын

The Geo Metro. One of my favorite builds with . I thought that thing was so cool. And because I watched that series, it led me to Big Al's bike and Auto, Auto Action Rebuilds and Hoovie's Garage. Oh well. Cool shirt. And the Honda scooter that was going to be a jet ski

@steveluken3180 2 жыл бұрын

Mowing is just too therapeutic for me. I can't do a robot or pay anyone else to do it. Maybe when I'm too old to move, but until then, it's all me.

@WatchJRGo 2 жыл бұрын

I've mowed my yard and done some commercial mowing, I'm super allergic to it. Usually can't breath the next day 😬

@stickit2theman1 2 жыл бұрын

@@WatchJRGo saaaame I have to take a 24 hr allegra at least a couple hours before I mow 😌

@TakuroSpirit77 2 жыл бұрын

@@WatchJRGo Same here, but, just like shovelling snow, it's the only 'gym time' I get sometimes. Try wearing a mask while mowing. No joke, a good KN95 will filter out allergens and you'll be able to breathe.

@OhPhuckYou 2 жыл бұрын

Okay Hank Hill.

@steveluken3180 2 жыл бұрын

@WatchJRGo That would change my perspective for sure. I'm lucky that all I get is maybe dry eyes from allergens.

@jonathanj.4800 2 жыл бұрын

What a fine contraption. Your lawn looks wonderful. What a nice little lawn mower. I'll run out and buy one. Immediately. Congratulations!

@Killaclan1696 2 жыл бұрын

How is it

@31dknight 2 жыл бұрын

Great video from JR.

@donmynack 2 жыл бұрын

I paid a guy on Facebook marketplace $200, plus the trade-in of my old Toro, for a refurb Honda gas mower last year. Takes maybe an hour a week to do the whole thing. The self-propel is actually really fast. I burn maybe 5 gallons of gas a year on it and a gas trimmer. Works for me.

@ivangaeta3663 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I appreciate it. You saved me $1000. I was going to get one of these

@kc0lif 2 жыл бұрын

nice to see you refurbish grass cutter. worx does make cordless power tools. glad you enjoy it.

@functionalvanconversion4284 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this review. I have a 2+ acre yard and unfortunately my trees are not large enough to keep the grass manageable, so I. Considering a yarbo, but worried about the infant technology.

@upsidedowndog1256 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that review. I doubt my 1 acre yard would benefit from one of those.

@Cartier_specialist 2 жыл бұрын

You'd think they'd make one guided by GPS since everything has GPS these days. The wire boundary thing seems like the designers just gave up.

@TheBrokenLife 2 жыл бұрын

I think you'd need to do both and I honestly thought that's how these things worked. I imagined the boundary wire was a safety hard limit and that it mowed via GPS. I guess not.

@fredrikholmqvist8281 2 жыл бұрын

Husqvarna has the epos and ceora. So yes the technology already exists

@IrixGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool gadget! I was researching the Worx electric mowers and this video popped up. Great video! Sub and Like added!

@mikemontgomery7337 2 жыл бұрын

I like your little treehouse for sleepouts when your buddies are over !!!

@69Dartman 2 жыл бұрын

It's a cool idea but you need one that uses a lidar sensor and like that so it can actually map the yard and detect big things to avoid. I have a robot vacuum with the lidar sensor and a camera in the nose so it maps the house and can spot shoes, socks, and wires on the floor. I started with a dumb one that did random patterns till it was done, got the better mapping one when I found a deal, and just got the one with the camera. Not perfect but it does straight lines and has a map and always knows where it is at. The camera as long as there's enough light spots the random obstacles and helps it avoid them. I'm sure someone makes a similar idea for a robot mower now. I just want to get a battery powered one with a couple of batteries and self propelled and I'd be happy myself but a robot would be cool.

@kevinhubbard294 2 жыл бұрын

Must be old video because all the cars shown in the background are gone.

@WatchJRGo 2 жыл бұрын

The beginning is from 2 years ago, the end is from yesterday 🍻

@_RiseAgainst 2 жыл бұрын

I think we have a while before we have to worry about Skynet

@billieyoung497 2 жыл бұрын

if you dont cut your grass in my town,someone from the city rides around the neighborhoods and if your grass aint cut you get a ticket and that is 1300 dollars because you didnt cut your grass...if you park in your yard or store stuff lets say like an old tire or something...you get a 1300 dollar ticket.

@MrTimdtoolman1 2 жыл бұрын

"WatchJRMo" Good one John. This thing would not stand a chance in my yard the big trees on my property are constantly dropping limbs and sticks that are a pain to keep picked up so I can cut with my riding mower. Maybe if you put a 5 horse Briggs on this thing and some real blades it would have a chance. LOL!!!!

@mattclinch1976 2 жыл бұрын

Black and decker makes a great battery operated weed whacker. I've had mine for years, still holds a great change. Charged it twice all last summer I think.

@rupe53 2 жыл бұрын

My first thought is you can never clean up the yard for a weekend party in an afternoon and this thing leaves twice as much edging to do. OTOH, in theory, it could run every night and be caught up, as long as it doesn't rain. I'm also guessing the GPS feature is a theft deterrent and you have to pay extra for monitoring... and the GPS has nothing to do with tracking the unit within the yard. The wire is what keeps it within the boundry, but still randomly cutting all over, which is kind of ridiculous. I can just see a dog barking and following it all over then shoving it into the bushes.

@ThirdDegreeWitchExplores 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like expensive rubbish to me , mowing the lawn is a great chill

@ChakatNightspark 2 жыл бұрын

you know what is better then hiring a Service or getting a Robot Mower. Going out and buying a Lawn mower and doing it yourself.

@nadenolam8368 2 жыл бұрын

Stopped and said hi yesterday, I was in my Miata.

@WatchJRGo 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, Miata still looks great! 🍻

@henrysmifth536 2 жыл бұрын

Jr kicked the robot 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jeremyTallen1 2 жыл бұрын

I despise mowing so much it makes absolutely no sense to me. Luckily the kids ride their mini bikes enough that I don't have to mow often. If I could my whole yard would be gravel.

@TheBrokenLife 2 жыл бұрын

It makes no sense to anyone. The entire idea of having a mowed yard was as a display of excessive wealth. The idea was to have so much land that you could afford to not have animals graze on it, but make it appear is if you did anyhow. Mowing the grass is literally a medieval flex.

@mchuo7834 2 жыл бұрын

Dairy farms have robot manure and feed pushing robots, they follow a set path every day. If you could have an rc for the mower, set a preprogrammed path once, I think I would work a lot better.

@michaeldisalvo 2 жыл бұрын

I have 2 separate wire tracks. One for the front and another track for the back yard. My wr143 covers a 1/2 acre with no problem. I use a 4 hour battery and soon adding metal spikes to the wheels for better grip. My lawn is green. Why is yours not? Then main problem here is the wire install and lack of care for the yard with general cleanup and adding dirt. I did enjoy the video.

@markc7070 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they keep developing. These mowers are a great example of a technology that just isn't quite there yet but could be awesome in the near future.

@AdamTreier 2 жыл бұрын

It's totally there... You just need to do a proper installation. He didn't follow the directions for the wire, preparing your yard, buying the right model, or setting up the base. Before he even got to the point where it was mowing I knew he was going to have problems.

@tobbes3566 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's wrong, they are super common and work great.

@speedbuggy16v 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video on this, you just saved me a chunk of change. My dogs would probably murder it anyway...LOL

@christurnerrr 2 жыл бұрын

Interested in more yard content!

@Lindsey_Lockwood Жыл бұрын

Been using mine for 2 years+ and it's doing fine. I notices your neighbors yard past that large fence is also mostly deadzone as well

@MJorgy5 2 жыл бұрын

You need an old Craftsman, a pallet of Milo and a motivated middle/high school student.

@drewping2002 2 жыл бұрын

Have they made any improvements in 2 years? I am kinda obsessed with robots, I have a Shark vacuum bot and a no-name vac/mop. I bought a Shark Mop/vac that would agitate the mop head to scrub, and made a map of the house, but it would basically get stuck because it squirted too much solution on the floor and couldn't get traction. The no-name one is just a "bump n' go" , no agitator, but it's kinda fun. I was hoping your mowbot worked better so I could try it, but if it has all those issues I'll just mow it myself, my yard isn't that big anyway.

@AdamTreier 2 жыл бұрын

I have 2 of them, and they are amazing. You need to follow the directions for setting up your yard though or it could be bad (as in his video). Do you have a complex yard with many obstacles? You might need the ACS or off limits package.

@drcruelty 2 жыл бұрын

You'd think with GPS and laser ranging available nowadays there would be one you could program pattern and all complete with Google Earth maps.

@JerryMac1125 2 жыл бұрын

$1000 for That battery operated Hunk Of Plastic 🤣🤣😂😂

@philipr7686 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to guess the lawn still needs help, as in, fertilizing, and I would suggest several core aerations for your lawn/s, then fertilize after. You'll get a better plug from the lawn after a good rainfall or watering of the lawn/s. Many years ago, I estimated a gorgeous lawn that had regular core aeration done and composted turkey manure to fertilize it. Mow high, 2.5 - 3" mowing height.

@larrybe2900 2 жыл бұрын

Any lawn that gets what is known as "creeping charlie", a broad leaf weed, can take care of it with iron added to the soil. It does not like to grow in soil with iron. I have done it and it works just fine.

@vaakdemandante8772 Жыл бұрын

All his lawn needs is water - looks dry as dirt.

@jamestyndall529 2 жыл бұрын

Cutting my grass is a large part of my exercise routine!

@TheDuke013 2 жыл бұрын

It reminds of the car toys I had as a kid that bumped around and always got stuck.

@colleenemal5182 Жыл бұрын

I bought mine around the same time. I also have the same problems. It always gets stuck it misses the base. I refuse to get rid of it though. It’s like my 2nd kid, but semi useful kid

@bernardortiz7351 2 жыл бұрын

We went with a Husqvarna automower. We're nearing the end of 1 year of ownership and my grass has never looked better. Yes, we have to pick up dog toys and bigger sticks, but for the most part, it has been a great little mower. It does get stuck on a high root every once in a while (yes, I'll put more dirt down there), but it runs nearly every day and the tiny trimmings that it does has done a world of good for the grass.

@MisterRandomEncounter Жыл бұрын

Does it mulch leaves tho. I have been kinda wondering and dont know if its good for it or not .

@bernardortiz7351 Жыл бұрын

@@MisterRandomEncounter No. There may be a model with a leaf mulching attachment, but this does not. I use my other lawnmower to pull up the leaves.

@fabianalvarado1200 Жыл бұрын

How low do you set it to mow?

@bernardortiz7351 Жыл бұрын

@@fabianalvarado1200 we have St. Augustine grass (relevant, as each species may have different needs). I put the automower at its highest setting so the taller blades can help shade the roots from the brutal sun. 2 years in, and we still have a great, green lawn that I only need to trim.

@patcoston Жыл бұрын

How do you power the charger without the plug getting wet from rain?

@sirmiro2 2 жыл бұрын

How could you get that bad results? I've had an even older one going since 2015 with perfect results. Knifes need to be changed once a month. Installation is key, it must be done right. 2 meters (6ft) completely straight into the charger. And these things need to go a bit every day, and gives perfect results here in Europe.

@TechWeLove Жыл бұрын

So basically, until it actually goes in lines, and can go back to the charging station on its own, is bigger, and faster, it's not worth it.

@wilsonlaidlaw 2 жыл бұрын

In my experience, WORX and MacAllister products are the classic example of: "Buy cheap; buy twice". Their batteries and/or their chargers don't seem to last very long. I now stick to Makita, Black and Decker Professional or Stanley Professional. The MacAllister weed-whacker at our UK house had a dead lithium battery, when we came to use it this spring. Bought a new battery with some difficulty, as MacAllister no longer sells the battery and this is for a product that is only 2 years old, which is very poor customer service. Now the charger has died as well. I will bring the big Black and Decker 54V whacker back from our French house at the end of summer. It is 4 years old and still works like new.

@pauljs75 2 жыл бұрын

The Worx 20V weed-whacker/edger units are really only meant for a small 1/2 acre lawn that gets mowed once or twice a week, and that's about it as that's all the battery lasts for on a charge. Nice as you don't have to deal with a 2-stroke engine and its maintenance and they're somewhat quiet in comparison too. (Works well enough for the semi-urban home here.) But they don't really go out of their way to tell anyone with a bigger yard that they need something with more endurance. If you run a push-mower - yea/maybe, riding mower - nay. And it's definitely the wrong choice for any commercial landscaping, that kind of running should stick to gas all the way despite the other costs/maintenance.

@MassiveTrackHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the fun if it finds a freshly dead squirrel and Purée's it in a zigzag pattern all over the yard for you. XD

@gertraba4484 2 жыл бұрын

Mr roboto. Thank u very much

@paulsmith5398 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!, but one of those would not work in my yard, its so rough, even i have trouble mowing it sometimes. But i enjoy the exercise when i can, even though my next door neighbor insists on doing it for me, because he has a huge zero-turn Toro, and almost no yard. So now i have to get my exercise on a 5-mile long bike"n"hike trail. Bummer.

@joebridges3165 Жыл бұрын

Nice video, I appreciate your honest review. I'm with you on how problematic "autonomous" helpers can be. I had a Creeper pool cleaner...I'd come home from work, and I could hear it was stuck on the ladder or the pool steps. The Creeper was inexpensive compared to these mowers. They don't do that good of a job for the cost. I'm an old man but I can still mow the yard regularly in summer and do a much better job and not get stuck doing it. Nice video, thanks.

@L.Nilsson 3 ай бұрын

one of the world's best inventions. Have been driving for 8 years and the machine does the job. I fertilize with nitrogen and mow, that's all. Has the world's greenest and finest lawn

@kerrylewis2581 2 жыл бұрын

You are much smarter than me, so you know soil testing and fertilization are probably your issues more than cutting.

@GAMINGOBRIEN69 2 жыл бұрын

There is 2 types of "sorry about the wind" type one is it sounds like a hurricane is right next to you, this is most common, but type 2 is when you barely hear it, rare but that is what happened when you said it

@TheBrokenLife 2 жыл бұрын

I've legit been wondering about this one ever since the first video. I'm really hoping this technology scales up and progresses in about the next 10 years because I would really like to buy many acres of land and a tractor of an appropriate size for that much land is legitimately like $30k. I'd rather buy 30 grass Roombas and not have it occupy my time. C'mon Skynet. I know you can kill the humans, but can we get a few years of lawn service first? 😆

@cobra64th21 Жыл бұрын

The technology is there, my robot vacuum is smart as fuck. It has lidar and a camera, why can't a lawn mower do the same?

@cobra64th21 Жыл бұрын

@William Arrington no it doesnt make sense to bury a canker outside. What about people with 10 acres? Plus the robot just moves around randomly. My vacuum has patterns and knows where it already vacuumed.

@cobra64th21 Жыл бұрын

@William Arrington I'm not talking about these specific lawnmowers. If they can make a small one they can make a big one that is smart like some autonomous vacuums, that just dont move around randomly. I checked on it and they already have them but havent reached mainstream production yet.