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Robot Lawn Mowers for 2019
- mikestew 8y agoSoooo, two grand for something that doesn't suck? As a West Coast suburbanite, my 10K square feet of lot takes 30 minutes with the electric push mower. And, because we don't obsess over our lawn, it needs mowing every week or two. I don't see the value. A robot vacuum (which we don't have, either) I could see, as I do ours every day or two. But for 30 minutes every two weeks... Hey, wait a minute..."we don't obsess over our lawn", now I get it: we're not the target market. Or maybe a bigger lot would make it worth it.
- syntaxing 8y agoA quarter acre (10K square ft) is a pretty small amount of grass hence why this product is probably not worth it for you especially if quarter acre is total land ownage. But I'm more surprised how you only have to mow your lawn once a week. During the prime here on the East coast, you probably have to mow the lawn twice of week even if you don't obsess over it. It can get so long that even a high powered lawn mower will struggle if there is a little bit of moisture in the grass.
- mikestew 8y agoSeattle is different than "back East". Come June, it doesn't get touched until November because (shhhhh) it doesn't rain much in the summer, and we don't water. It grows in the spring and fall (and sometimes I mow in January), but yeah, once every week or two, depending. OTOH, I mowed two weeks ago, and it was already looking like it could use it again a week later. Spring is here.
- syntaxing 8y agoI love the idea of a robot lawn mower but I hate how you need to lay down wire to create the boundary of your land. It would be nice to see how well the new Roomba one works.
- jasonlaramburu 8y agoRobotic mowers have been very successful in Europe but struggle in North American markets. The general thinking is that the larger average size and non-uniform shape of American lawns makes robots either impractical or not competitive with 3rd party lawn care services.