u/1E_liot

Help me choose a robot mower for my yard.

I want to upgrade my robot mower, because my current one gets stuck too often. Fallen apples and pears are part of the problem, mostly due to weak obstacle avoidance. It also struggles with uneven ground. The front wheel can drop into a dip and cause it to flip.

My yard is about 0.8 acre. I'm looking at the Navimow X430 and Mamotion LUBA 3 5000 since both advertise strong obstacle avoidance and the ability to handle uneven ground, but I'd like to know how they perform in everyday use. Also curious about the cloud usage. Do either of them require a yearly cloud fee to keep working, or are the basic features still free? I also want to ask about the cloud subscription. If I don't renew after the included period, which remote features stop working? Can the mower still do basic mowing and scheduling?

Would appreciate any real owner experience.

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u/1E_liot — 2 days ago

What specs should I pay attention to when choosing a robot mower?

I want to buy a robot mower during Prime Day and have looked at Navimow, Mammotion, and Husqvarna. My yard is about 1.2 acres, mostly flat, with three separate areas, some trees, and two ponds.

But there are a lot more specs than I expected. Coverage is easy to compare, and slope ability doesn’t matter much for me, so I’m more unsure about navigation, obstacle detection, and mapping. For a larger yard split into different sections, do NRTK, RTK, LiDAR, vision, or similar systems make a real difference? How easy is it to map multiple areas, and is the map usually accurate enough around trees, ponds, and narrow connecting spots?

u/1E_liot — 2 months ago