Is this orchard-style yard too rough for a wire-free robot mower, or am I overthinking it?
Hi everyone,
I’m attaching original post of the actual yard and looking for honest recommendations.
This is not a perfect flat “football pitch” lawn. It is a maintained yard/orchard-style garden with fruit trees, mixed grass, some shade, mild slope, and one visible side slope. It has been mowed for years with a petrol mower, usually on the lowest setting, so it is maintained, but it is not an English ryegrass lawn or a golf-course surface.
The grass in the photos has been left uncut for about two weeks, so it looks taller than usual. The ground is not extremely bumpy, but it is not perfectly flat either.
- Main conditions:
- Around 700 m²
- Many fruit trees
- Mixed grass / meadow-type lawn
- Some shade from trees
- Mild general slope
- One side slope visible in the photos
- Maintained for years with a petrol mower
- Not crazy rough, but definitely not Wembley
Phone GPS signal is excellent here because it is an urban area, but I’m not sure how relevant that is for RTK/LiDAR robot mowers
I was looking at models like Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR and Mammotion YUKA mini 2 800 LiDAR, but I’m not locked into those. I’m open to any better suggestion.
What I care about most is:
- real-world terrain handling
- traction
- tree avoidance
- navigation reliability around fruit trees
- mixed grass performance
- whether LiDAR/vision is enough here, or whether I should prioritize AWD
- fewer problems over time, not a perfect golf-course finish
Based on the photos, what type of robot mower would you buy for this yard?
Thanks!