Mower recommendation
Hi everyone, been lurking this subreddit for a few months researching robotic mowers for my yard. Was hoping to get some advice from you guys. Been thinking about an AWD model for my lawn. The lawn itself is quite small- the whole property is about 2000m2, but the actual moving area is more like 800-900m2. My lawn consists of 5 zones, posted pics only for the ones that I think are problematic. My main concern are trees and the connecting area between front and back yard. It’s quite narrow- around 1.2m in the tightest place, it’s in 23 degree slope and right under a tall pine tree. The other problem is that the back yard has a lot of matured pine trees in general. I’m worried that RTK models need GPS connection to the robot itself and was wondering if the tree coverage is maybe too dense? For the base station, I’m planning to put the RTK antenna on the roof so it should be fine (I think).
The current models I’m thinking about (I'm very open to any other suggestions):
- Navimow x420- imo this one has the best price/performance, but I do worry about the GPS signal for the robot
- Luba 3 - the lidar part is very interesting, but was reading that it’s not that better than the vision based tracking that x430 has, so I’m unsure. Also the fact of dropping software support for older models is concerning as I see this as an investment for the next 5 years
- Husqvarna 435x - to be honest this is totally out of my price range and might be an overkill comparing to the size of my lawn, but I did read somewhere that it has a possibility to have a hybrid setup- setting up wired boundaries for the back yard and the connecting area, and use EPOS for front yard with nice mowing lines sounds pretty nice and reliable. Maybe putting my family on bread and water diet for a few months so that I can spend more time with them is worth it, haha