u/Weak-Bother-6765

As a Bears and Bulls fan from Gary, Indiana, I don't understand the hate. Even after my family and I moved away from Gary in 1989 to Texas, we have continued to support the Bears/Bulls. My old man switched back to the Colts years ago.

I've never been to a Bears game. My first NFL game in person was Oakland vs Pittsburgh in California because I was stationed as a pilot in California and the tickets were practically free.

For everyone who watched the preseason game heard George McCaskey say there are two sites in Indiana being considered for the new stadium.

Does it really matter if the Bears are in Indiana or Illinois?

He's finished. I don't see him making this team.

Do you ever notice or take note of the individuals who stop by your house to record or take pictures of your robotic mower? I have security cameras that track the robotic mower around my house. The cameras will Face ID individuals.

I was in the house watching my cameras. You know, MONITORING my robotic mower like a responsible owner. One guy stopped by to record the X430 as it departed the front lawn via a sidewalk that passes in front of our driveway. The X430 drove past my wife's two cars that were parked in the driveway. Then the mower swung a right turn up a 3.5 ft wide by 20 ft long path on the side of the driveway so it could enter the gate for the backyard.

I could hear the guy asking a female neighbor from across the street about the X430 robotic mower. My neighbor just shrugged because women don't care about robotic mowers. She's actually the person who mows their lawn. The guy told her, it just finished mowing and now it's headed to the backyard. Then he talked about having a robotic vacuum, but didn't know robotic mowers were a thing.

Well... SURPRISE! Robotic vacuums are nowhere close to a robotic mower.

It's obvious to me that Segway Navimow chose speed over providing a consistent cut. I will send the X430 out to mow. Then I'm like damn, the mower has already finished mowing the back lawn. I go outside to inspect my lawn. All the missed blades of grass that were not mowed is very apparent. There are rhizomatous turf type tall fescue grass blades that were pushed over and growing longer by the day. I'm like yeah, let's try this again in a different direction. It's a bit better after a second mow. I typically just grab my Milwaukee reciprocating attachment to clean up all the missed or pushed over blades of grass and send the mower back to the dock. If you want something done right, just do it yourself.

The engineers prioritized SPEED over a consistent cut. I think consumers would prefer a highly consistent cut over speed any day of the week. Prove me wrong.

**In the off chance this isn't just rage bait..they're probably finishing shipping code this quarter for what will be manufactured q4/q1 for delivery to customers for spring. Then they'l have time to do patches and updates for what's in the field today in the backlog. How long do you think it takes to ship code that's been fully tested on physical hardware? as a customer of a flagship mode would want fully tested updates so we don't get shit like leaving the ToF sensor on in the charging dock again.**

They obviously didn't do any testing to see that the ToF sensor was staying on at night. You give them too much credit. I highly doubt they're testing anything, otherwise they would know the mower will miss blades of grass or just push them over.

Does anyone else feel like Segway Navimow is kind of slow rolling updates or maybe incapable of programming the minor things we requested?

The X430 was released in spring of 2026. So you're telling me they're incapable of making the X430 mow in an opposite perimeter mowing direction until 2027? 🙄

I'm also trying to understand why buyers of their mowers in Europe do not understand how the tech playbook works. If you didn't purchase their flagship model, they're not going to give you the same features and updates as an X430. Tech has always been a pay to play system. You purchased a lower tier model because you obviously didn't have a need for all the features on an X430. Chances are highly likely your lower tier model's hardware cannot support the features of say an X430.

I've been looking to replace my Roomba S9+. I hear Roborock has the best app.

I was just trying to figure out which robotic vacuum brands clean really well, avoids objects easily, and does its cleaning in an efficient manner. I don't know what the top of the line Roborock might be though. I just know that the Roomba 775 is their best offering and Matic only offers one robotic vacuum.

I just had all our shared fencing replaced with my backyard neighbors all within the past 2 years. Specifically the north and south sides of the fencing. The west side was done before my wife and I were married.

If a new neighbor moves in and wants to replace the fencing at their own cost. I believe under California Good Neighbor Fence law, they would need my consent to replace the fencing. Is my assumption correct? Or do you think their plan is to decrease their amount of property by building their own fence inside of their property line? The previous neighbor neglected all the fencing except for the portion we shared.

A lot of you think I'm a shill for a certain company's robotic mower. When I literally roast them on Reddit daily for not updating features that should be standard when shipping a robotic mower.

A company informed me I had won an extended warranty for my robotic mower. They posted the usernames online. Someone told them I don't exist. That user is blocked from seeing my account. I think it's odd someone tried to look up all the winners. Anyway, my plan is NOT to accept the extended warranty. I plan on just ghosting the company. They're probably trying to figure out who I am because I question their engineering and programming logic.

There are a bunch of tech illiterate people who think you can just go away on trips and a robotic mower will not have any issues. News Flash: Your cheap $800-$2.4K robotic mower isn't perfect. Hell, there are multimillion dollar unmanned vehicles that throw far less error codes than a cheap robotic mower. Yet, these military vehicles have to still be monitored by the armed forces. I'm trying to understand why civilians think you don't have to monitor your robotic mower when it's actually mowing. You're asking for a situation to occur where someone is hurt so they issue restrictions on these robotic mowers due to your ineptitude. It's coming....

There are a bunch of tech illiterate people who think you can just go away on trips and a robotic mower will not have any issues. News Flash: Your cheap $800-$2.4K robotic mower isn't perfect. Hell, there are multimillion dollar unmanned vehicles that throw far less error codes than a cheap robotic mower. Yet, these military vehicles have to still be monitored by the armed forces. I'm trying to understand why civilians think you don't have to monitor your robotic mower when it's actually mowing. You're asking for a situation to occur where someone is hurt so they issue restrictions on these robotic mowers due to your ineptitude. It's coming....

I don't like the fact that the Segway Navimow will do 3 perimeter mowing laps around my front and back lawn. As a result, I make the X430 mow the front and back lawn two times.

The first mow is set to a specific mowing pattern with edge mowing turned OFF. However, the second mow consists of me turning edge mowing to ON. Then allowing the mower to perform one lap around the front lawn. I STOP the mower, cancel the mow and send it to the back lawn to perform one perimeter mowing lap. I STOP the mower after one lap and send the mower home.

My method is the best way to stop the mower from edge mowing in the same direction for 3 laps every other day.

Segway Navimow,

Allow me to designate channels that are on pavement consisting of sidewalks, walkways, and patio areas. That way the mower knows not to cut through the zone when it's right next to a channel that's on pavement. I don't understand your programming logic.

Why should anyone buy a Matic when you cannot do something as simple as replace the battery yourself? I found this answer in a subreddit. You're not Apple. If a cell in a battery goes bad because it happens once in say 300K cells made or whatever. You have to mail your robotic vacuum to California. 😳

How long will the rubber treads on the wheels of the Matic last before they need to be replaced? I know for a fact that the wheels on Roomba's have to be replaced once every 2-3 years because I had to replace the wheels on my S9+ around the 2 year mark. The Roomba began to vacuum and navigate a little erratic as it struggled to dock too. From my understanding, the Matic isn't modular like a Roomba where you can replace the wheels yourself quite easily. The Matic would need to be mailed to a repair center.

I'm not an engineer, just a retired aviator from the Air Force. I also spent some time working at the National Security Agency before becoming a pilot. My brain is wired differently.

For example, I purchased a Segway Navimow X430 robotic mower. Segway Navimow makes the mower do these racetrack turns at the end of every mow line. I concluded they programmed the mower this way for momentum, it saves time, and provides battery efficiency. One could easily understand the logic, but Segway Navimow essentially reinvented the wheel on how to mow a lawn. As a person who is into turf as a retirement hobby, I dug a little deeper. I believe Segway Navimow implemented racetrack turns because the servos for their zero turn wheels may not last as long IF they programmed the mower to mow like a human being would. The robotic mower's zero turn wheels won't have to do 180 degree turns at the end of each mow line, which could prevent the servos from prematurely wearing out on customers or maybe overheating. I believe the mow lines would look better if they made the X430 mow like a human being as opposed to reinventing the wheel. Which is exactly why I have to question the longevity of the wheels on the Matic.