r/automower

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It's been 6 months (120 mow hours) since my Lymow One arrived so I thought I might do a review of my experience with it, especially since a lot of reviews on robot mowers seem to be from influencers that have them sent to them by the company for a week before it's sent back for the next reviewer. It's probably a little irrelevant since the One is no longer sold, but here's my experience anyway.

My property is 2000 sq m and when I first moved in a couple years ago I knew I didn't want to spend money getting a ride on mower when my ultimate goal was to get a robot mower but at that time, there really wasn't anything that I felt would suit the property as it's a new build house sitting in what was previously a sheep paddock that has undulations, stones/rocks and scraggly grass and weeds - landscaping is a work in progress still. I also wanted a mower that would still be able to handle the mow if its schedule had to be skipped because of the weather, so I didn't want a mower with razer blades. While I waited for that robot to hit the market I hired a contractor to take care of it. A year in I started getting targeted advertising for the Lymow kickstarter on the social media platforms and while it looked exactly like what I was looking for, I'm dubious of kickstarters so figured I'd wait and see if it made it out. When it did a year later, I ordered late October 2025 and it arrived early Jan 2026, in the middle of the summer here in New Zealand

I guess I ended up ordering at the right time as my One came after they made the change to spot welding the wheel hubs to prevent the hub separating like I had seen with the early versions on the groups while I waited for mine. There were probably a few other improvements that my later build had that the earlier buyers had helped resolve, which I'm thankful for.

Summer this year was rather wet and mild which meant the grass was growing very fast, so it kinda showed up at the right time as the contractors fortnightly schedule just wasn't keeping up. I was sending it out twice a week to keep up with the growth and I was very impressed with its capability. There were also times where it was wet for an entire week and by the time it was dry enough to mow, the grass was double the height I would otherwise mow it at but it lived up to my expectations I previously mentioned and handled it without issue. Exceeding my expectations kind of sums up my experience with the One. Every time I've sent it out to mow, it has done so and I haven't had to go out and help it, rescue it or really think about it while it's mowing but I do find myself getting stuck at the window watching it. Over the summer and autumn it also turned my scraggly lawn into looking somewhat respectable (as long as you don't look too closely and notice the weeds).

When it comes to navigation, I'll admit, my property is super easy for an RTK mower as it's a new development so there's no established tree cover and all the houses are single level with big open areas between them. So I've never had navigation issues, its accuracy has always been .01m. I've never had issues with it being weird after updates either, even though I've never bothered to unplug the battery for a period after an update.

The caveat to that is that the One's Achilles heal is that the charging contacts are on the bottom. My lawn seems to be particularly juicy during the summer months (even though it's dry to the touch) and all that juice would dry onto the contacts, so I would have to go out and clean them every other charge. Lymow did send me some brushes but I never bothered to install them as they're unable to get the dried juice off - only a wet rag would work. Modifying the charging contacts to be top mounted was tempting but I didn't want to create warranty issues if I ever needed to fall back on that. Thankfully, the 3D printed sliding contacts that Denis Picard designed have worked very well and since I installed them in April I have not had to clean the contacts once. Solving the charging contact issue transformed my One into a fully hands off robot mower and I can now honestly say I have zero involvement. It's now everything I wanted from a robot mower and Lymow should take notice of this solution and provide an official version, with compensation of some kind for Denis.

The other improvements I'd like to see are mostly software related. The big one would be perimeter logic. While it's doing a perimeter run, if the bumper is triggered it will swing outward away from the permitter, travel forward and then swing in hard and usually tap against the fence again, repeating the process. I think this could be mostly fixed if the ultrasonics were being used so it would better be able to follow a fence line while avoiding the posts. Smart detection also needs improving so that it doesn't detect long grass/weeds as obstacles to avoid. Low priority for me would be adjusting the way it gets back to an area it thinks it missed as it is a little funny that it makes those really nice lines but then ruins them by traversing across them to get to a small slither it missed at the other end of the zone.

It is still a mower so there is some hands on maintenance involved with cleaning it but I'm not overly obsessive about that. Every now and then I'll use a car trim pry tool and pry off the dried on grass from the deck but I'm not restoring it to factory conditions each time. Sometimes I'll use a wet dish brush and a low pressure hose during the juicy months but I think anything more is over the top. I also solved the issue of grass build up on the track wheels by 3D printing a basic wheel scraper which has worked so well that I haven't had to clean them since. I also haven't treated it to any kind of enclosure yet so it sits outside against the north wall of my house so it's generally protected from direct rain as that generally blows in from the south. NZ winters are pretty mild, even here in the south so it rarely gets below 0 over night and never during the day so I haven't brought it inside for the winter, mostly because the grass still grows here over the winter and it's still mowing every other week.

When it comes to the question of whether I would recommend a Lymow, if we're talking about the One, absolutely. It's exceeded my expectations and genuinely saved me time and eventually, money. Its capabilities and results have been noticed and regularly commented on by my neighbours. However, Lymow no longer sells the One and at the moment with the Plus and its various deck issues (mostly the over heating motor controller and loosening deck bolts) that becomes tricker. The summer sun here in the Southern Hemisphere is more intense than the Northern Hemisphere so the Plus in the summer here will be rough. I would expect the Plus to get a mid-cycle revision like the One had to resolve these hardware issues but I would want to wait until that solution has been implemented. I do believe in Lymow, I know they can get a product to market that works great and is better than the other available options but they just need to take more time with the future models to have them at that stage for launch.

I'm considering eventually picking up one of these bots.

How bad are heat waves like the current one for the batteries on these things? Anything to worry about? Should the battery be stored inside between mows in these conditions?

Hello all! I live in upstate New York, and love the idea of an automower. I have approximately .8 acre. For the past two years I have mowed with a 30 inch Ryobi walk behind. Time is getting the better of me, and I admit I don’t really enjoy mowing my lawn in the middle of summer.

I like the idea of not having an RTK tower to futz with. So far, my research has led me to the Worx Landroid WR340 and the Ecovacs GOAT A3000 LiDAR Pro. The Ecovacs might be slightly undersized from my space based on what I have been reading (.75 acre). The Worx is specced to mow up to an acre, so imo that may be a bit more sufficient.

My lawn is flat and open. I have two or three trees to mow around.

Anything I might be missing?

Simple questions require simple answers.

I am asking this question because I currently have two lawn robots. The difference between what the two of them believe is a 3-in cutting height, is about 3/4 in.

My lawn tells me that the apps disagree by that much.

Traditional lawn mowers have a obvious way to measure their deck height before they start a lawn job.

How can I get the same data from my lawn robots? Serious question! 🤔

I have an ancient automower 220 ac. Year 2008. Yeah, I know it's old but it has worked just fine until this summer.

It did start up fine after the winter and I put the machine to "mow" the lawn earlier than what was really needed - I get snakes on the lot occasionally and this old fella keeps those away and also have a badger somewhere close by who likes to turn out lawn around unless the automower is keeping it at bay. But when I went in to lower the blades, pressed stop to open the hatch the first time after initial startup it just froze. On/off switch didn't do anything and keyboard was frozen - as in no input at all.

Took it apart, noticed a quarter sized burnt/melted area in the mainboard and figured that's the reason - replaced that with a new one, put everything back together, it started up fine but for some reason the mower just kept mowing the same area all the time, the lowest area of the lawn. Went in to investigate, pressed the stop and ta-dah the exact same issue - everything frozen and only way to get the power off is to pull the battery connection.

Some googlin and faulty keyboard seemed to be the issue - swapped the keyboard, everything working again - until I hit the stop button. Okay so microswitch next, I took the switch apart tested it with multimeter and seemed to work fine, but everything back together and same thing, starts up, mowes the same area and freezes when I hit stop.

The wiring harness between mainboard and keyboard looked like it had taken some heat damage. But the plastic around the wires was not melted, just blackened. So I replaced the wiring harness and the microswitch. But everything back together and nah, still the same friggin issue, stuck in that one area and when I press stop everything goes to hell.

This mower has basically been redone at this point, except the plastic chassis parts and the lift sensors but nothing works.

I tested the wheel motors and there's no difference between the motors, they seem to work fine. Opened them up and regreased a bit but the old af grease still looked just fine.

I'm just losing it at this point. I know it's old, I also know that I want to repair everything if I can to not have to buy a new one. At this point I've passed the point of no return expenses wise so that the amount of €'s I've dumbed to this is now about the same as a new second hand automower would've been.

I just can't figure out what keeps causing this freezing of the mower.

If I swap the old keyboard in after the new one has frozen, the mower starts to work again - until the stop is pressed again. If I try to reconnect the same keyboard that froze it doesn't work - however if I throw in the other keyboard, everything starts working again, until the stop is pressed.

Either this is some keyboard internal memory problem or actual black magic..

Tjena! Jag har köpt en robotgräsklippare för ett par månader sedan som aldrig kom till användning. Tanken var att jag skulle flytta till ett hus och ha den på gården, men det blev inte av osv. Denna har därför stått i lådan ett tag. Jag har lagt ut den på facebook marketplace, Facebook grupper och blocket. Grejen är att det är en stiga A1500, som är ganska stor och dyr ursprungligen och marknaden där verkar död. Har lagt ut den för 50% av marknadsvärdet, men den verkar ändå svårsåld.

Min fråga till er: Finns det butiker som köper in nästan nya robotgräsklippare? Eller något annat sätt att gå tillvåga? Hur ska man få ut den här annonsen på bättre sätt än vad jag har gjort? Har valt att gå vägen där jag inte lägger pengar på annonseringen, för de känns lite för desperat. Tack på förhand!

I did an update video going over the improvements in the firmware and the app!
Hope this will be released to the public soon. I will keep you all updated.

I'm the type to just dive in and figure it out as I go. He will spend three hours researching, reading every review, watching setup videos before touching anything. When he brought up getting a robot mower I was like... why? Just go mow, it takes 20 minutes.

He got a goat a3000. We def argued about it. First setup took a few hours, mapping, no-go zones, cutting height, all of it. I thought it completely defeated the point of saving time. Then he showed me the 3D map in the app. I'll admit it was kinda cool.

Now I've handed the mowing chore over to it and the lawn does look great, though I still can't decide whether robot mowers save time overall or if they're just a expensive hobby.

I think this firmware is a stable release. Anyone else download the newest firmware?

Hey guys,

First off: We hear you loud and clear.

We’ve been closely following the discussions and subreddits lately, and we know there’s been some frustration. We want you to know that the team is actively listening, and our main priority right now is to roll up our sleeves and make things right.

To do that, we need to build what you actually need, not what we think you need. That’s why the product team wanted to come directly to you regarding a highly requested feature we've been seeing: The ability to change the boundary/border cutting direction (switching between clockwise and counter-clockwise).

We want to make sure we code this exactly right, so we need your real-world feedback to understand the underlying problem.

Here’s our current engineering logic (and why we want your input): Right now, for the main lawn pattern, we use 6 different mowing angles to distribute the wheel tracks evenly so your grass doesn't get matted down. However, since boundary cutting always follows the exact same perimeter line, just flipping the direction from counter-clockwise to clockwise doesn't actually change the wheel track path—the tires are still rolling over the exact same dirt, just in reverse.

Because of that, we want to know the "why" behind this request so we can build a solution that actually solves your daily yard pain points:

1. What is the main issue you’re facing with single-direction border cutting right now? (Is it soil compaction, tire slipping on specific turns, or something else?)
2. If we add the option to choose the border direction, how exactly will it improve your lawn?
3. Is it about the blade rotation? (e.g., Do you need the blades to spin/cut from the opposite side to lift the grass up better against fences and walls?)

We’re here to listen, take notes, and get to work. Lay it all out for us in the comments!

Thanks for helping us make the bot better. Cheers!

We’ve had some hot afternoons lately, and it made me wonder if there’s anything I should be doing differently in summer. Do you leave yours out like normal, give it more shade, clean it more often, or change the mowing schedule when the weather gets really hot?

What are the pros/cons of a mulching mower. My lawn, when laid, will be quite small - 100 square meters - but I don't want to keep raking it. If I use a real lawnmower to get the length short, then set the robot mower off, does it make much difference if the grass is mulched before being spat out?

I have roughly .5 acre to mow, and wanted help to determine if this year is the year I replace the service with an automated mower.

Few starting details

• I wanted to wait until I did not need a wire
• I live in a neighborhood, street in front, neighbors to the side, backyard fully fenced in
• I have fescue grass; and a whole boatload of weeds!
• I am aware that even with the mower I would need to take care of the edges/edging around the cement, no issues with this whatsoever

Some of my immediate questions..

1. For those who've been using them for a few years, how often do the batteries need replacement and how much do they cost? I figure the batteries are proprietary and likely part of their profit strategy.
2. Can the lawn mower stay outside, are they safe from rain or does it need housing/to be brought in?
3. Are there any unexpected costs?
4. Are these really "set and forget"?
5. Does it ever struggle with "tall" grass?

There are a lot of brands... I see dozens and dozens of brands, and some of them legitimately look like rebranded mowers from a manufacturer, with some brands actually having almost the same mower with different colors. I could careless who I buy from but was hoping folks could share some brands that are worth looking into. I've found a couple brands but want to make sure I have the full list.

Any other inputs are welcome - I am looking to pull the trigger soon if I am going this route!