Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger lawns?
Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?

On 15/08/2021 14:31, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
> Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger lawns?
> Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?

What do you call large?

On 15/08/2021 15:23, David Hill wrote:
> On 15/08/2021 14:31, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
>> Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger
>> lawns? Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?
>
>
> What do you call large?
>
Say, 1000-2000m2

nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
> Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger lawns?

What's a larger lawn? 1000m2, 10000m2, 100000m2, or more?

> Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?

One's that don't work.

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Chris Green
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On 15/08/2021 15:32, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
> On 15/08/2021 15:23, David Hill wrote:
>> On 15/08/2021 14:31, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
>>> Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger
>>> lawns? Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?
>>
>>
>> What do you call large?
>>
> Say, 1000-2000m2
Is nobody here using the things?

On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:49:33 someone wrote:

>On 15/08/2021 15:32, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
>> On 15/08/2021 15:23, David Hill wrote:
>>> On 15/08/2021 14:31, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
>>>> Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger
>>>>lawns? Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?
>>>
>>>
>>> What do you call large?
>>>
>> Say, 1000-2000m2
>Is nobody here using the things?

No, but I'm thinking of getting one, so I would have been interested in
seeing a discussion about it.

I have a small(ish) lawn in Reading, some of which, because of the
lockdown, I've dug up for vegetables. I have getting on for two acres of
meadow in France, which I haven't been able to visit since November
2019! So robot mowers of all sizes are of interest to me.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

In article <bo52sXrSJ+HhFwGx@david.rance.org.uk>,
David Rance <david.rance@SPAMOFF.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:49:33 someone wrote:
>>On 15/08/2021 15:32, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
>>> On 15/08/2021 15:23, David Hill wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger
>>>>>lawns? Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What do you call large?
>>>>
>>> Say, 1000-2000m2
>>Is nobody here using the things?
>
>No, but I'm thinking of getting one, so I would have been interested in
>seeing a discussion about it.
>
>I have a small(ish) lawn in Reading, some of which, because of the
>lockdown, I've dug up for vegetables. I have getting on for two acres of
>meadow in France, which I haven't been able to visit since November
>2019! So robot mowers of all sizes are of interest to me.

If you think that you can control a robot mower over the Internet,
what will you give me for Brooklyn bridge?

I have what the OP calls a larger lawn, and I really can't see the
point. Yes, mowing is a little tedious, but it doesn't take long
with an appropriate machine.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:12:21 Nick Maclaren wrote:

>In article <bo52sXrSJ+HhFwGx@david.rance.org.uk>,
>David Rance <david.rance@SPAMOFF.invalid> wrote:
>>On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:49:33 someone wrote:
>>>On 15/08/2021 15:32, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
>>>> On 15/08/2021 15:23, David Hill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger
>>>>>>lawns? Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you call large?
>>>>>
>>>> Say, 1000-2000m2
>>>Is nobody here using the things?
>>
>>No, but I'm thinking of getting one, so I would have been interested in
>>seeing a discussion about it.
>>
>>I have a small(ish) lawn in Reading, some of which, because of the
>>lockdown, I've dug up for vegetables. I have getting on for two acres of
>>meadow in France, which I haven't been able to visit since November
>>2019! So robot mowers of all sizes are of interest to me.
>
>If you think that you can control a robot mower over the Internet,
>what will you give me for Brooklyn bridge?

Ah, controlling it over the Internet? I hadn't thought of that although
my post might have suggested I had! I haven't even got as far as
controlling my home from the Internet!

No, at the moment I'm just looking at what robot mowers can do. I don't
honestly think that it would be a good thing for my two acre meadow for
several reasons, the main one being that moles, voles and ants make it
impossible to keep flat. But I still want to find out about them. Just
curiosity!

A couple of years ago I was in France with a granddaughter visiting a
garden machinery centre (I'd taken some tools in for maintenance). As we
drove out she said "look!" and pointed at a dinky little robot mower on
a little patch of grass. We stopped and watched it for a few minutes,
absolutely fascinated. Couldn't quite understand why this firm was
demonstrating something so obviously for a small garden when they deal
mainly with agricultural machinery! Probably it was just to put the idea
into people's minds, which it certainly did for me!

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

On 20/08/2021 20:12, Nick Maclaren wrote:
> In article <bo52sXrSJ+HhFwGx@david.rance.org.uk>,
> David Rance <david.rance@SPAMOFF.invalid> wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:49:33 someone wrote:
>>> On 15/08/2021 15:32, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
>>>> On 15/08/2021 15:23, David Hill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone any direct experience of using robot mowers on larger
>>>>>> lawns? Any recommendations or mowers to avoid?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you call large?
>>>>>
>>>> Say, 1000-2000m2
>>> Is nobody here using the things?
>>
>> No, but I'm thinking of getting one, so I would have been interested in
>> seeing a discussion about it.
>>
>> I have a small(ish) lawn in Reading, some of which, because of the
>> lockdown, I've dug up for vegetables. I have getting on for two acres of
>> meadow in France, which I haven't been able to visit since November
>> 2019! So robot mowers of all sizes are of interest to me.
>
> If you think that you can control a robot mower over the Internet,
> what will you give me for Brooklyn bridge?
>
> I have what the OP calls a larger lawn, and I really can't see the
> point. Yes, mowing is a little tedious, but it doesn't take long
> with an appropriate machine.
>
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
>
I don't mind rattling around with the Countax once every 7-10 days but I
can think of better things to do, and dealing with the cuttings is a bit
of a problem. I don't use (or have) a mulching deck because I'd need to
cut much more frequently, so there's an appeal in having something
slowly wandering-about all the time and gently mulching - better for the
lawn and no cuttings to dispose of. We actually have 3 lawns (about
1400, 1600 and 1000 m2 ignoring flower beds, trees and other "stuff") so
I was thinking of continuing to stripe the main one (1400) and leaving
the robot to mulch the other two, but these things are expensive and I'm
loath to part with that much cash without a lot more investigation and
(ideally) finding others who have already taken the plunge.

On Friday, August 20, 2021 at 8:12:22 PM UTC+1, Nick Maclaren wrote:

> If you think that you can control a robot mower over the Internet,
> what will you give me for Brooklyn bridge?

https://www.bosch-diy.com/gb/en/landing/robotic-lawnmowers/indego-app

Cheers,
Andy

In article <2bb13d92-3588-4dde-b86e-d17bec564fefn@googlegroups.com>,
Andy McC <andy.mcclelland@icloud.com> wrote:
>On Friday, August 20, 2021 at 8:12:22 PM UTC+1, Nick Maclaren wrote:
>
>> If you think that you can control a robot mower over the Internet,
>> what will you give me for Brooklyn bridge?
>
>https://www.bosch-diy.com/gb/en/landing/robotic-lawnmowers/indego-app

So what WILL you give me for Brooklyn bridge?

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 21/08/2021 10:29, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
>>
> I don't mind rattling around with the Countax once every 7-10 days but I
> can think of better things to do, and dealing with the cuttings is a bit
> of a problem. I don't use (or have) a mulching deck because I'd need to
> cut much more frequently, so there's an appeal in having something
> slowly wandering-about all the time and gently mulching - better for the
> lawn and no cuttings to dispose of. We actually have 3 lawns (about
> 1400, 1600 and 1000 m2 ignoring flower beds, trees and other "stuff") so
> I was thinking of continuing to stripe the main one (1400) and leaving
> the robot to mulch the other two, but these things are expensive and I'm
> loath to part with that much cash without a lot more investigation and
> (ideally) finding others who have already taken the plunge.

I looked at these when we moved here and my old electric mower wasn't
enough any more.

When I realised I would have to bury a perimeter wire to tell it when to
stop, and that the result of a detection failure would be for it to fall
in the pond, I gave up on the idea.

Andy