Robot lawn mower ....

The NT garden where I volunteer has one and the grass always looks really good. Can’t help with the gradient though …

I considered one for our garden but it looked v complicated with having to set up boundaries so it didn’t go off and mow half the neighbourhood. I pay someone £40 a month to do it for me, now

PS a 25% gradient is the equivalent of rising one metre in vertical distance (height) for every four metres in horizontal distance (length).

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We have had one for 7 years.

We got a company to come in and set up the boundary wires that sit under the edge of the lawn and to do the electrics to wire in the docking point - so I'm not sure I'd buy online unless I could do it myself.

You also have to keep the grass hole-free - we had a badger last year and it took several goes with soil to stop it getting stuck.

We have one from John Lewis called Ambrogio. It needs no wires around the lawn and quietly cuts the lawn a couple of times a week leaving a nice velvety texture. It has an automatic cut out after about twenty minutes and you reset it and it carries on before needing to be recharged. All very easy. We have been using it for about five years now.

I wish my son had one as he cannot do his lawn either...
I keep looking at the different sorts but the "best" ones for him are too pricey for me to treat him.
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I would definitely read lots of reviews as there are pros and cons to the different types - and different models for different areas too.

My brother has one for his house in France. His sister in law painted a cat’s face on it - it’s called Esmeralda - so the neighbours were very bemused at first, to see this thing scooting round the garden!
‘She’ does seem very efficient, but the lawn is basically flat.

Thanks everyone. I have looked at lots of reviews and the most suitable one seems to be a Flymo Easylife Go, which is reasonably priced and comes in sizes suited to bugger/smaller lawns. I would have to find someone to set it up for me.
The gradient thing us hard as, although I grasp the concept, I find it difficult to visualise when standing outside facing at the lawn!

Gazing not facing!

Bigger, not bugger!!!!!

I've seen one doing its stuff on a grassy area The Mound (hilly as the name suggests). Looked good. But the robot mower that could cope with The Boggy Brae (my garden) has yet to be invented. Too steep/bumpy/bloodyminded for a ride-on mower as well.

Sorry... The Mound in Edinburgh, I mean to say. Watching the robot mower there is a bit of a tourist attraction.

*meant

A relative has had this one for a while,and likes it.
It manages slopes.
What it doesnt like are ditches.

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I should like to see one of these in action.

I believe there are two sorts - those using GPS, and wired. We have a lot of overhanging trees so the GPS system wouldn’t work very well. Still waiting for a quote for the wired. Apart from the obvious advantage of not having to mow there won’t be the heavy box to empty. Clippings are so minimal they can be left which must be better for the lawn. Would have liked it done ready for summer, but still waiting 😞

mum2three

I should like to see one of these in action.

I find it spooky!
You will be sitting there having a cup of tea, and all of a sudden, it whirls around and goes off mowing a bit of grass that must have got a smidgen too high. It will wander around for about 10 mins or less in different directions, and then go back to base.

I love ours. AND the grass is in great shape.

Luckygirl3

....... anyone got one? I can no longer do it myself and pay out a lot to have it done. I have seen a robot lawn mower reduced in amazon and am very tempted. Anyone got one and have any advice?

Also the one I am looking at can cope with a 25% gradient and I am puzzling how to calculate what gradient the small slope in my garden is - I should, have listened during maths!! Any bright suggestions gratefully received!

A 25% slope is quite steep. You call yours a small slope.

Liaise

We have one from John Lewis called Ambrogio. It needs no wires around the lawn and quietly cuts the lawn a couple of times a week leaving a nice velvety texture. It has an automatic cut out after about twenty minutes and you reset it and it carries on before needing to be recharged. All very easy. We have been using it for about five years now.

I think I’ll have to invest in one of these, when mowing with my Bosch lithium machine becomes too challenging. It was the wire around the boundary that put me off. Thank you Liaise. 😊

I have asked my SIL if he would be willing to fix the wire for me.

I am looking at one that is on offer - A Flymo 250 GO that has good reviews.

There is a new one on ebay which is crazy cheap - back of a lorry mishap springs to mind!

Furret

I love ours. AND the grass is in great shape.

If you only want grass, yes. But if you want to encourage wild flowers to seed and grow naturally (i.e. blown in by the wind or seeds dropped by birds), it's best to remove clippings as wildflowers don't need high fertility.

Nature is endlessly interesting 🙂

Oh, sorry, furret, I might have replied to the wrong post.

Enjoy your lawn!

Baggs

Furret

I love ours. AND the grass is in great shape.

If you only want grass, yes. But if you want to encourage wild flowers to seed and grow naturally (i.e. blown in by the wind or seeds dropped by birds), it's best to remove clippings as wildflowers don't need high fertility.

Nature is endlessly interesting 🙂

I have a wild area too.

But in the main I think wild flowers fail to compete with grass.