ᐅ Buying Guide for Robotic Lawn Mowers

Thank you for the information

bortel schrieb:
And how satisfied are you with it?
Currently, I also have the McCulloch robotic mower on my list from Amazon; it seems pretty good.

So far, we are very satisfied. It is very quiet, easy to clean (just rinse with water), and can even mow in the rain. More importantly for us, it can handle very narrow passages. Our garden is quite complex, so there are always tight spots, but the mower manages them without any problem.

readytorumble schrieb:
How long have you had the mower?
The information is not nonsense and actually refers to continuous operation.
At the moment, our Husqvarna Automower only needs to run once a week to keep the lawn nicely short. Last year or in spring, it had to run 6-8 hours daily. With the current weather, there is simply no growth.

I can highly recommend Husqvarna. We have an AM 420 for 1300 m² (14,000 sq ft).

We have had the mower since May 2018, and back then the grass was still growing. Just kidding, I understand that the mower is hardly working right now. Since our garden is very complex and the mower handles everything easily, I can confidently say that you don’t need to buy the larger model; you can comfortably go over the recommended area in square meters.

Barossi schrieb:
But it is correct that when a larger mower (in relation to the property area in m² (square meters)) is chosen, the battery tends to last longer because of fewer charge cycles.

That’s basically a valid point, but not automatically the case. Good design (by the manufacturer) matters just as much as balanced charge management.
For example, if the device were programmed to recognize its own workload and then consistently keep the battery charged between 20% and 80%, the battery life would increase by a much larger margin. And I’m not just talking about a few hundred additional cycles; this goes into the thousands.
It is also very important how warm the battery gets during operation. Black housing, different colors, whether the battery is exposed or covered, and so on—these factors can have a greater impact than just reducing the number of cycles.

This might not be very helpful now, but I wanted to mention it. We’re currently running many evaluations on Li-Ion batteries at work, and even professionals are surprised by the findings every day.