Bosch Robotic Lawnmower Indego S+ 500 (with 18V battery and App Function, docking station included, cutting width 19 cm, for lawns of up to 500 m², in carton packaging)

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It comes with a SIM pre-installed and the cost of the service is included in the price. The great benefit of this is that it doesn’t need Wi-Fi, so it doesn’t matter if your signal doesn’t reach your garden. However, you still get all the benefits of a connected app, so you can set your mower going from your armchair.

Robomow RX12U is unique because it doesn’t have the common three-wheel movement. Instead, it has two wheels and a glider that provides you with better maneuverability. Such an arrangement gives it much more freedom and hence it’s one of the best robotic lawn mowers for complex areas. Gardena Sileno City impresses you with accurate cuts, but that doesn’t mean it can disturb you or your family members. Well, it knows the same and never crosses a sound limit of 58 dB. At this sound level, it will never even think to bother your neighbourhood. The mower makes your lawn attractive and healthy because of its mulch function. It leaves all the tiny pieces of grass over the grass bed so that they can decompose and add some nutrients to the soil. To change the cutting height, there is a simple to use dial. It can deal with slopes up to 35 per cent and leaves no grass clippings to dispose of. For large lawns with the complex layout: Mcculloch ROB 1000: ROB 1000 is a hard-working mower that needs 50 minutes of charging and is capable to cover lawns up to 1000 m2. Its easily manages slopes up to 25 per cent of 14 degrees and never compromise with the grasses around the obstacles. The good news is; it can mow your lawn with perfect results even if you are not around. Not all the lawns are flat. If you have slopes in the yard or garden, then don’t think that the mower will not be able to cut the grasses. Its powerful motor and high-quality wheels easily push the mower over paths that are inclined up to 25 per cent.

Object avoidance: A feature that all robot vacuums have but rarely seen on robot mowers, certainly at the lower end of the price spectrum. A good safety feature for those with pets or kids who play in the garden unsupervised. Add in a solid app that keeps an eye on the weather and schedules mowing times accordingly, dodging any days when you’d rather keep the lawn free from robot activity, and you’ve got one of the most intelligent robot lawn mowers around. What the Indego S+ doesn’t have is the ability to see its surroundings. It will navigate around objects but does this by bumping into them, rather than actually seeing and completely avoiding them. This is fine for your washing line but your sleeping dog might be less happy about it. Instead of randomly bouncing around your garden like more affordable robot mowers, the Bosch then works in stripes, efficiently starting at one end of the garden and mowing in lines until it’s all done. This doesn’t give you the same stripey lawn you’d expect from a mower with a roller, but some striping is still visible when it’s finished. More importantly, it hasn’t endlessly trundled over the same bits of lawn, so there’s much less wear and tear than we’ve seen with robot mowers that move randomly. Most robotic lawn mowers work by detecting the edge of perimeters via sensors or a boundary wire. The latter is laid out around the edge of the lawn — as well as any obstacles such as trees or island flower beds — to tell the lawn mower to stay within that area. When the mower senses the boundary wire, it will change direction to avoid leaving the lawn. Many have collision sensors so that if they bump into an object, the robotic lawn mower will automatically turn around and head off in another direction.

Key specs – Size: 445 x 364 x 202mm (WDH); Weight: 7.6kg; Cutting height: 30-50mm; Maximum lawn size: 700m²; Maximum incline: 27%; Replaceable battery: Yes Installation: Installing a robotic mower is not difficult, but might be a cumbersome task in case of big lawns. All the autonomous mowers come with clear instructions that you can follow and finish the setup.Gardena Sileno City is one of those machines that you might try. It has a very simple and helpful programming assistant that not only guides you to set the mower but also shows you a mowing plan based on the inputs. It’s not necessary to follow the inbuilt mowing programs, there are options for manual instructions as well. Users who have some free time on the weekends might not look forward to spending a high amount on a lawnmower. On the other hand, if you hate lawn maintenance, then there are three models that you can try because of their reliability and high-quality performance. Buttons to program the mower are generally present on the control panel. The common settings that you can access from this panel are the power button, mowing timer, changing the cutting height, and configuring the zones. Most of the autonomous mowers run quietly. The average sound output among the mower is between 55 dB to 65 dB. The automatic mower is easy to set up, configure and suitable for a lawn up to 400 square meters. It means that the mower is excellent for most of the average-sized areas.

Most robot lawnmowers have to be connected to Wi-Fi if you want to control and schedule their activities using a smartphone app. The Honda Miimo 70 Live is a bit different because it has a mobile internet connection built in. Robomow RX12U is a cost-effective model but it has features that are only available in high-end mowers. So, it’s difficult to match the worth of this mower. And why not? It can easily cover every inch of your garden and squeegee through tight spaces without any hassles and provides you with accurate results.However, you can add additional functions and take greater control over the mower using an app on your smartphone. This lets you start and stop the mower remotely (though it only supports Bluetooth, so you still have to be in the vicinity). More crucially, it lets you control exactly when the robot should head out for a run, with two programmable mowing slots available for each day of the week, so you can really fine-tune your mowing. The Landroid mower utilizes all the latest technologies to complete the lawn mowing session without much interference. No matter you own an odd-shaped yard or there are multiple obstacles in between the grasses, the mower gives you neat and precise results. Once the machine is ready, you can simply leave it on the grass bed and spent time to finish other tasks. WORX WR142E is an intelligent mower that knows what’s best for your lawn. It automatically adapts according to the dimensions of an area and the length of its grasses. Agile, accurate, safe, and quiet, the Worx mower is perfect for a lawn up to 700 square meters. The mower moves in a random direction and hence it can cover the lawn with irregular shapes as well. Moreover, you don’t have to worry about the grass disposal, because the mower cuts them into tiny pieces and leaves them in the lawn. Moreover, it should also raise an alarm once the mower leaves the ground. It might be a thief who is trying to take control of your possession. There is a function wherein you need to enter a pin code to activate the mower again once it leaves the ground.

All the robotic mowers follow a mapping system to navigate. You need to set an area using boundary wire and you can also peg it around obstacles. When a robotic mower reaches its boundary wire it changes the direction. If you service a robotic mower every year and don’t damage its housing, the life expectancy is up to 10 years. The battery adds to the operational cost because you need to replace the cells anywhere after 3 to 6 years; depending upon the make and model.

Frequently Asked Questions

You also need to lay a boundary wire around the edge of the area you want your robot to mow. This is usually supplied on a reel, is connected to the charging station at both ends and carries a low voltage, which the mower uses to detect when to stop and turn around. You can bury this wire, or peg it down and eventually it will bed down into the grass. Most robot lawn mowers still rely on a physical floor-level guide wire to ensure that they stay within the boundary of your lawn, instead of disappearing into a flower bed or vegetable patch. However, the EcoFlow Blade is an altogether different proposition, using satellite navigation to ensure it stays exactly where you want. So, choose a machine that comes with a smartphone app, so that you can control from virtually anywhere. Some of the models also offer voice control that you can execute using an assistant like Alexa or Google Home. Well, our top recommendation is Flymo 1200R that can maintain your lawn very well due to its 1.6 Ah lithium-ion battery and 17 cm cutting width. Other options are equally efficient and you can choose any one of them depending upon the size of the lawn, budget and other functions.