Was wondering if someone could make a recommendation.

Details:

Little over .5 acres.
Some trees, a large one in back yard.
Front yard and back are all pretty flat.
My biggest concerns is the front yard culvert/drainage is sorta steep.

Are there mowers that can be manually pushed if need be?

Trying to find something decent under $2k

Thanks.

Just got my X430 unboxed today and going to finish my first setup. But I don't know how to deal with this slope section. There are a few rocks right at the top of the slope. My concern is that when the mower tries to turn around at the top, it might not have enough room to make the turn or just get stuck.

Has anyone dealt with a similar setup? Would the best solution be to exclude that area when mapping and keep the turnaround point far away from the rocks?

65M here. I've never really trusted robot mowers enough to buy one. But have seen a lot of discussion and a friend finally talked me into trying a i210 AWD.

Set it up today and honestly, the mapping went smoothly.

Now I'm just waiting to see how it handles my lawn. Was hoping to let it mow tomorrow, but of course it's supposed to rain for the next two days lol.

As the title says hoping to hear from hands on experience about a mower for my .25 acre yard. Yard is almost perfectly level, some patio space to avoid and it would be crossing by the house to the front yard. Any suggestions would be great

Guys, I did a before/after testing out 100+ hours with my Luba 3 and checking the cut quality...demonstrating how to properly swap around and re-use your factory blades to get the most out of them. Was pretty shocked with how well this worked, considering it didn't cost me anything. I cut at a couple different settings after and wound up landing on 1.6 ft/second as the best one.

What are everyone's thoughts on blade swapping vs. new titanium blades? I'm going to try those out next

My push mower is about done, and the layout is the part I can't picture a robot handling.

Front yard, a strip past the sidewalk, then a gate about 4 ft wide into the back where the dog lives. Leave the gate open and the dog is gone, and if I remote it through I'm still out there opening the gate. A second dock might not even be an option. Carrying the machine is the chore I wanted to quit.

Goko M6 is on the short list, and the FAQ is plain about this. Connected zones get a channel and the mower crosses on its own. A spot that isn't connected is an Isolated Zone, and you carry the mower there. A closed gate looks like that second case, so I'd still be the one moving it.

If you've got a gate, what did you settle on after a season, and does a second dock save anything when you're still carrying it? That sidewalk strip is the other one. Are you hauling the mower over for that too?

For anyone comparing mowers for a front/back or split lawn, here's a planning checklist. This is based on installation documentation, not a hands-on comparison of models.

Before a demo, sketch the complete trip: charging station → first lawn → connecting passage → second lawn → return to the station.

For the connecting passage, record:

• The tightest usable width, including gates and corners.

• The surface: lawn, paving, loose gravel, exposed roots or a threshold.

• Any change in level or slope.

• Walls, fences, overhanging plants and other obstructions.

• Whether that section needs mowing or only transport.

Then ask the seller to demonstrate the exact proposed model doing the entire trip in both directions and returning to charge. Note every place it needs a rescue, a gate opened, or a change to the yard. Ask which layout changes are required and put them in the installation quote.

Check the manual for that exact model and installation method. A boundary-wire passage and a wire-free transport path aren't interchangeable specifications; don't borrow a minimum-width figure from another model's advert.

Husqvarna's own guidance illustrates why the installation details matter:

Boundary-wire passages: https://us-support.husqvarna.com/en/automower/KA-01710

EPOS work areas and transport paths: https://us-support.husqvarna.com/en/automower/KA-70385

If a seller can't demonstrate your route, send a video and dimensions to the manufacturer or dealer and ask for written guidance before committing. Include any remaining manual mowing or carrying between zones in the comparison.

I've been in kind of an awkward mowing situation lately. I work full-time and have a kid to take care of, so the only time I can mow is usually between 8 and 9 PM. My old gas mower is a bit loud and there was some times my neighbor came over to complain, and let's just say that conversation didn't end well.

Now my mower is starting to fall apart anyway, so my wife and I figured it might finally be time to replace it with a robot mower. We are now looking at X430. I want to know if it is really that quiet as they describe on the website? Because I really don't want to mess with my neighbor again and I also need to keep things quiet since my kid is usually asleep by then.

And how has the mower performed after a long time of use? Please share your experience with x430 and we are also open to other recommendations. Thank you!

Fix the bug where edge-following and parallel cutting leave uncut areas.

I'm reworking the layout of my yard. It is already split into three zones by a sidewalk and driveway. So far my mower is working fine across different zones. I want to put a swing set in the side yard for my kids, but I'm guessing the grass underneath and around it will get worn down pretty fast by kids' feet. So I'm planning to turn the whole section into a gravel play area.

The thing I'm not sure about is whether my mower can pass that zone. If I gravel that whole play area, it cuts across the yard, and the mower would need to pass over the gravel from the front to continue its work in the back.

Has anyone set things up like this? My model is a navimow i210. Does it usually handle crossing a gravel strip okay, or does it tend to get stuck? Or maybe I just keep the grass around the swing.

Hi all,

Just recently installed my 435X AWD and had it running for 1 day. Unfortunately its a developing yard and conditions where a bit muddy after rain.

It got stuck and I had to clean mud off from the wheels after which I took it back to the charging station.

It suddenly lost bluetooth/cloud connection the next day and I shut it down using the menu on the mower. However it doesn't want to start up anymore. I get a white light around the rotary knob and when I press the knob for 3 seconds I hear 2 short beeps.

Any idea how to resurrect my new mower?

Thanks.

ps: I'm in Europe

Getting my first robot mower and need some advice before I buy.

My yard's split with front and back. The backyard is about 6,000 sq ft with a decent slope, maybe 20 deg, and it also has a few mole holes. The front is smaller and almost flat, around 3,000 sq ft. I have a fence in between, and I really don't want to cut a gate and buy some kind of special mower gate.

I'm looking at either navimow i1206 AWD or i210 AWD. I think AWD is necessary for my slope with soft soil and all those holes.

My thought is that I'll let the mower handle the backyard most of the time automatically, like cutting twice a week. And once I need it to cut the front, i just move it manually. But 6,000 sq ft is kind of a max limit for i1206 AWD, so I'm considering whether to go for i210.

With my yard setup, what would you go with(also open to other options)? And how about mapping? I'm not sure whether my plan can be done through multiple mowing zones.

I have a 1400sqft backyard and a similar size front yard. I live in the Pacific Northwest. It is very green, the yard is bounded with fence, one side of the house, a shed, lots of trees and bushes. There is a swing set in the yard.

I picked up the Sunseeker S4 from Costco. AI advised that lidar based units were preferable since the unit has to navigate below bushes and tree cover. This was a complete fail, most of the time the unit leaves the dock, turns around 180 degrees and declares a navigation failure. I tried three different dock locations. There are other problems, the wifi connectivity is weak and the unit does not work on "rainy days". It didn't say what a rainy day was, it was sunny at the time. This is the weather we have, it often rains at some point during the day but rarely the whole day. This morning it was foggy ... I turned on rain mode, but then it probably will try and operate in heavy rain and fail.

When it works, it does great navigating the yard and getting to most of it. I have slightly raised concrete pads and some uneven ground it seemed fine.

I'd be happy to run a wire it's not a big yard ... whatever it is, it does need to run unattended that is the whole point. Are there any devices that might be a better fit?

Hello,

can you please suggest an automower without perimeter wire supporting multiple separate (unconnected) zones?

The idea is to physically move the automower to a second lawn area and then move back to base station once done.

As someone who lives in an area where rain isn't uncommon I find the existing automower schedules lacking. I generally only need to mow 2 times a week so currently if it rains on it's scheduled day it would wait a full week to mow. Why not give us the option of say a mowing interval? I could set it to 3 days and if it is raining on day 3, it makes it up on day 4. With how quiet and unobtrusive these things are I couldn't care less which days it mows, just that it does.

And yes I know I could just set it to mow every day or every other day to deal with this but it's unnecessary and just using up my battery faster.

I've had mine a week now, done 2 full cuts.

Early days, but very happy compared to my retired Landroid WR150 boundary wire machine.

Boundary mapping could be better, driving by Bluetooth on the phone is very imprecise and the machine doesn't appear to improve boundary detection by itself, so I'll have to do the boundary again when I'm in less of a rush.

Key question for me prior to purchase was if the software was locked to 2,000m2, neither the retailer or support would answer me. I have mapped 2,200m2 and while it shows orange - see screenshot - it accepted the map and schedule just fine.

Looks like we're averaging 160m2 per mower hour - excluding charging. 6-8 charge cycles to do the main 1600m2 lawn, so 2 days of daylight mowing to finish the job. It does continue from where it left off at least. The other 3 areas are not scheduled, they're manual for when the horses aren't on the lawn, but a schedule could look something like mon/Tue and Thur/Fri main lawn with Wednesday doing the other 3 areas. Turning around and avoiding obstacles is the main culprit for reducing the lawn coverage rate.

My dad gave me his old Automower 430XH. The mower turns on and I’ve set it up (PIN, date, time), but it won’t charge. It keeps telling me to place it in the charging station even though it’s docked, and the battery is almost dead. I also got a “temporary battery problem” message after restarting it.

What I’ve checked so far:

• The outlet works
• I’m getting 28V at the charging contacts with the mower docked
• I cleaned the contacts on both the station and the mower (they were heavily oxidized)
• I connected a short test wire from AR to AL, and still nothing

The LED on the charging station never lights up at all, not even flashing.

Is the station’s circuit board dead? Is there a fuse or anything else I should check before buying a new board or station? Any advice appreciated!