From GPS to RTK, boundary wires to random navigation — robot lawn mowers are supposed to make your life easier, but in 2025, the tech is still all over the place. In this video, I break down why robot mowers can be confusing, identify the biggest problems, and determine whether they’re worth buying right now. Head to to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code TECHFLOW
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0:00 – Intro
0:38 – The Crisis
1:05 – GPS/RTK Nav
2:21 – Vision Nav
2:48 – LiDAR + Vision Nav
3:09 – The Cheapest Mower
3:27 – Perimiter Delimiter
4:50 – Cutting Performance
6:30 – Avoid Scams
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Long time no see mr.grinch you're rights i also get the same conclusion about robo movers . PROTIP for a next vid boudry wire can have 350m on this parkside, front wheels mod , 8 blade cutting plate , whole new rear wheels looking like BDSM shit traction od them are insane and can climb over a tree till tilt sensor engage,brushless motors can manage with no problem and finally expensive open mover mod to made it rtkyou can get the stripes of old robot with wire, they do math they by tracking of wheels and akcelerometer ,no bumps and slide of wheels is a must, Bosch has it but it was a genius in cripled body. Bad traction, cutting mechanism . Rtk movers went into bush couple times, most solid are the rtk+lidar+cameras the most expensive ones and they get a fuctionality of a wire mover from 2020 XD
These Parkside robots are fine for simple gardens where there are no separate grass areas and you don't have some special grass types nor you want the best cutting quality. Different zones can be solved with wired robots too, but it's not trivial and you probably have to damage the paving or whatever there is between your lawn areas. I have experience with Segway, Mammotion and Parkside robots, from all these the Segway and Mammotion robots are the most trouble free. You set up the perimeter once by controlling the robot around your areas and you can forget about it. They can travel through paving between areas. Mammotion robots also allow you to change the travel speed and cutting disk speed, so if you have a stronger grass like fescue, a slow travel speed and a high disk speed will result in better cutting (no or less tearing of the ends of the grass), though a rotating blade cutter will never provide a cutting quality as a traditional mower and its very far away from a cylinder mower. I have a Parkside too and it got stuck in obstacles significantly more than the Segway and Mammotion mowers that I know about. Also, there are a lot of failure reports with the Parksides and even though Lidl has a good warranty, it's not great if you have to wait for weeks for servicing, sometimes multiple times for the same mower.
Long story short, an advanced robot with Camera, Lidar or RTK is far away from one with a boundary wire. It can be more pricy, especially if you need it for larger areas (>1000m2), but the functionality and quality is worth the price IMO.
My Parkside mower is great. The technology is straightforward, but you do need a bit of patience when it comes to installing the wire correctly and lining up the last two metres.
(I’ve got a complicated pattern because we leave the middle unmowed until late July.)
this guy speaks through a hole in his arse
Can it go over grass/patio that separates lawn?
Great help!
Hmmm yeah the wire ones are cheaper but damned if I want the hassle.
Haven't seen this one available in the US.
Important to remember if you go with a perimeter wire, make sure you do not under any circumstances damage the plastic sleeve. Even the smallest cut will become a huge problem in no time as moisture will get in there, and the wires inside corrodes away in no time. Locating these breeches is a bittsj, especially if signal gets through, but too weak to operate the robot. Also, the blastic don't like sun very much, so if there are patches with little grass where your cable won't be grown over with grass, make sure you dig the cable a centimeter or two into the soil, if not the plastic might crack ever so much, and moisture will again kill your setup. With a lawn with several hundred meters of cable I can assure you, finding where the cable broke is a real hassle…
@ 0:52 I bought this for literally £200 (As camera pans to price £199)🤣
I got one of these. Worked great for about 1 month. Then started to have issues with a sensor. Lidle support is non existing and I lost my receipt. So I now have a brick. Unless I take the whole thing apart and find out how to replace the sensor that keep failing.
How close to the perimeter wire does it cut?
Its been 2months where is the mod video?
This may be the dumbest video I have seen regarding the subject. You explaining the technology as though it's difficult. Most of these have very easy setups, yes, it is true that rtk and GPS may be a little challenging to set up. But the truth is you don't understand. So you're projecting that is stupid. I skipped ahead of months but unfortunately I gave you more views and time than you deserved.
Can I replace the blades with a sharp disc
Great vid. It's "plethora", with an 'e', not 'i'.
I use my kids to do the mowing.
Follow up video, please???
My Parkside PAMR 500 A1 worked great for about 1month and a half. Now I get Hardware Error (3), it appears to be an issue with the cutting motor hall sensor. Lidle support have not been great unfortunately. Have not gotten a response in about 2 weeks. I guess you get what you pay for. Still hopping on getting the device working again.
Best way to mow your lawn with a robot is still using the ones with a wire. Decent robots using GPS do need a GPS base station mounted somewhere in your garden to obtain the required precision. Robots of this type (the good ones) do cost at least 2500 Euros for the small ones and up to 5000 Euros for robots capable of mowing 3000 – 5000m2. Get a look at the Husqvarna ones. They are considered amongst the best.
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Does the lidl mower move around obstacles ok
Bought same model and also Smart one. Both together for 500€. Terrain is not flat and there are no straight lines on lawn. For 1200m2 they work perfectly, much much better than expected. Was looking for LUBA, but you cant beat 500€ price for 2 robotic mowers together. They are not smart as LUBA, but they get job done for 1/6th of the price.
i have one with 12 months it occasionally gets stuck and needs a kick,does an excellent job,wire is a pain to lay but once its down its very good.
The Lidl mower is an OK way to try out robot mowing. The wire has to be buried, unless your lawn is like a bowling green. The Lidl mower sometimes gets trapped on long grass! I found you have to mow the perimeter wire area manually to allow the mower to follow the wire back to the dock without getting stuck. It's a bit dumb when it comes to finding the dock. It just finds the edge wire and follows it to the dock, this may mean going around the entire edge of the garden (130m in my case). It mows randomly so it needs to be out mowing a lot to cover a big lawn. If it had slightly better traction on the drive wheels and better front castors it would be perfect, for the money. TBH I was amazed it worked at all. Yes, buring 130m of wire was a total PITA but once done, it works fine.
sadly I have a complex lawn. tried a cheaper lawn mower but it constantly got stuck in my lawn
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Don't let the robot mower run at night- it will damage the electronics. Trust me, I've been installing robotic mowers professionally for years.
Having owned 5 robot mowers in a period of 12 years time i can conclude one thing their all just spinning rasorblades on wheels that we IDIOTS pay way too much money for. Remember even Lidl makes a profit on this thing. So actually this thing only cost about 50 euro to make 😮😮. Thank you LIDL.
The Bosch S500 + does the exactly the thing, uses perimeter wires but can mow in straight lines. Check it out.