Are you considering buying a Robotic Lawnmower, but don’t know where to start? In this video I’ll cover all the basics and help you pick the best robotic lawnmower for your property.
Best Overall:
ECOVACS GOAT A3000 LIDAR:
Runner Up:
Mammotion LUBA Mini 800H:
Other mowers tested in order of final score:
Husqvarna Automower 410iQ:
Mammotion YUKA Mini:
Eufy E15:
Sunseeker X3 Plus:
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00:00 Introduction
00:24 Robotic Mower Limitations
01:50 Navigation Types – GPS + RTK
05:11 Navigation Types – Computer Vision
07:07 Navigation Types – LIDAR
08:25 Range Testing
11:15 Speed Testing
12:19 Terrain Handling
13:56 Lawn Damage
15:32 Edge Mowing
16:40 Object Avoidance
17:54 Phone Apps
19:53 LTE Connectivity
21:11 Conclusions
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Straight and neat lawn stripes? WTF? No, you want randomness, so you get an even cut with no stripes what so ever.
While it's more work, a signal cable navigation system is, if done right, the by far best system. Especially if you have risky areas, drops, etc.
Being a developer of robotic mower, thanks for ur sharing of real using experience of products!
good stuff and appreciate youre take on these
Thank you.
it sounds like u wasted so much time doing this…………… with little to no yard i wonder why u even did this brother??????????????????
“Ruined my neighbors’ yard” what grass do you see there? These robots are ruining dirt, dying grass, leaves. So much effort in the video yet no proper yard got mowed.
would love to see these tests on a lawn that doesn't look like Shrek's nose hair
Great reviews, thanks!
As a lawn dad, I can’t watch this anymore, those poor lawns. These robots are designed for mowing actual grass, not barren wastelands. 😜
In all seriousness, I came here for the review and to check out what’s new on the market and "The Hook Up" does great review videos. I’ve got a Luba 2 5000 (RTK) and it’s been pretty solid for the last 15 months. I’m on the subtropical east coast of Australia with a long growing season and a 1-acre property, so I need something up to the task.
It has broken down a couple of times and can be annoying when it bugs out, but overall it performs well. We have a lot of canopy from big eucalyptus trees and, from what I recall, signal has never really been an issue.
Based on my experience across two properties, I’d say the performance testing in this video isn’t a great indicator of real-world results. All of these bots would behave quite differently on a healthy, grass-covered lawn.
My best advice: don’t rush out and buy any mower based on one video or even a handful. Watch as many reviews as you can, read the forums, and make sure you understand the features and whether they suit your property. Something that looks great in ten videos might still be useless on your block depending on your conditions.
They’re great tools, and I have a true love-hate relationship with mine. I still think the Luba is a good bit of kit and I’m interested to find out more about the LiDAR systems.
how about test on some yards that actually have grass
good info but christ your neighbors "yard" looks like the surface of the moon..
When you measure cutting blade to edge you might want to extend the blade to it's cutting length first instead of measuring to the base circle that holds them since it's not what does the cutting. That might change the measurements a good bit, no?
My Luba 1 AWD is one of the best purchases I've ever made for my 1/3 acre lawn. However, I do wish there was an edge trimming feature and it does create ruts sometimes because the rain sensor doesn't always work as it should.
Overpriced junk
Where is the Yarbo mower in this comparison?
Will you test the Lymow One for us?
Get a mower that can put some fertiliser down.
Today on mowing 600sqm of dirt and leaves and wondering why none of them work and get bogged all the time, what a waste of my time.
What about hills? My family has a massive hill in the back we need cut. My mother and I don’t have time and my grandma cant.
Eufy have resolved all of the issues brought up here re the app
I agree that the battery needs work, but my lawn isn’t that big where I would care about that.
I have not seen any lawn damage from the wheels and that’s good since it rains here 80% of the year!
Once I sorted the edges and bare spots which (now) takes less than a minute, I’ve never seen it get stuck.
I do think that a vision, lidar, dual disk, large wheel / track mower would be perfect, let’s hope someone makes it, but the cost might drive closer to commercial farm equipment which already does all this stuff.
You’re always going to need to go over your lawn once a month or so, but I do this anyway with a verticutter and debris pickup with a normal mower. What the robot does is keep my lawn pristine in the meantime and therefore saves me hours which is better spent drinking coffee and relaxing!
Dreamee A1 Pro would be one of the most interesting automowers.
Next time? 😊
Amazing video!
Got there with a robot lawn mower review eh? Nice work. Only bot I've seen that has trimming too is the Yarbo but it's very expensive and more like a tractor with modules.
Ty. Tech and size is just not there yet. Maybe in 2 years
Lazy fck ….;Hopeless!!!
I’m quite happy with my Segway Navimow. Anyone looking, put it on your list to check out
Please test the Yarbo lawn mower in future videos!! Thanks 🙂
Finally someone who isn't some robot mower influencer shill who got a free mower advertising how great it is.
Super honest review with real world testing results. Great review!
WTF, you don't have any grass??????
Thanks, Which one is durable equipment? not easy broken.
Very happy to see the end of husqvarna.