jedispork
December 6th, 2012, 02:02 AM
Hello everyone.
We recently purchased a neato xv-21 vacuum and think its great. You still have to do some prep and there is a lot of room for improvement but we like it. If this works so well then what about robot mowers? Its difficult to find a lot of information on them. I was looking at the lawnbott spyder because it does not require a perimeter wire. The few reviews I can find are ok and it seems a lot of the repairs you can do yourself. Its rated to handle a 27 degree slope and yards up to 5500 square feet. However I'm still curious how it would do if most of the yard is sloped even if its within spec. I don't mind if it takes a while as long as it could do my backyard on one charge.
My instincts are telling me I should buy the conventional lithium mower instead that I have been checking out. If the bot would get stuck even once every time you mow it would limit its usefulness unless you stay outside for the 3-5 hours or whatever it would take to do the job. If you have to carry it in for a recharge before finishing a section of your yard this would also limit its usefulness.
We recently purchased a neato xv-21 vacuum and think its great. You still have to do some prep and there is a lot of room for improvement but we like it. If this works so well then what about robot mowers? Its difficult to find a lot of information on them. I was looking at the lawnbott spyder because it does not require a perimeter wire. The few reviews I can find are ok and it seems a lot of the repairs you can do yourself. Its rated to handle a 27 degree slope and yards up to 5500 square feet. However I'm still curious how it would do if most of the yard is sloped even if its within spec. I don't mind if it takes a while as long as it could do my backyard on one charge.
My instincts are telling me I should buy the conventional lithium mower instead that I have been checking out. If the bot would get stuck even once every time you mow it would limit its usefulness unless you stay outside for the 3-5 hours or whatever it would take to do the job. If you have to carry it in for a recharge before finishing a section of your yard this would also limit its usefulness.