[bobeaston]

DIver0258 ... what brand is the R2D2 vacuum?
Thanks

[PaulinTV]

I had one up north for our front lawn. Let it run couple times a week and it kept a very neat clean even yard look. Early technology and I had to put it out and retrieve it but I've seen later ones that find "home" to a covered charging station that would be a huge improvement.

One of the Con sides was that after a couple years I had to replace the battery at $250 a pop. Include that in the payback calc.

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by PaulinTV

One of the Con sides was that after a couple years I had to replace the battery at $250 a pop. Include that in the payback calc.

That's easy to do a work around. I"ll hard wire in a lithium battery of equivalent voltage, bypassing the proprietary battery completely. As far as the perimeter wire I am going to tuck it underground. For the blades I have some advanced sharpening equipment to replace the 'disposable' blades.

[Stessem@aol.com]

We have a husqvarna robotic mower that we purchased from Lowes almost two years ago and absolutely love it. It mows when we want it to mow and not once every two or three weeks in the winter and fall. Well worth the money. In the summer it mows two to three times a week and re-mulches the grass. We also have a Roomba 980 that we use in the house for the last three years and swear by it. Of course, we have a dog that sheds daily.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by b0bd0herty

The "sweet spot" isn't $1,000 dollars. Your link, and every review I've read shows a good, reliable robot lawn mower starts around $2,000 dollars. Using your figures, your break even would be in about 4 years. That doesn't include the money spent for your edging & trimming equipment and maintainence and assuming of course, there are no issues with the mower breaking down or not working where you'd have to spend more money to get the lawn mowed until it's repaired. Am sure they are worth it to some people.
I do know one individual in a village that has one and loves it... so far.

I believe that a "good reliable robot lawn mower" is an ....oxymoron? Moron? not happening? unrealistic? dumb idea?

I cannot get over how well the fellows and girls coming to cut our grass works and I appreciate the price and the service. If it ain't broke, don't buy another thing to gather dust in the garage.

[thelegges]

There is a lawn off canal that must have a robot mowed lawn. Grass looks great, except that it must track the same every time it mows. So there are deep lines where the wheels are, but the grass is perfectly cut. Would think you would have different programs so that wouldn’t happen, but maybe it’s a first gen.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by thelegges

There is a lawn off canal that must have a robot mowed lawn. Grass looks great, except that it must track the same every time it mows. So there are deep lines where the wheels are, but the grass is perfectly cut. Would think you would have different programs so that wouldn’t happen, but maybe it’s a first gen.

If we wait, the smart people over at University of Florida in Gainesville will engineer grass to grow and stop at the proper length.