Robotic lawnmowers

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Does anybody here have a robotic lawnmower? I pay my lawn guy $200 a month for mowing but one of my neighbors also has a robotic lawn mower that mows for him, and I was wondering what other people thought.

This one seems to be a high end one, GPS-assisted (with hidden perimeter stakes around my lawn) that can handle the minor slopes of my yard. and its on sale for $1100, so I'd be able to replace my lawn guy after the 6 months of "payoff" from the lump sum purchase, not including weed eating (which i'd do just to get out and about a little more)

Physical labor is beneath one of noble blood such as myself.
 
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Get one that can mow stripes instead of just fumbling around like a roomba with blades on the bottom.

Also, you'll still need to do the initial mow yourself (or pay your guy to do it) at the beginning of the season, as the little robot mowers only take off a few mm at a time. They're meant to maintain the lawn. But since they can be out there every day in almost any weather, that's fine. But they're not gonna cut inches off the top. (Most of them have literal razor blades loosely attached to the wheel.)

If you're such a noble faggot though, use your noble faggot money and go all the way: https://www.rcmowersusa.com/robotic-mowers/autonomous-mowing-robot/

No stakes, no perimeter wire. Just go around the boundary once, then go around any areas you don't want it in, and let it rip.
 
i'm not giving the deep state the locations of where my dogs shit, those are strategically positioned to inflict maximum boot enshittification
 
The Connected Nose said:
Get one that can mow stripes instead of just fumbling around like a roomba with blades on the bottom.

Also, you'll still need to do the initial mow yourself (or pay your guy to do it) at the beginning of the season, as the little robot mowers only take off a few mm at a time. They're meant to maintain the lawn. But since they can be out there every day in almost any weather, that's fine. But they're not gonna cut inches off the top. (Most of them have literal razor blades loosely attached to the wheel.)

If you're such a noble faggot though, use your noble faggot money and go all the way: https://www.rcmowersusa.com/robotic-mowers/autonomous-mowing-robot/

No stakes, no perimeter wire. Just go around the boundary once, then go around any areas you don't want it in, and let it rip.
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rofl 50k each. Just add an MCU and solenoids/servos/relays to a ride on mower, maybe a couple more bits but fuck paying 50k for that.

Also, +$200/m which he might as well keep the gardener for that.
 
libRT said:
rofl 50k each. Just add an MCU and solenoids/servos/relays to a ride on mower, maybe a couple more bits but fuck paying 50k for that.

Also, +$200/m which he might as well keep the gardener for that.
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I wanted to sneed at him but yeah exactly lmao
 
I have no firsthand experience but have encountered many in the neighborhood.

1. Dogs absolutely hate them.
2. I wonder what sort of detectors they have on them. I've had them cross right in front of me while on the sidewalk. It didn't seem to detect my presence or give me any deference.
3. They did seem very slow & erratic, very Roomba-like.
4. What about theft? I've had them cross my path many times with no one around. Is there any secondary market for someone to just pick up and go with one? Are they useless without the docking unit?
 
My neighbor has one and you still have to go out and do the edging. 200 a month is a lot for lawn care. I was paying 60 a month and the guy came by every other week but was there for 20 minutes at the most.
 
Lawncare is a scam. Lawns are a pretentious relic of bygone aristocracy.

There are better looking low maintenance alternatives to grass.
 
I hate to jump in and ask an only tangentially-related question, but there isn't a lawncare general that I could find. Anyone here have experience with reel mowers - I'm specifically interested in the more modern Fiskars ones but would welcome input about other reel mowers as well. Thanks!
 
MisterListerTheBlister said:
Way too many added bugs, pests, etc. NOT to do it. Unless you live in a cold climate or some shit perhaps, but anywhere relatively warm and/or humid, grass that's too tall invites WAY too much shit.
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then why do you care if replacing it fucks with the wildlife if you dont want the wildlife anyway?
 
Preacher ✝ said:
then why do you care if replacing it fucks with the wildlife if you dont want the wildlife anyway?
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Mainly way too expensive last I checked, even when compared to buying yard work tools. The other part is the certain kinda wildlife you're inviting with your standard lawn. Fresh-cut grass exposes pests that would otherwise be squatting on your property to birds. Now those fuckers are gonna be shitting on your car regardless of whether or not you have fake grass or the like, so may as well make 'em useful.
 
MisterListerTheBlister said:
Mainly way too expensive last I checked, even when compared to buying yard work tools. The other part is the certain kinda wildlife you're inviting with your standard lawn. Fresh-cut grass exposes pests that would otherwise be squatting on your property to birds. Now those fuckers are gonna be shitting on your car regardless of whether or not you have fake grass or the like, so may as well make 'em useful.
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Some mulch and low maintenance ground cover plants aren't all that expensive when you compare them to the real cost of lawn maintenance.

To maintain a lawn you either need to invest money into tools and time into using them, or pay a service to do it for you. If you go the DIY route the tools themselves cost more money to keep operational, and a good lawn requires various disposables to prevent weeds and such. However the real cost is your time and energy.

We live in an age where people are working more for less in general. So if you're someone who worked and worked to finally be able to afford a house with a lawn, now you have to waste a chunk of what little free time you have to maintain that lawn, as well as the money needed to do so. It's why lawncare services are so popular, it may cost more money than doing it yourself but they take on all the work and hassle.

The way I see it, unless you go completely overboard, the upfront costs of a no-lawn alternative ultimately pay for themselves, and often look better doing it.

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