Thanks this is the video I have been waiting for, instead of all those videos of it doing manicured lawns. A couple of questions: 1. You said you blew the leaves off, so to what extent does it mulch the leaves? 2. How well have the blades lasted?
I'm interested in these questions too please. Also, 1. how good is the random nature of it's path, does it actually get everything in the end? 2. Does it get stuck often (without the island around trees)?
Automowers do not really mulch leaves. They run over them and will put a few slices in the leaves here and there, but they just don't make enough vacuum to lift the leaves off the ground and shred them. The blades have held up pretty well so far. we were running the older style pivoting blades with the single hole at one end at first and we had a few of them get bent when hitting tree branches that had fallen after a day of very high winds. After that we switched to the new Endurance blades . They seemed to last longer, but then again we had less debris laying around for the mower to run over at that point. But it's still been much better than hitting stuff with our lawn tractor while trying to mow this area.
Because it maps the area as it is mowing it the mower does get everything. It takes anywhere from 1-4 weeks depending on the size and complexity of the mowing area for the mower to get the area mapped out. We use guide wires and remote start locations when first turning these mowers lose because that speeds up the learning process by forcing them to different points in the working area. Once it's mapped out then you can switch it over to GPS mowing and let it find its own way around and it will make sure it covers the entire area. As far as getting stuck, it rarely does. And when it has gotten stuck it was never due to not having islands around the trees. It was things like tree branches that fell and got lodged in the bumper or chassis or running up on a large rock at the wrong angle. All things that once you clean them up the mower was back on it's way without worry.
@@RoboticMowerServices Thanks for that, which matches what you see in the video. I understand the Robomow does mulch leaves quite well but it has other disadvantages, not least slope handling and that it only uses the perimeter wire to get home.
There's a lot of other brands out there these days, but it's hard to find any that match the features that the Husqvarna Automowers have. The guide wire (Especially multiple guide wires) is a HUGE advantage that the Husqvarna Automowers have over the competition.
Can you explain the guide wires in a bit more detail? I have a 4/10 acre yard surrounding my home but not sure how or why I'd need a guidewire? Not really sure I've even read much about these on the Husqvarna site...
The guide wires are what sets the Husqvarna Automowers apart from all the other robotic mowers on the market. the guide wire(s) give the mower a direct shot to and from the charging station as well as being able to be used as remote start locations for the mower inside the working area. As far as charging, the mower can follow a guide wire right through the working area around obstacles and get back to the station quickly so it is charged up and ready to work again faster. Leaving the station you can use the guide wires to force the mower to go through a gate, or tight space and start mowing, or have it start somewhere else along the guide wire in the middle of the yard rather than having it follow the boundary wire. Guide wires are also handy to have if you have a break in the boundary wire because you can use the guide wire to help narrow down what section of the yard the break is in.
Thanks this is the video I have been waiting for, instead of all those videos of it doing manicured lawns. A couple of questions:
1. You said you blew the leaves off, so to what extent does it mulch the leaves?
2. How well have the blades lasted?
I'm interested in these questions too please.
Also,
1. how good is the random nature of it's path, does it actually get everything in the end?
2. Does it get stuck often (without the island around trees)?
Automowers do not really mulch leaves. They run over them and will put a few slices in the leaves here and there, but they just don't make enough vacuum to lift the leaves off the ground and shred them.
The blades have held up pretty well so far. we were running the older style pivoting blades with the single hole at one end at first and we had a few of them get bent when hitting tree branches that had fallen after a day of very high winds. After that we switched to the new Endurance blades . They seemed to last longer, but then again we had less debris laying around for the mower to run over at that point. But it's still been much better than hitting stuff with our lawn tractor while trying to mow this area.
Because it maps the area as it is mowing it the mower does get everything. It takes anywhere from 1-4 weeks depending on the size and complexity of the mowing area for the mower to get the area mapped out. We use guide wires and remote start locations when first turning these mowers lose because that speeds up the learning process by forcing them to different points in the working area. Once it's mapped out then you can switch it over to GPS mowing and let it find its own way around and it will make sure it covers the entire area.
As far as getting stuck, it rarely does. And when it has gotten stuck it was never due to not having islands around the trees. It was things like tree branches that fell and got lodged in the bumper or chassis or running up on a large rock at the wrong angle. All things that once you clean them up the mower was back on it's way without worry.
@@RoboticMowerServices Thanks for that, which matches what you see in the video. I understand the Robomow does mulch leaves quite well but it has other disadvantages, not least slope handling and that it only uses the perimeter wire to get home.
There's a lot of other brands out there these days, but it's hard to find any that match the features that the Husqvarna Automowers have. The guide wire (Especially multiple guide wires) is a HUGE advantage that the Husqvarna Automowers have over the competition.
Can you explain the guide wires in a bit more detail? I have a 4/10 acre yard surrounding my home but not sure how or why I'd need a guidewire? Not really sure I've even read much about these on the Husqvarna site...
The guide wires are what sets the Husqvarna Automowers apart from all the other robotic mowers on the market. the guide wire(s) give the mower a direct shot to and from the charging station as well as being able to be used as remote start locations for the mower inside the working area.
As far as charging, the mower can follow a guide wire right through the working area around obstacles and get back to the station quickly so it is charged up and ready to work again faster. Leaving the station you can use the guide wires to force the mower to go through a gate, or tight space and start mowing, or have it start somewhere else along the guide wire in the middle of the yard rather than having it follow the boundary wire.
Guide wires are also handy to have if you have a break in the boundary wire because you can use the guide wire to help narrow down what section of the yard the break is in.