No. Not a chance.I’m with the luddites on this one, or if you prefer anti-technologists. If you can afford the kit in question and frankly have the acreage of lawn that demands such please employ a Gardener!
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I have just the BBC Radio play for you:No. Not a chance.
The robot doesn’t take time off for holidays, funerals, sickness, hangovers or pregnancy. It gets up every morning and goes to work at the agreed time for the agreed period. If I need less work done I adjust the time downwards, if I need more work I adjust the time upwards, there are no bank holidays or weekends in the schedule, no time sheets and no compensation for unsocial hours.
If I want rid of the robot I don’t need to negotiate, just an add in the local rag or the off switch and its gone , if I need another robot workerI have no rows about demarcation and compensation, just get it and plug it in.
In fact the robot lawnmower has been such a success that I increased the workforce with a robot vacuum/mop this week.
So far I couldn’t be happier with the arrangement.
Best of all, I don’t have to talk to the staff, remember their names or birthdays or organise a Christmas party.
Uncaring Capitalist Nirvana.
Finally, a workforce that does what its told and takes what its given.
I have bothI’m with the luddites on this one, or if you prefer anti-technologists. If you can afford the kit in question and frankly have the acreage of lawn that demands such please employ a Gardener!
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I had it serviced and parked it up mid December. I will recommission it next week, there are a few known breaks in the boundary wires and I’ll shift it over to the Spring wire until the bulbs are done.Sorry to resurrect an old thread, those that have bought the Husqvarna robots, are you still happy with them, what maintenance have you needed to do and what life expectancy have you got for the machine? I was looking at a Kress one, but I have some big slopes that they won't cope with so I'm looking at the AWD Husqvarnas probably the 535 AWD EPOS.
I've had a long chat with a dealer today and supplied them with Apple Maps of the areas, he's recommending a 435X Nera but with a EPOS reference station as the 2 mown areas are about 50m apart, he has also said it might take a second one as the 2 mown areas are 3500sqm and 2,000sqm. The alternative is a new/newish shaft drive ride on with high lift tip. The saving for me will be around 1 day per week in the peak growing season and an awful lot of grass not stored on site to rot down. For some reason I keep thinking there is something I have missed!Mine still going strong. Service last October. Put it away for the winter early December and It came out again last week Still virtually fully charged. Not had any issues at all with it This one is wireless and works on GPS
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You can but they are expensive in comparisonYou can now get ones that do not require install of a guide wire.
K
Just a bit of advice, we are seriously thinking about buying a Husqvarna 310 to suit the size of our lawn. In the optional extras list are wheel brushes and whell scrapers, presumably to keep the worst of the muck off the wheels. So the question is are they worth getting? If so which is the better buy.
Many thanks,
David.