Robotic lawn mower buying guides
The background you need before spending several hundred euros: how to size a mower to a lawn, what slope ratings really mean, and which navigation technology suits which garden.
Robotic Lawn Mower Buying Guide
What actually matters when choosing a robot mower, in the order it matters: area, slope, garden shape, navigation and installation.
Read the guide → GuideRTK vs LiDAR Robot Lawn Mowers
Two very different ways of knowing where the mower is. One reads the sky, the other reads the garden — and that difference decides which suits…
Read the guide → GuideBoundary Wire vs Wire-Free Robot Mowers
The oldest robot mower technology is still the most reliable in some gardens. When a buried cable beats an app, and when it does not.
Read the guide → GuideHow to Choose a Robot Mower by Lawn Size
How to measure your lawn honestly, how much headroom to allow, and why the advertised maximum area is not the whole story.
Read the guide → GuideRobot Lawn Mower Slope Ratings Explained
Percent or degrees, average or steepest, and why slope is the specification that most often turns a good mower into a stuck one.
Read the guide → GuideRobot Mowers for Gardens With Trees
Tree canopy is the main enemy of satellite navigation. What actually happens under a tree, and which approaches cope with it.
Read the guide → GuideRobot Mowers for Narrow Passages
Side paths, gateways and gaps between buildings — the measurements that decide whether a mower can reach the rest of your garden.
Read the guide → GuideRobot Mowers for Multiple Zones
A front lawn and a back lawn are not one garden as far as a robot mower is concerned. What multi-zone support actually gives you.
Read the guide → GuideRobot Mowers for Uneven Terrain
There is no published rating for bumpy ground. Here is what to look at instead, and what you can fix in the lawn itself.
Read the guide → GuideHow Much Lawn Can a Robot Mower Really Handle?
Where the advertised maximum working area comes from, which assumptions sit behind it, and how much to discount it for a real garden.
Read the guide → GuideRobot Mower Installation Guide
Siting the base station, preparing the lawn, laying a wire or mapping a boundary, and the first-week checks that prevent most problems.
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