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I’ve certainly seen more of them around. I think they will go properly wild when the price comes down a bit more, certainly on small ones.
Effects on me personally will be small as my work is either really big stuff 5 acres plus or large homes that insist of stripes.
15-20 years time who knows but being selfish I really won’t care by then as unless something really bad happens I’ll be retired (or very part time!)
Couple of my customers have them - both Husqvarna and full install plus all terrain wheels??? was in the thousands.
One has been stolen, which has meant I now cut the grass with a ride on, it is a 3 hr job, and waste disposal in the adjoining field. Once replaced I'll lose the work again.
Only bit of work normally is to go around the edge with a strimmer to tidy where autobot can't get to.
They are great where nothing changes in the garden, but what about where children play or the owner has things laying about the garden, autobot will run over them, get stuck, chop up kids toys :-( and probably be more of a nuisance than an asset.
As they have to stay outside they could be open to thieves, although I'm told when they are powered on gps gives the game away. Can see them replacing bog standard lawn cuts, but as Richard says, not stripes, well not yet anyway.
Two thoughts .
First, how many times do you hear people say they can get someone to mow the lawn, but not to do the rest of the garden? If the customer wants to take the mowing out of the job the chances of getting someone to call regularly must be diminished.
Secondly, how do you secure an automower and its base to stop it getting nicked?
I can’t say I’ve heard that ever but then I don’t suppose I would since I actively avoid weeding and 99% of other garden work!
One word "why".
https://www.toolstoday.co.uk/husqvarna-330x-430x-robotic-cordless-a...
I’m more interested in why you are looking for such things:)
No need, it's just a cheap gimmick.. More money than sense people buy them.
No. I've only ever seen 1 last month and that was broken fell upside down, & returned twice to be fixed ! He also needed lawn landscaping first.
I went to the Royal Three Counties show at Malvern on Friday and my local garden machinery distributor had an Automower set up and working, to answer Johns’ question I just did an internet search to see how much they cost; and the retro fit headlight set came up in the search results.
Why an Automower would need headlights to work in the dark is a little beyond me, though actually a flashing beacon might even make more sense, at least it would help the local ne’er do wells find it when they come over the fence in the dark to nick it, as well as winding the neighbours up.
i think some of them connect to your phone if they get stuck or nicked and have a tracker to locate them
i think they will not work very well when it is raining and the grass is growing fast and as alredy been said have you still have to do the edges and that is what most households detest doing, if you have the lawn treated it will be 6 days between cuts ? never mind the astro turf remember not to put your hot cutter down on it when you cut the hedges
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