Robot lawn mower

Evergreen weed and feed in spring and autumn. Cut once a week. Keep your dog off it!!

HardyAddick said:

Evergreen weed and feed in spring and autumn. Cut once a week. Keep your dog off it!!

Thanks for the advice.

I'll let him piss in the downstairs loo instead.

HardyAddick said:

Super_Eddie_Youds said:

Best way to patch it?

I just rake off the patch of poor / brown grass and then fill it with top soil with grass seed on top. Slightly rake it in then water. Keep it watered every few days and keep your dog off it - they love new soil!!

And cover with netting to keep the birds off it !!

Thanks @HardyAddick no dog, and have no control of the cat!

guinnessaddick said:

JohnBoyUK said:

I must admit, I looked into the robot motors a while ago but decided to stick with my petrol mower.  I'm sad enough to love mowing my lawn.  Its a man job around the house I can actually do, unlike proper DIY which frightens the life out of me.

Now if only they could come up with a robot that waters the plants!

Thats my next job, installing an automatic watering system to water both front and back gardens.  I may love mowing my lawn but I can't stand the 60-90 mins it takes to properly water both of our gardens.  Add that up to 2-3 times a week over a summer and thats time that can be used for doing other stuff. 

I take it, you’re not on a meter.

Yes, we're on a meter.  Its supposed to be more efficient watering for say 10-15 mins every night after the sun goes down than a big bulk water every 3 days or so.
I watered every other night over the summer and had the sprinkler on as well for the lawn and our water bill wasn't astronomical.  We were a bit worried at first but I think it was £50 more than usual over them months so was a price worth paying.   I've also been looking at getting some water butts with a solar powered pump.

we love our robot lawn mower

Caught mine trying to shag the barbecue

You should have a word with the groundsman at Forest Green Rovers - he's got one.

“That’s the ET Mow or, as we call it, ‘The Mowbot’,” says Adam Witchell, the groundsman, pointing to a piece of equipment that is to all intents another member of staff. “It’s a robotic mower, it works from satellites and there’s a wire that runs around the pitch, so it has a perimeter. It will cut the whole pitch in three days. If there is ever a problem and it gets stuck, it sends a text to my phone to tell me.

“It’s all eco – it works off solar and windpower – and it charges itself. You just turn it on and it’s away. If anything gets in its way, for example if a human was stood there, it would go up to the human and bump it slightly – not hard – and then it will stop and go in another direction. Then it will come back two hours later to the same area because it knows that it needs to cut every blade of grass. It’s a fantastic machine and I think more clubs  @PragueAddick should use one.”

blackpool72 said:

Redrobo said:

Small lawn should take about 10 minutes, especially if you do it twice a week.

If you can’t be bothered, spend £10 a week for a Gardner to do an hour a week and have a nice garden to sit in at the weekend and enjoy.

Robot mower my arse. Whatever next.

£10 per hour for a gardener. 
Good luck with that.

I pay £30 for 3.5 hrs a fortnight. Helps me keep up with things.

blackpool72 said:

Redrobo said:

blackpool72 said:

Redrobo said:

Small lawn should take about 10 minutes, especially if you do it twice a week.

If you can’t be bothered, spend £10 a week for a Gardner to do an hour a week and have a nice garden to sit in at the weekend and enjoy.

Robot mower my arse. Whatever next.

£10 per hour for a gardener. 
Good luck with that.

I pay £30 for 3.5 hrs a fortnight. Helps me keep up with things.

Thats brilliant. 
18 quid per hour is the going rate where I live. 

That’s twice what I earn. Where do you live?

blackpool72 said:

Redrobo said:

blackpool72 said:

Redrobo said:

blackpool72 said:

Redrobo said:

Small lawn should take about 10 minutes, especially if you do it twice a week.

If you can’t be bothered, spend £10 a week for a Gardner to do an hour a week and have a nice garden to sit in at the weekend and enjoy.

Robot mower my arse. Whatever next.

£10 per hour for a gardener. 
Good luck with that.

I pay £30 for 3.5 hrs a fortnight. Helps me keep up with things.

Thats brilliant. 
18 quid per hour is the going rate where I live. 

That’s twice what I earn. Where do you live?

Chelsfield 

Ahh, posh.

I’ve had  numerous petrol mowers down the years I’ve had a corded electric mower (flymo and Bosch, prefer flymo )

I’m onto a rechargeable mower from Argos made by Spear & Jackson, although the first one packed up, after 6 months I wasn’t too fussed as it now meant I had a spare battery ( I bought another battery direct from spear & Jackson).

I absolutely love it, it’s light, gives the lawn fantastic stripes, and I wouldn’t even consider a robot mower, if this one knackered I would buy another one,as I hate the hassle of cords, and the stink of leaky petrol, petrol mowers cost a bomb to have serviced.

As I’ve said I’ve got 3 batteries and as long as you have one charged whilst using one, you’ll be fine, I get through about 1 and a bit batteries each time I cut the grass.