Criteria for choosing a robotic lawn mower. For example, for an anniversary

Robots lawn mowers have appeared on the Russian market for a long time. The first reviews on them are five years ago. But due to their high cost, they remain an expensive toy for individual buyers.

Robot vacuum cleaners used to be much more expensive than they are now. But now their choice is much more and prices are decreasing. Of course, the robotic lawnmower is not such a popular tool among land owners. And the price scares away. In most cases, it is better to buy a cordless trimmer or cordless lawnmower trolley.

While this is an option for a joint gift to someone for a birthday or anniversary, or for those owners of suburban areas who have money - not a problem.

But there is a possibility that in 5-7 years their price will be much lower. Electric cars also seemed fantastic 10 years ago. And now in China, there are almost more brands of electric vehicles produced than brands of power tools.

Therefore, I propose to look at what you need to pay attention to when choosing (at least for the future or now as a gift). It is clear that this cordless garden tool is for perfect lawns (no unevenness, with soft stemmed grass). And this robot cannot cope with heavily overgrown areas.

1. The first thing to start from is the area of ​​the lawn on the site. The larger it is, the more productive a robot with a long battery life should be. Battery - Li-Io or Li-Fe-Po only. The last battery has more working discharge-charge cycles (up to 2000). It is better if the robot mows your entire area on one battery charge.

The charging base of the robot is the same as that of the robot vacuum cleaner

2. The ability of the robot to drive on slopes is important. You need wide wheels with good tread. But at the same time, so that he does not dig your lawn when cornering.

3. There are functions for controlling the robotic lawnmower from a smartphone or from a remote control. And then it will be a toy for children. Like a radio controlled model.

4. It is important to adjust the cutting height of the grass. Models with a movable engine mounting mechanism with a knife to follow the contour of the site relief are good at work.

5. The presence of sensors: IR sensor, rain sensor, GPS. GPS still works in some models as a self-powered GPS beacon - to find the robot (if it has left in the bushes) and to find it when it is stolen.

They even began to install cameras with a system for recognizing living objects in expensive models. There are self-learning models: they memorize the contour of the site and mow the lawn faster during subsequent work (less chaotic movements when driving over an obstacle).

6. Maintainability, modular design and availability of spare parts in the country are important. The presence of a battery for replacement.

The knives are dull. They must be affordable and available or sharpenable. The service must be specified separately.

Due to the ruble exchange rate against other currencies, this convenient tool remains an expensive toy for us. Maybe someday the country will begin the era of its own electronic industry, as it was earlier in the USSR. Then it is quite possible to see adequate prices with the same characteristics and quality. After all, it is already more profitable to establish any production with such a ruble rate than in China.

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Photo taken from open sources, from Yandex. Pictures

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