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Recommendations for robot lawn mowers (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 7 months ago by Procedure8295@lemmy.sdf.org to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Is Gardena or Husqvarna still king or are the no-name whitebox rebrands catching up?

Of course something that works with Home assistant is a requirement.

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[–] credo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Does it mow in straight lines? Those paths the Husqvarna leaves are super wonky.

[–] Osiris@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Yup! You can (and should*) configure it to do a checkerboard pattern over two runs

*it does work great but sometimes misses just a little bit. Having to do two runs in a pattern makes it pretty much perfect

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

I have the Husq 115h, 3rd year starting now. After it "breaks in" and everything is even, you don't see/notice that the pattern is random. You just see cut grass.

I did have to modify the unit though! I contacted vender and Husq but it didn't really go anywhere. Basically I had to cut off 2" of the "chin" in front because it kept hitting chunks of grass and triggering impact. After cutting, it works perfect. Seems like a really odd defect on their end.