WORX 1/2 Acre Wire Free 2WD VSLAM & NRTK Enabled (17 deg.) Slope Robot Lawn Mower With Trimmer & AI Obstacle Avoidance

Does great in the back yard in zone 1. If you set up a side yard and front yard it gets lost and errors out. I would not recommend this to anyone that had more than 1 area to mow.

I'd like to introduce you to Mowrice (...some people call him Maurice....), our new lawn maintenance professional on staff at our home. I've been trying this fella out for a few weeks now and I can solidly say that it's one of my favorite home gadgets. Initial Setup: Indoors: Initial setup was pretty straight forward. I would recommend doing this in a garage or basement or something as it requires running through several firmware updates. All of these went very smoothly, but like any other piece of hardware it takes a little while. Enjoy a snack or a beverage while it does its thing. Outdoors: At first setup the mower wants to automat the yard. Being in New England we have a bumpy yard with rocks along one side and flowerbeds along others. Because of this I opted to take manual control (a great feature to include) and map my yard myself. Overall mapping (manually) took me about 10 minutes due to including multiple zones and paths (where I want the mower to cross) between zones. First run: The first run went almost seamlessly. Mowrice had to take a couple of breaks to recharge, but otherwise the only issue I encountered was at the very end of the run, when he managed to get stuck on one of the flowerbeds where I had just recently done some edging. The upside to this is that the app notified me that he was trapped so I could go take care of him. Upon a quick rescue he returned to his charging pad to get some R&R. Follow-up runs: Since the initial run, Mowrice has performed quite seamlessly. We've probably run a dozen times at this point and we've only had one other issue with getting stuck. Features and Thoughts: Rain Delay - I appreciate that this can be overridden, but it's a solid feature to have. Ability to change angle/pattern of cutting - this is brilliant and easy to adjust. Just pick the pattern and/or angle and you're set. Alarm - if you lift the mower it will notify you on the app and it makes some noise. I really like that this is included as I do worry a bit about someone trying to take Mowrice to manage their lawn. Obstacle Avoidance - I cannot believe how well this works. We have a swing with ropes holding the base together and the mower avoids the ropes, but goes under the swing to get the grass. It's GREAT. Normally I'm moving this thing around to manage to mow under it. I'll keep putting him through his paces but this has been a godsend this summer given the heatwaves we've had, and my ability to "mow" while doing other things around the house. Now if I could only get him to handle the kids!

I purchased the two wheel drive robotic mower and can't complain about the experience, from initial purchase to delivery to setup. Based on some of the previous reviews, I thought setup would be harder than it was. To start, an update was required but after that we just had to follow the setup guide. The only thing was that we had to make sure we had our WiFi password ready in case the connection didn’t work the first time. The mower works great, and I love how I can set a schedule for it. It can change different cut patterns. In order to properly do edging, the mower has to be set on edge routine or smart trim. Since using it, the neighbors have stopped and complimented our front lawn.

I would not recommend and likely returning. It will not work 2 hours before sunset because it states insufficient light no matter where you move it. Also one tree and it loses signal and returns to station. It seems to mow well but have not mowed the entire yard yet due to these issues