Wireless Robot Lawn Mowers Australia Worx Vision Review
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- In this video we reveiw the latest Worx Landriod Vison robotic lawn mower.
We look at the installaiton and set process for a basic single area and also what is required to set up the Vision over multiple areas. - Наука та технологія
Great in-depth video. Kudos. You mentioned at the beginning that no installation was required. Just put it down and mow. That is NOT always the case. My yard has a border in the front and backside, but open on each side to neighbor's yard. This Vision model requires a magnetic strip be placed where no border exists. Therefore, I will need 86 meters of the magnetic strips for the two side yards. They provide 10 meters of strip with the Vision unit. These strips cost about US $70 USD per 10-meters. Who can afford another $600 USD for the strips!
I currently use the previous version Worx Landroid robot mower for 2-years. After installing the guide wire, the Landroid (WR145) can cut within 3cm of walkway edges and landscaping. I added landscaping bricks level with the ground around the perimeter of my yard and rarely need to trim around the edges. This Vision is much worse. My Landroid gets stuck backing up a very minor incline. I tried a couple of trials wheels, but nothing works perfectly. I got used to getting a text that the Landroid is stuck somewhere in the yard. Maybe, this new Vision will not get stuck as often backing up.
The Worx batteries work really well and I have NOT experienced any issues over two seasons. I have seen other robotic mowers experience early battery deaths. The lithium batteries are expensive.
Thanks for that. Yes you are correct about the magnetic strip if you dont have clear boundaries. For your yard, I would considder other wireless options because of this.
So glad your Wired landroid is going well for you, I personnally have a wired one permanently installed in this same yard. Traction on the Worx Vision is a little better at the edges, because it is front wheel drive, but traction going straight up hills inside the boundary area the Vision is not as good as the wired landroids.
You are spot on with these batteries, they seem to last for ever. and compared to other robot batteries the landroid batteries are also the cheapest to replace.
At least on the bigger Models (L Series, 1300m² and 1600m²) you can NOT start mowing until you run through the lawn exploration > the robot/app told me, I have to do that first! And that's the frustrating part about it, in the exploration mode the robot has to folow the perimeter of the lawn but if he fails to do that because he couldn't find an edge it ends up stuck and abborts the exploration and you need to do it all over again! It took me a whole day to get that to work once just to have it do it's job > mow the lawn. If your area isn't plain, all green and surrounded by walls, a thik hedge or concrete tiles the Vision will most likely fail to find his way. My Vision L took about 1/2 hour looking for an edge on reseeded area, he just failed to find his way around / through and kept trying it over and over. That's stupid. Oh yes, you can use the magnetic strips to guide him around right? NO because you only get 10 m magnetic band with the bigger models, that's a joke because most 1300-1600m² gardens will need more than that. For my reseeded area I would already need about 15-20 m of these strips. Buying more is NOT and option if you see the price. So yeah, get a robot with cables instead, it works better and is cheaper ...
At this stage you must have the best kept lawn in the southern hemisphere
together with poor sunlight and grubs, I have always struggled with this lawn.
how much maintainment do you have to do regularly besides changing the knifes ? and should it be serviced annually or nothing at all apart from general maintenance?
Just general maintenance is required. Brush it clean every week or two. change the blades every 6-12 weeks depending on how much grass it is cutting. They can be servicedm but it is not mandatory.
Just wondering does it do edging meaning do you have to use a whipper-snapper
Currently the Worx Vision will leave about 10-15cm of uncut edges. As the firmware improves over time, this will reduce, but you will always have to still use a line trimmer for all robot lawn mowers.
Is there a list of firmware updates along with the improvements provided by each update?
Every time a new update is released you can see the updates in your online login fo on your Landroid App. BUt as far as a road map of future update, no I have not seen one and I doubt they would make any of this info public.
is there a future update that will mow less randomly (at least attempt to mow more efficiently)? I understand it cannot do stripes, but 100% random is so inefficient.
I do think at some point the vision based systems will be able to mow in lines. But for the near future this won't be possible with out additional sensors.
Can it be kept on it's charger in a garage?
yes it could be charged in a garage and carried to each lawn when you want to mow.
If you could please take it out in the sun light, we would know what you talking about.
im not sure what you are asking. Please clarify what you would like me to show you and I can add it to my next Worx Vision video.
So this is pretty much a mulch mower
yes just about all robotic lawn mowers are mulching mowers. They mow very often and cut very little at a time. So there are typically no clippings to be found.
RFID no correct position😂
yes, because the crossing was so narrow I was trying to get it to be able to cross over and also cross back. If there was more space I would have had them opposite each other as they should be.
Hint: buy a professional microphone
Yes I ordered a rode wireless mic today after editing this video and hearing how poor the sound was. Thanks for noticing 😂
Looks promising. What is the price of this in Australia?
@@henrylawson430 This model will be inline with all the other wireless robots on the market with the M600 model selling for $2999 and the L1300 model selling for $3499. These will be listed on our website shortly and available for presale this week.
I just follow along using the transcript.
Great video as always.