Price the WORX Landroid WG794 Robotic Mower on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2wTc7Hu
Why mow your lawn ever again! – Mowing the lawn to some folks just down right sucks! We actually enjoy mowing the lawn. It is a calming activity that gives my brain time to decompress and think, plan, and coordinate other activities during my busy life. With that being said, we won’t mind if that “chore” gets taken care of. We have plenty of other activities where we can do the similar decompress and thinking. With the ever advancing battery technology, GPS, and computing tech, the futuristic Robotic lawn mower is here. There are a plethora of companies and models out there. We have had the luck of being able to review a few of these models and hope to bring you more as they are released. The latest model we reviewed with WORX Landroid WG794.
WORX Landroid WG794
WORX is a well-known company for having affordable homeowner grade lawn care products. WORX released their Landroid Robotic Mower and jumped into an incredible opportunity for their consumer. What could be better than a robot mowing your yard? Well, a cold beverage on your deck or patio watching your robotic mower mow your yard but that is a story for another blog. The concept for the Landroid is very simple, it is a small robotic mower that stays inside a boundary wire and mows your yard. The mower has a 1/4″ acre cutting capacity and it uses its razor blades to cut the blades of grass. The robotic mower has a wonderful interface to control the settings and get the unit setup. The user can set the amount of time by selecting the size yard you have. The unit will automatically adjust its mowing time per day/week to make sure it covers your entire area. You can also setup zones if there is a small entrance to a specific section of your yard. Let’s go into a bit more detail into these features.
Features and Specs
User-friendly control panel
Built-in rain sensor
Anti-theft system using a pin
3-year warranty
Excellent start-up instructions
Adjustable cutting height (1.6″-4″)
Mows on uneven terrain
What’s included
Landroid M Robotic Lawn Mower
Landroid M Charging Base
9 Replacement blades
200 Installation pegs
500 feet of boundary wire
4 Charging Base Nails
Power Adapter
2 Boundary Wire Distance Gauges
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Hunting arrows? Man. Stop killing innocent wildlife!
A Blackbelt Job by an Absolute Blackbelt… ????✌?????
How short will it cut the grass? 1.5 inches or 3" inches?
So funny to see him talking about removing part of the fence, when it turns out their requirements are completely overstated.
Running the unit with just half a foot between the wires still works and it follows the perimiter nicely. It does however need software for multi zone or you may never see it pass through the small gap on coincidence and mow both parts.
i bought the landroid and set it up. it is connected to the wifi and my app is on the phone. i go to power it on and it says mower stopped. i do i start the mower
Does it mow the entire backyard or just along the wire?
Question: Does the docking station have to be outside? Or could it be installed inside of a shed or utility area?
I would like to put the docking station inside of a shed, out of the weather.
One last question…I have a sidewalk in the front and side of my house. How does the landroid drive over a sidewalk to get to the blvd?
Your yard is similar to mine, so I wanted to ask 2 questions. #1. How does the worx landroid drive over tree roots, twigs, leaves? #2 You also had the husqvara 450x mower. Did that mower make it through the fence gate without having to remove the fence? I am considering the landroid or the 450xh or even the husqvara 535 awd.
I think it interesting that these mowers can not sense when they have completely mowed a given lawn (area). It's done by random motion and the manufacturer publishes a total length of time (hours) per given area (sq mtr) that the mower must operate in order to have randomly passed over the entire lawn at least once.
I have a similar setup with a gate would it be better for me to buy a separate charging station for the front that way I can contain my pets in the backyard with the gate and let the mower cut the front and then do cut back?
How does one reset the pin code? Thanks.
If the yards fenced then why the buried wire? It can't get out of the yard. Doesn't it have a bump sensor that will make it change direction. Can it find it's way back to the charging station without the buried wires? I can see it missing spots around the fence without the wire to follow for a perimeter cut but I can string trim that. Will these cut the tougher zoysia grasses? This seems to be the only brand that will cut 4" that I've seen. I cut high during the hot Texas summers
Everytime I watch one of these videos all I see is more weed whacking. Not a good option. I want zero weed whacking.
Two Questions. I own a Roomba Robot Vac & it doesn't need border wires. I set it in a room & it works its way around the perimeter & the furniture. If it bumps into something, it has an algorithm to adapt to the obstruction. Clearly, the Landroid must have a similar sensor/algorithm pairing or it would have trouble with shrubs, swing sets, yard furniture etc. Why can't an owner just lay landscape brick down as a guide path? Certainly, the Landroid won't try to climb a 6" high brick. Right? The bottom line is that I'd prefer a hardscape boundary over a buried string boundary. Would my idea work? Second, I noticed on the WORX website that the Landroid WG794 has been discontinued; yet, it is still sold on Amazon. Does that mean WORX is bringing out a new and improved Landroid, or does it mean it's getting out of the lawn robot business? So, brick walls – yes or no & discontinued product, or marked evacuation?
The manual is not very clear about what is the IN Wire and what is the OUT Wire.
i've been brainstorming designs for an autonomous mower for my parents house. You see i have seizures triggered by chemical odors. Like those of gasoline and fuel oil. So i can never use the normal mower to help parents mow the lawn. I wanted to build a self driving autonomous mower that could learn the lawn and be able to mow it and help take the stress off my parents. I actually had a design in mind. That would even let it weed it the edges of the lawn and my garden beds as well. Though have had no luck with work. As no one can take the liability of me having a seizure on the job with so many potential triggers. So have not gotten to buy parts to try to build a model to do it.
Am I the only one that doesn't see any difference after it passes over an area? It just doesn't look like it's cutting anything at all.
Gary Kenny
Zone Question – Your yard looks like mine down to the fence and patio. Did you ever figure out the zone issues? I was thinking I might eventually overcome it by buying a second base and manually moving the mower. As I have not installed it yet, maybe that is a bad approach but I'd be interested in finding out if anyone has done that.
how did you set the zone markers
will rain hurt it? does the docking station need to be under a roof. I live in florida- lots of rain
Has anybody any experience with replacing the OEM wire? An additional 200m is €99 which is ridiculous for what looks like telephone wire. I'm thinking of just buying 200m of regular bell wire to run round my perimeter… Thanks in advnce!
Just bought the WORX and was reading through the setup and trouble shooting guides; I saw nothing regarding protection against power surges and lightning other than a general statement that the machine is designed for all sorts of inclement weather; is this something I should be worried about?
Maybe a dumb question but what actually limits the yard size? I mean if it recharges itself why can it not cut an acre? Does it take all day to finish 1/4?
Interesting mower for sure. Just not for me. #workshopaddict
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Any tool that saves time is usually worth what you pay for it, unfortunately here in So. Cal. many have given up their lawns for lower water usage landscapes .
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I guess this probably would not work in the South where it gets very hot and there is thick St. Augustine grass.
Will you need to opening the gates before each mowing or will you have to leave the backyard open all the time? Just thinking about kids and dogs who need a full fenced in yard.
Any idea if it would interfere with a dog invisible fence?
Price point?
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Those perimeter wires look like a real pain. I'm sure an upcoming model will no doubt have a learn feature where you first manually run it around the perimeter of your property and from then on it knows where to go. I suspect 10 years from now these things will be in use everywhere and be a lot less expensive. I also suspect we'll see larger autonomous mowers similar to what ZTR riding mowers are today. I mean, if we're okay with self-driving cars on the highways why not self-driving GPS-controlled full sized mowers. Thanks to the early adopters for making it happen. 🙂
Nice! How much noise does it make compared to gas or battery mowers? Would like sound comparison. Irobots for vacuuming are very noisy ?
These are pretty decent on it and all,but for the price you can get a gas mower and do it faster