Worx Landroid M 20V Robotic Lawn Mower 1/4 Acre / 10,890 Sq. Ft Power Share- WR147 (Battery & Charger Included)

I use to work for a robotics company. We made driverless fork trucks and other autonomous vehicles. They drove around within various factories, manufacturing, and large newspaper facilities. So I've got a lot of historical experience with this type of technology just on a much larger scale. My mowing area is .25 to .4 acre yard (actually larger than the WR147 is rated for). I'm in a northern climate and prefer to cut my grass long. One reason I bought this is because it supports a 4" cut, though I'm setting it closer to 3". We're in our growing season again and after two weeks, it's been handling the yard well and I'm quite happy. Before my purchase, I was highly skeptical of the ability of the device to handle my yard. I have some slopes on the edges of the property, an apple tree, and lots of bushes and obstacles. I bought the base unit WR147 without any options. I have no ACS ultrasound vision, and no magnetic barriers. Out of the box I was very impressed. I had the unit operational within about 2 hours after delivery and yes I ran the border wire TWICE :). Upon starting, the robot even navigated over fallen apples. I wouldn't recommend leaving all of the fallen apples on the ground, but it did manage them. WOW! My only issues have been self-inflicted. I have a construction project going on and some areas of the yard are just dirt. The robot will occasionally get stuck if it needs to turn in the dirt. It tends to dig into the dirt during a turn and get stuck. In a normal grass yard this will not be an issue and none of these issues are the fault of the unit, but mentioned so you know it will do fine in normal grass but any areas where you may have exposed dirt could present a problem. Once my lawn grows back this problem will be resolved and is not negative for the robot. For all other obstacles, apples, sticks, bushes etc, it's handled them very very well. I also have some small nooks and corners, it has a TRAP escape mode and it works amazingly well to get in an out of these tight spaces. I also liked that it is Bluetooth and WiFi based, I didn't want a cellular connected device. It will work without WiFi but is nice to grab the phone and see its status. It has lost connection to the WiFI a few times while at the charging station and I've had to go wake it up or reset it. It's well within range of the WiFI Access Point so it is definitely something about the unit or a compatibility with my WiFi. FYI one of my day job duties is installing WiFi in hotels, schools, and large offices. So I know my WiFi is okay since I'm using enterprise devices not he typical consumer level devices. The App and configuration is a little confusing, it could be more streamlined. A technology challenged person may have some trouble, but it does indeed work well once setup. One suggestion to the designers: It doesn't seem to have an inertia sensors. So it doesn't know when it's not moving. I've found it in my dirt areas spinning its wheels but not going anywhere. Again it is my fault for the yard condition but if it had some inertia sensors and logic then it could detect that it was stuck. I also think adding a compass (if it doesn't have one) might help it learn the basic geometry of some yards without the GPS option. Lastly I really like the al-a-cart aspect. I like that I'm not forced to buy things I don't want. It kept the cost down and allows the consumer to buy the extra features we want. In my case I think I'll be buying the ACS Vision system, but even without it I'm very very happy. Last words.. Buy it. I threw a challenging yard at it and it surpassed my expectations.

Okay so it did actually cut some grass just not like it was supposed to. I bought the thing because the people that made it believe in their product or at least I thought they do. They may actually believe in their product but if they do it is misguided. First let's start with the Pros Pros: I was able to box it up and return still waiting to see if I get a full refund. Besides that I don't think there is anything. It was quiet so I guess that's a pro. Cons: So it just wouldn't work. When it was cutting grass it was completely random so I would just get these lines that were about half the width of the machine all through my lawn. It could never really finish a mow. I expected it to get stuck a few times but it was so often and always after I had walked away or went to bed. I would wake up with a notification on my phone that landroid is trapped. I tried starting from my phone and it literally backed itself of the charger and turned and backed out of the boundary. It was a constant headache. Mind you my lawn is fairly simple and it is only 5000 sq. Ft. Far less than the 1/4 acre the mower is supposed to be able to handle. I do have depressions around my fairly young trees that it got stuck in. It got stuck on the tree couldn't figure out how to get around it. I also have a swing set that it was constantly stuck on. Perhaps if I would have gotten the anti-collision sensor for $300 more it would have solved some of those problems. It also couldn't find it's home and would just die on the boundary wire searching for home. The worst was it just couldn't cut the grass. Even when it had a successful hour or two of cutting grass it seemed nothing really got done except ugly lines that criss crossed randomly. It's $1000 it should have software comparable to a Roomba. I have a roborock vaccum. I am not a big fan of that vaccum but actually cleans the house which is way more complicated than my yard. Not to mention I don't have to spend 3 hours laying boundary wire for the vaccum. The landroid doesn't even map the yard it just drives randomly and does a bad job of it. My assumption is that all robo mowers are this way. They all require boundary wire and the landroid had the best reviews. Even if it could mow the lawn which it could not do, I would still have to weed eat. In the end it cost around a year's worth of landscape maintenance and could not even come close to replacing that service. It is not worth the money.

I have an 80 sq.m. backyard (about 860 sq.ft. or 0.02 acre) with a Dutch white clover lawn. The Landroid does an excellent job keeping the clover trimmed short without letting it flower, which keeps the lawn looking green with minimal watering, even during a heatwave. Physical installation wasn’t too difficult, but the most tedious part was laying down the boundary wire. Getting both inner and outer 90° turns right was difficult even with or without the provided paper template. Either the mower bumped into objects or it left small uncut patches. The app is straightforward, easy to pair, and simple to set up. Wi-Fi connectivity has been rock solid, and the mower stays connected to my router 24/7. I can control the unit from anywhere, whether on the road or at work. I’m not sure if it uses MQTT, but the Worx Cloud service has been fast and reliable. I haven’t experienced any downtime in my first season of use. I set the schedule manually to mow every day for one hour, since clover requires frequent trimming. One pass isn’t enough, but with multiple passes from different directions, the results are very good. After 1 hour, usually I have around 60% battery left. Just give you an idea. The rain delay feature works perfectly. Honestly, don’t waste money on the optional “garage” otherwise rain delay may not work according to what I read. This machine is built to stay outdoors, no problem for me. As for the “Cut to Edge” feature, it feels more like marketing gimmick than reality. Even after carefully adjusting the wire placement, the mower can’t achieve a truly clean edge, especially in tight corners. I simply trim the edges manually every couple of weeks, which isn’t too much hassle. The price is a bit high, alternatively you can definitely get a cheaper China brand instead. The reason I bought this because of the name Worx and I can get replacement battery easily even at my local hardware store (Canadian Tire) since they have a whole product line of battery power tools and gardening devices. Let's talk about the bad parts: 1. Most of the time, the mower returns to its base and charges without issue. However, on one occasion it parked, it looked like it slipped off the contact points due to sagging of the plastic base over time and developed a slope outwards. I received a “wire missing” error, I couldn’t control it remotely, and had to go outside to reset it—only to find it had powered itself off for no apparent reason. The base has green LED meaning wire is not missing. (See photos of my "wire missing" screenshot). They need to fix this issue, it shouldn't power off the whole unit, it should let me either remote control unit or automatically go find the boundary wire again and schedule to go home. Fail. Solution: back fill some soil and make it level. But the "wire missing" message is totally WRONG. After I made the base level again, it hasn't happened since then. 2. Another issue appeared at the end of my yard: a strange bare line in the clover. After inspection, I realized the mower was losing traction while turning near the boundary on a slight slope. The wheels kept slipping and wore down the grass in a straight path. Something to keep in mind if your yard has terrain that the mower can't handle. Solution: Reddit and forums suggested to use weight to solve the issue, it's a common issue that back of the mower doesn't have enough weight. Alternatively you can buy the wheel spike to solve the traction problem. But I prefer the weight solution. So, I bought a 4 lb diving weight, it's vinyl coated and weatherproof, taped it on top of the battery compartment using 3M removable locking fastener. Problem solved. Despite a few quirks and learning curves, I’m very happy with this mower. It keeps my clover lawn green, healthy, and well-maintained with minimal effort on my part.

Install went well. Set mower on my perfectly manicured 3 inch tall lawn and pressed start. The mower began cutting the grass, but very low at 2 inches. I adjusted the mower to the highest cut setting but no change in cut height. I contacted customer support and they apologized and said I'd need to ship the unit to them. They offered to cover postage and agreed to send me the information in an email. 1 week later I have not received the postage slip so contact them again. " We'll get that to you today or tomorrow". 1 week later and no postage so I call again. I learn that getting international postage ( repair center is in north Carolina) takes a long time ( 2 +weeks!?). I also learn that repairs can take 21+ days before my unit is returned to me. At this point, I've owned the unit for 2.5 weeks and all I have to show for it is a ridiculous pattern scalped into my lawn. Not impressed. I decided to return this defective unit and receive a refund. This seller DOES NOT fully reimburse you for returned shipping. For me, shipping a 50 lb box to Mississauga was$90. The seller offered to reimburse me $3.99. What a scam. All in all, I wasted my time with this mower, it's support staff and I lost $87 for the privilege. If the seller wants to make this right and refund me my $87, I'll amend this post to reflect the. CANADIAN BUYERS BEWARE.

It has been a learning curve of several days on setting up the boundaries so the Landroid will successfully cut the grass without incident. The Best advice I can give everyone, is to keep the "Boundary Wire 11 inches from anything & everything including curbs, flowerbed boarders, stairs, the wheel barrel, & everything else. In order for the Landroid to find its way to the charging station, it centers itself in the MIDDLE of the boundary wire, & follows it all the way back to the Charging Station. The second important thing, is MAKE SURE there is 3 Feet of perfectly straight boundary wire leading back to the charging station. Any less than this....it will over-shoot the station & not charge.! Lastly, programming of times & days is easiest by using the app on your phone.! Insofar as its ability to cut the grass, it does a very good job & no complaints there. Schedule it for 3 days a week, for 2 hours each of those days...and your lawn will look just fine!!

UPDATE-2025. This thing is a must have, so much time saved all summer I actually have taken up golfing! Haha. Best thing I have ever bought for the yard. 2023- I travel for work a lot, always come home to the backyard overgrown and needing a cut. My old lawnmower struggled due to the lawn being too long because I am away all week. I bought this Landdroid hoping I would be hands off and get some time back while I am home to do other projects. Set it up in 1-2 hrs and a few adjustments to some obstacles in my yard and it has been going hard for last 3 months! The yard is always cut and the lawn hasn't looked better in years because it is never overgrown. IF you want to get 5+ hours per month of your life back to do other stuff then mow a lawn, I highly recommend the Landroid

I had high expectations for this mower. It arrived in apparently good condition and I spent a day with my daughter installing boundary wires and generally preparing for the first run. Installation is straightforward, though I found difficult because it requires you to squat or kneel as you position the wire and pound in the stakes. Eventually everything looked good, and I charged up the battery and pressed start. The mower rolled out of its charger, hesitated slightly and ran off until it hit a boundary wire - which it promptly cut, ending the run. The mower will not operate if the boundary wire is broken. Worx provides a couple of 3M Snaplok crimps for repair, so I was able to fix the boundary wire. I had accidentally run with the mower set at height 1 - the lowest setting - and blamed myself for the failure (but there is no guidance in the manual on whether the height is lowest at 1 or 6). Resetting to 6, I again ran the mower - only to get the same effective result - a cut wire. I should mention that the wire was tight to the ground in all locations. Checking the settings, I found turning the height dial seemed to have little effect, and at both settings the mower was shaving the grass down to less than an inch in height. Looking underneath I could see that the blade deck dangled at an angle, and touched the ground on one side. Something was clearly wrong, and I suspect the shipping box was dropped, damaging the unit but not the box. I called Worx support and was told the only option was to send the unit in to Worx in North Carolina - something which would be not be cost-effective. They apparently have no local (Canadian) service location. When I balked at the suggestion, the only other choice offered was to return the mower to Amazon, which I have done. Unfortunately, while Amazon sent shipping labels and will be refunding my original payment, they will not replace the mower, and require me to re-order the unit at a much higher price. The mower may, when shipped properly, be useful. However, the after-market service offered by Worx seems too centralized and needs to be expanded for more local support. Amazon’s response was the minimum standard - a refund rather than a replacement.