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

We were people who paid for lawn care and didn’t care to mow ourselves. In our area that meant almost $100 a month just to keep our grass cut to a reasonable level. This robot cost us $650 with a sale, so after just 7 months of use it was “paid for”, and now it continues to mow our lawn for a second season perfectly. For someone too lazy to mow the whole thing myself… the math comes out pretty good to me. His name is Moomoo and he eats a lawn like nobody’s business. Five stars. We have taken a real liking to this little robo mower, and fondly think of it like a little goat in our yard. On a 1/8 acre lot it takes maybe two full battery runs to fully clear everything, and only ever misses a couple spots that are easy to get with the compatible string trimmer. The worst thing about it is laying the boundary line. It was definitely a grueling task, but I took the time to do it right so it was worth it for the five star experience. I chose not to bury the wire because I didn’t see a need to with it being flush to the ground, and the grass and clovers quickly grew over it. The wires and pegs that came with were enough to get around my front and back yard with some extra, but I did have to rip it all up and re-do it after changing the garden arrangement, and the second time I had to buy some knock off aftermarket pegs because there weren’t enough. I think the set up was easy, and I think I can rip it up and re-do it at a different house if I move. It snows here in the winter, so we just unplug the dock and put the mower inside the shed. Worked perfectly fine again once it got warm this year. We’ve used it for a season and haven’t needed to change the blade yet.

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.

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!!

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.

This Worx Landroid 1/4 acre mower looks like it is going to work very well for me. It takes some extra work to install properly - highly recommend burying the line so you will not have future problems with line breaks, but it does exactly what it advertises. I've only tested it for one full yard mow, but it never jumped the barrier line, does navigate through tight spots etc, and does cut the grass. It is super quiet! It takes several hours to mow because cutting path is only 8" wide, but it finds it's way around to everything eventually. Not jumping the wire barrier is a big deal - very happy with that. Negatives are that I had to buy a newer tablet to download the app, as I have an old iphone. And after finally downloading the app, I found out that my Android 11 tablet STILL cannot utilize very important features in the App. The mapping of lawn feature uses special software from Google that my device still does not support, even though Worx information stated Android 7 or newer was what was needed. I bought an Android 11, so am VERY disappointed that after spending another $150 just to be able to download the app, I cannot fully use it. I'm still trying to figure out a work around. The other negative is that the instructions are pretty brief, and I am not very tech saavy, so more details would be helpful. Also, be sure to read the Zone instructions very carefully - it is not designed the way I intuitively expected, so is not going to be as convenient as I thought long term, and I am going to have to make some splices and re-lay short sections of wire differently to get the zones to work at all I believe. This zone stuff doesn't make sense to me, but perhaps there is a reason I don't understand as to why it cannot be designed more intuitively and clearly. It also looks like the mower would still be able to leave the zone if it happened to line up right with the ~ 2 ft. corridor. Overall, this mower appears to be more well made and functions better than I expected. It, and the app, just seem to be designed less conveniently than I would of hoped.