STOP MOWING YOUR LAWN - Have a ROBOT DO IT - Gardena Sileno 

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These are interesting. That pattern was crazy! They should make one that can do a few trim passes, then just go back and fourth. Looking forward to seeing how these mowers progress in the industry. The Neato robotic vacuum does a good job of doing a trim pass and then going back and fourth, and it leaves awesome carpet stripes!

We live in a good neighborhood, still kids and teenagers like to ride scooter or bike that they found on the front yards , also we have packages 📦 stolen , that means you lucky if this thing last this summer, I think is good for the backyard!!

My Gardena rli40 been cutting since 2013. Few problem. Now it’s tired ready to retire😊 loved it

In a few years the cost of these will go down. Can't wait.

Great review, we all know you'll never use that thing again.

I have a friend with a similar mower. He is always looking for wire breaks and doing maintenance. I might as well just take 30mins to cut my lawn myself. We have gotten too lazy

Of all people to have in-use outdoor outlet covers, I would have thought you were one. Video idea!

It will take a lot longer but a step on edger is a must if you want to bury the wire so you can dethatch without worrying about hitting the guide wire

Watching this video after giving up on getting my mower started after doing about 1/10th of the yard. Hmmm, I think if my husband won’t mow regularly I deserve this or a landscape service. $999 sounds good to me!

This would work well if you traveled a lot. I know when I go camping for a week, the first thing I need to do when I get home is cut the grass. Great over head shot also!

Just a follow up, it has been two months since you posted this, would love to hear your impressions now that you have drive tested it. -Jim-

Ok, now I need a lawn!

I’m using a ROBOT in a garden of only 42sq yd. He did a good job! My tiny lawn is Very beautiful by ROBOT.

Ill get a matching one for my robot vacuum. Life is grand.

I look forward to when these things can cut a full sized lawn. I love my robo vacuum for keeping the house under reasonable control during the week. Thinking about where these things will be in ten years is crazy. Can't wait to see the retro futuristic 50s robot customizing of when they get mainstream

Not all robots on the market mow chaotically like this. Bosch Indego series cuts in parallel stripes and is one of the few on the market to do so.

I was hoping you'd do another robot! I'm planning on buying one soon!

Many may love this, but yard work is my getaway. I’m curious how your internal desires to cut the lawn may increase/ decrease with this mower? Keep those green grass tips flying.

Needs a built in stolen finder like ya have for laptops

Love my Worx Landroid for the same reasons...but this nose-in dock seems like a better solution. Are the wheel tracks plastic or rubber?

A lot of comments about possible theft of the the unit. I have a Husqvarna 350X Automower, and it is great. Just put the charging unit in the back of the house, out of sight. And only cut your grass at night. I have a hard time finding my mower at night, even though I know he's out there somewhere. Out of sight, out of mind.

Wouldn't be needed if you just had had fences on the edge right?

My Gardena ran away with the neighbors Gardena. If you have seen them please let me know. Thanks

random pattern looks very inefficient. Looks like it will pass over areas already cut. How does it know when through?

Takes forever to set up wire. After install wire breaks. I have to redo.

Any problems with dog invisible fence wires?

In Germany this one is basic and a lot of people have it

can you do a timelaps of the mower

It would be nice if they would make them with a GPS unit like farm tractors. Push it around the boundaries 1 time, and it remembers them forever.

Don’t forget to disable the mowing during the night. You will save hedgehogs life.

GPS? for when someone walks off with it?

should I dethatch and then kill the weeds or kill the weeds and then dethatch?

I don’t like how it goes every which way. Can you program it to go in back n forth lines?

I have tall fescue that must be cut at least 3 1/2 inches. It’s so difficult to find one of those that do that.

Nice Video, i have a Husqvarna 315x.😁

With a pattern like that, how the heck does it know that it has covered everything? My robot vacuum cleaner do the edges then back and forth in a nice line, not randomly all over the place like this one.

Good video, but the robot is not for me

Ppl would steal these in a second

I'm afraid my neighbor might steal it if I just leave it outside...

5:57 into the vid plant/tree purple flowers. what is it called??

What happened to the Worx lanw droid?

nah, not quite there yet

I would add a little speaker that says "Oups, sorry! " Everytime it hits something 😂

If I had one, lawn thieves would have it on Facebook marketplace a few hours after install.

Interesting primer on robotic mowers, and the Gardena Sileno is a good budget pick if you don't want to stretch to the best mower on the market, which is the Husqkvarna robomower series. BUT there is a BIG caveat to this video: it's WAY more complicated than this video gives you the impression of. Almost all yards and lawns are more complex than shown here, with bushes, trees, paths and different zones. Laying the wire is definitely NOT child's play, and shouldn't be done by a child. The distance to the edge has to be precisely measured to prevent the mower falling off the edge, and be prepared to use three times (!) as many plugs (stakes) as they say in the instructions. Most lawns are quite uneven and you need a stake every 3" or so. Keep the wire taut during installation and fix it deep into the ground, to stop the mower blades from cutting the wire. The base station needs to be installed way more securely that shown in the video, and it needs to be firmly screwed down to the ground and not bent, uneven or even sloping a little. It can't go in a corner and you also need a third guide wire in the middle to show the mower the way home. Expect there to be a lot of teething problems to begin with, and you may well have to adjust the placement of the wire to stop your mower falling or getting stuck. Be prepared to spend some weeks learning your mower's behavior and adjusting the wire and settings until you get it right. Finally, you'll never be able to completely avoid mowing your lawn again because you still need to trim all the edges and spots the mower can't reach by hand with a trimmer. NEVER LET THE MOWER operate at night (as suggested in the video) as it will KILL HEDGEHOGS and other nocturnal wild animals who defend themselves by curling up in a ball instead of running away. Keep it to daylight hours only, and program the timer to cut a couple of hours after sunrise, to let the morning dew dry up first. The whole base station and mower must be moved indoors during the winter, and reinstalled in the spring. P.S. This comment is written from experience and installing this exact same mower.

Everything is "actually easier than I think." I am such a complicated man 😕

As I get older, this type of mowing starts to look better and better. Thanks for sharing your experiences and insights without any hype.

My neighbor has a robot mower, his yard looks like shit compared to all others with lines. Not for everyone.

That thing make your yard look worse, it's doesn't take alot of time cutting your own yard. I bet half the people who have less than acre of yard are looking at a product like this thinking it will save you time.

They should come out with a solar powered model. You would have a free labor robotic slave lawn cutter that would put you on top of the torture list once our ai overlord takes over.

Sadly, I live in a place where leaving a $1k piece of equipment out front... is asking for it to be stolen. Ring or no ring.

Use the hammer for your measuring stick! After about 10 pegs your won't need that piece of cardboard.

If you had an enclosed area without beds, why do you need to install the wire? Also with rainy (monsoon) season here in FLA, I would hesitate to leave it outside plugged in. Our summers ate like your winters.

For the algorithm

Ok so I went quite down in the comments and saw no one ask about edging. So what about edging and the area the mower can't reach due to the wire?

@Silver Cymbal, Did you purchase this one because the Worx Landroid stopped working ?

My problem with that more is that it mows without a specific pattern and it does not look good when you have a big yard and you can see where the lawn mower has been. If you are trying to keep the grass cut and don't care how the grass looks then that lawn mower is okay they make that similar lawn mower that does things without being random and looks a lot better

Sweeping declaration....I will NEVER buy a robotic lawn mower!!! I've never seen a demo of a nice lawn, looking even better after one of these things does it's job...

i thumbed it, even tho i am wondering how much that company paid you to try2market this thing on your channel, nfw, i can buy 2 industrible honda lawn mowers4 that price, and will last a life time and cut a small tree at the same time. main thing is , it cant mulch so the clipping just gna smother over the rest of the grass, and kill it, then you def. hav2do more work power raking,etc. thumbs down on it. mayb if they lower the price emmensely, more blads, bigger reach, and mulch capacity, mite b more interesting, good concept tho!

My first concern with these robot lawn mowers is someone will steal it, I'd always be worried about that.

can it cross a pathway to go and cut the grass on that side of it?

Meh. I'll stick to my mower. I actuality enjoy mowing my lawn, crazy as it may sound.

Would have linked to a see an image from above and ground level after it completed the entire lawn to see what types of lines it made

Are these as uncommon in the US as it seems? Here in Sweden they are everywhere, literally the second language you could choose was Swedish.

I had one, it is a very good product. I sold it anyway because I was tired of having a robot running through my garden all day for something I can easily do myself in 20 minutes twice a week. But my garden is much more difficult for a robot than yours because it's very elongated with more corners, so the mower has to do a lot more of those random turns than in a more or less square garden. Had to learn that for myself and sold it to a guy with one of those easier gardens who's very happy with the Gardena.

Great information but guarantee mine would be stolen in a day. I’m saving up for a Japanese robot that doesn’t complain about edging

Can’t edge, weedeat, or blow grass. It’s pointless.

Nice review. Ill stick to hiring the neighbor kid to cut my lawn. He does a great job and the lawn looks good after he cuts it.

Thanks for the review, I definitely won’t be buying one until the bot can cut clean stripes like a person would.

I used a robotic mower for a season. Good for those who don’t obsess over lawn care and just want it mowed. Some downsides are 1) troubleshooting breaks in the wire can be very difficult without special equipment, 2) can leave ruts in the lawn as they tend to use the same track to navigate its way home, 3) challenging to set it up so that it’ll cut a lawn separated by a fence, walkway or driveway. In the end it just wasn’t for me.

Height of cut seems to be my biggest issue with these. I like my grass tall.

my question about theft is... what about building a little hiding cubby for it and then running it at night only? like middle of the night or before dawn?

I just came across your channel with this video and I have not only subscribed but I have gone back and watched a lot of your videos. THANK YOU! I love the topics you have covered and how you make your videos. Well edited, well narrated and at just the right level of knowledge. I am about to move into a new home and your videos will be coming along with me!

I got excited about robotic lawn mowers when I saw your Worx video. I have some Gardena stuff and if their mowers are as good as their other stuff. I'm in! Where can I buy one?

It's horrible if your yard isn't level, leaves random strips of tall grass.

Theft is the biggest concern I have with a robotic mower as I don't want to babysit it while it operates. Running at night if it really is that quiet might be a solution (presuming the charging base is out of sight);

I won't work for my steep bank figure that one out

Thumbs up for your very well done video. Thumbs way down on this terrible overpriced product.

I bought a Gardena Sileno and it worked great.... For a MONTH. Had to be fixed by Gardena and that´s taking an month and a half .. SO FAR.. Never again, Husqvarna is the same as gardena, so better stay away from those too.

Personally I feel with no catcher, this would accumulate a massive thatch layer over time and not sure if the mower would handle a few years once the grass becomes spongey? You’d hope it kind of mulches any dead grass up with how frequent it mows? Anyone had issues with this using robotic mowers long term?

pretty neat. How does it work if you have a front and back lawn, would you just move the unit to the back and need that wire setup I suppose?

We have been having this in Sweden for like 20 Years.

so... do you still use this or have you gone back to mowing manually? if one doesn't care about stripes, this is the way to go, right?

I would like to have this mower But living in south Florida I wonder how practical it is fit me. I have palms that shed frequently and have an irrigation system. Also we get frequent rain and would not want the mower to cut wet grass.

Oh I love how you have your little girl helping you out and you’re teaching her. I have a little girl who is almost 13.

Cuts like a bad haircut

I don’t mind the job of cutting the grass, but I’m allergic and that side of it I don’t like at all. Been considering one of these so I can avoid it. Thanks for the vid.

So if I've kinda got a front yard backyard situation going on would it be able to go down that 10 foots stretch to the left and right of the house? Or is it a Roomba -bounce around and hope it lucks out- situation?

Interesting vid, yet again sir. Thank you! Did you say how long the battery runs on a single charge? Thanks again for your time. I wish I had good helpers around the house. 😀

Na I love cutting my own yard

The cutting pattern is horrible.

Nice but I would think people would try to steal they should make a loud alarm system on it and a location app like find my iPhone so when it gets took out of the wires the alarm goes off loud.

Hi there. Just bought one of these but it does every time it leaves the charging station. If it isn't in the station it is as if the battery is dead. I did charge it for a few hours but it still doesn't work. Any advice.

I just remember mr.beam cartoons episode haha Mrbean use rabbit to mow while i guy use like this except that really fast

This question might have been answered already, but did you compare this mower to the other ones in the same price range? And if so what made you select this company versus some of the others.

Well light one up and pour me a mimosa. I’ll be in the gazebo with and Eggs Benedict and a cup of Joe.

And stop being a human and lazy ?? Nah man I rather do the lawn, work up a sweat and have a nice cold beer...

Omg this is so stupid this takes time to do and just go and cut your lawn. This thing doesn’t even cut all the grass as you can see it just goes different directions

Does it only work on flat yards? My yard has a slight hill to it and some bumps. Would it to do job there?