Spring, it seems, has just begun, and on the eve of the long-awaited summer time! Ahead are hot days outside the city, cozy picnics in the shade of trees, active games with children in the fresh air and romantic “dates” on the porch of the house overlooking the garden ... For gardeners, summer is also a time of active labor, caring for the territory and maintaining the beauty of plants , flower beds and lawn! About whether it is possible to keep the lawn in perfect condition without practicing it for almost a minute, and will be discussed below.
Today, more and more robotic equipment is appearing in everyday life, ready to replace us with cleaning hours and labor for a pleasant pastime with family, friends, or, for example, a book. Gardening is no exception. Automatic irrigation systems are a vivid confirmation of this. And if they are no longer a rarity for many residents of our country, then robotic lawn mowers are a fairly new phenomenon in the world of garden care. And like everything new, it raises a lot of questions, the main one of which is: do these robots really work effectively? The perfect lawn with a robotic lawnmower: is it myth or reality? Let's try to figure it out.
What is a robotic lawnmower and what do manufacturers usually promise?
A robotic lawnmower is battery equipment that takes care of the lawn on its own while you are resting or not at all. Manufacturers guarantee an excellent lawn, the operation of devices in various weather conditions and even on inclined surfaces. The equipment is equipped with a special program in which the owner enters all the necessary data and tasks for the robot. And then he independently begins to work according to the plan and returns to his charging place at the end of the session. You can program the robot to mow the lawn only on weekdays or at night, then during the day and at the weekend nothing will distract you from the rest. Robots differ in size, battery power, configuration, the presence of additional functions (for example, mowing the edges of the lawn) and all these factors, of course, must be taken into account when choosing a particular robot model for your site.
What are the nuances? What is important to consider before starting the robot?
Firstly, before the start of work, preparation of the site is required. The preparation includes the installation of a robot base station with a power connection, the laying of the boundary and guide cable circuits, which the mower is guided during mowing. It is also important to consider that the lawn must still be level, slopes are acceptable, but the knolls and pits will not allow the robot to effectively cope with its task. The grass should not be tall. The principle of the robotic lawnmower is “more often than not”. It needs to be run regularly, it removes not a lot of grass, but just due to the frequency it maintains the “green carpet” in a well-groomed form, each time helping it to become thicker. Robots leave mowed grass on the lawn in the form of mulch, which rots and turns into fertilizer.
The main advantages of the robotic lawnmower
In fact, it turns out that it is not difficult to comply with all the requirements for a robotic lawnmower. The only minus of the equipment is its price (on average from 50 to 100 thousand rubles). But it will pay off with interest, and you yourself can verify this by testing the robot on your site.
Let us single out the main advantages of the robotic lawnmower, why is it worth considering the possibility of buying such an intelligent “friend”:
- Save personal time and effort due to the automated operation of the device;
- Ease of programming and management, as well as adjusting the cutting height;
- As a result, the ideal state of the lawn on an ongoing basis;
- Robots are not afraid of water, so they can be easily washed from the hose, cleaning the body, blades and wheels of dirt, dust and grass residues, and left on the street throughout the season. In the event of rain, robots equipped with special sensors are sent to their station in order not to mow the lawn with mulching in bad weather.
Today, there are several major manufacturers of robotic lawnmowers. For example, the German brand GARDENA has been developing this direction since 2012 and by the season of 2019 presented the new model GARDENA SILENO life. Its blades trim the grass neatly, and thanks to the SensorCut system, the mower moves along a special path without creating streaks on the lawn. The cutting height is easily adjustable without the use of additional tools. The device is equipped with an intuitive interface, complex calculations and programming are not required. The model is available in three versions with recommended mowing areas from 750 to 1250 sq. m
Based on this data and the test results of the device, we can say with confidence that the ideal lawn with a robotic lawnmower is not a myth, but a reality! The world of high technologies is developing rapidly, on the basis of unique developments, gadgets and equipment are created that are necessary for us in everyday life. And they make our life more comfortable and joyful. This is so beautiful - because there is nothing better for science than to become an applied form, a part of people's daily lives!
