Instead, you use the control panel on the top to select how long you want it to run for, and off it goes. Built-in touch sensors stop the Bosch from obliterating objects left lying on your overgrown lawn and, to confound would-be lawn mower larcenists, if the Bosch is removed from outside of your pre-installed boundary wire, it locks down completely until reactivated by a pre-set PIN. After all, some mowers can handle “sharp angels and oddly shaped nooks and crannies,” and others will not.

Enhanced safety: Robot lawn mowers are equipped with advanced safety features, “surpassing conventional mowers,” says My Robot Mower. It appeared to be slightly more sensitive than the other robot mowers we tested – it stopped twice when confronted with an “obstacle” (an errant strand of ivy). A number of electrical items sold may have been previously owned and as such may become blocked by a network provider, antitheft software or previous user.Safe to use on slopes of up to 35% and IPX5 rated, the L12 can be easily cleaned with a low pressure garden hose. This is a robot lawn mower you should be able to set up at the beginning of the grass growing season, then leave to work its magic until the grass stops growing again. For hard-to-move obstacles like statues, we recommend a model that uses a virtual boundary or sensors instead of a perimeter wire. However, do keep in mind that this isn’t going to be suitable for longer grass, but then that’s not what a robotic mower is about anyway.

As such, there might only be a few buttons which would allow you to, for example, stop the mower, send it to recharge, set a password and/or the amount of time it should mow per day. We act as a credit broker not a lender, offering credit products provided exclusively by Klarna Bank AB UK branch (BR020956), a branch of Klarna AB (556737-0431) which is authorised and regulated by the Swedish Financial Services Authority. This robotic mower drops its clippings back onto the lawn's surface for a naturally fertilised lawn.Certain mowers can handle “sharp angels and oddly shaped nooks and crannies”, while others may not be as capable. These Terms and Conditions must be strictly adhered to along with the Important Information which is displayed on all auction catalogues. Of all the technological advances of the modern age, this is undoubtedly our favourite – aside from the ride-on lawn mower. This will be influenced by “the size and shape of your lawn and whether there are any obstacles to manoeuvre around”, though. Smart, certain robot mowers can remember their last position before charging, allowing them to resume mowing seamlessly.