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Today our video is devoted to the robotics lawn mowers which are becoming more and more
popular nowadays.
We have two interesting models.
First – Robomow RS612, one of the newest and allegedly most efficient mowers.
And another mower is Bosch Indego which according to the stats is one of the best selling mowers
in the market.
Firstly lets try to find out why these machines are so popular.
The main reason is that robotics mowers absolve us from the most tedious duty – from the
mowing.
Such a machine may become your personnel gardener, which is ready to work all the time without
any rest and salary.
Well it is time to have a look at our robots.
We start from bosch.
The mower is produced in Great Britain.
The main feature is the intelligent navigation system Logic Cut.
Due to the system the robot moves on the site like a human not chaotic but very neatly.
In order to do that the robot makes a map of a yard before mowing and than it works
strongly according to its route.
Robomow RS612 is produced in Israel.
By the way the company is focused only on robotics mowers, and its production may be
considered as the most innovative!
Robomow is the only mower which working width is wider than its wheel track.
As a result it can perfectly mow the edge of the site and besides this feature allows
to avoid grass rolling by the wheels before mowing.
Now you can see main specs of the both robots.
Working time is approximately the same, but robomow has significantly bigger working width,
that makes the robot be more efficient.
As to the dimentions Robomow mower is bigger and heavier than Bosch.
And as you can see the robots have different blades system.
Bosch has three tiny blades and robomow has two big steel knifes which provide so impressive
mowing width.
Firstly I should say it is very easy to handle with this machine.
Simple menu, good display, everything is clear.
This is the handle to adjust the height of the mowing.
Now you can see the blades.
The advantage of such tiny knifes is that it can bump into some object like a stone
and without any problems proceed work.
But on the other hand these blades can’t handle with thick grass, and the cutting width
leaves much to be desired.
Plastic wheels are covered with rubber and the provide good traction.
You can see that Bosch has a very qualitive bright display and simple menu, it is very
convenient to control any settings.
Robomow.
First of all it is much wider than Bosch, and consequently it has more working width
that is very important.
This is a handle to adjust mowing height.
And here we have a remote control we can control the robot in manual mode.
As to the blades, Robomow has two steel knifes that can cut even thick grass.
Besides the mowing width is wider than wheel base.
It is a very good feature, cause it prevents pressing grass by the wheels instead of cutting
it.
But there is a drawback – these knifes may be damaged if they bump into some object.
Display is smaller than Bosch, but you always can manage your robot by a smartphone.
By the way there is a special application for you mobile, where you can choose all the
settings of your robot, you can make a schedule of its work, and there is a special manual
mode, in this way you can steer the robot on your own.
This mode allows you to drive your robot not only within a working perimeter but in any
place you want.
For example you can mow your neighbor’s lawn.
Or just to mow manually the sites which were badly treated by the robot.
Now lets see how these machines can work on a lawn with very thick grass.
In our first test we will see the machine climbing on a slope.
Ok Bosch managed to handle the slope without any problem.
Also it easily can go over the in the grass.
But it got stuck when the robot was trying to get over the handle of the spade so such
obstacles may cause some problems for Bosch.
Now you see the lawn before Bosch start to work there.
As you see the grass is rather thick and tall.
I should say it took some time before Bosch started to mow.
Firstly the robot was going through the site in all the directions, I think in this way
it was preparing some kind of a working plan.
But you know when it finally started to work I hardly could see the result of the mowing,
robot had to go through the same place again and again to handle such a grass.
Certainly this machine is designed to work on lawns with young and soft grass, that is
why it was rather a tough task here.
But on the other hand we liked how this robot moved through the site.
It easily passed all the obstacles, we can see that Bosch could find his way even in
tightest places.
Now you can see how intelligent system logic cut works.
In this way the robot moves not chaotically but like a human being.
It tries to mow the grass neatly and consistently – row by row.
Unfortunately we don’t have enough time to see how Bosh finishes its work.
But I think if Bosch had had more time it could have finally coped with this site.
Before testing Robomow lets get to know how to install any robotics lawnmower in your
household.
All the contemporary lawn robots work within a certain perimeter which is limited by special
wire.
A robot can’t cross this wire it always works within the perimeter.
Moreover you can fence off any object you want with this wire, for instance a flower
bad or tree.
The wire is feeble-current and it is absolutely safe for people and animals.
Well lets look how Robomow can handle our tests.
The robot gets over the same slope without any problems.
The hoses in the grass also can’t stop Robomow.
It even managed to cross a handle of a spade which was a problem for Bosch.
As to the lawn the grass there was even higher than at the bosch site.
As soon as Robomow launched its blades we could see the difference between this robot
and Bosch.
Big steel robomow blades cut the grass much more efficient than tiny bosch knifes.
Efficiency of this robot can even be compared to a regular electric lawn mower, I think
it is a very good result taking into account that Robomow works absolutely on his own.
As opposed to Bosch Indego Robomow moves on the site chaotically that may be considered
as a drawback.
But we very liked Robomow feature which is called edge cut.
The point is that cutting width is wider than wheel track of the robot, in this way Robomow
is able to cut the grass much more neatly without pressing it by the wheels.
Moreover this feature allows the robot to mow the grass tightly to a fence or wall that
is impossible if the wheel track is wider than cutting width.
As to the mulching – you know it is a rather important thing.
The better the mulching is the sooner cut grass turns into a fertilizer.
As you can see Bosch almost can’t mulch the grass at all it just cuts it.
And Robomow mulches the grass much better.
And now lets see if there is any difference in results of the work of the both robots.
First you see the site of Bosch Indego.
Not bad, but there are some drawbacks.
The main thing is that the robot has very tiny knifes and they can’t cope with thick
grass.
Besides the cutting width leaves much to be desired.
On the other hand its knifes can’t be damaged and also Indego has intelligent system logic
cut, it moves on the site consistently and neatly like a human.
Now you can see what was done by Robomow by the same time.
Certainly it mowed the site much better thanks to its big steel blades.
On one hand it is a very good feature it provides a wider cutting width and it easily can cope
with thick grass.
On the other hand its blades can be damaged by some objects like stones or forgotten tools
on a lawn.
And in conclusion I should say that generally both robots are rather decent machines.
But Bosch Indego is cut out to work on sites with young grass that can be easily mowed
by its knifes.
And Robomow can work on lawns with higher and thicker grass but its blades can be damaged
by some object like stones.
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