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I got the Lymow One Plus.
I've been playing with it for a couple of weeks now and I am ready to share what I have learned.
My initial thoughts on it are "Has an engineer ever spent a single day with this thing???" For example, the discharge chute is constantly plugged up. I took off the little rubber flapper door and that helped slightly. I took off part of the blade guard under the deck and that helped a lot, then I cut off the little bar that went across the bottom of the chute and that did the trick, no more clogging up.
It's SO quirky, and dumb as a box of hammers.
It takes a ton of training it to your yard to get it working good. It takes a lot of training your yard as well, trimming everything, leveling around bigger tree roots. picking up everything.
When it's working good it is the most amazing thing ever. When it is being a retard it is so frustrating I just want to take a shotgun to it. It can't see white very well so it runs right into white cars and white buildings. I have to park where it can't go by and I had to map around the buildings. I've had to make "No Go" zones around some trees and bushes because it will drive right into them even though it has 2 friggin cameras on the front of it.
It runs off of RTK GPS stuff and this VSLAM video mapping (That does not seem to work at all). It connects to my wifi and it has a 4g connection. I can also connect to it with bluetooth to drive it around like a remote control car. That only works locally though so you have to be right there. No way to control it over the internet which is a shame because usually when it gets hung up on something it only needs to turn like 3 degrees and it would be fine, it's just not smart enough to do so. I think I have a workaround for that though. Apparently you can pair multiple BT devices to it. So my plan is to put a couple of old phones or tablets in key areas that are just hooked to my WIFI and the bluetooth on with the Lymow app always running. Then I can access these devices from over the internet with some kind of screen share think and then use their bluetooth to control it. I think I need to just put one at each end of the house and one in a further out building and I will be able to connect to it over 90 percent of the yard.
I am having a hard time keeping a good RTK signal to it because of all my trees so I am going to raise up the RTK antenna so that it is above then entire roof line and hopefully that will help.
Anyway, there is lots to say about this thing so fire away with any questions and I will also keep you updated on my progression with it.
One of the best things I have learned is that about 90% of the time it stops due to some error, I can just clear it and tell it to resume and it figures its shit out and gets going again.
I got the Lymow One Plus.
I've been playing with it for a couple of weeks now and I am ready to share what I have learned.
My initial thoughts on it are "Has an engineer ever spent a single day with this thing???" For example, the discharge chute is constantly plugged up. I took off the little rubber flapper door and that helped slightly. I took off part of the blade guard under the deck and that helped a lot, then I cut off the little bar that went across the bottom of the chute and that did the trick, no more clogging up.
It's SO quirky, and dumb as a box of hammers.
It takes a ton of training it to your yard to get it working good. It takes a lot of training your yard as well, trimming everything, leveling around bigger tree roots. picking up everything.
When it's working good it is the most amazing thing ever. When it is being a retard it is so frustrating I just want to take a shotgun to it. It can't see white very well so it runs right into white cars and white buildings. I have to park where it can't go by and I had to map around the buildings. I've had to make "No Go" zones around some trees and bushes because it will drive right into them even though it has 2 friggin cameras on the front of it.
It runs off of RTK GPS stuff and this VSLAM video mapping (That does not seem to work at all). It connects to my wifi and it has a 4g connection. I can also connect to it with bluetooth to drive it around like a remote control car. That only works locally though so you have to be right there. No way to control it over the internet which is a shame because usually when it gets hung up on something it only needs to turn like 3 degrees and it would be fine, it's just not smart enough to do so. I think I have a workaround for that though. Apparently you can pair multiple BT devices to it. So my plan is to put a couple of old phones or tablets in key areas that are just hooked to my WIFI and the bluetooth on with the Lymow app always running. Then I can access these devices from over the internet with some kind of screen share think and then use their bluetooth to control it. I think I need to just put one at each end of the house and one in a further out building and I will be able to connect to it over 90 percent of the yard.
I am having a hard time keeping a good RTK signal to it because of all my trees so I am going to raise up the RTK antenna so that it is above then entire roof line and hopefully that will help.
Anyway, there is lots to say about this thing so fire away with any questions and I will also keep you updated on my progression with it.
[The charging base has these QR looking codes to help it line up and park, Sometimes it will be right there, looking RIGHT AT IT and it will error out and say it can't find it.](https://poal.co/static/images/870f5b979767d69c.jpg)
One of the best things I have learned is that about 90% of the time it stops due to some error, I can just clear it and tell it to resume and it figures its shit out and gets going again.
That thing is going to kill you in your sleep.
That thing is going to kill you in your sleep.
If it wasn't so dumb as shit I might worry about that.
If it wasn't so dumb as shit I might worry about that.
Seems like your review and thoughts here would be invaluable to their engineers. You should forward a copy of them verbatim. Couple questions:
The mower itself looks fairly robust. While your yard looks pretty large, the grass appears fairly thin. Does the mower handle it well, and how often do you think you'll have to mow with it so it's manageable? Curious on battery life too - how long can it mow if grass density is similar to what you show here?
But here's the big one: Does it have options - oem or otherwise - for mounting armaments?
Actually having never seen a robot lawn mower, performance appears better than I imagined.
Seems like your review and thoughts here would be invaluable to their engineers. You should forward a copy of them verbatim. Couple questions:
The mower itself looks fairly robust. While your yard looks pretty large, the grass appears fairly thin. Does the mower handle it well, and how often do you think you'll have to mow with it so it's manageable? Curious on battery life too - how long can it mow if grass density is similar to what you show here?
But here's the big one: Does it have options - oem or otherwise - for mounting armaments?
Actually having never seen a robot lawn mower, performance appears better than I imagined.
I have written them a couple of times with my thoughts. I have done my best to be polite. It is very robust, metal construction other than the body, it's a little tank. The grass is a bit thin right now because it's just getting into the growing season. It can mow about 1.7 acres per day. Basically it starts out in the morning at 100% charge. It mows for about 2 hours down to 15% and then heads back to the charging base to recharge up to 80% (Supposedly about 2 hours, more like 4) then off to mow again. Does that a couple of times per day and mows 6 days a week to keep my entire lawn mowed. I need to figure out why it's taking so long to charge. No optional attachments. I almost went with the Yarbo which is much larger and has lots of attachments. I might get one of those for my WA place, the snowblower attachment is bad ass.
I have written them a couple of times with my thoughts. I have done my best to be polite. It is very robust, metal construction other than the body, it's a little tank. The grass is a bit thin right now because it's just getting into the growing season. It can mow about 1.7 acres per day. Basically it starts out in the morning at 100% charge. It mows for about 2 hours down to 15% and then heads back to the charging base to recharge up to 80% (Supposedly about 2 hours, more like 4) then off to mow again. Does that a couple of times per day and mows 6 days a week to keep my entire lawn mowed. I need to figure out why it's taking so long to charge. No optional attachments. I almost went with the Yarbo which is much larger and has lots of attachments. I might get one of those for my WA place, the snowblower attachment is bad ass.
the snowblower attachment is bad ass.
Ah - there's perhaps hope for armaments then!
>the snowblower attachment is bad ass.
Ah - there's perhaps hope for armaments then!
I for one welcome our lawn bot overlords.
I for one welcome our lawn bot overlords.
I'm considering one, but so far, I'm not impressed with how they behave. They seem to be very strict with how they're installed. They require tethers or buried signal lines. They don't seem to learn where they are, but rely on physical restraints.
Has an engineer ever spent a single day with this thing
Absolutely not. And if they did, bean counters said no. That's too expensive. Ship it!
You should be able to draw a border on a map as a geo fence. But no, these devices aren't there yet.
You're pointing out the biggest problem with devices: it's a lifestyle, not an appliance.
I love the "don't steal me" sticker.
I'm considering one, but so far, I'm not impressed with how they behave. They seem to be very strict with how they're installed. They require tethers or buried signal lines. They don't seem to learn where they are, but rely on physical restraints.
>Has an engineer ever spent a single day with this thing
Absolutely not. And if they did, bean counters said no. That's too expensive. Ship it!
You should be able to draw a border on a map as a geo fence. But no, these devices aren't there yet.
You're pointing out the biggest problem with devices: it's a lifestyle, not an appliance.
I love the "don't steal me" sticker.
Well, they do not need underground wire or anything anymore. It is all run off of the GPS RTK system which is supposed to be able to get down to centimeter level accuracy. When you initially set it up, you just drive it around the perimeter and it literally draws a map like you described. And it's great for staying inside that boundary most of the time. If it loses its RTK signal it will be far less accurate. There are no physical restraints, and it does not seem to use its cameras very well, it does not learn at all.
I have a very complex yard though so it has been a chore to get it set up. If you had a big wide open yard with a good sky view this thing would be amazing
Well, they do not need underground wire or anything anymore. It is all run off of the GPS RTK system which is supposed to be able to get down to centimeter level accuracy. When you initially set it up, you just drive it around the perimeter and it literally draws a map like you described. And it's great for staying inside that boundary most of the time. If it loses its RTK signal it will be far less accurate. There are no physical restraints, and it does not seem to use its cameras very well, it does not learn at all.
I have a very complex yard though so it has been a chore to get it set up. If you had a big wide open yard with a good sky view this thing would be amazing