Shaun meets R2D2

Somehow the mower is a mixture of Shaun the Sheep and R2D2. If it has been installed properly, it draws its rounds on the grass and grazes to himself. Bother him something, or he will do depend, then he gives beep sounds, which then tends towards more in the Star Wars. But even from the beginning.

We bought the mower at the DIY chain with the Beavers.

As we know someone who with the Husqvarna 305 is very satisfied for three years, we thought that we can not go far wrong with the R40Li of Gardena. Here, the second starting point is compared to Husqvarna only slightly reduces the speed, moved to the end of the guide wire and the Corridor width fix instead of variable. So this is purely to differences in the software. In addition, the Gardena Robomäher is green instead of white or black. For us it was clear that these little things would not be enough to just 600, - Euro to be paid more.

Included in delivery are next to the mower

* The base station (charging station) with three ground screws.
* A power supply on the Husqvarna stands ;-)
* A 10-meter long low-voltage cable, which unfortunately was too short for our purposes.
* Three replacement blades included screws
* Two sacks with fixing pegs for the perimeter wire (400 pieces)
* 200 meters perimeter wire
* 8 terminals to connect to the perimeter wire and the guide wire in accordance with
* 5 terminals
* An introductory DVD
* The printed description

On the part of the equipment and the function of the mower I can both of our equipment as well as the neighbors quite a good report.

+ Everything included what you need for even more complex gardens the plant.
+ Menu navigation is self-explanatory and the cutting height adjustment easy.
+ The mower operates almost silently. Just a slightly shear noise can be heard when the razor blades cut the grass. It could also be mowed at night, in any event, on Sunday.
+ The average image is very clean.
+ When properly installed boundary wires the mower maneuvered in no hopeless situations.
+ In our slightly more than 100 square meter area with two islands and several corners the installation in one morning was done. (However, the cables are buried only in a second step, the slots are 'cut' by cutting wheel in the meadow))
+ With the Gardena R40Li obtained a long-standing proven device of a top producer at a reasonable price.

+/- Largely software differences reach the differentiation between Husqvarna Automower 305 and Gardena R40Li. It was not necessary to travel corridor in Gardena to make unlike the sister model. But so happens to be the marketing policy.

- Unfortunately, there is no grass edging function which allows the mower to drive along the boundary wire, and thus consistently mow the lawn edge.

The whole history of the installation is in my test blog (the link is stored in my Evaluation) to find.

Conclusion: For us the absolute best performance at this price, if you can make the transfer itself and wants. If you decide for the higher-priced Husqvarna Automower, the installation of the mower, including all guidance cable is obtained from your dealer usually from about 1,500, - Euro.

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