A full season on three lawns, including one with a slope problem.
By Tom Brennan, Garden & Outdoor Editor · Published August 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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We ran four mowers across a season on lawns of 400, 1,200 and 3,800 m².
Robot mowers cut a little, often. Lawns look worse for three weeks and then better than a weekly cylinder cut.
Independently tested
Handles large, sloping, awkward lawns without a boundary wire.
Best for: Large lawns with awkward shapes
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We cut the same three lawns weekly for a season and logged runtime, cut quality and clipping distribution.
Feeding, scarifying, aerating and mowing heights — timed to the grass, not to the calendar page.
We ran both on the same lawn for a season. The answer depends on shape more than size.
Path lights, uplights and festoons measured on colour temperature, glare and winter reliability.