The dishes in this analogy would be some of the edges of your lawn, the odd hard to reach patches of grass due to narrow paths, the other side of your fence unless you’ve dragged a perimeter wire there as well and manually brought the mower there for the time being, the weed among your flowerbeds, though it might do a number on your kids’ toys (“learning the hard way”), and so forth. It’s solid, reliable and has plenty of additional features that’ll help your garden look fabulously lush and trim.

As a seasoned expert in the field of garden power tools, I have dedicated over a decade to working with and reviewing a wide variety of lawn mowers. Designed by Bosch’s finest brains for gardens of small to medium size, if you cannot abide the idea of getting your thumbs green or, indeed, you have such horrendous hay fever that getting cut grass in your nostrils signifies the start of a sneezing fate worse than Hell, then why not let a robot run all the risk?Robert Dyas Holdings Limited T/A Robert Dyas is an appointed representative of Product Partnerships Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 626349). If you would prefer to organise a courier yourself Shepherds are more than happy to provide you with the dimensions and weight of your package. This robotic mower drops its clippings back onto the lawn's surface for a naturally fertilised lawn. We started by simply scanning the QR code handily displayed on the side of the box, before downloading the app, which guided us through the set-up process in a clear, concise way.

As I was only testing this robotic mower on half of my 80m² lawn, I set the operation time to 4 hours on alternate days. Instead, you simply set the grass length with the mechanical dial and choose the length of time you want the mower to operate for per day – there’s a choice of four, six, eight or ten hours. This is important if you have a lot of structures around the lawn such as trees or lawn ornaments and have not isolated them using the perimeter wire.To ensure you’re picking the correct robot lawnmower for the incline of your space, we’ve included slope capabilities. Mine’s and my neighbors’ mowers you won’t hear them from further than few meters were you to walk by them.