WORX Landroid L WR155E Robot Lawn Mower for large gardens up to 2000m2 / Automatic robotic lawn mower for manicured lawn with application control, wifi connectivity

I bought a WR153E Landroid (Hector) in June 2019 and wrote quite an extensive review which I updated several times. Although this model seems to have been discontinued, I think that you can still find my original review here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07KKYXZYW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Briefly, set-up was fairly time-consuming. Once running, Hector kept the lawn in reasonable order for a couple of years. Last year, 2022, the drive to first one wheel and then the other failed: metal splines chew up plastic sockets over time. I managed to bodge repairs with epoxy resin. This year, 2023, Hector appears to have reached the end of his life. He's certainly out of warranty. The LCD screen is very faded and virtually illegible. The wire-sensing system appears to have malfunctioned and Hector will stop, at random, sending "Wire Missing" error messages to the app. When he does run, the blade motor makes a horrible grinding sound as if a bearing has failed. I may be able to repair him, but I'm not confident and all the time the grass is growing longer... I felt that I had no option but to buy a replacement, hence the WR155E. As far as I can see, the new model (2000 square meters) and the old one (1500 square meters) are absolutely identical except that the WR155E came with a 5AH battery and Hector had a 4AH lithium pack. I'm fairly sure that I could have saved hundreds of pounds by buying a "lesser" model and fitting it with a big after-market battery. In short, do buy a robot mower, they save many hours of mowing time. But consider buying a less expensive model and a big battery, even if you have a huge lawn. Update: Hector is back from the dead! I think he must have got a bit damp, spending Winter in an unheated shed. But, I went to see if I could repair him and found that most of the faults had resolved. The lcd screen is clear to read again, he can see the wire, his blade mower is still a bit noisy, but he's trundling about, along with his new friend (Lysander) and he's holding his own. I'm absolutely convinced that Hector (WR153E) is exactly the same machine as Lysander (WR155E) except that the later model comes with a bigger battery and has the grippy wheels. One observation: the RF field dies when a Landroid is charging, so if one of them goes off for a charge, the other halts with a "Wire Missing" error. It's not a problem when I'm around, I can quickly swap in a spare charged battery, and having both running simultaneously is really useful, right now, when I'm trying to get the length of the grass down, before it starts raining again. In the longer term, I think Hector will have his own station and patrol the side lawn, while Lysander looks after the main lawn. Welcome back, Hector!

We've had two of these for two months now, one is the basic unit and one with the added GPS unit (Find my Landlord). I'm really impressed with the job that they do: with seemingly random movements, they manage to cover pretty much everywhere - and we have quite a complicated garden with a lot of obstacles. As other reviews have said, it is important to take your time laying the boundary cable to avoid problems, but if you find that it's getting stuck somewhere it's easy enough in the first few weeks to move the cable. Customer service is also brilliant: we had a few difficulties at first with connection to the app, but each time they replied within hours and sorted it out. All in all, really pleased with these, and they're half the price of comparable ones by other makers. It used to take 5 hours to cut the grass, but now it's just a half hour strim around the edges.

I bought this several years ago, along with a smaller one to help deal with our lawn that has several different areas to it. I was so excited and we were really fascinated to watch it move around the lawn. I even bought the extra sensor to add to it so that it wouldn't run over anything it shouldn't. The issue is, although it says the area it will cut, honestly it won't manage it. The area is much smaller than advertised. Does a reasonable job on a much smaller lawn but it was difficult to set up, difficult to maintain the wire around the outside and it has been a disappointing buy in all honesty. I spent a lot of money on this and would have better invested this in a ride on.

I got two units of the WR155E L2000 to cover a large and complex garden. Because of the number of garden features like ponds and flower beds of varying sizes, I also added the ACS and Off-Limit modules in the hope that they would make the mower "smarter". In my experience, the core unit worked reasonably well, but my two added module made the mower dumber (more below). I have also had to order the ACS module from the Worx official site instead of from Amazon due to stock issues, and sadly the Worx site has been a customer service nightmare. The initial boundary wire setup took days, and the adjustments have since taken weeks and are still ongoing. If you have a complex garden like mine, you will need plenty of extra boundary wires to mark the long perimeter plus the perimeters of each garden feature. First thing to know is that the boundary wire works just as a long antenna, so you don't need to buy them from Worx -- any cheap unshielded wire from the local hardware store would work. In the manual it says that the length limit of the boundary wire is only 450m, but you can go theoretically go higher if you use wires with larger diameters and therefore lower resistance. In my case I used 1.5mm wires and easily went above 600m without issues. Now, the mower would struggle with tall grass and uneven grounds. A small rabbit hole would often be enough to get the mower stuck, so expect to spend time keeping the ground even for the mower to function properly. On balance, however, the mower does save one time and keep the lawn in a better shape. Now onto the modules -- while I liked the idea of a modular design, and that the module hardware seems to be well-built, the software works so poorly that I would not recommend getting either the ACS or the Off-Limit module. The ACS has two major problems: 1. it assumes every obstacle is a pole, so it could avoid a tree but would drive straight into a wall. 2. it avoids tall grass! This second problem means that during the period of rapid growth, sometimes the grass would grow enough between mowing sessions (remember that the mower doesn't cover the whole lawn every time, and also cannot mow in the rain, so sometimes the same patch would not be mowed for days) such that the mower would start avoiding it. Overall the mower works better without ACS. If the ACS is less than helpful, the Off-Limit module is positively damaging: 1. The top problem is that it doesn't always work. Sometimes the mower wouldn't recognise the module and would behave as if the module isn't installed, and other times the mower would recognise the module and still mow through the magnetic strips, destroying whatever the Off-Limit strips are meant to protect. 2. The other major problem is that even when the Off-Limit module functions, it always turns 180 degrees around when it hits a magnetic strip, instead of applying the randomised turn algorithm. That effectively leaves the area around any Off-Limit strip less mowed statistically, a problem that is further exacerbated if the strip is used near a hard-to-reach area. So as some other reviews have pointed out, it is better to either rely on the boundary antenna wires or simple wooden planks, as they are both more reliable and do not screw up the mow algorithm. Another point I want to mention is that the manual says that the magnetic strips must form a loop, but that is just nonsense for anyone who understands physics (the weaker magnetic fields at the ends don't justify the instruction either, especially when it is possible to cut a longer strip to farther remove the ends or just double up the strip). I cannot help but feel that the modules are developed to a far lower quality than the core unit. There is, however, one useful undocumented function for the Off-Limit module -- if you have an island larger than 6m x 6m, it is possible to add a short magnetic strip across the island boundary wire to break the loop, allowing the mower to not get stuck in the loop while trying to follow the boundary wire back home. It's ironic that the only valuable use of the Off-Limit model is expressly forbidden by the manual instructions. I hope that Worx would provide a firmware update that makes the modules more useful. A simple change to reuse the good random turn algorithm for both when the ACS detects an obstacle and when running into a Off-Limit magnetic strip would be enough to make the modules more useful than they are today. Until then, I would recommend the core unit but not the additional modules.

So we have a large paddock / field that is on a bit of a slope plus it is very uneven. For the last 10 years we have been using a ride on mower, which generally takes about 1.5 hours to cut once a fortnight. Over the fortnight the grass grows (obviously) and can get a bit long, so we are governed by the weather. However, problems with the ride on mower and health problems with a gardening contractor meant that the grass was getting too long and the field unusable. As we have a robot mower on a small lawn near the house, we looked at getting one for the field. With rough measurements we worked out the lawn size so had to go for one that cut 2,000 square metres. After a week, the results were fantastic. So now the maintenance of the paddock is greener. No fossil fuels, just plugged in to the green electricity supply. Warning: The transformer for this mower is not waterproof (unlike other robot mowers). Due to the distance from our house to the Landroid station we had to purchase a waterproof box to house the transformer. Setting Up: Someone suggested connecting a small wire on the charging base to complete a circuit whilst you charge. That is not necessary. We placed the charging station on a patio table as close to the Wi-Fi router as we could. Put the Landroid on the charging station and it charged OK. Make sure that the Landroid is near to the Wi-Fi so that you can connect and download the Firmware update. Wifi: The Landroid uses Wi-Fi and the internet. This is used to allow you to monitor the Landroid. It will also report back to the App if there are problems. Unfortunately, our Wi-Fi does not cover the area to be cut. To get around this we also purchased the add on Find My Landroid. This uses mobile phone access to report back status and receive commands. It also acts as a burglar alarm. Insurance: It is difficult to get insurance on Robot Mowers. To be covered by insurance they must be kept in a locked shed. Hhhhhhmmmmmm. Find my Landroid is a sort of insurance policy. You can always trace it and set up a geo-fence. If it goes outside the area then it raises the alarm. Steep slope slopes: We did have one problem with a step slope that the Landroid has to navigate to get home. In damp conditions the Landroid got itself stuck. The work around was to be a special artificial grass for robot mowers (which did not seem to be available on Amazon). Search "hybrid grass square". We also set up a track by spacing U shaped pegs (example Landscape Staples, U Shaped Nail Pins | Galvanised Steel | Ideal for Weed Control Membrane, Netting ) . This creates something that the wheels can latch on to. Actually a lot cheaper than the grass.

it's a nightmare when you start out with it...you need to make sure the cable boundary is well buried and go wide of every obstacle by quite a bit or the mower with plough your lawn! then watch the youtube video on how to disconnect the sensors from the front wheels.....these are a nightmare unless your lawn is as flat as a snooker table. if they go oevr one single rut in your lawn the machine will stop and say it's been lifted...it hasnt ...the front "dolly" wheels have dropped into a rutt. once sorted it keeps the lawn at a great height and needs little input....maybe rescuing 2x a day...but that's better than mowing the lawn for hours !

if you have a perfect little, 100% flat, curved corners lawn that does not get wet then this may do, but if you have a decent size family lawn then this is not for you, very mick mouse compared to Robomow which i used for 6 years previously

I love it. However, it does get stuck from time to time at certain points on the boundary wire so some adjusting is necessary. My only criticism is the fact you are provided with a measure from the boundary wire to the edge of the grass and it will indeed cut right up to the edge. I don’t understand then why the robot needs extra width to follow the wire back to the base to charge. This means the right rear wheel runs on your flower border and can get stuck. Result, I had to move the wire in a bit meaning it now doesn’t cut right up to the edge. Perhaps the software gurus at Worx can look into this?