GARDENA 15201-41 SILENO Minimo - Automatic Robotic Lawn Mower, with Bluetooth app and Boundary Wire, one of The quietest in its Class, for lawns up to 2700 Sq Ft, Made in Europe, Grey

The Great:We’ve had this mower for two years and it’s held up well. Our lawn is small, but it has mowed quietly enough at midnight not to disturb us or our (fussy) neighbors. I don’t think they even know we have it. It does well in rain, too. Setup wasn’t so bad, except wiring the yard. If you follow videos posted by the company on YouTube (I think from Australia or the UK), it’s pretty easy. Cleaning really has been as easy as hosing it down or even just brushing off accumulated grass clippings with your hand. It’s pretty safe, too. The blades are small and many inches inset from the edges of the machine. It would be difficult for it to accidentally injure our dog or a small animal unless they actively flipped it over and chewed on the tiny blades (our dog has no interest in it). I doubt it would even run her over; it bumps into things softly, like a robot vacuum does (though I don’t think she’d just lie around and let it go over her leg or tail in the first place).The Meh:The app could be better. Occasionally, we’ll find that the device stopped running - for no apparent reason - and we have to hard reboot it and delete and reset our schedule in the app all over again to get it running. The app has also never kept track of previous mows (even though it’s supposed to). Lastly, sometimes the charging indicator is waaay off. It’ll go from 100% to 0% to 5% to 20% in seconds. But it has worked and mowed on schedule most of the time.And, because the blades are inset from the edges of the device (they’re in the middle of the bottom), it doesn’t always get the edges of the lawn done when there’s a flower bed stopping the mower from overshooting the perimeter of the lawn itself. That’s fine. I do the edges it can’t get once a week. I don’t need to do the edges that are adjacent to the sidewalk, since it can overshoot and cut those.The Bad:There is NO customer support in the US. I reached the (I believe it was) Australian customer service, who sent me to the Canadian (“North American,” but really just Canadian) customer service, who sent me to the “US” customer service, but the US team never answered calls or returned emails. The Canadian team couldn’t do US support at the time. If you’re in the US, you won’t get support. (At least, as of late ‘22/early ‘23.) But we eventually got to the bottom of the issue ourselves.Why 5 stars? Despite the flaws, it has been a generally reliable product for about 2 years, and it was a budget option compared to the competition. I’m not sure that paying more for another brand would yield any better results. Value to dollar is great, as who’s gonna get someone to mow their lawn 2-3x/week for 2+ years for under $600 (and not have to worry about locking up dogs/granting yard access)? Who wants to do it themselves on their days off?

We've had this unit for nearly a year now and it's been down half the time. It was easy enough to set up using the boundary wire provided. Just expect to spend several hours setting it up. The mover stopped working after approximately three months requiring me to reinstall to install another boundary wire at a cost of $50 to get it working again. I don't know what happened, after one month it's stopped working. I don't know what happened. It's great when it works because it mows the lawn really well saves me almost an hours work per week in the hot sun in southern Florida, unfortunately it isn't reliable. Cannot recommend.

This is a great concept for those that love automation and smart home. However, if you are going to get into automation industry, please ensure that the product is intuitive, easy to use, and fast connectivity with the app.The instructions given were all over the place and not easy to understand. This made the usage experience horrible and led me to returning this product. I will wait for couple of years when the app is intuitive and the technology is improved.

I recently had 2 Husqvarna automowers installed to mow my large yard, but one small piece was isolated by buildings and my driveway. I installed a Gardena Minimo to take care of this small area. It arrived the day before I was leaving for a 1 week vacation, so I was able to install it that afternoon. If you read the instructions and watch the installation videos it is a very easy machine to set up. It ran every day for the week I was out of town without any problems and has been doing so perfectly since I have come home 2 weeks ago. I have it set to automaticly vary the cut time based on the grass growth and it has reduced the time it runs each day due to the normal summer slow down of grass growth. But when I set it up that section of lawn was tall and did not look good at all. It has managed the area perfectly and the lawn looks great now. Do not pay attention to the negative reviews, every one I read was obviouse that it was not the machines fault. If you are the least bit tech savy and have a little ability this will be an easy set up. Gardena is a division of Husqvarna and they share many parts and technology. And when I purchased mine it was just a little over $500, by far the best deal on a robotic mower. They also give you a 3 year warranty when you register it. Nothing better than coming home from a weeks vacation to a perfectly mowed yard. Note: I rated tech support 5 stars due to the very detailed instructions and very useful install videos. I have not needed to actually reach out to them.