Not able to map correctly
Just my problem
Hope to be ready for spring
Absolutely love this machine!!! Even fun to watch. Sit back on your porch swing, sipping your favorite cold beverage while you mow your lawn to perfection!!
I used the Mammotion website email to ask a question prior to purchasing the 10000H. I have never received a response, therefore I won’t be making the purchase. If there is no customer service prior to a sale one can only assume what it will be like after a sale. I actually was looking forward to replacing two wire boundary mowers with a Mammotion mower, guess I’ll keep investigating other brands.
Waiting too long for replacement. Still waiting.
Awesome product so far (3 weeks). No issues, and I was initially worried because of all reported problems. It looks like most issues have been fixed with software updates by the time I bought it.
My lawn is very uneven with holes and bumps, but Yuka handles it all like a superhero. It just works, getting out of holes and climbing bumps easily (no sweeper purchased).
Six tips:
1. Position the RTK device with a clear view of the sky. If you need to compromise, make sure the southern sky (and above) is unobstructed.
2. Divide the yard into sections; I did front, back, side 1, and side 2.
3. Use RF for communication between the RTK and the Yuka (not Wi-Fi).
4. Don’t expect perfect results on the first few passes. Give it a week and mow every day or every other day.
5. Take your time learning how to set up the areas. Perhaps, start with two small areas and a path between them to get a feel for the task. It is annoying but you only do it once, at the beginning.
6. Give up on very tight parts of the lawn where Yuka cannot turn back (I have such a chunk between my house, patio, and grill).
I was tired of mowing the lawn, so I hired someone to mow. They charged me $750 to mow for one season. I then came across the Yuka 1500 and decide to give it a try. I purchased the mower without the sweeper kit for about $1500. I figure it will pay for itself in about two years. What I like is the fact that the grass is always so nice looking using the Yuka, and it is fun to operate and watch it mow. I get a lot of looks from the neighbors and even someone stopped in their car to take photos. The only thing I am worried about is someone stealing it, so I never leave it outside; I always put it in the garage when done. Kind of a hassle, but better safe than sorry. It's my new favorite "toy." :-)
I don't plan to ever mow again.
I had a little trouble getting it to charge the very first time but it turned out I did not have the charging station level enough. It must be level to charge. After that it has been working great.
I have been a user since Luba 1 5000. It worked almost flawlessly except when major software releases were forced out before proper testing. Since the emphasis has been on updates for the Luba2 I decided to purchase the latest model. In my opinion to much development is being spent on bells and whistles like pattern cutting and not enough time has been spent on what the end users are asking for. Luba1 was great Luba2 should have been better. This has not been my experience so far. Luba 1 would cut completely independently. Luba 2 has not been able to complete my lawn yet without my intervention.
can't open the manuals in the app so I haven't been able to run it. Right now a $1500 boat anchor.
I was having trouble with my Luba 2 5000. It was not charging properly. I contacted Mammotion customer support. I was connected with an Aurora with Mammotion and walked me through the problem. Note. Clean the infrared window on the charging station and on the back of the robot.
After some startup problems that took a couple weeks to resolve, and a significant learning curve, I finally got my Luba 2 working, mowing my lawn. Two weeks later it now refuses to charge in its docking station. It's dead, Jim.
I have the older Luba 1. I am on my second season. This thing works great! I mow my lawn and my 80 year old neighobors lawn too! I mow about 1.5 acres of grass with my luba1 5000. I will definitely get the luba 2 when my mower wears out. The mower cuts three grass perfectly and I like the stripes it leaves. Looks really nice.
so far so good...
actually, pretty cool
Just got this mower a week ago. It took eight hours to learn how to operate and control this beast. But now she has turned into our electric cow. She goes out and raises for hours comes back to her barn to rest a little and then goes out and raises some more and I truly appreciate this. I haven’t had any troubles with this unit yet, it took a minute to figure out how to set up a no mow zone. But now my whole yard is mapped in my life just got much easier.
Trying to cancel since day after purchase
This mower works great. I don't really have to do anything to it. 20 minutes to set up out of the box, another 10 to set my first mowing task up. I wish it had a little stronger gps module or a wifi6 chip, but it works well as is.
The mower itself is an impressive beast, and it's doing a fantastic job.
However, when breaking up a large (1/3 acre corner log) yard into 3 more manageable task areas, it's quite tricky, because the areas cannot overlap. It is therefore inevitable that you'll have a strip of grass that is in neither area. If you accidentally overlap even a tiny bit, it throws away the entire new task area and you have to start over.
It would make much more sense to either
a. Allow the overlap. Big deal if a strip of grass gets mowed twice.
b. Automatically subtract any overlap from the new task area.
Secondly, you can't mark a shed as a no-go area, then put the charging dock adjacent to the shed. It complains that it's in a no-go area, and doesn't even give you the option to define a channel for the mower to back into its charger. What if I wanted to park it on the driveway next to the garage, which is not mowable yard area? That's a perfectly sensible place to have it park and charge, but it's not allowed. Absolutely silly.
I still gave it 5 stars because everything is still under active development. I've upgraded firmware three times, and I've only had the system a couple weeks. So it's somewhat likely that these and other issues will be improved (and made frankly sensible) in the coming weeks.
Another complaint: this review form has a spot for a YouTube URL.
I pasted https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B_S5yzSnxuo and the form responded "Not a YouTube video URL". Uh, the hell it isn't. It absolutely is, ya dumb dorks.
My Review on the Mammotion Reddit Forum:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MammotionTechnology/s/kiJiZc8rvo
Great Place for Reviews, Information, Troubleshooting
This mower does a wonderful job and better than was anticipated.
So far everything is working great, some small strips missed on the first mow, but easily fixed with manually mowing those areas with the robot. A lot of user error starting off with setup but modifications of map were easy, app is easy to use. I strongly recommend this product, the cut quality is very nice and clean. Very straight lines and alot of customization in the app for each mow.
My Luba 2 AWD 10000 has been in operation for two weeks and I am enjoying the extra time resulting from being free from sitting on my zero turn. Previously I spent about four hours every four days mowing two acres around my home and an adjacent rental property. Luba 2 is now handling all of the mowing. Initial setup and area mapping was not too difficult after having watched a few YouTube videos posted by Mammotion and existing users. Optimal placement of the RTK beacon ensured actual operation of Luba2 was as expected. On the whole I am quite satisfied with my purchase.
The Yuka works as advertised, I have just begun working with it. Only issue so far is grass stringers get wrapped around the rake and I get overheated warning. Pause, clean and continue, all is well.
I was stressed some about mapping but turned out after a lot studying up on how and asking questions I think I got it right. Does what I wanted it to do. I also bought the L-Wall mount because I have a lot of trees in my yard and around the house. Wasn’t sure it was gonna work but glad I bought it.