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(More customer reviews)Overall after 2 mowing seasons I guess I still like my Lawnbott. Right now it's not working though. Within the first 2 weeks of buying the Lawnbott I started to have problems with it. I made the mistake of buying mine from [...]; a company that as I understand it is no longer a distributor of Lawnbotts, they don't answer their phone anymore. I could never get through to them about a problem. Finally after quite a bit of resistance and ignoring me, KA hooked me up with their main troubleshooter in Atlanta and he's been fairly helpful. The business model here for KA is to have the owner repair the bot WHEN not IF it breaks down. Almost all owners will have some problems. The bot is modular construction and not all the complicated to fix once you get the knack. So far I've replaced one wheel motor, both bump sensors, and now my charger is fried and I was searching for that on Amazon and that's how I ended up posting this review. I suspect once I have the charger I'll find I need a new motherboard from the way the bot was behaving prior to the charger going out. Over the past 18 months the bot has been down 2 months. I live in Mississippi and have to mow most of the year. More or less you can expect the bot to last 2 years before you have to lay out about $800-900 for a total refurbishment where they replace all the motors, wheels, motherboard. You cannot expect more than about 1000 hours out of the blade motor, which I understand is in excess of $300 to replace. When it's working and that's most of the time it does a really nice job. It mulches the grass and my lawn looks really nice. More or less you can just forget about mowing. Don't sell your push mower though as it will not work 100% of the time and be prepared to spend on average about 20 hrs per year fixing the Lawnbott. If you go to [...], you'll find they have a forum that for some reason is still up and running. (DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM) Read all about repairs owners have had to make. You'll find the email address of KA'S troubleshooter on that forum. You will need it. KA has a repair and installation manual in pdf format that you might be able to get them to send you. It really helps. You have to sort of learn to think in Italian though because all their manuals are written by an Italian with a high school level knowledge of English as a foreign language. Overall I think fooling with the Lawnbott is better than mowing the grass myself, but it's not quite ready for prime time. I'm a pretty handy guy; I've built four boats, I fix my own gas lawnmower, I've worked on car engines and I've wired a little cabin and all sorts of 12 volt wiring. Lawnbotts are not for guys who don't have tools, never fix anything themselves, etc. You'll end up selling it on ebay at a loss if you're not pretty handy.
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