As a homeowner, I’m always looking for tech I can bring to the home that makes the operation and maintenance easier, smoother, and less time-consuming. From smart home devices in the home, to tools that can be employed inside and outside of the home. Owning your own house can be a rewarding thing, but it does come with some upkeep that the general apartment dweller may not need to deal with. And once such an item is lawn maintenance. If your house has any good-sized lawn, then you will be spending some time or paying someone else to spend some time out there, keeping it well-maintained and manicured. However, with the invention of the robotic lawnmower, has technology reached the point where you can just monitor the process of your lawn maintenance vs having to be out there doing it? Can you now reclaim your time for other things?
This Cutting Season’s Line Up
I’ve been tracking robotic lawnmowers since I first heard of them and have been looking to review them for some time now. When I first got my home, I did make the effort to manually cut it with a powered push-behind mower, and the time it would take…not for me. Then there were the electric ride-on mowers, which I quite enjoyed. But if I can step away from the process and get back time, the one thing we can’t get back or earn more of in this life, why not see what would be down there? First, I paid a company to come do it, but what tech was out there? This season, we’ve lined up 3 different companies to try out, with maybe a fourth on the way (still waiting for confirmation of shipping). This season so far, we will be reviewing the Yarbo Core with Lawn Mower attachment (more on that in their review, as it is more to Yarbo than just lawnmowing), the RoboUp TM01 T1200 Pro 2025 (way too long of a name), and the Eufy E15 Robot Lawn Mower. The fourth is one from a company called Lymow, but we’ll update this if they arrive in time for this season. We’ll put them through the test, and then discuss some of the following questions.
- How easy was it to set up and get cutting? What kind of tech do they use?
- How well did they actually cut, and how much involvement was needed on our end? Was it truly hands-off?
- What was the experience using each one? What was good, bad, annoying, or not?
- And finally, what is the cost of entry for each, and is it worth it?
Yarbo Core + Lawn Mower Attachment
The Yarbo Core is one I’ve been following for some time now. I’ve followed the company and have been interested in what they have been building. The Core robot isn’t just a lawnmower. It has different attachment modules that allow Yarbo to cut your grass in the Summer season, blow your leaves away as we head into the Fall, and then clear your snow when we hit the Winter. This allows Yarbo to be useful no matter what season you end. The Yarbo is the heaviest of the 3, with it built like a little tank on tracks vs wheels. You will not be picking this up lightly! Coming in at $4999 for the Yarbo Core + Lawnmower module, the Yarbo is the most expensive of the three we have lined up so far.
RoboUp TM01 T1200 Pro 2025
The RoboUp TM01 T1200 Pro 2025 is our second one in this summer’s lineup, and that name needs to be short. Going forward, we’ll reference it as the TM01 T1200. Compared to the Yarbo one, this one is smaller and easier to pick up and move around as needed. Allowing you to mow without any boundary wires, it can map your home and navigate with an RTK antenna. RoboUp claims a set-it-and-forget-it setup that can be done in 5 simple steps. Coming in at $1549, this price point is about typical for this segment of devices.
Eufy Robot Lawn Mower E15
Rounding out our lineup for this season is the Eufy Robot Lawn Mower E15. We’ll reference this going forward as simply the Eufy E15. Just about the same size as the RoboUp device, and I would say many of the typical robotic lawnmowers are about this same shape and design. With two wheels in the back and one turning wheel in the front. The Eufy E15 also doesn’t it navigation different than the other two above. Instead of relying on an RTK antenna, it uses pure vision technology. I would equate this to how a robotic vacuum in your home maps your space as it cleans. This eliminates the need to set up any antennas in your lawn, no need to walk your mower around a perimeter. Just set it up, and let it map out your lawn space. Would this be a better way to do this? We’ll see. Coming in at $1799.99, which is in line with the segment.
Stay Tuned!
If you have recently seen our social media channels, all three of these robots have now been set up and are in operation. We are in the process of writing up our review on each of them, and the first question about the setup process has been collected. We are currently in the how well do they cut and experience sections of our reviews. Be on the lookout for these reviews coming soon, and you can check back here as well. As we release each review, we’ll be sure to update this post to include a link to the review once it has been published.
We’re excited to see how these machines do and see if they allow us and you to reclaim your time for other activities or chores with one less thing on the task list! Stay tuned!
