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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 50 points 4 months ago (4 children)

They're often pretty quiet too.

Get an automatic/self-driving one, and you can just watch your vegetation be mutilated instead of doing it yourself.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yep, electric "Roomba" style lawnmowers exist.

[–] nikita@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Lol that sounds like a device that would mutilate the plants growing beside the grass too… like my precious strawberries

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure you need to set up an electric grid on the property for it to follow.

Like the pet "invisible fence".

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

That, or GPS, but they're more expensive

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Adam Savage exploring Makitas autonomous lawnmower R&D facility

https://youtu.be/Ca16oaOx22k

[–] n0clue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah mine runs over stuff a bit much for that...

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, and they're super common too.

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Husqvarna 115H! It's down to like $600 now. This is going on its 3rd year doing my backyard, and its fking amazing. Once a month I trim the perimeter, but otherwise I dont have to mow most of my yard now, its always the same perfect height, the grass seems much happier with it too.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

My elderly neighbor got one and it's quite fun to watch it tootle around his yard.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

One of my neighbors has an electric one and it's shocking comparing how quiet it is to the gasoline one that came with my house

A small robot apocalypse!