Anyone have experience with Nexmow? I have been working with Nexmow for two years now and the pros far outweigh the cons. Am I missing something? I realize it is a small mower but the low price and being able to run multiple mowers at the same time I can get the same mow coverage as a large autonomous mower. Being able to have a mower that I can just put out to mow and area and put it back up eliminating the concerns of a mower that just lives outside. It runs off of network RTK (basically as cell signal) which means I don’t have to put up an antenna. And because it is not married to one location, I can take it around to any lawn I want and mow that lawn – well the Nexmow can mow it while I do other things. Check out Nexmow tech here.
Looking forward to more companies incorporating Drop and Mow capabilities into both their existing and future models. I think it solves a lot of issues where traditional Self-Docking mowers don’t make sense. Especially in the case of vandalism or theft concern.
I’m open to being persuaded that drop and go is viable in a landscape setting. Can’t get it to pencil, too slow and too expensive compared to a man on a zero turn, and not as much utility.
I got to see some demos of the Nexmow M2 and will be getting a demo unit this spring to work with. I am kind of blown away right now on it. I ran M1 and M1S mowers for the past two years and they struggled when there was tall trees in a lawn or we had to mow close to a house. First, M1 and M1S are coming with an update this spring that supposed to improve this connectivity. Second, the M2 solves a lot of this problem with the vision.
I keep thinking that maybe a larger semi-autonomous unit may be the way to go but I think that is just too big for most lawns – especially new construction. Plus you have to watch those while working. I just think the Drop and Mow concept pioneered by Nexmow with the upgrades to M2 is going to be the perfect fit. We will see though. I have gotten my hopes up in the past. Need some solid data on all mowers.
Drop N Go technology definitely has its place, adoption is slow with landscape companies due to the idea being so foreign to traditional mowing. Also up front cost is high and there aren’t a lot of companies modeling how to make it work yet!! The ROI is there with any of these units compared to traditional labor force and the rising cost of traditional equipment. The last hurdle being, bringing existing staff up to speed with technology and how to operate it efficiently. If you work with the right company and integrate robots properly the sky is the limit.
Seems like you should be able to drop 3-4 in succession to start mowing, head back to the first drop location, string trim and do detail work, pick up the mower and move to the next site until all sites are done. I’m not sure how many lawns you could drop to make it a smooth transition to complete all the tasks just as the mower is finishing but with a little planning and logistics you could probably get a lot of lawns down with just one person. Seems to me that someone will figure it out and make it work economically.
I don’t see the razor blade system being able to cut 1x a week and make it look good, especially in the spring. Ours can’t even handle 3 days of growth very well.