| It is common knowledge that gas powered lawn | | | | Maintenance on a robotic lawn mower is minimal. |
| mowers are serious environmental polluters. It is | | | | Once a year change the blades, a 5 minute task. |
| estimated that 1 hour of lawn mower use equals | | | | Every 3-7 years the battery needs to be changed, |
| driving an SUV 100 miles. I have read that | | | | another 10 minutes or less. Since robotic lawn |
| lawnmowers contribute up to 5% of the nation's | | | | mowers do not rust and all the parts are |
| pollution, even more alarming comparisons and | | | | plug-and-play, they could last 10 years or more. |
| statistics can be found on the internet. | | | | Technology has advanced where batteries can now |
| Even if you are not an environmentalist, the price of | | | | power automatic lawn mowers to do an effective |
| gas will definitely make you a conservationist. Gas | | | | job. They can mow, go back to the charger by them |
| prices continue to climb. Personally, going to the gas | | | | selves, and go back out again on a schedule without |
| station with my little gas can is not a trip of leisure, it | | | | any help all season. |
| has always been a chore. | | | | Since it is all electric it doesn't burn any gas or oil. |
| It costs about $7.00 a year in electricity to mow my | | | | That means no pollutants so we can all breathe |
| yard. I used to spend more than that in one trip to fill | | | | easier. Robotic lawn mowers are also very quiet. |
| up the gas container. | | | | They are so quiet that they can be run at night while |
| Changing the oil, air filter, and regular maintenance is | | | | every one is asleep. |
| not what I consider an enjoyable event. John Deere | | | | Robotic lawn mowers aren't going to put John Deere |
| charged me $129 one year to do all that, so it | | | | or the local landscaper out of business anytime soon, |
| became a semi-annual day of bonding between me | | | | but one day the do-it-yourselfers are going to be the |
| and ol' JD. | | | | ones that will be the neighborhood oddity. |