Luba 1000 AWD: The Ultimate 4-Month Review
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Hey Everyone,
I´ve been looking for a Robo Mower without boundary cables and I think I found the ONE! I have been testing the Luba 1000 AWD for over 4 months now to really get to know the machine before I give an opinion about it. I feel I really know it by know and can honestly say what I think about it and how well it works.
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Luba Garage - eu.mammotion.com/products/lub...
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RTK Wall Mount Kit - eu.mammotion.com/products/rtk...
Formula 1 Car Sticker - eu.mammotion.com/products/lub...
Video Chapters:
0:00 - Background
0:45 - Whats in the box?
2:54 - Assembly
8:07 - App Setup
12:15 - Mowing quality
15:00 - Two zones/lawns
19:00 - Downsides?
20:14 - Overall impressions
21:12 - Share the cost
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Hello Sam! I think the reason the mower cant follow the side of the house could be because the mower and the base station cant "see" the same GPS satelites. The base station does all the fancy calculations for each satelite it can see and then transmits that to the mower. If the mower and the base station cant see the same satelites, that could be a reason for the inaccuracy.
You can always try to move your base station to the corner of the house next to your neighbour and see if it helps?
For GPS accuracy in Sweden you generally want your mower and base station to have free sight to the sky in the south direction (where it can see the most GPS satelites). So if the edge it struggles with is on the north side of your house, it will be hard to solve, because your house naturally blocks most of the satellites. In fact, the mower could even be reading the GPS signal bouncing of your neighbours house which is consistent with it moving into your housewall!
Some landsurveyors are also lawn nuts! :)
Hey Kristian, thanks for the input, never really considered that since the app said the position of the base station was fine, but it seems like this could be the issue, sounds reasonable. I think I´ll try to move it this season and see if it works better, appreciate the feedback!
Btw, this counts as a mower video right???? 😅😉
That's pretty much what I was going to say. If it cuts so great everywhere else and that one area isn't so great, it has to be reception and what kind of line of sight the device has with satellites and the RTK unit. I'm assuming if the satellites are to the south, the RTK unit would be best utilized on the north side of the building to help cover locations with fewer satellites connections. This is one reason geofencing for dog collars isn't such a great idea.
The worst part about cutting through a cable....is when you dont know where the broken cable is and its impossible to find so you replace it all.
Wireless mower is what we always needed. Looking at this exact unit this summer.
Couldn´t agree more mate! It´s sooo frustrating!
I am trying out a few more mowers soon but so far I am loving the Luba, I use it more than I thought I would. The Luba 2 seems really awesome though, I think RTK alone might be too vulnerable for navigation, but an integrated camera with it should take away issues with "dead zones". I really hope Luba reaches out so I can try the Luba 2 as well :)
Thanks for the review. Considering a robotic mower myself
Hey Jim, thanks, glad you found the video helpful. I am actually very impressed with the Luba and on the Swedish lawn forums there are several threads where people are also very happy with it, it seems to be up there along side Husqvarna as the top model when it comes to robomowers without wires. From what I hear the Luba 2 is really good! (haven´t tried it myself)
definitely considering one for this year. i love cutting the grass apart from the day i dont feel like it - which happens too often!
Hey Mate, for sure, I have those days too. I liked it especially after fertilization, fertilizer on rye grass = crazy growth, can´t keep up with the mowing myself, enter Luba :)
@@SamsLawn Zoysia is a great cure for that. I can throw down fertilizer and not mow for 2-3 weeks and my grass never gets over 5 to 6 inches tops. It grows kind of slow, and doesn't have a very tall max height. The stolons and rhizomes spread and spread, and the blade growth with the horizontal roots is just so thick it blocks out most weeds. It's not quite a dark green as Rye, but it's worth it. My two favorite compliments were some 9 year old twins playing in the front yard with my daughter when she was 10 and they just commented how much they loved playing in my yard because it was so soft to fall on and roll on, and this very pretty lady that used to walk her dogs past my house was walking along looking at her phone one day and all the sudden she turned and quickly snapped a photo of my lawn. She didn't realize I work from home full time and my lawn is my full time view from my office...which is why I planted it to start with. Another great thing about Zoysia (and likely other warm season grasses) is there's less moisture in the blades of grass so it doesn't stick to the mower deck. Not at all.
I totally feel your pain with buried cables. I purchased the Luba 2, who we call "Zip". He's never failed us yet. I'm sure the Luba 1 will do great for you.
Hey mate, hopefully I don't have to deal with the cables anymore 😅
I really like the Luba, it works better than I anticipated, would love to try the Luba 2!
very good explanation
Thanks mate, appreciate it 🙏
Great and in depth review Sam. Thank you! Not sure this piece of kit falls into the “average” lawn care nuts arsenal though 😅
Hey Matthew! haha for sure this one would end up in the luxury category 😅
Thanks for dropping by mate, always appreciate your support!
The issues losing signal is meant to be fixed with the 2nd generation LUBA 2. But also you will get better signal fixing the RTK to the roof of your house.
Hey Richard, thanks for the input, since I might try moving it this season and see if it works better, thanks mate
Hi Sam really good video! Pretty cool how you can get it to go next door haha!
Hey dude!
Thanks, appreciate it 🙏
I know right?! I was 100% sure it would fail at some point 😅
But 4 months of mowing and it made it every single time 🥳
I am a bit worried, though, if the neighbors expect me to keep mowing their lawn this year too 😂🤦🏽♂️
@@SamsLawn 4 months and no issues thats seriously impressive haha! They can buy you beer lol
Cool dude, awesome and informative breakdown, 👊🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for dropping by, appreciate it 🙏
Hi Sam,
Sharing with your neighbours, aren't you affraid your luba is going to bring POA/vitgröe into your lawn? They are not taking care of their lawn as meticulous as you do.
Great video thank you for the honest review. Question how quiet is it? And could you run it in the night?
Hey Robert, thanks mate!
It´s just as quiet as my last one, I haven´t seen any robo mowers in general that make a lot of noise, I had it scheduled to run at night, well, late evening more like it. But you can run it whenever you want, no one will hear or notice it.
Green Smoke must be The Rock
For sure dude!! Spot on!! 💪🥳
@@SamsLawn Tack. Förövrigt ett bra avsnitt dock så gillar jag inte robotklippare men det är en smaksak.
I cut trough my Gardena Minimo wire alot of times so I get your frustrations 😅
haha then you know! I honestly thought I would explode last time it happened with the "unbreakable" wire 😂
Try restarting your luba once a week. I have a luba 1 and haven't had issues with it drifting.
Hey mate, awesome, I will definitely try that out. I also got feedback from several that the RTK station might be blocked so I´ll try to move it a bit higher too and see if that makes any difference. Thanks for dropping by mate, appreciate it 🙏
Looks like there is a LOT of grass under the deck. Is that an issue long term??? Looks like it was really clogged up good.
Hey mate, when the grass dries up, most of it falls off, so I haven't really experienced any issues with it.
Is this an old video? Because your lawn looked dull on your last video. Thats a super fast recovery mate 😂🤙
Haha I wish my lawn looked like this right now! But I used the Luba from July to October last year and recorded it then, I wanted a longer trial to really test it properly.
Klipper den på diagonalen emellanåt? Annars kommer väl hjulen gå på samma ställe gång efter gång. Då blir det inte så vackert. Husqvarnas kan man ju ställa att den kör olika mönster.
Tjena Emil, precis, det måste man absolut tänka på, det går att ställa in andra mönster också just för den anledningen. Bra fångat, glömde ta upp det i videon 👌🏼👍🏼
Är lite kluven att köpa en Automower med Nera/Epos eller en Luba 2 AWD 3000.
Vad är din känsla, kommer man bli nöjd med Luban?
Det som lockar är att den är ca 25% billigare, klarar större lutningar och större område (3000kvm vs 2200kvm) än den Husqvarna jag tittat på.
Men Husqvarna är verkligen veteranen och trendsättare inom robotgräsklippare.
Tjena, förstår absolut att du är kluven, hade jag också varit. Tar man Husqvarna så vet du ju absolut vad du köper och det är ett märke man kan lita på. Tror någonstans att både de här är i toppsegmentet vad gäller robotar och då är det småsaker och smaksak som gör skillnaden. Jag har aldrig testat en Husqvarna så jag kan tyvärr inte säga något om dem, men jag tycker Luban är grym, har man möjlighet att ha stationen helt mot öppen himmel så tror jag inte ens man kommer ha några problem med GPS trackingen som jag hade vid några tillfällen. Dock ska man också ha i åtanke att den enda jämförelsen jag kan göra är mot min Gardena R50li som jag köpte för 7 år sen, ALLA robotar är ju nästan ett steg upp mot den, då den var äldre och hade inte så många finesser.
Kanske ett för diplomatiskt och tråkigt svar men jag kan bara säga att jag är jättenöjd med min Luba :)
What about the battery? How long can he mow and how much?
Hey mate, It depends on the type of mowing you chose. If you chose fine cutting with double passes, then I can do almost all my 190 m2, almost. I would say about 160m2 before it has to go back to charge. If you do simple cutting with only one pass then it does my lawn and my neighbours, so about 500 m2 with no pausing and also has battery to spare. So it does a big difference which cutting mode you chose. If you have a larger lawn then the models with bigger batteries would be better I think.
@@SamsLawn thank you for your answer. I think I need to look up for 3000 model, because my lawn is about ~1000 sq
@@gedzju The Luba 1000 should cover up to 1000 m2 so it should be enough. But to be safe I would actually go with the 3000 model to be honest, it has a bigger battery pack.
How does it handle leaves and twigs?
Hey mate, I never experienced any issues with that, have plenty of leaves during fall and I always have twigs from pruning the bushes, always some twigs that get left behind on the lawn and I didn't have any issues with that. Albeit they are very small twigs.
@@SamsLawn Thank you!
The quality of the cut is great, especialy when it runs over your flower bed. BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!!!
Well, I can imagine that´s a disaster, might be worth putting something in front to stop it from going into the flowers, just in case.
@@SamsLawn No apparently my unit has a defective chipset on the motherboard and they are not wanting to be fair with the repair.
@@SamsLawn Maybe they could treat me fair and repair my unit which they have admitted is faulty.
@@garryverniest5893 That´s actually very bad customer support, I hope they replace it, should fall under warranty you would think.
Rotary scissors my friend. I’m guessing you break the cable using weed eater?
Usually I break the cable when I scarify, core aerate, or when I want to create new areas with the shovel. But no more! Hopefully :)
Hej. Don't you worrie about all the weeds and seeds it brings back from the neighbour?
Tjena, nu antar jag bara att jag kan skriva på svenska eftersom ditt användarnamn är rattugglan :)
Jag var faktiskt orolig för det men ähh, det är bara lite ogräs, man dör inte av det, jag är ganska nitisk på att plocka dem så fort jag får syn på något. Vad gör man inte för en video! 😂
vowww see first time
This is cool but i have wwaayy too much fun on my zero turn XD
Haha I bet dude! Those look really fun!!
dyrt men bra :) bra video
Jag vet, tycker de flesta de här robotarna är orimligt dyra, det bra om de har gps är ändå att man kan dela med en granne, alltid något :)
If only there was one you could just press the "on" button and off it goes - without all the set-up.
For sure, that would be awesome! I think we are ways off before something like that comes along though, but I am sure at some point we will get there too :)
bloody wires 😛
I know right!!! 😅😅
goodness no way i could follow all this ..just get the mower out enjoy the exercise and sun and fresh air....!!!
Hey Jeanie, I agree, mowing yourself is the best, but for the times when I am on vacation or just not feeling like mowing, it´s great to have a stand in :)
An overpriced Swiss army knife with wheels. Poor quality 👎👎
Hey mate, I agree it's expensive, but to be honest, all these robomowers are. When I have compared to other robomowers in my neighborhood I have to say the quality of the Luba is actually very good, but that's just my opinion.