Bosch Robotic Lawnmower Indego S 500 (with 18V battery, docking station included, cutting width 19 cm, for lawns of up to 500 m², in carton packaging)

Unusable. Bought for my elderly father who lives some distance away. My son, who is v. technically minded, could not fathom how to install this, despite repeated attempts, when we visited my Father. Liason with Bosch did not solve the problem. Son has now left to go to Uni. so can't continue trying. Amazon will not refund. Bosch will ONLY charge us a max of £283.50 to 'repair' it! It has never worked. They cannot recommend an electrician to install it. DO NOT BUY.

Getting one of these robomowers has been a very up and down experience. The first challenge starts with the wire laying. For our lawn (320sqm) it was a full day’s job. However it doesn’t end there because then you have to keep an eye on where the mower gets stuck, then dig up the wire and re-lay it. You can’t take the mower too close to edges or it might get stuck so you end up with a lot of grass unmown (or worse it gets stuck and nothing gets mown). Then the uni is not reliable. We have had to send ours back to Bosch twice in the last two years and Bosch aren’t easy to deal with. They don’t send updates, up until this year their website didn’t work to book in (you had to email them), and then after sending our unit in this year it is still with them almost three weeks later. Apparently they’re oversubscribed but I only found that out after emailing them. This thing could be great and when it does work it’s super. But it’s a bit of a labour of love and patience to make it happen!