@mike1 the website does indicate another “go fund me” opportunity after CES 26
BINGO - more vaporware. Instead of focusing on fixing the current product issues, time is spent on these types of shenanigans. How about they just do the traditional Series A, B and so on for funding and attracting investors like every other startup and keep the focus on a kickass product that crushes the want-a-be competition. If they didn’t have to spend so much replacing defective products the capital position would be so healthy you wouldn’t need to worry about Kickstarter.
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Interesting, first time I’ve seen that. Thanks for sharing
Thought it would be better to have spent their time on the granule spreader and the liquid spreader instead of coming up with something new. Canceling things that are planned and made public to spend the time inventing new things when the product we have now is not finished yet. 
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I agree with you, @mike1 . I actually want Yarbo to succeed, and that’s exactly why I think the priority right now has to be stabilizing the existing hardware, not expanding the product line.
From my own experience: my Core failed within ~10 days due to the well-known LW001 left-wheel lock issue, and then—after a replacement—the snowblower hardware failed again within about two weeks due to a timing belt failure. These are not edge cases, and they’re happening during normal real-world use, not abuse.
The platform itself is a market disruptor. The concept, autonomy, and modularity are impressive. But as you said, none of that matters if the core reliability isn’t there yet. New features and new products don’t help customers who are down in the middle of winter with snow in the driveway.
I don’t think anyone here is rooting against Yarbo—we’re asking them to do the hard but necessary work:
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lock down hardware reliability,
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tighten QC and supplier validation, and
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prove durability over a full season before scaling further.
If Yarbo truly focuses on fixing what current users are experiencing now, they’ll earn long-term trust and loyalty. Otherwise, adding more products just multiplies the same issues across a larger surface area.
Your point is fair, and it’s coming from someone who wants the company to get this right.
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Yeah what he said.
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granular spreader maybe?
Nailed it
If they get tow mode working there are already plenty of towable options that will be much cheaper out there
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You still have the problem of starting and stopping the flow though. A covered weatherproof spreader that is fully autonomous would be huge. Lots of possibilities. Working theory is they just didn’t have enough pre-orders to justify the development resources. And there are definitely other issues that should have priority. It’s not canceled, just delayed indefinitely. I hope they bring it into existence at some point in the future. I know there is a lot of interest, I think people are just hesitant to preorder it.
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Is a spreader of any kind even practical? I have seen some of the pictures of the yards, they are like mine or larger in a lot of cases. When I put out fertilizer it is several hundred pounds if I am doing granular or if it’s something I can’t run through the inline sprinklers I use a tank sprayer, but I use over 100 gal when I do that. Even if it did have some practical application, I wouldn’t trust it - it already tears up the yard in spots as it is - now it just sits in one spot dumping who knows what to that area from chemical and then doesn’t grow grass until the second coming…no thank you. Constant even spread is needed for fertilizer and most of us humans still are trying to perfect that art.
I don’t mind getting off my butt every now and then. I think a spreader might be a bridge too far right now for this company or the tech. I saw the pictures, nice for the brochure, but not practical in this camper’s opinion.
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The biggest reason I’ve seen people want it is for salt/ice melt/sand on the driveway. Size would definitely be a factor for any practical use and one of my concerns as well. And yes, it would have to support constant and even spread, especially for fertilizer use. Definitely something for possible future production. I think the only way it could be practical for autonomous use for larger properties is that it would have to have an automated hopper and storage bin and load itself autonomously from the storage bin. I can’t imagine they could make a hopper big enough to make it practical for fertilizing 1-2 acres, let alone 6+.
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Yes but tow mode is still not ready and the spreaders delayed indefinitely. And then they make new products. let’s hope they work better than the ones they have now. 
Backwards compatible is my question?!?!
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I would love it if it had something that I could spin on when it goes on an area that is a pretty steep incline on my driveway and can get some ice - better yet it could back down so it could spread first but I am pretty sure this thought would be pure fantasyland.
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Any news/update from CES?
I’m currently in the air en route to Vegas. Will be posting lots of pics and details tomorrow once I work my way to Yarbo’s area.
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Looks like the page is live: https://mseries.yarbo.com
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