Hello, Yarbo Community! I am considering purchasing a Yarbo mower product and I am wondering if it’s right for my needs. I have about 4.5 or 5 acres of grassed area. Much of it is open/field area. There is some fencing, multiple buildings, and some trees to work around. The topography is slightly sloping, though there are some more difficult areas like drainage ditches. There are a few areas where grass coverage is somewhat thin and the soil is rocky. I’d also be interested in the trimmer attachment once it is released to deal with the trimming along fences, building, driveways, etc.
How long (approximate) would it take Yarbo to completely mow this much grass? I would most likely set it up on a rotation, though, so it’s not doing everything from start to finish at once. What about charging? How long and how often does it need to charge?
Also, I am frequently away from home for a month or two at a time. How much supervision does Yarbo need? After I set it up and work out the quirks, will it be able to run on its own while I am gone?
Its a very immature product… Its needs supervision. Blades could get clogged… It could get stuck.. They could push a firmware update while your gone that could leave it stranded with the battery slowly draining until its dead while your gone..
At best you could try it but be very aware of the return policy since I doubt it will fit your unsupervised needs. I think you only have 30 days after you receive it.. And you will want to fully cut your lawn at least once a week during the return period to learn and navigate its quirks and flaws. I would say its highly likely you will return it after you tried it.
Thank you for your interest in Yarbo and for coming to the Yarbo Forum with your questions.
To give you an idea: Yarbo is capable of maintaining about 6.2 acres when mowing twice per week, which helps keep your lawn neat and healthy.
For areas you want to protect, you can set up no-go zones so Yarbo avoids them.
For buildings and trees, our recent update introduced PPVS, which allows Yarbo to continue traveling a certain distance even if the GPS signal temporarily weakens.
You can also divide your lawn into different zones and schedule mowing tasks in rotation, just as you suggested.
As for charging:
Yarbo docks and charges autonomously, so no manual work is needed.
The mowing time per charge is generally about 180 minutes., and a full recharge (0–100%) typically takes about 210 minutes.
Finally, we offer a 30-day worry-free return policy, so you can try Yarbo and see if it meets your lawn’s needs without concern.
I hope this helps! Please feel free to ask if you have any more questions.
One thing I would add is that for optimum battery life, the charge cycle while Yarbo is operating is 20-80%. And the charging time is around 1.5 hours. You can adjust those parameters, but those are the default.
I have a similar ranch like property, lots of lawn and lots of areas of grass. The product could not handle mowed grass and was having lots of issues.
I would suggest waiting for a year and then buying the next model with lawn mower pro attachment. I expect them to work out these kinks in a year and hopefully improve its reliability.
Taylor, I have the Yarbo with Pro mower and mow about 6 acres of grass/field. It takes about 4 days to complete the entire cycle, as I have it broken up into four zones. I have crops on one side, tree line with overhagging tress, and chicken/duck coops with a barn on another. I have had the mower run while I was away for a week without issues, but my last time away from home, Yarbo threw a track when it hit some hedgeballs that fell from the trees. When I got home I had to go out into the field to get it back running. I would say that this unit is a mower in progress, and if you understand that when you buy it, then it can help you. If you think you are buying a mower that you set it and forget it, then it is not that.
I have been very happy with my mower, but I have gone through many issues (replacement mower (m1), and failed upgrades, vision blocking my charging pad (just had to use the controller to bypass that until I could get back home to create a no-vision zone). All in all I would tell you I would buy it, but realize you will have to pay attention to it, even if remote. Only twice in the 9 months that I have owned Yarbo, has it required physical attention, but again I live out in the country and have acres of clear sky and grass.
This is the disconnect between marketing and real life.. Yarbo says it can handle a 6 acre yard when mowing twice a week… But you also see a person that says they have a 6 acre yard that takes 4 days to mow… 4 days twice a week is 8 days last I checked there are only 7 days in a week. Maybe yarbo is thinking you need to run the mower 24 hours a day to be able to mow it twice in one week?
In all the (many) years I have been using household robots (vacuum, mop, pool, yard, etc), I have never found any of them to be 100% set it and forget it.
There is always going to be some kind of an edge case that trips them up periodically. The question is, what’s that ratio between up time and down time.
We were on an Alaskan cruise this spring, and one of my Luba 2 bots took a dump on like day 2 of the 14 night cruise. Stopped responding in the app. Couldn’t find it on the cameras. I ended up driving Yarbo around remotely and found the Luba dead, stuck in a small rut it had never had a problem with before. I couldn’t rescue it remotely, but at least I found where it was.
Kinda cool using Yarbo like a Mars Rover searching for another robot while cruising around in the middle of the ocean!
Its a far cry from the claims in the marketing material… The only thing Yarbo truly exceeds at is over-promising and under-delivering. The Offical FB group is just marketing and that is why every post needs to be cherry picked for approval.
Not really, but in this case I want it to work so I have been patient. I also have not sold my riding mower, so when things went bad with my M1 and I had to wait two weeks for the replacement, I just mowed like I always have. I treat this like I treated starlink, when I was beta testing for them. I paid to play with something that was going to make my life better. I would lose internet all the time in the beginning until he got more satellites up.
Thanks everyone for the input. Hopefully these types of products will continue to improve. Naturally, I am trying to justify the price and weigh that against my needs. I was sure it wouldn’t be a “set it and forget it” type of thing. I figured it would need at least some attention sometimes as parts tend to break and wear out. I would not consider it to be a replacement for my zero turn mower. The 30-day trial period seems quite short for getting it set up and working out the quirks, particularly as we are coming to the end of the growing season.