We stock one brand. We'll talk to you about all of them.
A robot mower is a five-year decision. If a different machine is the right machine for your yard, you should hear that from somebody who has actually installed one — not from a review site that has never seen St. Augustine grass.
How well anyone can look after a robot mower depends almost entirely on whether they're a dealer for it. So we'll tell you exactly where we stand on each brand, rather than claiming we can do everything for everyone.
That honesty cuts both ways. It means we won't pretend a machine we can't get parts for is as easy to live with as one we stock. It also means that when we say we'll handle something, we can.
How far we can go on each brand
Every robot mower brand falls into one of these for us. None of them is a "no", and none of them is a verdict on the machine — the difference is how much of the job stays with us and how much routes back to the manufacturer.
Husqvarna
Everything, warranty includedOur line. We're the authorized dealer, which is what makes everything below possible.
Sunseeker & Navimow
Everything except the warrantyWe can put one of these in your yard. If one of them is the right answer for your property, say so and we'll source it, install it and commission it properly.
Mammotion, and anything bought online
Set-up and repair, no warrantyAlready own one? We'll make it work. Plenty of people buy a robot from a marketplace listing, get it home, and discover that the box doesn't set itself up.
Half the market can't cut your grass high enough
University of Florida IFAS puts standard St. Augustine at 3.5 to 4 inches and Bahiagrass at 3 to 4. Cut it shorter and it thins, scalps and lets weeds in. A great many robot mowers — including some very good ones — simply don't go that high, because they were designed for northern European fescue and rye.
| Machine | Cut height | Max area | Standard St. Augustine? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Husqvarna Automower® 410 iQ / 420 iQ | 1.0 – 4.0 in | 0.5 / 1.0 ac | Yes — 4.0 in |
| Husqvarna Automower® 520H / 550H EPOS | up to 3.6 in | 1.2 / 1.2 ac | Yes — 3.6 in |
| Husqvarna Automower® 435 iQ AWD | up to 2.8 in | 0.9 ac | No — low-cut chassis |
| Husqvarna Automower® 560 EPOS | up to 2.4 in | 1.5 ac | No — bermuda and zoysia only |
| Husqvarna Automower® 580 EPOS | up to 2.4 in | 2.0 ac | No — bermuda and zoysia only |
| Sunseeker Elite X7 / X7 Plus Gen 2 | 0.8 – 4.0 in | 0.75 / 1.5 ac | Yes — 4.0 in |
| Sunseeker Elite X9 / X9 Plus | 0.8 – 4.0 in | 3 / 6 ac | Yes — 4.0 in |
| Sunseeker Elite X4 / X5 Gen 2 | 1.6 – 3.2 in | 0.3 / 0.5 ac | No — 3.2″ is too low |
| Navimow X430 / X450 | 0.75 – 4.0 in | 1.0 / 1.5 ac | Yes — 4.0 in |
| Navimow i215 LiDAR, H210 / H220 | 2.0 – 4.0 in | 0.37 – 0.5 ac | Yes — 4.0 in |
| Navimow i105 / i110 | 2.0 – 3.6 in | 0.12 / 0.25 ac | Yes — 3.6 in |
| Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD — H models only | 2.2 – 4.0 in | 0.37 – 1.25 ac | Yes — 4.0 in (H models) |
| Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD — standard models | 1.0 – 2.7 in | 0.37 – 1.25 ac | No — the non-H version can't reach it |
| Mammotion YUKA mini 2 1000H | 2.0 – 3.5 in | 0.25 ac | Yes — 3.5 in |
Watch the letter after the number. Husqvarna's professional line runs the same chassis in two forms: the H machines are the high-cut versions. A 520H or 550H reaches 3.6 inches; only the genuinely low-cut models — the 435 iQ AWD and the 560 and 580 EPOS — can't get near St. Augustine.
And that's not a flaw in them. The 560 EPOS (1.5 acres) and 580 EPOS (2 acres) are five-blade machines built to run around the clock on sports turf, where the grass is meant to be short. Put one on bermuda or zoysia — a soccer pitch, a golf surround, a manicured commercial lawn — and it is the right tool by a wide margin. Put it on residential St. Augustine and it will scalp the yard. The machine isn't the problem; the pairing is.
Mammotion does the same thing, and it catches people out. The LUBA 3 AWD is sold in two versions with almost identical names: the standard model tops out at 2.7 inches and the H model reaches 4. On a Florida St. Augustine lawn the difference decides whether the machine is right or useless, and it is very easy to click the wrong one at checkout. We have had this conversation with people who already owned the wrong one.
Figures are manufacturer-published. Where a number came from a competitor's comparison sheet we checked it against the manufacturer's own listing. We re-verify before recommending anything, because these change with model years.
What each one is actually good at
Written the way we'd say it standing in your yard, including the parts that don't flatter anybody.
Sunseeker Elite
The newest thinking in the category. Their Gen 2 machines combine RTK satellite positioning with vision and, on the X4, a 360° LiDAR — which means mapping without burying a wire or, on some models, without an antenna at all.
- X4 through X9 Plus: 0.3 acre up to 6 acres
- X7 and above reach a full 4 inches — the right end of the range for Florida
- The X9 series is aimed squarely at sports fields and municipal grounds
Segway Navimow
The broadest range of anybody, from a $799 machine for a townhouse garden up to six-acre commercial units. The i-series is the value end; the X4 series is a serious four-wheel-drive machine that will climb what nothing else here will.
- i105 and i110 for small lots; i215 adds LiDAR
- X430 and X450: four-wheel drive, 84% slope, 17-inch dual cutting discs
- Terranox CM120M1 / CM240M1 for three and six acres
Mammotion
Genuinely capable all-wheel-drive machines that handle slopes and rough ground better than most, and priced aggressively. They're also the brand we most often meet as somebody else's problem — bought online, unpacked, and never properly set up.
- LUBA 3 AWD: 0.37 to 1.25 acres, four-wheel drive, 38° slopes
- LUBA mini 2 AWD and YUKA mini 2 for smaller yards
- Buy the H version if you have St. Augustine — see the table above
The install is most of the difference
The machines are more alike than the marketing suggests. What separates a robot mower that works from one that sits in a garage is almost always the setup — and that work is the same whoever built it.
Does it actually fit?
Lawn area against real capacity, not the box figure. Sky view for satellite machines, because a live oak canopy defeats RTK in a way no spec sheet mentions. Slopes, narrow passages, drop-offs and the pool deck.
Dock and antenna placement
The single most common cause of a machine that "doesn't work" is a dock or reference antenna in the wrong place. Getting it right the first time is worth more than any feature on any spec sheet.
Zones, schedules, cut height
Beds, trees, irrigation heads and the neighbour's cat's favourite corner. Then a cutting height set for your grass type and season — which, in Florida, is the whole ball game.
Somebody who answers
Blades, cleaning, a re-map when you landscape, and a person twenty minutes away when something is wrong. That's the part a shipping box cannot include.
What we can't do for a brand we don't hold
We'd rather you knew the limits before you buy than discover them when something breaks. For any machine outside our Husqvarna dealership:
- We can't approve or process a warranty claim. We can diagnose the fault, document it and tell you exactly what to say — but the claim goes to the manufacturer or the retailer who sold it.
- We don't stock the parts. They get ordered, which means a repair is measured in days rather than in one visit.
- Some parts aren't sold to anyone. A few brands don't release control boards or motors outside their own service network. When that's the case we'll say so straight away rather than take a diagnostic fee to reach the same conclusion.
- We may not have factory training on it. We're honest about the difference between "we've done a dozen of these" and "this is our first."
None of that stops us installing and looking after one. It's simply the difference between a brand we're accountable for and a brand we're helping you with.
The ones we actually get asked
If I want a Navimow or a Sunseeker, can you just get me one?
Yes. Tell us what you're considering and we'll come and look at the property first — because the honest answer might be that a different machine suits it better. If it really is the right one, we'll quote it as an installed package the same way we do our own line: machine, site survey, installation and commissioning in one number.
Why would I buy through you instead of clicking "add to cart"?
You wouldn't, if all you want is the box. What you get by going through us is somebody who has walked your lawn before the money is spent, who sites the dock and the antenna correctly, who sets the cutting height for St. Augustine rather than leaving it at the factory default, and who is twenty minutes away afterwards. If the machine turns out to be wrong for the property, we'll have told you that before you paid, which is the cheapest advice in this whole business.
I already bought one online. Will you touch it?
Yes, and we don't make it awkward. A lot of good machines end up sitting in garages because the setup defeated somebody, and getting one running properly is straightforward work for us. We'll quote the install, tell you honestly what we can and can't do about warranty, and get on with it.
Are you saying the other brands are worse?
No. Some of them do things Husqvarna doesn't — Navimow's X4 will climb slopes nothing in our line will touch, and Sunseeker's newest machines map a yard without an antenna at all. What we are saying is that the cheapest machine that can't cut at four inches is not a bargain in Florida, and that a brand with no local dealer is a different ownership experience regardless of how good the hardware is.
Why does cutting height matter so much here?
Because St. Augustine grown short is St. Augustine in trouble. UF/IFAS recommends 3.5 to 4 inches for the standard cultivars; below that it scalps on any unevenness, thins out, and hands the space to weeds. Most of the robot mower market was designed around northern grasses that are cut at an inch and a half, which is why so many otherwise excellent machines simply don't have the range. It's the first question we ask, and it eliminates a surprising number of options before anything else is discussed.
Do you take trade-ins or buy used machines?
Sometimes, depending on the brand, the age and what's wrong with it. We do keep pre-owned machines around, so it's worth asking.
Tell us what you're considering
Send us the model you've been reading about, or just the address and a rough idea of the lawn. We'll tell you whether it fits, what it would cost installed, and whether something else would serve you better — including something we don't sell.