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The best robot mower for a sloping block

Prices checked

The cheapest model that meets every requirement

Ecovacs GOAT A2000 LiDAR Pro, $2,999

If your lawn isn’t the one this list assumes, the answer changes: change it in the matcher.

$2,999 at ECOVACS AU (opens in a new tab)

Slope is where robot mowers part company. Most wire-free models are rated for a moderate grade, and only a few will hold a line across a bank twice as steep.

The case below is a mid-sized block whose steepest stretch rises one metre for every two along the ground, a fifty per cent grade, with one lawn and no wire.

What it has to have

  • Rated for 800 m² or more. The maker's rated area is the most lawn it keeps cut; below that it falls behind in the growing season.
  • Climbs 50% or steeper. Past its rated slope a mower slips, stalls or leaves the steep patch uncut.
  • No boundary wire. You'd rather draw the boundary in an app than bury a wire around every edge.

Change the lawn in the matcher →

Our picks, cheapest first

4 of the 15 robot mowers we compare meet every requirement.

  1. No. 1

    Ecovacs GOAT A2000 LiDAR Pro

    $2,999

    ECOVACS AU

    • 2,000 m²
    • 50% slope
    • LiDAR + camera
    • Multi-zone
    See it at ECOVACS AU (opens in a new tab)Full specs and rivals →

  2. No. 2

    Mammotion LUBA mini 2 AWD 1500

    $3,499

    Mammotion AU

    • 1,500 m²
    • 80% slope
    • LiDAR + camera
    • 20 zones
    • AWD
    See it at Mammotion AU (opens in a new tab)Full specs and rivals →

  3. No. 3

    Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD 1500

    $3,899

    Mammotion AU

    • 1,500 m²
    • 80% slope
    • LiDAR + camera
    • 15 zones
    • AWD
    See it at Mammotion AU (opens in a new tab)

How to choose

Read the slope figure in percent, and read it twice. Makers mix their units: eufy gives its E-series limit in degrees and, on one product page, a percent that doesn't match those degrees, while Husqvarna quotes a lower limit at the boundary than inside the lawn. We convert everything to percent and use the lower figure wherever a maker disagrees with itself.

All-wheel drive is Mammotion's answer: its LUBA models are rated for 80%, against 45% for the rear-wheel-drive YUKA mini 2. Ecovacs's GOAT A2000 is rated for 50% with a wider 330 mm cut, though Ecovacs doesn't say how its wheels are driven.

Every model that fits

Robot mowers that meet every requirement for sloped blocks

ModelAU priceRated areaSlopeNavigationLink
Ecovacs GOAT A2000 LiDAR Pro $2,999 2,000 m² 50% LiDAR + cameraSee price (opens in a new tab)
Mammotion LUBA mini 2 AWD 1500 $3,499 1,500 m² 80% LiDAR + cameraSee price (opens in a new tab)
Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD 1500 $3,899 1,500 m² 80% LiDAR + cameraSee price (opens in a new tab)
Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD 3000 $4,899 3,000 m² 80% RTK + LiDAR + cameraSee price (opens in a new tab)
We compare only the 15 robot mowers listed here, not the whole market. Other products may be available that suit you better. Sorted by price, among models that meet every requirement.

Sources

Ecovacs GOAT A2000 LiDAR Pro: $2,999 including GST; specifications from Ecovacs’s own pages, linked on its model page. (ECOVACS AU, checked )

Mammotion LUBA mini 2 AWD 1500: $3,499 including GST; specifications from Mammotion’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Mammotion AU, checked )

Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD 1500: $3,899 including GST; specifications from Mammotion’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Mammotion AU, checked )

Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD 3000: $4,899 including GST; specifications from Mammotion’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Mammotion AU, checked )

Questions

What if part of my block is steeper than any rating?

The makers don't say what happens past their limit, and the matcher leaves out any mower rated below your steepest stretch. The practical answer is to mark the worst bank as a no-go zone in the app and mow it some other way.