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Wire-free (GPS / vision)

4 models · best in row marked

Model	01SegwayNavimow i110N	02WorxLandroid Vision Cloud	03SunseekerX3 Plus	04ECOVACSGoat O1000 LiDAR Pro
Score	7.8/10	7.6/10	7.5/10	7.4/10
vs. field median 7.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1
Price	$1,299 MSRP	$1,199 MSRP	$999.99 at shopsunseekertech.com (MSRP $1,599.99)	$1,499.99 MSRP
Max lawn	0.25 acre	0.25 acre	0.3 acre	0.25 acre
Max slope	30% (~16.7°)	30% (17°)	30% (17°)	45% (24°) work area / 17% at virtual boundary
Cut width	7.1 in	8.7 in	8 in	8.66 in
Known issue	Repeated getting-stuck reports on flat lawn, persisting after owners fitted off-road wheels; drop-off detection at curbs is weakHome Depot reviews	Automapping takes several attempts before the mower runs clean, and owners then work through a phase of finding and fixing stuck spotsThe Lawn Forum · owner thread	Low-profile obstacles defeat it: a full-summer test saw it stuck on a log between lawn sections and on small divotsTom's Guide · hands-on	No O1000-specific recurring failure reported yet; owner sample is small, and earlier beacon-based Goats drew signal-loss complaints in rain and humidityroboter-forum · owner thread
Sources	9 · 4 owner	7 · 2 owner	7 · 2 owner	8 · 3 owner
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Boundary wire

2 models · best in row marked

Model	01HusqvarnaAutomower 430XDiscontinued 2026	02GardenaSileno City 250
Score	7.8/10	7.0/10
vs. field median 7.3	+0.5	−0.3
Price	$2,499 MSRP	No official US price for this EU-first model
Max lawn	0.8 acre	250 m² (~0.06 acre)
Max slope	45% (interior) / 15% (at boundary)	35% (interior) / 10% (at boundary)
Cut width	9.45 in	6.3 in (16 cm)
Known issue	Battery fails around 2.5 years, typically just outside warranty; wheel motors and the cutting disc are wear items by year threeboards.ie · owner thread	Gets stuck constantly and drives repeatedly into obstacles instead of turning away, per an 18-month owner; sensor and mainboard failures also reportedroboter-forum · owner thread
Sources	8 · 3 owner	9 · 4 owner
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AWD / steep slopes

1 model · best in row marked

Model	01SunseekerX5 AWD
Score	7.3/10
vs. field median 7.3	±0.0
Price	$1,384 at shopsunseekertech.com (MSRP $1,999.99)
Max lawn	0.5 acre
Max slope	60% (30°)
Cut width	8.6 in
Known issue	Firmware updates ship without changelogs; an April 2025 release degraded battery performance, and owners report it failing to resume on its own after chargingroboter-forum · owner thread
Sources	9 · 4 owner
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Battery push & self-propelled

1 model · best in row marked

Model	01Greenworks80V 21 in. LM2108S
Score	6.9/10
vs. field median 7.3	−0.4
Price	$699.99 MSRP
Cut width	21 in
Runtime per charge	Up to 33 min (manufacturer, with included 4.0Ah battery; 40-min recharge)
Weight	75 lb (manufacturer product page)
Known issue	Plastic gearbox gears strip when pushed through wet or overlong grass, and Greenworks sells no replacement gear for themSlickdeals · owner thread
Sources	9 · 4 owner
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Gas self-propelled

2 models · best in row marked

Model	01PowerSmartEasyDrive Pro 22	02PowerSmart21 in. 170cc RWD
Score	6.8/10	6.3/10
vs. field median 7.3	−0.5	−1.0
Price	$399.99 MSRP	$399.99 MSRP
Cut width	22 in.	21 in.
Bag capacity	1.4 bushels (60 L)	1.4 bushels
Weight	60 lb (PowerSmart's spec table on the Amazon listing; a hands-on review weighed 68 lb)	66 lb (Tools Official spec summary; PowerSmart's page does not list it)
Known issue	Clumps when mulching wet or tall grass, turns awkwardly in tight spots with the rear drive engaged, and owners report self-propel and engine faultsLeafy Insights review · hands-on	A quarter of Walmart reviewers give it one star: hard starting, a self-propel that lurches or quits, snapped pull cords and cracked wheelsWalmart reviews
Sources	6 · 1 owner	6 · 2 owner
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