ECOVACS Goat O1000 RTK Robot Lawn Mower, Perimeter Wire Free Vision Robotic Lawnmower for 1/4 Acres Lawn, Automated Mapping, APP Control, 3D Obstacle Avoidance, Zero-Edge Cutting

I have tried to get support for this product and they say it’s from USA and there for your not covered. The product was sent out with a 110 PSU and so won’t work in UK. If you want to send back you lose the following .. Shipping cost and the tax to bring this product over to uk which was over £400 … this should be removed from amazon in UK or restrictions should be clearly shown … Ecovac have a lot to answer for…£1800 dead

I love my new robomower! It took a couple of tries over a couple of days to get things just right-- finding a good home for the mower and base, moving the satellite receiver so I get excellent reception everywhere, outlining and re-outlining the areas I want mowed with every change, learning to control the mower manually, learning to use the app-- but it was worth it! Now I have it mow all three yards (front, back, side) every 2-3 days which allows me to use the time I used to spend mowing doing other yard work and outdoor projects that I've been neglecting because I was too worn out from mowing in this Texas heat and humidity to do them. My yard in just over 1600 SF all together and the mower can do all of it on one charge in about 1.5 to 2 hours. Sometimes when I ran the mower extra and the battery did run low, the mower returned to its base, charged itself, and then went back out and completed the job. I really like the map in the app which shows you where the mower is, what has been mowed (both in area and percentage), and how much battery is remaining. The mower will send a message if it gets stuck but it's pretty good at getting itself unstuck too if you just leave it be. For sticking issues, the mower can dig a bit of a hole in the grass but as I've used it over these couple of weeks, the problem areas it ran in to are either now "no go" zones that I've added to the map or else the problem resolved itself organically. For example, initially the mower got hung up on some (surprisingly strong) long tendrils of St Augustine grass I had grown in some problematic areas of the yard where a shade tree had been removed and new grass was beginning to grow in to some previous grass-free areas. But after having the area mowed a couple of times the grass tendrils are broken up and now are tamed enough that the mower no longer gets stuck there. Where there was a large tree root or a flower bed without a clear border that the mower could detect, I just "no go" zoned those spots. I bought a different pole to mount the satellite receiver so that it is 12 feet high instead of the 5-ish feet that comes with the mower. This was needed because of the size and placement of my grassy areas, the heavy tree cover, and the closeness of my neighbors houses did not always provide excellent communication between the receiver and the mower. There are lots of inexpensive ways to improve the reception of the receiver such as using a cement or water or sand filled umbrella holder for a base and mounting the receiver to a wooden closet rod, or buying a portable flag pole such as those used by RV travelers, or even strapping the receiver to the side of a chimney. The mower base likes to be out in the open for best reception. I suppose you could keep it in the garage but I think you probably would have to open the garage door and move the mower/base outside to put it on auto-pilot-- not 100% sure about that-- which sort of defeats the automatic and programming features available on the unit. The mower didn't like being parked under an eve of the house due to satellite reception (pre new pole. Maybe it would work now with the improved receiver location). I didn't want the mower and base on the grass itself since we have short but heavy rains here and I didn't want it to drown. Plus keeping it on the grass would kill the grass under the charging base which building a stepping stone pad to move it an inch or two higher would not prevent. So I build it a home on the deck and then built a small ramp for it to get up and down off the deck. It does not need or want a lot of ramp (I think my ramp is about 6-8 inches long) since it begins to turn shortly after leaving the base and it handles the incline just fine. I do worry a little about theft. Someone could certainly just pick it up and throw it in a truck if they saw it unwatched in the front yard but it would be useless to them. The mower won't work at all without the base and receiver but how would they know that? The mower does have a recorded message if picked up. It also requires a passcode needed to restart it once picked up but again, how would a thief know that? Once it was all set up and the various issues were resolved, I have no complaints at all about this mower! It is a smart machine that does a fine job of mowing. It can manage a few small sticks and leaves just fine. Of course, pick up any large sticks. I also want to build a "garage" or small cover over it jut it give it a little shade since it is sooo hot down here but I think I might just buy a small patio table instead so I can have a double duty item on the deck- a table and a garage for the mower. The upshot is I love this mower. It's made my life a lot easier. It's quiet, cuts well, has has a lot of nice features.

I once owned a Robomow R500 several years ago, an old perimeter wire robotic mower and loved it. But after repairing breaks in the wire, several battery replacements (lead acid), you learn. What I liked about it was it had three streel blades each about 8in long and angled down. It could cut through really thick tall grass and it had a wide cutting area. I ran that for close to 10years. We named it "Curly" for Moe (mow), Larry and Curly. It eventually went to storage. So my wife gave me permission to buy a new one. So after a lot of looking, I wanted an RTK (hi-fidelity GPS) based model with some AI and computer vision smarts. One that showed up on my radar was the Ecovac GOAT O10000 RTK. It did everything the Mammotion Luba (my first choice), but the O1000 had a more budget friendly price. My biggest concern with the O10000 was the size and robustness of the single blade systems; the small cut size, and the 3 razor disk. After a couple of weeks of use now I can relax some. I've replaced the blades set once already but maybe could have gotten a few more cuts; the size of those blades seems to be standardized so no issue. The Ecovac app works well with the GOAT O1000 although it takes a while to learn. For example, I have a Front yard, back yard, behind the garage yard and the side of the house yard. The backyard is enclosed with a chainlink fence. So I needed a path that would connect the front-yard, (sections; I split it into 2 zones seperated by the front sidewalk) and side-yard so I created that joined all of those. One charge will get the the front and another will get will get the back. What is so amazing, is once it's all mapped out and connected with the path the robot is all automatic. It mows it all in straight lines (you set the angle) and it can be scheduled to do all automatic. It is impressive how well it works. Sharp blades cut nice lawns so the results have been great. The charging takes about 1 1/2-2hr for 100%. So on mowdays (I'm mowing every 2days) I have zone(3)(2)(1) for the morning, then a 2hr rest (charge time), then zone(4) for the last time. It's amazingly automatic and more or less hassle free. The only hassles I've had was the initial setup. In my first attempt, I place the robot under my steps hiding it from the weather... but that was a no-no. The robot itself needs to see clean GPS signals (regardless of the RTK pole). So having the robot base (charger) away from buildings or overhanging structures is important. While it has a generous amount of wire from the charge station to the power transformer, you need an outlet for it. I had one available but still needed a waterproof extension cord from the outlet to the power transformer. It's all water proof so no problem, leaving everything uncovered. Anyway, once you get it all setup, you use the phone app (android or apple) to map the zones. It has automapping so it uses AI and computer vision to find an walk next to edges. You can manually take over for other operations to direct the mapping and later do manual no-mow zones. Once done, and your zone is done, it's ready to go. Once you have zones defined, you just setup the paths connecting all you zones and your all set. I have mine doing front and side yards in pass one but it passes through the back gate. If I forget to open the gate, it simply returns to the charger base. If it's open, it just follows the path right to the front section and goes to town. So I've noticed it doesn't like tall tufts of onion-grass which is common in the "Bluegrass State" and see those as osbsticles. It handles the front yard tree well. I found it could not create a zone for a very narrow strip, it needs about 4ft width to create a zone, but mine was about 2 1/2ft. So you may still need a small mower for trimming and string trimmer. It's a great machine, and value at sub $1000 at the moment. All and all, I'm already loving the Ecovac Goat O1000 RTK advanced robotic mower. Seriously 5 star. Update: I've used now about 30+ times and I don't think I would ever go back. The lawn is looking great an I've had very few issues with it. The app software takes a little time to learn how to map your lawn and connect everything with paths. My only frustration the manually steered mode would always disengage the mower left go of the steering button So you would have to stop and re-engage the the mower blades and resume (for example if you loose Bluetooth connectivity in manual mode). I had it get stuck twice at two specific locations in my lawn (which were holes I needed to fill in my lawn). If you have bushes that over hang low to the yard, the robot will assume they are obstacles and not go under them. However, what a time saver.. The front, sides and backyards are all mapped out, and I run the 'GoatyO' about every 2 days, first doing the back, then the front and sides. The biggest issue I had was placing the RTK tower and mower in a suitable location, as it needed to be away from the house and have electricity. Both the robot and tower have to see a min of 25 satellites and at first I thought it was just the RTK tower. The other small issue is it cuts the grass shorter than I'm used to. I have it set to it's max which looks nice. I would also recommend when you do your mapping to cut and edge the grass first so that it has a clear look at the obstacles, like sidewalk edges, fences, garden edging, etc. All and all it's the best deal going. I don't ever want to go back. Beats that summer heat. OK Late summer update; still 5-star. The grass cut is excellent! It works with the Huskavarna(s) blades. I have some extra-long titanium (from Amazon) that work better than any stainless. It goes out once or twice a week, gets through most grass up to about 8in tall. It has a few quirks you learn. Like it doesn't like crawling under low overhanging bushes or sunken sidewalks (you need to do those in manual mode). It really is all automatic. And on a 100F day, do you really want to mow grass? Setup takes thinking and is not easy but once you've done it get a feel for the software; the little Goat can MOW!

November 2025 update: After communicating with customer support back and forth for weeks, I'm pretty sure the root cause is due to the RTK receiver not getting stable and solid signals. With 2-year product warranty, they shipped a brand-new replacement to me very quickly. They went above and beyond. I received a latest version of the mower. The new one is a game changer. With the dual lidar system, the mower is working great so far. But the drawback is that I can no longer see the satellite signal strength from the app, which I do not think is a good idea. Anyway, I'm impressed with their customer service, and I think the latest model is great if you have lots of trees around your lawn. ---------------------------- This robot mower stopped functioning correctly after just two months. The main issues are critical system failures that persist despite repeated attempts to fix them (I remapped the yard more than twice): • Navigation Failure: It constantly goes off the map and struggles to "scroll out" of the edge boundaries, often freezing mid-mow. • Connectivity: The unit consistently reports a poor signal from the receiver, which seems to cause the mapping errors. • Customer Support: Trying to resolve these issues was difficult due to slow customer service. Responses took at least one day per inquiry, making troubleshooting a painful process. Overall, this has been an extremely bad experience with a costly product.

Update: I am adding this update and dropped the rating because we bought a Segway Navimow 110 and it is flawless. Set up and mapping were easy. It actually mows non stop with no input. Camera actually detects obsticals, Adjust its cut directions 60* each time, MUCH better battery life. This has met the standard of what we expected. I’ll start off by saying, when this thing works we loved it. Bought it with the expectation that it would regularly cut our lawn (less then 1/4 acre) for us and we could weed wack and mow here and there if needed for clean up. It has a pretty nice cut, missing strips sometimes but I adjusted the direction regularly (manually) and it generally got it next time. It generally does a good job making consistent cut lines back and forth, occasionally got stuck but only on steeper inclines where it ended up caught on something because it was struggling to turn. It ran at night multiple times flawlessly. It’s quiet, you really only hear the blades cutting the grass and that’s when you’re close to it. The set up was super quick, and the manual mapping didn’t give me too many issues. Minor downsides I found were that it really would need to spend 12+ hours cutting to get through everything. The dual blade one might be worth upgrade if you wanted it to minimize the cut time. I found that having it mow pretty much every day it actually did the job quicker likely because less cutting resistance extended battery. There is an option on the app to set and change mow direction but it only had an option to alternate weekly. I could see this tearing up the lawn when it makes its turns to come back if you were cutting every day. Probably a relatively easy software fix. I found adjusting the map boundaries to be more challenging than it should be. My neighbor has another brand that he can go into the app and pull or push boundary lines with his finger. The deal break for us was that it consistently lost its signal. We had 20-30 satellites and a “strong” connection. It would be mowing fine and then have errors like “lost rtk signal” or “out of bounds” even though it was dead center in the yard. It seemed to happen during the day consistently so I don’t know if it is overly sensitive to heat (hasn’t been over 85 but it is direct sunlight). Other times it would just stop, show in the app that it was in the charger and it would be somewhere else completely in the yard…sometimes still moving. Losing the signal caused sporadic behavior though. Support was OK, I only used the app messenger, did not try to call. Per their instructions I moved the RTK at least 3 times, remapped the whole yard probably 5-10 times. Did a hard reset to the mower, powered on and off time and time again. Ultimately ours has been having issues pretty much since it came out of the box and due to that it’s going back before the return period ends. I am tempted to buy another and hope we just got a dud and that is saying something but we might have to go with a different brand.

Everyday I'm getting older. And all the fun has gone out of mowing the lawn. To me it was a "chore" which I had to force myself to do every 1-2 weeks. So I decided to remve that pain from my life and turn it back into FUN. I went high-tech: I never thought I’d own a robot mower, but this little thing is now part of the fun of my lawn and landscaping life. I set this guy on a schedule and he (we named him Moe) rolls out on his own in the evening hours to take care of business. It keeps my lawn looking like I actually care. I love it so much. And the neighbors do too. SETUP: Fortunately, I didn’t need to be a tech guy to figure it out. It was easy to connect it to my wifi and walk through the QuickStart guide. I had to experiment a wee bit to find the right location for the base station and RTK antenna. My advice on this is to just trust the directions when they say to keep them away from the house, wall, and fences. The tech support I presume is in England and they were very helpful and easy to get in touch with. Mapping the lawn I did a little at a time over a week. You just walk behind it and steer it around the permeter of the area you want. I made six areas. USE: The first time I watched it go, I laughed. It moves slow and looks like a toy, but it cuts clean. I’ve got a little under 1/2 an acre, with uneven terrain, trees, bushes, and a hill. It handles all of it. The yard stays short and even because it runs so often (I'm doing 1x a week per area). And...AWESOME: I don’t bag clippings anymore. They mulch right into the grass. It’s quiet enough I can run it in the evening without bothering neighbors. The battery lasts long enough to cover about half of one of the areas, then charges itself and returns to finish. Takes about 1.5 hours per section. I don’t touch it. Rain sensor works, too. It stops and parks itself under the moisture is gone I can check on it from my phone.Actually, I kind of am fascinated by it and check in on it just to feel a sense of accomplishment. The app interface shows where it’s been and lets me start or stop it. I just glance out the window, watch the mower do its thing, and don’t get hot and sweaty over my yard anymore.