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That IS slightly faster than my son mows it, but without all the bitching. I'll take one.]]>Dec 22nd 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__MArXrjXkg
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My only worry, is that when these things learn to kill, people will be mowed down into organic fertilizer.]]>Dec 22nd 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/
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Pay only $175 (plus shipping) now and we'll invoice you for the remaining $575(and taxes if applicable) when your SmartMow is ready to ship for an overall savings of 25%!
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My lawn would eat up those three little blades in a week....]]>Dec 22nd 2008 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/
We'll call it "Skynet". What could possibly go wrong!?]]>Dec 22nd 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/
A. You would like a nice looking lawn to show off to the neighbors and then you can brag that a robot did it for you = Ineffective

B. You would like your lawn to look like a meth addict mowed it so that you can brag to the neighbors about having enough money to blow it on laziness = Effective!]]>Dec 22nd 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/
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You ought to get yourself a good electric mower then (not a B&D). I've had a Neuton Mower (http://www.neutonpower.com/home.aspx) for about 5 years and it cuts the grass just fine, and maintains a charge for over an hour. I love it. As long as you keep the blades sharp, an electric mower should do just fine. That being said, if you're seriously trying to convince anyone that a gas engine is always going to outpower an electric motor, you need to do some reading up on electric motors and their power to weight capabilities.]]>Dec 22nd 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS3OJG88MLY

Full disclosure: I own the company that sells them, and I love all of the feedback. I'm trying to address all of the questions, concerns the best I can. I'll be updating the website and blog soon :)

Also, Thank you Mr. Flatley for the wonderful article and great work everyone at Engadget does.]]>Dec 22nd 2008 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/
I figure to have a professional service mow my lawn every week, it would cost $400 over the course of four months, $200 if I did it bi-weekly (with my lawn, that would be overly optimistic.)

If this thing lasted two years without needing a replacement battery/blades/complete replacement, and assuming it worked well, after two years of use, it would pay for itself.

Of course, I can get a lawn tractor for $1,000 which has both fun and function!

I digress. We'll see about this little bugger.]]>Dec 22nd 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 24th 2008 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 23rd 2008 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/
The technology MUST have improved by now...but my old Robomower still does the job (needed to change the batteries finally this year).]]>Dec 22nd 2008 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/Dec 22nd 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/smartmow-mows-the-lawn-but-wont-accept-a-glass-of-lemonade/
Please remember that over 10,000 kids a year are injured by "human powered" lawn mowers according to ABC news (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Summer/Story?id=2101520&page=1) . The SmartMow, like other robot lawn mowers is still much safer than regular lawn mowers with less incidents.

I have a SmartMow and plenty of kids in my neighborhood (including my own). The normal reaction is they stare for a while, and ask their parents to get one. We hope for the safety and proper use for everyone.]]>Dec 22nd 2008 4:59PM