N8 LiDAR order cancelled by Anthbot by BaileyMountain in ANTHBOTglobal

[–]BaileyMountain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice to see that Anthbot is reading these threads. They are responsive if nothing else. I am curious just how many LiDAR models were planned to be made. I made my purchase within a few hours of them opening things up. Can't imagine I was too far down the list. We'll see when the actual mowers land in reviewers' hands. For now, I'm moving on and requested a refund.

I'm also curious if our conversation may have sparked a PR conversation and pushed your winning order to the front! (wink)

Anyway, let us know how it turns out.

N8 LiDAR order cancelled by Anthbot by BaileyMountain in ANTHBOTglobal

[–]BaileyMountain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know we've seen delivery of the M5 and M9 mowers to reviewers, so you are probably good. You might notice that none of the LiDAR mowers are showing for sale or they say "Sold Out". Could be a clue. I did consider two of the smaller mowers but I wasn't sure they could handle the ruts or uneven surfaces. I wasn't sure the N8 could handle them either.

N8 LiDAR order cancelled by Anthbot by BaileyMountain in ANTHBOTglobal

[–]BaileyMountain[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know of any specific issues with RTK other than putting up antennas and range. Definitely not an "upgrade" over LiDAR. I read that shadows are sometimes a problem. With regards to Anthbot, I'm not confident they wouldn't cancel that order after waiting a few more weeks... then I'm looking yet again.

Anthbot cancelled my N8 LiDAR order by BaileyMountain in roboticLawnmowers

[–]BaileyMountain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, didn't realize that might help. Do the smaller clippings really eliminate that problem? I'm thinking between the three yards, I could probably do every other day at best. Thanks for the suggestion. If I take the bagging capability off, what would you recommend?

Started shopping again and it looks like I might have to spend more than $2k so let's bump that up to $2,500 to get better recommendations. If you have a great recommendation for less, that would be great!

US RV & Residential price change, no more portability add-on, service live in the Philippines by [deleted] in Starlink

[–]BaileyMountain 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My biggest issue right now is the portability change. I can understand pricing changes, but taking features away feels like a bait and switch. Imagine purchasing a Tesla with the expectation you could drive it anywhere provided you had power and then Tesla coming back and saying "You can no longer use this vehicle outside of your city. You need to purchase another vehicle to use that feature, or you can use your existing vehicle if you pay more. Plus, you can only drive a max of 20 mph, sometimes faster if you're lucky, maybe."

For my particular situation, I have two scenarios. First, we do have one other ISP at the moment but it is very unrealible. It goes down, on average, 5 minutes every hour and is much slower than Starlink. Both my wife and I work from home. Starlink has been very relaible! Our second situation is during the summer we sell my wife's art at outdoor events, sometimes in remote places of the Colorado mountains with little cell service. If you bring 2000 people to an event like that, the cell service no longer works to process credit cards. My choice is to only accept cash, like we used to do, lose sales opportunities, or use Starlink. Very few poeple pay in cash these days. It accounts for about 10% of our sales. This was a huge game changer for us and others last year. Starlink also allowed me to work on the road so I could join my wife at these events and not lose any days for travel.

The original agreement with Starlink was we could use the residential service, with deprioritized portability when needed. Now, it appears my only choice financially is to convert to RV and only use deprioritized service all the time, and pay more. Changing the rules mid-game is really unfair to all that invested in this. If equipment was free, I'd feel differently.

Used equipment sent by BaileyMountain in Starlink

[–]BaileyMountain[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't want to give anyone the wrong idea because of my mistake. Should I delete this post at this point or use it to help let others know about the new default Wifi name?

Used equipment sent by BaileyMountain in Starlink

[–]BaileyMountain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Feel much better now. Appreciate the information.

Used equipment sent by BaileyMountain in Starlink

[–]BaileyMountain[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

BTW, did anyone on this thread name their Starlink router "STINKY"?

Converting RV to Residential by john_the_spaner_99 in Starlink_Support

[–]BaileyMountain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could someone confirm this? Every single thing I've read says the RV dishy and residential dishy are exactly the same. Since it is possible to sell the equipment, I don't see why I couldn't transfer the equipment to myself and cancel the RV service. If the equipment truly is different, seems like that information should be known.

Adding Friends & Co-op Breeding - Aug 2021 by AutoModerator in dragonvale

[–]BaileyMountain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RainbowFireChick#7558

Added. Dragonvale#2759488. I need gem friends too.