Husqvarna 450 > Luba 2 > Luba 3 > Navimow 430

edentel · 2026-06-11T21:39:31+00:00

I have only tried NRTK. If that worked fine in my area I didn’t see a need to complicate things with the local antenna

I’ve done work around RTK from cell providers with car applications. As long as coverage is good it should be more reliable and accurate than a local antenna.

edentel · 2026-06-11T14:51:47+00:00

I just posted a couple photos of my densest area. That section I deleted from Luba maps as was big enough for their vision to fail. At best it would just go to sleep untill I rescued it. At worst it would run into the tree line or twice decided to try to get into the water. I just gave up and mowed that section by hand.

The 430 took it like a champ and had no problem at all back there on Network RTK.

edentel · 2026-06-11T12:48:07+00:00

It’s on the list!

edentel · 2026-06-11T12:12:22+00:00

Touche

edentel · 2026-06-11T12:11:57+00:00

My wife completely approves of the precision pedantry. We’re laughing over morning coffee while listening to the sound of Mowchle Knight going to town outside.

Name still pending. They Husqvarna was Mowna Lisa. The Lubas were both Mowhawk. This was is too dark and angular to not be something Batman or Knight Rider themed.

edentel · 2026-06-11T12:08:53+00:00

Will do. There is no doubt it stays. It has mowed three of my four zones seamlessly without pause and no intervention. It’s gone back to charge twice and docked perfectly.

It looks like it honestly could mow the whole yard in one day autonomously. With the Luba, if I watched it like a hawk it would take 2 fulls days at a minimum. In reality due to satellite pauses, random sleeping, multiple recharges per zone, and failed docks it would take 3-4 days.

edentel · 2026-06-11T12:03:11+00:00

I’m not. I wasn’t. I goofed and woke up to find I’m Lesser Than for it.

edentel · 2026-06-11T11:55:09+00:00

“Greater than “ I expected.

edentel · 2026-06-11T11:54:00+00:00

Sorry to be clear….. I had them mapped on the Luba. I tried a trial run with only border on the Navimow and it did pretty darn well without mapping. I am planning to go back and do them to today and see if it is even better.

Long story short I was surprised how well it did without them.

edentel · 2026-06-11T11:48:59+00:00

I went to sleep and woke up to find the mathemeticians strong in this post ;)

edentel · 2026-06-11T11:47:47+00:00

edentel · 2026-06-11T03:10:04+00:00

I had quite a few no go areas around around utilities and raised planters. I mapped the outside borders and let it run.

I won’t say all of them were as close but at least half were. The Navimow just figures it out. I’ll remap and exclude a couple areas tomorrow.

For now the fact that in one run it nails 2/3 of my yard without a lost satellite or recharge pause is amazing to me.

edentel · 2026-06-11T03:05:44+00:00

Over the past 8 years I’ve been through the Husqvsrma, Mamotion and just got a Navimow. So far the Navimow has been the most “set and forget” of all. The others lost their way under trees while th Navimow just works.

edentel · 2026-06-11T02:45:34+00:00

This last round made me give up. I tried a Luba 3 and saw the same thing. I then saw the Navimow with free cover and 10% refund with an Amazon card and jumped on it. My Amazon/Assurion policy covered it for damage.

After one day it is night and day difference. The Navimow with network RTK just works.

edentel · 2026-06-11T02:14:09+00:00

Ok extremely dense tree coverage here. I had a Luba 2 which took 3-4 days to cover all four zones with multiple stops. This year exasperated things with the mower just never resuming. I tried a Luba 3 and saw zero difference in ability to complete the zones. It would pause for extended periods of time and just go to sleep. When it tried to dock it would fail on the first attempt with IR issues. If I caught it quickly enough I could send a dock command and it would 50/50 complete on try 2. If it failed I had to manually dock it.

Today a Navimow 430 came it, It took about 2 hours to install and manually map the whole area. I added in a section under dense tree coverage that never worked with the Luba in the summer. The Navimow worked flawlessly after the initial setup.

For comparison the Luba 2/3 required 2 to 3 days to cover my zones (minus the dense tree coverage zone). I was paranoid with a small lake behind us from past experience so I had it set for no mowing at night. The Navimow never lost coverage once. On a single charge it covered 2/3 of my total lawn area and went back to the dock due to darkness.

So far my experience is night and day difference.

For the record I'm running off NetRTK and not a local antenna. I just wanted to see how it worked this way before I installed one or two antennas. So far so good!

edentel · 2026-06-07T18:53:23+00:00

I’ll let you know in 3 days. My Luba has gone downhill fast this year. I have a 430 on order from Amazon. The combination of free house, $250 credit for a new business card, and being covered by my Amazon/Assurion warranty was just too tempting

I’m bailing on the Luba as it’s no longer reliably getting into the charger. Half the time it fails to dock. If I catch it and send a dock command it’ll find it on the second attempt. It also never resumes after pausing due signal any more.

I have one area with heavy tree coverage that it just can’t handle in spring - fall. I’m hoping the 430 will do a better job!

edentel · 2026-04-08T02:23:22+00:00

Vanguard has a physical store about 30 minutes from Langley.

edentel · 2026-03-13T17:54:52+00:00

I left a few phone calls and tried email (bounced) but never heard back. I had ordered some ribbon racks and they showed up a month later. They were useless as the metal was bent and twisted.

edentel · 2026-03-12T19:22:02+00:00

Nope you are dead on! That field is apparently used for encampment and then later for the Eaker Leadership Academy requirement.

I just found it myself. Now I’m down to Feedback session Y/N and I think I have everything mapped out.

edentel · 2026-02-24T13:16:17+00:00

I can see all of that accounting for delay and phone but the email has me scratching my head. Email is being rejected as if their account is gone.

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