Our lot is shaded on two sides with a 20-degree ridge. That's where the new cameras and suspension earn the price. On a flat open lawn I'd take the Gen 1 markdown.

Pines on three sides. The RTK base went on the shed and where the trees block it, VSLAM 2.0 takes over without a hiccup in the path. My Gen 1 used to wander there. Six weeks, every run complete.

Mows Tuesday and Thursday while the kids are at practice, back lawn empty. Returns before we do. 0.7 acre, shaded and sloped, no stuck alerts since August.

it is that quiet. runs during naps on the shaded side of the house. the depth camera stops for the stroller when we're out.

Owned a Gen 1. The turnarounds used to leave bald crescents. Gen 2 pivots clean. Four stars because the on-unit screen is hard to read in sun.

came home to tall grass, set a target height from the airport, it stepped down in three passes before we pulled in. small feature, huge convenience.

Light frost in the mornings now and the twin discs still leave an even finish. The app lets me nudge the height up for fall from the kitchen.

she's slow and the camera sees her every time. gen 1 would have been a gamble. this one stops, waits, goes around.

Set a trail cam for deer and got footage of the Gen 2 mowing at 5am in thick fog, straight rows, no hesitation. VSLAM 2.0 under our oaks plus AWD on the ridge. Two mowers' worth of work from one machine.

A clear generation ahead. The app took days to recognize the model and the 4G perk was confusing to activate. Support fixed both. Give it a month.

Mapping and cutting are a clear step up from anything I've used. But the app took days to recognize the model and the 4G perk was confusing to activate. Support fixed both. Hardware five, software three for now.

left the hose across the lawn on purpose the first evening. depth camera found it in low light and went around. my old mower would have eaten it.

The mower is clearly a generation ahead. But for the first week the app lost connection every time it went behind the garage, and the 4G module took two calls to activate. Once live, it's been stable. Buy it, but give yourself a week before relying on it.

Came from an X3 Plus so I knew what Ride-on-Edge did. The Gen 2 does the same along the stone border and the cut height adjusts from my phone when the grass is wet. Yard looks finished, not just mowed.

Scheduled the back lot for after dark because that's when the yard is empty. The depth camera picks up the kids' scooter and the dog's rope toy in the dark. Quiet enough that nobody complained.

Runs under the bedroom window at 9pm and my wife doesn't notice. Turf looks pro-cut thanks to the twin floating discs. Four stars because the on-unit screen is small and glare-prone.

Had the Gen 1 for a year. Gen 2 now runs at 9pm after the kids are in and it still spotted the soccer ball and the hose left on the lawn. The iToF camera is not a gimmick. Same AWD grip on the hill, better everything else.

Ours is shaded and hilly so the Gen 2 earns its price. If your lawn is a flat rectangle, the Gen 1 at the markdown does the job. Four stars for the premium, five for the machine.

Mower is fantastic. The app took three days to recognize the new model and the 4G module offer was confusing to redeem. Both resolved by support. Hardware is a clear step up from Gen 1, software needed another week in the oven.

that was my only complaint about robot mowers in general. the back wheel steers so it doesn't drag a tire at the end of each row. two months in and the turnaround strips look like the rest of the lawn.

Same RTK station, new mower. The difference is the drivetrain: rear steer means no tire drag at the turnarounds, and the front suspension stops the 'stuck' alerts on our rough strip. Worth the trade-up on a hilly lot.

Two-foot drop along the back. Cliff detection stops at the lip every pass. I had a fence quote in hand and canceled it.

Ran an Automower with buried wire for four years. Pulling that wire out was cathartic. The Gen 2 mapped our 0.7 acre with the phone in an afternoon, climbs the side hill the Husqvarna refused, and the cut from the twin discs is noticeably more even. Not cheap, but I'm done with wire forever.

Cliff detection stops it about a foot from the drop. Tested it on purpose the first week, watched it approach, stop, back up, turn. Now I don't watch.

Side yard is about 20 degrees and the AWD plus suspension just walks up it. I put the charging station too close to the fence the first time and it struggled to back in. Moved it two feet, problem gone. Read the dock clearance note before you drill.

Owned the first X7. Gen 2 is better in every way that matters on our shaded, hilly 0.75 acre: shade navigation, hill traction, night runs. Four stars only because the price jump is real. If your lawn is flat and open, save the money.

My Gen 1 left little scuff marks on every turn at the ends of the rows. Gen 2 turns clean. Took me a week to notice because I was looking for the scuffs and they weren't there.

VSLAM 2.0 takes over under the maples and the path stays straight. Gen 1 would wander there. This is the first robot mower I'd call set-and-forget on a wooded lot.

We have a two-foot drop at the back edge. It stops at the lip every time. I was ready to build a fence and I don't need one.

If your lawn is flat and open the original is fine. Ours is neither. The suspension and the new cameras are the difference between a mower that finishes and one that gets stuck twice a week.