Mows up to 6 acres, skips the boundary wires, and handles year round lawn care. Expensive, yes. But so is having 6 acres.
Money tierIf I had money
Want Meter4/5
Best forBig properties with rough or hilly ground
Heads upWeighs about 200 lbs and ships in 4 boxes
So what does it actually do?
The Yarbo is a robot lawn mower that drives on tank style tracks instead of wheels. You map your yard in the app and it figures out its own route using satellite positioning plus a pair of cameras, so there’s no boundary wire to bury around your whole property.
The cool part is that it’s modular. The mower is one attachment on a robot base, and Yarbo also makes a snow blower and a leaf blower module that swap onto the same base. So in theory one robot handles your yard all year. Those extra modules are sold separately though.
The numbers that actually matter
- 6 acresThat’s way more than most robot mowers, which usually top out around 1 to 2 acres.
- 35° slopesIt’s rated for a 70% grade, and the tracks handle mud, stones and bumpy ground that would strand a wheeled robot.
- 20 inch cutA wide cutting deck, with heights from 0.8 to 4 inches and two blade types for thin or thick grass.
- ~200 lbsHeavy enough that Yarbo says to get two adults for setup. This is not a toss it in the shed kind of robot.
What it really costs
You need a spot for the positioning base station with a wide open view of the sky (Yarbo says 120 degrees unobstructed), so yards with lots of tall trees can be tricky. The remote control is sold separately too.
And if you want the snow blower or leaf blower, those modules each add a chunk to the bill. The full all season setup gets into used car money pretty quickly.
Is it worth the money?
For a normal suburban lawn, no. A regular robot mower does the job for a fraction of the cost. But if you’ve got acres, steep hills or rough ground, and you’d otherwise be riding a mower for hours every week, the math starts to make sense.
Reviewers tend to rate the core robot and mower well and are much more mixed on the snow and leaf modules, so I’d buy it for the mowing and treat the rest as a bonus.
Other options worth a look
Cheaper
Husqvarna Automower 430X
Proven, quiet and very well reviewed, but it’s a wheeled robot for smaller and smoother yards.
Same money
Mammotion Luba 2 AWD
Another wire free robot that handles big, sloped lawns, with all wheel drive instead of tracks.
Splurge
Yarbo mower plus snow blower
Add the snow module and the same robot clears your driveway in winter. That’s the whole dream.
Grab it if
You’ve got a big or hilly property, you hate spending your weekends mowing, and you want one robot that might handle snow too.
Skip it if
Your lawn is under an acre or mostly flat. You’d be paying for power you’ll never use.
Our verdict 4/5
It’s absurd for a regular yard and kind of brilliant for a big one. If I had acres, this is the robot I’d want.
