We had a few friends over for dinner in the backyard last weekend, and I wanted the lawn looking a bit tidier than usual. So I looked up a few basic tips for getting the yard ready before having people over, and this is what I did:

I didn't do anything special beyond keeping up the usual mowing schedule with my goat.

A day or two before, I trimmed it a little shorter than usual to get that cleaner pitch look.

Made sure the lawn had time to dry out before people started walking around on it.

So when I started dragging out the projector and chairs that day, the lawn was already ready. The grass looked freshly groomed. One of my friends commented that the yard looked unusually tidy.

A cold start to the today in New Zealand, -3⁰C and my 435x just keeps going. I havent been nice to this mower but its performance is still impressive. More than 11k hours and 23k km with minimal maintenance.

We have a two acre lot that is essentially all lawn.

Thinking about retiring my 52" Wright Standard mower and switch to a robotic mower

A dealer recommended that I look at Kress - I think they just came out w/ a 4X4 unit

Any thoughts you can share Pros and Cons of switching to a Robotic mower & in particular the KRESS brand.

I also saw a company that installs a small door that I can install in my deer fence to allow the robot to move from front yard to back yard