FULL Review: WIRELESS Ecovacs GOAT A2500 RTK robot lawn mower
**Get one here: https://bit.ly/4iKoA4k ** Back in the day humans used Goats to keep grass clipped. Today… we still do. Meet the ECOVACS GOAT A2500. This automated robot lawn mower is made to help you enjoy the beauty of a lawn, without the work—and in a huge leap for backyard kind—Without the need for running boundary wire! And to boot, it runs completely silently, and it’ll mow in perfect rows. Join my channel for Exclusive members-only perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGqNf14HSF9v8e-Qmp7VXA/join ~Get My Newsletter: http://www.techgadgetscanada.com/newsletter-signup/ *Read more: http://www.TechGadgetsCanada.com *Follow me on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/TechGadgetsCanada **May contain Affiliate Links: My YouTube channel is supported by the viewers. Occasionally I will include affiliate links in my reviews. This allows you to get more info easily, and I also may get a small commission from the click, which helps me keep the blog and this YouTube channel running. If you choose to use an affiliate link I thank you greatly for supporting my content. There's no obligation or cost to you for using these links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. In this video, I’m going to spend two weeks with the ECOVACS GOAT A2500. I’ll take you through what it’s like to set up, and how you mark out your lawn if you don't use boundary wire. I'll take a look at the different settings and options for this robot lawnmower and show you exactly how it works. I'll wrap things up with both the pros and the cons and let you know if I think this device might be right for you. I would like to say thank you to ECOVACS for becoming an ongoing sponsor of the channel this year. While the company is paying for my time, it has not told me what I have to say and what I can't say, and I got to test the lawnmower out as I wanted to. So you can consider these thoughts on my own. ECOVACS has truly made a name for itself in the crowded market of robot vacuum mops. I gave the last four ECOVACS products perfect review scores as they have enough quality features and capabilities that outweigh their premium price tags and large base stations. Clearly ECOVACS has the technology and full understanding when it comes to cleaning all kinds of indoor rooms. But can ECOVACS score some outdoor victories too? Back in September 2023, ECOVACS launched the company’s first fully-automated robot lawn mower strangely called the GOAT. This was a bold move by ECOVACS because the robot lawn mower market is crowded with some other brands you might not be familiar with if you never purchased a lawn mower before. To give some examples, I reviewed the Husqvarna Automower 415X more than a year ago and checked out the RoboUP lawn mower at CES 2024. But this 2025, mainstream brands like Eufy are creeping into the lawn mower market and ECOVACS looks set to expand the GOAT to more countries. I finally had my chance to try the GOAT and put it through its paces. Unboxing I received the A2500 model, designed to cut up to 5/8 acre, 27,000 square feet, or 2,500 Square meters. In other words… A really big lawn. The first piece is out of the box are both menacing and mysterious. A spiky triad, and 2 metal posts. Next stop is the top piece of the base station. Then it's time to meet our GOAT… the robot is quite large and you might want a hand to get it out of the box. Underneath the robot is a box of components, cables and connections which will dig into in a moment. Finally at the very bottom is the base tray for the robot. With everything laid out here some of the components might look mysterious, but in essence what you have is 3 sets of components: the robot, base station, and the cylinder, poles and spikes make up what’s called an RTK Reference Station. I'll pause here for just a second because these components are still unique and new enough to us average consumers that a crash course will be handy. RTK stands for Real-Time Kinematic , and an RTK reference station is basically a GPS receiver that transmits real-time data about the location of your robot. This allows the robot to know precisely where it is so it can cut your lawn in very straight even rows, unlike many other robot lawnmowers which are stuck doing random bumps and loops inside a wired boundary.