Quick Verdict The Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO maps your yard with LiDAR instead of a boundary wire, and its integrated TruEdge trimmer cuts flush along fences and garden beds. It still can't get into triangular corners, and its wheels dug up small patches of dirt working around fence posts. At $2999 RRP it's a significant outlay, but it's the best robot mower I've tested so far. ✓ Pros * Integrated TruEdge trimmer cuts flush along fence lines, garden beds and retaining walls * HoloScope 360 Dual-LiDAR mapping needs no boundary wire, and handled a collapsed retaining wall edge in my yard without issue * Covers up to 400 m²/h and recharges from empty in about 50 minutes, easily keeping to a daily 8:30am mow and 2:30pm edge schedule ✗ Cons * $2,999 RRP outlay is a lot * Wheels dug up small patches of dirt navigating around fence posts and other obstacles * Struggles with triangular or awkward-angled corners * Edges running along paths still need manual trimming RRP: From $2,999 * * * After leaving the Ecovacs Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO to mow my lawns and do my edges for the past month, I am convinced that the future of lawn care is robots. But unlike robot vacuum cleaners, a robot mower is not a set and forget appliance. Finding the right schedule, and managing your lawn, requires a bit of time and effort. And despite the inclusion of an edging tool on this model, you’re still going to need to get your whipper snipper out from time to time. But aside from the copious number of weeds popping up in the spring weather, my yard has never looked as well maintained as it is right now thanks to this robot. The technology will get better, but if you can’t wait for that, then the A2000 LiDAR PRO is a really solid option for today. 💡 Ecovacs supplied the Goat A2000 LiDAR for this review. ## What makes the Ecovacs Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO stand out? The first robot mower I tested needed me to peg down wire around my yard, which ran an electric current through to locate the edges for the mower itself. That meant setup was a lot of work. I still have PTSD about it. But newer robot lawnmowers can do away with the wire completely. The A2000 LiDar PRO uses LiDAR (in case the name didn’t give it away) to map your yard. There’s no boundary wire or beacons to install, so setup is a much simpler process. It’s also much more accurate than other technologies, letting the mower systematically cut the grass evenly, without missing patches. While the LiDAR mapping is key, arguably the biggest selling point for this particular mower is the integrated edging wire. Most robot lawnmowers can’t get too close to the edge of your grass for fear of damaging the razors underneath that slice your grass. Ecovacs solved this by adding a line trimmer attachment on the side. You map out your yard and tell it where the edges are, and the mower can run a cycle to cut along the edges of the yard for you. It’s not perfect, as I’ll go into. But it does let you have much flatter mown finishes across the entire yard rather than a patch of taller grass at the sides. But you definitely don’t want to chuck the line trimmer just yet. ### Ecovacs Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO specs Category | Specification ---|--- Price | \$2999 RRP Working area | Up to 2000 m² Navigation | HoloScope 360 Dual-LiDAR (360° rotating LiDAR + 3D-ToF LiDAR) with AI camera, 2cm mapping precision Cutting system | Dual 33cm blade discs plus TruEdge trimmer module (18cm, 3m trimmer line) Cutting height | 30-90mm, 7-level electric adjustment Mowing efficiency | Up to 400 m²/h Battery | 3000mAh / 96Wh, 32V lithium-ion (not user-replaceable) Charging | 113.4W fast charge, approx. 50 minutes for a full charge Slope handling | 50% (27°) in the work area, 20% at the virtual boundary Obstacle avoidance | AIVI 3D, detects 200+ obstacle types from as close as 5cm Water resistance | Mower IPX6, charging station IPX4 Noise level | 82dBA rated Dimensions | 743.5 x 580.5 x 298mm Weight | 21.1kg Colours | White with black trim Warranty | 3 years What's in the box | Main unit with pre-installed blades (6) and spare blades (12), trimmer module with spare trimmer line, charging station with 10m power cable and fastening nails, power adapter, Allen key, instruction manual ## Design and build quality With its white body and black trim, the Goat stands out in your yard among all the greenery of grass and shrubs. It’s sleekly designed, if a little too conspicuous for my personal tastes. The big red STOP button is there for safety, but I’d love to see the white replaced with something less, contrary to the garden environment. That said, it’s a solid unit. The plastic body has definitely taken a few knocks and scratches from my yard over the past month, but it’s still firmly in one piece. There’s no concern on my part that the Goat is going to fall apart. The brains of the mower sits on the top and back. It’s a dome on the top which houses the LiDAR module, which the Goat uses to navigate around your yard. The front of the robot also has cameras which are used for object avoidance and navigation. This particular model is rear-wheel drive. The front two wheels dit under the unit and are a bit like the front wheels on a shopping trolley, turning independently of each other, depending on the environment and where the forward momentum is coming from. I haven’t tested a 4WD robot mower yet, but I expect it would give it a lot more granular steering control, which might be a good thing. For now though, let’s just say that the Goat’s steering is decent enough. Underneath the mower are the razer blades that do the grunt work here. There are two circular discs with three razors attached to each, which can be height adjusted in the ecovacs app. The left side of the mower houses perhaps this product’s most unique feature – a brush which covers a line trimmer for cutting grass right to the edge. When it’s in operation, you can’t see it spin, which is good from a safety perspective, but does make the reviewing process a little harder. It also makes changing the spool a touch harder. I haven't had to do that yet, though. ## Performance ### Setup and mapping Remember earlier when I said that the setup was easier than the older models that use a boundary wire? That’s absolutely true, but it doesn’t mean there’s no setup involved. While the mower itself is reasonably self-contained, the base station needs to be securely attached to the ground in a location that’s accessible to power. That meant screwing in long ground screws with an Allen key, and it wasn’t fun. I did appreciate that the power unit for the base station has long cords, way longer than I even needed. You don’t need to have an outdoor powerpoint to use it, though it may help, depending on your setup. When you first get going, you’re prompted to map your yard by walking around the edge of the yard. If you have multiple zones – like front and backyards – you can do that in separate mapping sessions. Basically, you use the remote control to navigate around the edges of your yard. If things don’t go to plan, you backtrack a little and try again. It’s straightforward, and lets you work around difficult terrain. For me, that means a collapsed retaining wall in my backyard. I was worried that it would try to mow too close to the edge of the upper level and fall down the short drop to the lower level. But thanks to the ability to map the grass edges, that was never an issue. I just walked it along the top edge, turned around when I could, and mapped the lower edge. In four weeks, that area hasn’t posed a problem for me at all. There are a few other things you may need to do. The edge function is separate to mowing – it doesn’t mow and trim at the same time like a robovac vacuums and mops. To get the best job with the trimmer, you need to tell the robot where the edges are by dragging your finger along the map in the right spots. It felt a little inaccurate while doing it, but it did help the quality of the edging after I did it. ### Mowing performance Robot mowers work a bit differently to your traditional push mowers. By using razors, they are designed to slice a tiny bit of grass off the top of the grass regularly rather than slashing the grass occasionally. That means that my yard has never looked better. To a point. It’s evenly cut almost everywhere with only a handful of patches of difficult terrain getting missed. For me, that’s in triangular corners. My yard is a weird shape, and in corners (footpaths meeting the back verandah with a slight dip, a weird triangular section with the retaining wall), the A2000 can’t quite get the angle it needs to cut that grass effectively. I could arguably improve it with a bit of effort, but I found it easier to just manually do those sections. The app has an option to automatically change mowing direction weekly, too. So one week it mows lengthways, the next widthways. It means that the grass doesn’t develop ruts, and the grass can grow healthily. The edging doesn’t quite work the same, though. With the line being on the left of the robot, it can only really work in a clockwise direction. I found that the edger worked best cutting up agains an edge. Areas like fence lines, garden edges and retaining walls all looked well maintained. The edges next to paths were still wild, mostly because the trimmer doesn’t cut vertically. So don’t get rid of your manual trimmer just yet. But the greatest challenge I had with the A2000’s mowing and edging came from awkward sections in my yard where it needed to work around poles or bricks. My old wooden fenceposts, for example, sit about 20 cm from the fence itself. And wherever the mower had to try to work around these obstacles, you can see its wheels have dug up the dirt. Just little patches, but the same spots everywhere. Watching the mower, it almost always occurs when the body of the mower hits the pole trying to work around it. This gives me hope that ecovacs could improve its software to give the mower a more in-depth understanding of its surroundings. But as it stands, my yard has patches along the fence line where the grass has been ripped up by the mowers wheels. ### Battery life and connectivity Ecovacs packed a 3,000 mAh battery into the A2000 which sounded small to me for a mower capable of mowing up to 2,000 m². But I never had an issue. I set the Goat to mow my yard at 8:30 am Monday to Friday, and do the edges at 2:30-3:00 pm the same days. It never crashed out before finishing the job in my 161 m² backyard. When mowing, it’s remarkably quiet. Despite mowing about 5 metres from my neighbour’s study, they never heard it in the morning. The edging is a bit louder, but not to the point it becomes unbearable. Schedules and manual mowing sessions are all controlled through the Ecovacs app, which is immediately familiar to anyone who has used an Ecovacs vacuum. You can also watch the mower’s progress through the on-board cameras if you are so inclined. And while it’s not overly useful, I did love seeing the 3D LiDAR view in the map. For me, it was mind-blowing to be able to make out tree branches from the big gum tree in the middle of the island in my cul-de-sac. ## Verdict You only need to look at how many companies are launching into the robotic mower space to know that this industry is getting ready to take off. And it’s still so young! If you compare the quality of robot vacuums today to those from just three years ago, the performance growth is massive. And it will be the same for robot mowers. The Ecovacs Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO is an exceptional tool for lawn maintenance. Over the month it’s been maintaining my lawn, my yard has never looked so good. It’s not perfect, particularly if you have awkward spots in your yard. But it’s good enough for most environments, and requires very little intervention once you have it setup. If you want a robot mower, this is the best I have tested so far. ### Buy the Ecovacs Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO if * You have a yard under 2000 m² with fence lines, garden beds or retaining walls. The TruEdge trimmer cuts flush against these as it mows, doing most of your edging for you. * You want to avoid burying boundary wire. Setup means walking the perimeter with the remote once, not trenching cable around the whole yard. * You're happy to run mowing and edging on a schedule rather than one big weekend session. Ecovacs is built around several short sessions a week, not marathon mows. ### Skip the Ecovacs Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO if * Your yard's edges mostly run along paths rather than fences or garden beds. The trimmer can't cut vertically against a path edge, so you'll still need a manual trim there. * You've let your lawn get overgrown. This is a maintenance tool for a lawn you already keep on top of, not something that'll reclaim months of neglected growth. * Your yard has plenty of fence posts, poles, or narrow obstacles close together. The wheels can dig up small patches of dirt working around them repeatedly. * * * ### Latest lawnmower deals ## Frequently Asked Questions #### Does the Ecovacs Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO need a boundary wire? No. It uses HoloScope 360 Dual-LiDAR mapping instead, so setup is walking the perimeter of your yard with the remote rather than burying wire. It took me a single mapping session per zone to get going. #### Can the TruEdge trimmer fully replace a whipper snipper? Not quite. The trimmer sits on the left side of the mower and only cuts in a clockwise direction, so it handles fence lines, garden beds and retaining walls well, but edges running along paths still need a manual trim. #### How loud is the Ecovacs Goat A2000 LiDAR PRO? It's rated at 82dBA, and in practice I found it quiet enough that my neighbour, whose study sits about 5 metres from where I mow, never heard it running in the morning. The trimmer is a bit louder than the mowing blades, but not to the point it's unbearable. #### How often does it need to charge? The 3000mAh battery pairs with a 113.4W fast charger that recharges from empty in around 50 minutes. Running a daily 8:30am mow and 2:30pm edge across a 161 m² backyard, it never ran out of charge before finishing the job. #### Will it work on an overgrown lawn? No. This is a maintenance tool designed to keep an already-tidy lawn in check, not to reclaim one that's gotten away from you. If your grass has grown out significantly, expect to give it a manual cut first before letting the Goat take over. #### Does it handle obstacles like fence posts and trees? It uses AIVI 3D obstacle avoidance to detect over 200 obstacle types from as close as 5 cm, and generally steers around them fine. In my yard though, the mower's wheels dug up small patches of dirt in the same spots each time it worked around old wooden fenceposts.

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