"Although our inner child was hoping that the setup might resemble the Big Trak of our childhood, with buttons on top used to define a mowing pattern, the X5 had an altogether more competent approach via an app to define mowing zones and schedules. Setting up a mowing zone is a simple case of walking the mower around its boundary and saving the zone. The machine then emerges from its charger at the appointed time and mows the selected areas in neat lines."
"The makers claim it will handle a lawn area up to 2,000 m² with a maximum slope of 60 percent or 30 degrees, although we couldn't verify the latter. The chunky front wheels and single rear steering wheel certainly seemed up to the job and made light work of the undulations of the patch of grass we unleashed it on."
The Sunseeker Elite X5 is a 26.5-pound robotic mower measuring 26.7 x 16.7 x 10.2 inches. It uses a 5 Ah battery that provides just over an hour of operation before automatic return to its charging station. The manufacturer rates coverage up to 2,000 m² and a maximum slope of 60 percent (30 degrees), though the slope claim was not verified. A floating cutting disk produces a 22 cm swathe with cutting heights from 20 to 60 mm. App-based setup allows defining mowing zones by walking the mower around a boundary and scheduling runs; the mower follows neat lines. The unit does not collect grass. AI capabilities handle obstacle avoidance and boundary tracking using silicon rated at 10 TOPS.
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