Bosch Robotic Lawnmower Indego S+ 500 (with 18V battery and App Function, docking station included, cutting width 19 cm, for lawns of up to 500 m², in carton packaging)

Product Information

Also know as bump sensor, when Bosch Indego 350 robot mower bumps into something, it will now know that there must be an obstacle and starts mowing in a different direction. Bosch Indego S+ 400 Connect has a USB port which is used to update its software in case you couldn’t create over-air connection temporarily or for some other reason.

Where would I say does this Bosch Indego S+ 400 Connect stand among the competition? It’s not competitively priced for a robot mower meant for small lawns up to 400 m² (0.1 ac.), but you do get German level quality in return. If you were ok with quality over price, and the features were right for you, this is quite a reliable option. Bosch Indego 350 features a USB port which is to be used for software updates only. It’s because there’s no over-air connection capability with this non-connected version. install on top of the wire at an outer edge of the cutting area (not in the middle of cutting area).

A clever robot lawn mower that knows how and when to cut your lawn and does it quickly and efficiently

Putting a camera, even if fake, in an obvious easy to spot location overlooking the area will at least make the potential thief think twice. When it comes to actually mowing the lawn, the Bosch Indego S+ 500 is one of the best we’ve tested. The first time you mow, the Bosch travels around the perimeter wire to create the map of the area, which is stored in the robot’s memory. It cuts as it goes, ensuring you’ve got a solid perimeter cut as it goes.

The alarm, too, can be either enabled or disabled. When enabled, the alarm goes off likely after some time when the robot mower is lifted and the PIN code is never entered. If your lawn is your pride and joy, the Bosch Indego S+ 500 is the mower to go for. It cuts more intelligently than most mowers because it cuts in a guided pattern, rather than bouncing around randomly. The alarm can be enabled or disabled. It goes off when fishy things happen to it. The correct PIN makes all good again. You can expect quality from Germans. Most other robot mowers out there are ultimately made in China, even if at first glance it may not look like it. SmartMowing is essentially an automatic mowing time scheduling feature whereby it determines the mowing schedule itself as per your garden layout. You can set one manually, too. Additionally, since it can connect to the internet via Wi-Fi, you can enable it to consider weather forecast for optimizing mowing times further. This all can be configured remotely via the app as well.This “connected” version of the Indego 400 feature over-air connectivity, meaning you can pair it with a smartphone or a tablet via an app and control its settings or update its software remotely without having to do much of anything manually. Though in case you didn’t have the connection all the time, there’s always the manual keypad and USB port still there. Instead of randomly bouncing around your garden like more affordable robot mowers, the Bosch then works in stripes, efficiently starting at one end of the garden and mowing in lines until it’s all done. This doesn’t give you the same stripey lawn you’d expect from a mower with a roller, but some striping is still visible when it’s finished. More importantly, it hasn’t endlessly trundled over the same bits of lawn, so there’s much less wear and tear than we’ve seen with robot mowers that move randomly.