Mammotion Luba Tips and Tricks

In this video, Chris tests the Mammotion Luba AWD 3000 robotic lawn mower and shares solutions to common issues based on his experience as well as from other Luba owners.

CHAPTERS:
01:37 RTK antenna
03:04 Mapping zones
05:02 Omni wheels
05:59 Obstacle avoidance
07:23 Mowing issues
08:10 Damaged grass
08:30 Stickers
08:48 Weather protection
09:16 Mowing blades
10:12 Cleaning
10:42 Security
12:00 Warranty
12:30 Luba community

CONTRIBUTORS:
Keith Shumaker, Eric Nielson, Dave Brown, Claude Betrisey, Tod Undem, Sugar Shane, Justin Matson, Carlos Montealgre, Wesley Farrell, Chris Dickinson, Frank Carrubba, Joel Clark, Ben Olsem, Ryan Horne, Daniel Malcynski, Tony Juays, Justin Nelson, Austin Stroot, Irvin Bowman, Thomas Bible, Blake Loring, Chris Wineland, Kory Manternach

DISCLAIMER:
🆓 – We were interested in reviewing this product and obtained it without charge

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[coreytai]

I have the 1000 and like you I don’t use a schedule but manually send it out when needed, which is a couple times a week. When not in use, I drive it into the garage and power it down. No need to leave it exposed to the elements when not in use.

When I send it out to cut the front yard, I keep an eye on it to prevent anyone thinking they can grab it up.

I had the Landroid previously and it did well, but this AWD GPS mower is much much better, especially as I have a slope in my yard. I’ve not had any problems so far with its performance or function.

It should be noted, if you do have a problem, the response time from the company is dismal/lacking based on anecdotal evidence from FB groups. Perhaps this will get better in time.

Nice review, thanks for posting.

[altairiv]

If you look at the blades, with two holes, it gives the blades four cutting edges. When the first edge gets dull, using the same hole, just flip the blade over. Now Laba will be using what was the trailing edge of the first side. When this edge gets dull, leave the same side up, just rotate the blade to use the other hole. When the third edge gets dull, flip the blade over, using the same hole. This lets you use all four edges of the blades over time. Doing this, you should be able to get one full season out of one set of blades.

[rufus]

Excellent video. You covered most of the PROS & CONS and the main hazards. Good job. Thanks

[bonefish]

Mine is working great so far. It's early days, still on the first mowing season but this is replacing a Worx Landroid that performed well for about 5 years. I am loving the expanded cutting area and the ease of use and having to not bury additional wire is priceless. I spent 2 days last time, staking down around .65 acre with boundary wire. Cut quality is great but I do have to say, it is quite slow. It's taking close to 48 hours to double cut a little over an acre but that's not a big deal as it's consistently good at finding it's way home to recharge and then continue.

[mikeakers]

to clean my lubes cutting deck i use a small silicone spatula to get into and behind all the small areas to loosen everything. then i use my leaf blower to blow all that away. it doesnt get everything but removes 99% of the grass. i just dont want to even chance getting water in the mower

[seematiwari]

Thanks for the review! I’ve been hunting for a new robot mower lately.

[uuzds]

Read the User Manual, the Luba Mowers are only accurate to 15cm (6 inches), when operating on the minimum of 20 GPS Satellites and improves in accuracy to 5cm (2 inches) when both the Mower & RTK Antenna are receiving 29 to 31 clear Satellite signals each.
It's the reason that Mammotion recommends staying 4 to 6 inches from Fences, Curbs or other border obstacles when Mapping a mowing zone or No-Go zone.

[MichaelThisted]

My Luba stops 10 feet from the charginstation. How do i pair them ?

[candicebrinton]

Does anyone have pine cones on their property. I’m not likely to pick up all cones before mowing, so I’m wondering if it will avoid any pinecones?

[toastranger]

Only tip i have is, if you have a tree, don't buy a Luba.
Edit: I was about to give up. I had my RTK on a 15' pole over my 2nd story roof, and it still said weak signal. Everywhere I went the mower said weak. I drove it to tge edge of the property, and it said fine. I got done extension cords and ran the RTK over. Finally it allowed me to map a section. I thought, big deal, it still can't mow 97% off the yard. Now that the RTK was good, it didn't seem to care what the mower was under or behind. Back yard on the other side of the house, no problem. Huge relief having this working. $2, 800 gamble.

[dashrathcarpenter]

Great review! But do you know of any more affordable alternatives?

[nirmlasingh]

Thanks for the review! I’m searching for a robot mower that’s a bit easier on the wallet.

[russadams]

I just got the 1000. It's having problems returning to the charger because it has to cross a sidewalk to the 1st zone. Is there any way to create a path from the charger to the 1st zone?

[altairiv]

I would like Mammotion to add a rain delay option to the Luba. I already has a rain sensor. It should be able to continue cutting X many hours after it stops raining. I should not need to manually continue the cutting process. Much less expensive robot lawnmowers have this feature, why not the Luba?

[ramirez]

Great video! If you don't mind, could you let me know how to contact Irvin Bowman regarding his garage. Would really like to know the measurements of that box he uses...

[Ambient-Auroras]

Fantastic video, thank you. How does the Luba do at trimming edges adjacent to a path, driveway or pato? Is it happy to put a couple of wheels on the hard stuff to not leave an uncut edge?

After using the Worx Landroid Vision 800 for some weeks and returning it, I am very interested in the Luba. My concerns are: a) I have some trees at the edges of the lawn. Plus a cherry tree in the middle of the lawn. I wonder how many trees are necessary to prevent the Luba from mowing or getting the position exactly. b) I have a front yard and a back yard, connected with 2 meters of grass. I wonder where to position the RTK station. Does the luba always need line of sight to the RTK? Or is it OK to have it 60 meters away on the other side of the house? Thanks for giving your thoughts and thanks for the informative video!

[Eaton-]

As an owner of a Husqvarna 430x for 5 years, and now a very disappointed owner of the Luba, you'll certainly want/need a blade guard to prevent grass from clogging the blades. They spin freely to bounce off and spin away from hard objects such as sticks, rocks, etc to prevent premature dulling or snapping the blades. The husqvarna had a guard built into it but Luba does not and this is a major pain point. The other issues with the Luba is it's surprisingly bad cutting ability as it consistently leaves uncut grass behind or misses long patches of grass unless I use the grid pattern but this leads to the other major problem. The Luba will absolutely DESTROY your yard. Flat parts and inclines all suffer from severely eroded patches where the Luba turns and I've tried both zero turn as well as 3 point turn.

The luba has become a $3000 disappointment in my experience.

[jmagnum]

I’m considering the v2 for the upcoming season. Would you still recommend Luba?

[nekkygaming]

Appreciate the review, but I’m still a little iffy about the cost.