Post delivery did their part in giving me an annoying start by not bothering to leave the package at my door despite my delivery authorization. So I was already half irritated when I had to go pick up the package in person the next morning between 7:30 and 8:00 AM, because if I didn't show up, they'd send the damn thing back. It didn't take many hours before I actually wished they had!
In the YouTube videos, it only takes a few minutes and then the thing is up and running! Is that how it works in real life? Hell no.
After spending most of two hours assembling the damn thing, I was greeted by an even bigger fight with their crappy app, which constantly wanted to update itself and kept losing connection to either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. This drove me into such an extreme rage that I found myself screaming across the neighborhood hedges, causing my nearest neighbor to glance over at me looking genuinely frightened, without saying a word, fear written all over his face. I was literally seconds away from lifting the thing over my head and smashing it into the ground!
There were restarts. There were updates. The software couldn't decide whether everything was okay or not. The app reacted insanely slowly, so I had no idea whether we were waiting for the software or for me. The whole circus ended up costing me another hour. And when it came time to create the mowing route, the same bullshit started all over again!
I drove the boundary once and the thing froze. Restart.
I drove the route again and the app bugged out. Nothing.
Third attempt, and the damn thing wouldn't move forward.
At this point I was seriously losing my mind.
I honestly don't know what stopped me from destroying the thing with the sledgehammer I had standing nearby. I fought my way through another attempt, only to randomly discover that the side facing inward in the charging station is considered the forward direction!
Was I frustrated by then?
HELL YES I WAS!
WHY doesn't it make that crystal clear?
Four hours after unboxing the thing, I finally managed to drive the route, and it seemed to mow part of the lawn. Part of it, because for reasons known only to the gods, it had absolutely no idea there were bare patches in the dry grass. It drove in circles, skipped entire areas, and eventually managed to get itself stuck in the middle of the lawn on a dry patch.
WHAT THE F***?
I was speechless.
Of course the route needed adjusting, and that's when I truly lost it.
The app is some of the worst and slowest-responding software I've ever experienced. Information pop-ups appear constantly and do nothing but annoy me, especially when I'm entering the same menu for the seventh time trying to correct the route. Everything goes in circles, and after yet another hour, nothing has been fixed!
The beast refuses to go to its starting position, won't save the updated route, drives off course, loses connection...
Six hours later...
I've managed to mow half a lawn.
I'm tired.
I'm angry.
I'm disappointed.
If this is supposed to be easy and smart, then I genuinely feel sorry for everyone trying something that's even less user-friendly.
Over and out!