Setting Up No-Mow Zones ("Islands") in Your Lawn

No-mow zones, or "islands," are areas of your lawn where you don't want the Landroid to mow. These zones can protect flower beds, ponds, tree roots, and other features you want to preserve.

1. How Does It Work?

• Creating Islands: Islands are formed by circling objects or lawn sections with the boundary wire. The signal is canceled only in the segment where the two strands of wire are matched, allowing the Landroid to cross and move freely around the island.

• Important: Never cross boundary wire strands—match them side by side without crossing.

• This setup creates two perimeters: the main one and the island.

Note: With islands, Landroid's Cut-to-Edge feature won't mow the island borders.

2. How to Lay a Perimeter Island

• Start at the lawn edge and move at a right angle towards the area to be protected.

• Surround the area with the wire, maintaining a 26cm distance, until the island is enclosed.

• Always lay the wire clockwise to ensure the mower doesn’t enter the island.

• Return to the lawn edge by following the same path.

3a. Maximum Size of an Island

• Size Limit: Islands should be smaller than 6m x 6m (19ft x 19ft).

• If Landroid encounters an island while returning to the charging base, it will circle the island. If the island is within the size limit, Landroid's inertial sensor will detect it, prompting the robot to search for the boundary wire elsewhere.

• Caution: If the island is larger than advised, Landroid may not recognize it as an island and could continuously circle it, eventually running out of battery.

3b. Setting Up a Larger Island

• Solution: Leave a 30cm gap between the wire that departs from the perimeter and the wire that returns. This method encloses the area within the main boundary wire, rather than creating a traditional island.

• If your Landroid model has Cut-to-Edge, it should mow the grass between the two wires. If not, it will leave a 12cm (5-inch) strip of uncut grass, which can be easily trimmed with a grass trimmer.

Tip: To avoid manual trimming, you can decorate the strip with stones, ensuring they are level with the ground to prevent the Landroid from getting stuck.