ECOVACS GOAT O1000 RTK Robotic Lawn Mower
- Up to 0.25 acre lawn
- 31-45% slope
- RTK
- 8.1-10 in cut
SVT Score, Lower
A small wire-free RTK mower with a reference station in the box, rated by ECOVACS for lawns up to about a quarter acre.
$1,000
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Usability
4.5 out of 10- Rated area: a quarter acre on the Care Kit page, 8,600 sq ft (about 0.20 acre) on the bare O1000 RTK page; the smaller is used
- Faster speed: about 1,938 sq ft/h, about 0.05 acre a charge
Better on coverageNavimow H210The maker rates it for 0.086 acre on a charge. $1,799Scores 5.0- Camera and ToF: ECOVACS calls it LiDAR-enhanced RTK, but its manual uses them for obstacles only
- Searched: Intertek Certipedia CSA UL
Better on verificationMOVA LiDAX Ultra 1000$1,049Scores 6.0- Returns: 30 days at ecovacs.com with a return authorization
Better on warranty & supportMOVA LiDAX Ultra 1000The mower carries three years. $1,049Scores 5.0- Kit: Care Kit with 45 spare blades $999.99; Care Kit with a wall mount $1,201.00
Strengths
- No wire to bury around the lawn
- Quiet enough to run in the evening
- Camera and sensor steer around obstacles
- App sets zones and no-go areas
- Mowing reaches right up to passable edges
Drawbacks
- Reference station needs a clear view of the sky
- Only a one-year warranty
- No cellular option for remote control
- Narrow cut makes for slow mowing
- ECOVACS links a different model's manual to this mower
- No built-in trimmer for the edges
A low-cost RTK mower for small open lawns, but the station needs clear sky
Specs
- TypeSmall
- BoundaryWire-free
- NavigationRTK
- Rated AreaUp to 0.25 acre
- Area per ChargeUp to 0.1 acre
- Slope31-45%
- Cut Width8.1-10 in
- Cut Height RangeUp to 2 in span
- Drive2WD
- Noise56-60 dB(A)
- Ingress RatingIPX6
- ConnectivityWi-Fi, Bluetooth
- CertificationsNone verifiable
- Warranty1 Year
Not checked: A US manual and regulatory model number for this exact mower
At a glance
- Station pole in the box
- 100-minute recharge
- Wall mount sold apart
- ECOVACS Robotics is a Suzhou, China maker of home service robots, from robot vacuums and window-cleaning robots to the GOAT robot lawn mowers.
- Ecovacs Robotics, Inc., a Delaware corporation based in San Mateo, California, runs the US store at ecovacs.com/us.
- The ECOVACS and GOAT trademarks are registered at the USPTO to ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD. of Suzhou.
The GOAT mowers are sold on the ECOVACS US store, on its Amazon US store and as marketplace listings at Best Buy.
The ECOVACS GOAT O1000 RTK is a small wire-free robot mower that positions itself by RTK from a reference station set up in the yard, with a 3D-ToF sensor and an AI camera for obstacles.
ECOVACS rates it for lawns up to a quarter acre on one page and up to 8,600 sq ft on another, for about 65 minutes of mowing per charge at about 1,507 to 1,938 sq ft an hour, and for slopes up to 45% (24°).
It cuts an 8.66 inch path from 1.2 to 3.2 inches high, rides over passable edges to cut them, carries an IPX6 rating on the mower, base and station, and is rated at 57 dB(A).
The 4,000 mAh battery recharges in about 100 minutes, the mower weighs 24.25 lb, and the box holds the charging station, the RTK reference station with its pole and 10 m cable, and nine spare blades.
ECOVACS sells it as the O1000 RTK Care Kit with 45 more spare blades at the same $999.99, and with a wall mount at $1,201.00.
Questions answered from our data
Is ECOVACS good?We list four ECOVACS products and score four of them. Their overall scores run from 4.4 to 5.9, with a median of 5.4, against a median of 5.9 for all 22 products we score.
How much does a robot lawn mower cost?The 22 wire-free robot mowers and boundary-wire robot mowers we list run from $799 to $5,999, with a median of $1,999.
How many acres can a robot mower cover?Of the 22 robot lawn mowers we list, 22 state a rated lawn area; the most common is Up to 0.25 acre (7).
What slope can a robot mower climb?10 of the 22 robot lawn mowers we list are rated by their makers for slopes steeper than 45%.
