If you need 500,000 screws all fitted to a target pressure then automation is what you want. But one off tasks like cutting the grass or trimming the hedge, you’ll end up spending more on the equipment then you’ll save.
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lordbritishbusiness@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI was once looking at a robot lawnmower to tend to my ageing parents lawn. I was looking at prices over a thousand bucks and thinking seriously.
My parents hired a local handyman to do it every few weeks for a small sum that across a year would still be less than the robo mower and do a better job at it and without the hurdles of maintaining that mower.
That realisation had me reevaluating automation as a whole.
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HiTekRedNek@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
How many years will that mower last though? I have a riding mower that I paid $2100.00 for… 14 years ago.