Gardena
Selected products from this vendor are presented on this page, with my assessments where I have personal experiences to share. The links are primarily directed to the vendor’s own pages, in English; for local pages/prices you will have to conduct your own search.
About the vendor and its products
Gardena (opens in a new window) is a well-known company supplying various products for the garden. The last years, the company has also moved into the market for smart solutions, albeit for the garden, built around a smart gateway and under the heading of Gardena smart system. Some relevant products are:
- Robotic lawn mowers, a line of products that are connected and can be controlled from a smart phone app
- Garden sensor, which measures soil humidity, light, and temperature
- Smart water control, controlling the watering of lawn and plants
The various products can be connected together so that watering and lawn mowing is based on measured values from the sensors. Gardena has also established a «smart partnership» with some other manufacturers, e.g., linking a Netatmo Presence camera to the Gardena system. There is also a dedicated Gardena smart system app (opens in a new window) to control the devices, but also support for Apple Home and IFTTT. There is also a Homebridge plugin for the robot mowers (opens in a new window) and a Homey app (opens in a new window).
Our experiences
We have a smart robotic mower, which works well enough, but sadly the GPS technology for navigation still seems to need further development as it frequently loses satellite connection.