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
- Pump, with smart control
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.