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diff --git a/build/posts/luba/index.html b/build/posts/luba/index.html index fce3f37..26234b8 100644 --- a/build/posts/luba/index.html +++ b/build/posts/luba/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ <p>2023-05-19</p> <h2 id="a-brief-background">A Brief Background</h2> <p>I’m no stranger to robotic lawnmowers. When my wife and I moved into our rural home just over five years ago, we picked up the Husqvarna 450X Automower since I was far too lazy to manually mow my property and the cost was equal to that of a standard riding mower. It was a no-brainer.</p> +<p><img src="/public/images/mower-1.jpeg" alt="The Husqvarna 450X" /></p> +<p><em>The Husqvarna 450X (not mine but same model)</em></p> <p>Fast-forward five years. Everything is still going great with the Automower. Some minor repairs were needed but that was mostly my fault since I was allowing the mower into places it shouldn’t have been (ie. root systems and dirt “craters”). Then lightning struck our backyard at the beginning of April this year. The mower was fine, since we stow it away inside for the winter but the charging station, charging brick and perimeter wire we <em>not</em> so lucky…</p> <p>The lightning traveled along the main perimeter wire and went straight to the charging station. Boom. The charging dock was quite literally blown up into a million tiny pieces and scattered across my backyard. Giant trenches were carved up where the perimeter wire had been embedded in the lawn. This surge also followed the path towards the main power adapter and exploded that as well. All of this happened even with the charging station / adapter <em>turned off and unplugged from any outlet</em>. At least my mower was safe…</p> <h2 id="shopping-for-automower-parts">Shopping for Automower Parts</h2> @@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ <p><em>Sigh</em>. The mower gods were trying to tell me something. It seemed Husqvarna was just not meant for me anymore.</p> <h2 id="luba-to-the-rescue">Luba to the Rescue!</h2> <p>While researching “wireless” automowers, I came across the <a href="https://mammotion.com/?ref=bpjfzw7s">Luba Series 5000</a> (referral link) and kept it in my “maybe” pile to follow-up on if needed. So follow-up I did.</p> +<p><img src="/public/images/mower-2.webp" alt="The Luba Series 5000" /></p> +<p><em>The Luba Series 5000 AWD (not mine but same model)</em></p> <p>This mower seemed to check all my boxes:</p> <ul> <li>Decently priced</li> |