Take it easy this summer by snagging a Prime Day robot mower deal. Push one button, and you can tick one tedious chore off your list. I've tested several robot lawn mowers now, and almost all of my top picks are on sale, plus mowers from my colleague's favorite brand. You can get up to $800 off, so this is a great time to buy if you were daydreaming about enlisting a little robotic help for your yardwork.

As I wrote a few months ago, robot mowers are actually good now. And as the new class of Lidar-enabled mowers is priced just a few hundred bucks above what you'll pay for a decent manual electric mower, you genuinely have no reason to continue mowing unless you enjoy it.

You should also check out our roundup of the Absolute Best Prime Day Deals, or dip into our Amazon Prime Day live blog for real-time updates.

TerraMow makes the best robot lawn mower for most people with regular, flat lawns, and it's down to $1,119 if you clip the coupon for 20 percent off on Amazon right now. This compact mower maps your lawn automatically, employing a triple AI camera system, GPS, and 4G to cut your grass accurately in neat lines. The obstacle avoidance is reliable, and it comes with a handy covered charging station. It also has a drop mow feature, so you can drop it on any patch of lawn and it will cut away using the SI camera. It works well, enabling you to cut a patch of front lawn without mapping, or even lend it to a neighbor.

Folks with big lawns seeking the best Prime Day robot mower deals should probably check out the Mammotion. My pick for challenging lawns with inclines or rough terrain, the Luba 3 AWD is a big, capable mower. There's a little bit of assembly required, but nothing too taxing. It can handle all sorts of terrain, doesn't require any wire or antennas, and cuts in neat, wide strips (wider than most robot mowers, thanks to a double-cutting disc design underneath). All three models of this mower, covering 0.37 up to 1.25 acres, are on sale for Prime Day, and there are some hefty discounts with the garage thrown in.

Mova's sleek model boasts 360-degree lidar for 3D mapping and a camera with AI vision. Setup is straightforward, no need for wires or an antenna, and you can set multiple mowing areas. It mows in neat lines, successfully avoids obstacles, and does some of the best edge cutting I've seen. It does a couple of edge passes and gets as close as possible, eliminating that annoying verge that most robot lawn mowers leave behind. Unfortunately, it did occasionally get stuck, but it calls for help through the app.

I've been testing the big brother to this Segway Navimov mower for the past two months and found that it performs extraordinarily well in my urban backyard, which has a mishmash of grasses and not a single straight-line edge. It's not perfect on all of those edges, but it gets close enough for my needs. Unlike some other robomowers I've used, this requires no antennas or complex connections. Plug it in, pair it to the app, and send it out to make a map. The app runs the software on this mower is the same as on the i215 lidar I'm testing, and it's extremely simple and intuitive. There are a few things more satisfying than lying in bed and pressing one button to take care of a chore that would otherwise eat into your free time. You can watch and live time as the mower circulates your yard and turns the map from gray to green. —Martin Cizmar

Also on sale from Segway are the popular X430 ($2,099 down from $2,499) and the i206 ($849 down from $999).

This isn't an automatic robot mower, it's a remote control mower, and it's incredibly fun to use. Imagine a huge RC car with a dual stick console you can use to zoom around and mow in wide strips. It's an absolute unit with a surprising amount of va-va-voom, but the controls work well, and it's very responsive. This is the most fun I've had mowing the lawn. You could cover a large area at speed with this mower, but be careful if you decide to reduce the obstacle detection, as I did, because this thing can really tear it up.

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