For many people, having a beautiful lawn is often unattainable due to the need for constant mowing. If you have a busy lifestyle, you know what I mean.
Luckily,robotic lawn mowers are designed to reduce lawn maintenancetimeby up to 99%. A robot lawnmotorcontinuously keeps yourgrassat the perfect length and frees up those Sunday mornings.
In thisHusqvarna Automower 310 Review, I’m going to cover the features and benefits of the 310 and if it’s the right one for you and your yard.
Husqvarna is one of the biggest names in therobotic mowerbusiness and the home andgardenspacein general, so it should be a good bet, right? Spoiler alert…
TheHusqvarna Automower 310is a great entry-level robot mower that comes in at a budget-friendly price point. If you don’t have a large yard, the 310 is a basicrobotic lawn mowerthat will get you well-manicured lawns with little work from you. It’s best for small to medium-sized lawns.
But if you have a larger yard or one that has a more varied terrain, you may way to look at the Husqvarna Automower 450 Series.
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Husqvarna Automower 310 Review Key Takeaways
Here are seven key takeaways if you’re short on time:
- Budget-Friendly Choice for Small Yards: The Husqvarna Automower 310 emerges as a wallet-friendly entry-level robotic lawn mower, ideal for individuals with small yards up to 0.25 acres, seeking to drastically cut down their lawn maintenance time.
- Efficient Performance: With a knack for daily or alternate day mowing, the Automower 310 ensures your lawn stays well-manicured. Its Spiral Mode is a smart touch to tackle patches of long grass, leaving no stone unturned in maintaining a neat lawn.
- Straightforward Setup and Installation: Get your Husqvarna 310 up and running within a couple of hours, thanks to an intuitive setup process. It’s all about laying or burying a boundary wire, connecting it to the charging station, and tailoring the mowing schedule and cutting height to your lawn’s needs.
- Robust Design, Built to Last: Inheriting Husqvarna’s rich legacy in quality construction, the Automower 310 is a well-crafted piece of machinery. It’s light yet robust, ensuring it stands the test of time while being easy to handle.
- Dependable Battery Life: With up to 70 minutes of mowing time on a single charge, the battery life is substantial for small to medium-sized lawns. And with a lifespan spanning five to seven years, it’s a long-term companion for your lawn.
- Safety and Security at the Forefront: The Automower 310 doesn’t skimp on safety. From lift sensors triggering an alarm to a security PIN code for re-activation, and an optional GPS module for tracking, it’s built to ensure peace of mind.
- Bluetooth Connectivity for Easy Programming: While it might lack in Wi-Fi capability for smart home integration, the Bluetooth connectivity bridges the gap, allowing for easy programming through the Husqvarna Connect@Home app. For those eyeing smart home integration, a peek at Husqvarna’s 450X and 450XH models might be worthwhile.
Husqvarna Automower 310Specifications
Here are some corespecificationsof the 310:
- Amazon Alexa / Google Home Compatible– No, it isn’t compatible with either.
- Mobile App– Yes, it hasBluetooth connectivityto connect to theHusqvarnaConnect@Home app.
- GPS Tracking– Optional, you can buy a GPS add-on for the robot mower.
- Yard Size– Up to 0.25 acres.
- Max Incline– 22 Degree Slopes (40%)
- Cut Height— 0.8 – 2.4inches
- BatteryChargeTime– 60minutes
- MowTimeonSingle Charge– 70minutes
Husqvarna Automower 310Features and Benefits
The Husqvarna 310 is designed to mow small to medium-sizedlawnsof up to 0.25 acres.
The310 is a durable,weather proofrobotic mowerthat can handle tight passageways and awkward shapes, making it suitable for a variety of lawns.
While this is a budget-friendlymodelfromHusqvarnaand lacks somefeatures of the more expensive models, it is still a feature rich model with many of the benefits of the more expensive models.
CuttingPatterns and Modes
TheHusqvarna310 will give you that smooth, well-manicured lawn by cutting the grass often. It achieves this bymowingyour lawn on a daily basis or every other day.
The mower won’t give you the striped lawn look, because it’s always varying its routes to make sure there aren’t any patches ofgrassthat are missed.
If there are ever any patches of longgrassthat the 310 comes across, it’ll activate Spiral Mode. It’ll cover that area in a spiral to make sure it gets all the long grass. Spiral mode is great of areas of thick growth and aroundobstacleslike flower bed and bushes.
An extra benefit of the regularmowingis you won’t need any artificial fertilizers containing chemicals that could harm the environment. The smallgrass clippingsfromcuttingare small enough to be absorbed by the lawn and soil, acting as anatural fertilizerto keep your lawn healthy growing.
Lawn SizeandCuttingDeck
The lawn size that Automower 310can deal with is up to 0.25 acres, the size of lawn that anyrobotic mowercan deal with is down to a couple of main factors. Thepowerof thebatteryis the main factor, ideally it should have enough power to enable the mower to cut the entire lawn in one charge, or at the most two.
Another factor is the size of thecuttingdeck. Thecuttingdeckis the area under the mower where thebladesare. The cutting deck size signifies the size of the blades and the area that the mower can cover while it moves.
With theHusqvarna Automower 310, the size of thecuttingdeckis 22 cm. It uses three pivotingrazor bladesin a floating deck configuration for coverage.
A floating deck allows forheight adjustments to be changed easily for varying ground heights due to inconsistencies in the lawn’s terrain. It could be little bumps like clumps of dirt that could cause the variances.
One common complaint of the 310 is that it does not reach every nook and cranny of lawns, but it still covers about 95% of the total area.
Handling Different Types ofLawns– Flat,Slopes, Ditches
Even if your lawn isn’t perfectly flat, theHusqvarna automowercan cope with it easily up to steepslopesof up to 22 degree (40%) inclines. A couple users with the 310 have told me that anything steeper and the mower has been known to vibrate and even stop if the senesors are triggered.
Small holes in the lawn shouldn’t be a problem, but it’s recommended that any holes or ditches are filled in prior to theAutomower310’s first use. Otherobstacleslike flower beds, bushes or ponds can be avoided by usingboundary wires.
TheHusqvarna Automower 310also does well with narrow passageways andtight spaces. Itcan navigate widths as narrow as 24″.
Setup andInstallation
For a lawn the size thisrobotic lawn moweris designed for, set up should be easily achieved within a couple of hours. It is simply a case of laying (or burying) a boundary wire around the perimeter of yourcuttingarea and also aroundobstacleslike bushes and flower beds. Both ends of the cable are then attached to thecharging station.
Aguide wireis also required and this should be laid across the longest part of your lawn and attached to the boundary wire and the charging station. Thismodelcomes supplied with 250m of loop wire and 400staplesto pin the wire.
Then it is just a case ofchargingyour robot mower and setting up factors like themowingscheduleand thecuttingheight. This can either be done from the built-in touchpad or from amobileappon your smartphone.
Proper installation of the boundary and guide wires is needed to improve the mower’s efficiency. If there’s anything off, the mower may miss areas or run off the lawns.
Designand BuildQuality
The Husqvarna 310 is a well-designedautomowerthat benefits from the company’s rich heritage in buildingqualityproducts. It’s constructed light enough to be picked up easily with the built-in handle, yet still be robust enough to provide years of mowing acting.
The buildqualityis also as you’d expect from a company likeHusqvarnawho have decades ofexperiencein building high qualitylawn mowers.
BatteryLifeandPower Source
Thebatteryallowsmowingfor up to 70minuteson one charge, which should be ample forlawnsof up to 0.25 acres.
As for battery life, depending on how frequently it’s used and subsequently charged, you should expect to get anywhere between five and seven years before the battery needs replacing.
Thecharging stationneeds to be placed somewhere mostly out of direct sunlight and withinrangeof apoweroutlet to power the charging dock.
Majority of 310 owners have said that the battery life is decent for a budget robot mower. But some have noticed that the 310 will return to its dock station when there’s still 35% battery level.
Mower Controls and Programming
The Husqvarna 310 features a 19 button touchpad and LED screen that’s used to program theautomowersettings and schedule.
The 310 can also be programmed through theHusqvarnaConnect@Home app, although you’ll need to be within100ft as it only hasBluetooth connectivity.
Smart Technologies
For the Husqvarna 310, this is the area where there is the biggest gap between this entry-levelmodeland its more expensive siblings. This is more no frills than the other models.
There is no Wi-Fi capability to connect tosmart technologydevices likeAmazonAlexa or Google Home with this model. For somepeoplethis might be an issue as there’s less automation. You may want to check out the Husqvarna 450X and 450XH if you want smart home integration.
Another idea is to step up one model to the Husqvarna Automower 315 Series with the Automower Connect app.
Safetyand Security
The Husqvarna 310 has a few built-in safety and security features.
Thanks to lift sensors, it’ll sound analarmwhen it’s lifted off the ground. It also requires a security PIN code to be entered to re-enable the mower once it has been lifted.
The 310 also features aninstallation lockthat means it can only be operated in the area it was initially set up to work within. There is also an optional GPS module that will allow GPS tracking to be enabled, so you’ll always be able to see where it is.
Safetyis also taken extremely seriously. When the mower islifted or accidentally knocked over, the blades will stop spinning automatically.
Even when the bladesare stopped, they’re still sharp, but they’re recessed far enough in that they are highly unlikely to strikefeetor fingers.
NoiseLevels
The Husqvarna 310 is a quiet robot lawn mower operating at a lownoiselevelof 60dB. That’s about the noise of a normal conversation, so letting it run at night won’t disturb you for a good night’s sleep.
For comparison, astandardgas-powered mower is rated around 95–100 dB.
WeatherProtection
The Automower 310 isweatherresistant and can be left out to continue mowing in all but the most extreme conditions, so it’ll continue to cut thegrassin the rain.
However, it is recommended that you take it inside in the worst conditions and when it’s not growing season, like the winter.
Maintenance and Cleaning
The 310 is low-maintenance, but not maintenance-free. It should be periodically checked and cleaned.
The underside is the primary area to clean and check as thebladeswill require replacing occasionally. Depending on thescheduleand the size of the lawn, this could be every two to three months.
Accessories
There are a number ofaccessoriesavailable including different colored, replaceable top covers, housing units that fit over the dockingstation,andextra blades.
Husqvarna 310ProsandCons
Pros
- Easy to Set Up
- MobileApp
- Safe aroundchildrenandpets
- Quiet
- Handlesslopes
- Fastcharging
- Low-maintenance
Cons
- Noweathersensor
- No GPS navigation
Husqvarna 310 Automower
Husqvarna Automower 310 ReviewFinal Thoughts
The Husqvarna Automower 310 is a self fertilizing, low maintenance lawn that is good for the environment and in the long run can save youmoneydue to its lowpowerusage when compared to traditional mowers.
WithHusqvarna’s reputation,thisautomowershould provide years of trouble free operation and at prices that won’t break the bank. For small tomediumyard sizes,this entry-levelmodelis the perfect solution.
For larger yards, check out my reviews on these robot mowers.
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FAQs Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the Difference Between theHusqvarna Automower 310vs 315x?
The main difference between the Husqvarna 310 and 315X is the more advanced features in the Husqvarna 315X. The 315X has built-in GPS and can mow yard sizes of up to 0.4 acres. GPS for the 310 is an optional add-on purchased separately and can only mow yards up to 0.25 acres.
How Long Does aHusqvarna Automowerlast?
With proper care and maintenance, the Husqvarna Automower can last up to ten years or more.
How Often Should I Change theBladeson MyHusqvarna Automower?
Husqvarna Automower blades should be replaced every 2-3 months depending on how often you cut. If it mows the lawn almost every day, you’ll need to replace blades every two months.
