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Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro: two-minute review
I have been exceedingly impressed with the Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro and consider it one of the most sophisticated mid-range robot mowers in a marketplace positively rammed with wire-free models of all shapes and sizes.
While the Navimow i210E’s modest 22cm cutting width is no match for the much wider Mammotion LUBA 3, its logical mowing pattern produces a neatly striped finish across lawns of up to 1,000m² in area, albeit with recharge cycles mid-cut when tackling larger areas in excess of around 165m². Its onboard geo-location security system with alarm and notifications is an especially welcome addition.
The Navimow i210E’s obstacle detection is capable of recognising most garden objects, pets, children and obstacles the size of a small rubber ball so you can feel confident it won’t run slipshod over everything. Extremely quiet running and mostly intuitive app control further enhance its day-to-day usability, making this bot a particularly appealing choice for those seeking reliable lawn care with minimal intervention and zero noise pollution.
However, the Navimow i210E’s premium tech inevitably raises the price, and some simpler gardens may not fully benefit from its sophisticated mapping and terrain capability.
Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro: price & availability
- How much does it cost? £1,399 / $1,399
- When is it available? Available now
- Where can you get it? UK, Europe and USA
Availability of the Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro is steadily improving across the UK, with the model starting to appear at authorized specialist dealers and selected online retailers. At the moment, you can purchase the Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro direct from Segway for £1,399 and Cheap Mowers or Mow With Us, where it sells for the same price. In Europe, the same model sells for €1,599.
In the USA, this model is called the Navimow i2 AWD where it is available in two variants: the i206 AWD ($999) with a maximum coverage of 0.15 acre and the i210 AWD, with a max coverage of 0.25 acre. You can purchase it direct from Navimow USA.
As part of Segway’s newer iSeries line-up, the LiDAR Pro variant sits towards the premium end of the mid-range category, reflecting its sophisticated navigation technology and all-wheel-drive capability. Some retailers may occasionally list slightly lower prices for closely related i210E variants, but the full LiDAR Pro AWD specification generally commands a higher premium due to its enhanced mapping accuracy and rough terrain handling.
Compared with other flagship robotic mowers that often exceed £1,600 and even £2,000, the i210E LiDAR Pro occupies a sensible middle ground, offering advanced positioning technology without reaching eye-watering price territory.
For buyers prioritising neat, methodical cutting and cable-free installation, I feel the price of the i210E feels competitive though at the expense of a narrower, standardized 22cm cutting deck.
Value score: 4 out of 5
Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro: specs
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Max lawn size |
1,000㎡ |
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Mowing area per charge |
195m² |
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Navigation |
LiDAR + NetRTK + Vision |
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Antennae installation |
Not required |
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Cutting deck width |
22cm (1 x disc; 6 blades) |
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Cutting height adjustment |
20-70mm, motorized |
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Drivetrain |
3-wheel drive |
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Maximum climbing ability |
55% (29°) |
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Maximum zones |
20 zones |
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Drop-and-mow ability |
Yes |
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Obstacle avoidance |
VisionFence (140° RGB Camera + LiDAR) |
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Connectivity |
Wi-fi, Bluetooth & 4G (1 year free data) |
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Security |
GPS tracking, 4G, lift alarm, Apple ‘Find My’ |
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Noise |
59dB |
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Waterproof |
IP66 |
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Rain sensor |
Yes |
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Mow time per charge |
75 mins |
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Charging time |
90 mins |
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Weight |
17.35kgs |
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Dimensions |
655.5 × 445 × 289.7mm |
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Product code |
Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro |
Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro: design
- Three-way navigation, including LiDAR
- All-wheel drive
- Recharges quite frequently
I’m a committed fan of robot mowers that don’t require having a boundary wire pegged into the lawn. In fact, I see no point in wired models at all and would advise avoiding that old-fashioned tech and embracing a wire-free model like this new Segway or indeed any other model equipped with sophisticated navigation technology. Many are now available for under £700 and you can bet that prices will come down even further over the next year or two.
Most robotic lawn mower manufacturers have adopted a simple rectangular shaped design for their bots and the Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro is no different. In fact, it’s quite difficult to tell it apart from the Anthbot Genie, Mammotion Yuka and Ecovacs Goat. On the plus side, the Navimow’s outer shell feels robust enough to withstand regular knocks from boundary edges and garden obstacles, while its IP66 weather sealing provides good protection against rain.
The Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro is a top choice for lawn sizes up to 1,000m² or a combination of that figure if you have several lawn spaces – up to 20 zones in this instance. However, this 1,000m² figure applies to a full 24-hour cutting period with recharge cycles in between. Hence, if you have a lawn that is over, say, 165m² in area and you have selected the slower ‘Precision Mowing’ setting in the Navimow app, the i210E may not be able to complete the task on a single charge. I know this because my lawn is 170m² and twice now it has headed back for an 80-minute top-up charge with just 4% of the lawn left to do, and with 15% of battery in the tank. If you’d rather your similarly-sized lawn was cut on a single charge every time, I would suggest the Navimow i220E LiDAR Pro instead, which is good for lawn areas of up to 2,000m².
The reason for this seemingly inflated measurement is that a robot mower’s cutting area is measured as a total capacity over a given time period – in this case a single day rather than all at once — by calculating its efficiency per hour and factoring in charging cycles. Many manufacturers usually define the working area capacity by assuming that the robot will operate continuously — mowing, recharging and returning to mow — to maintain a maximum surface area. Yes, it’s confusing but that’s how the cookie crumbles. You can easily check your lawn size by visiting the Stiga website and using its simple click-and-drag tool to measure the size of your sward.
The Navimow i210E is equipped with three types of navigation — LiDAR, Network RTK and camera vision — that combine to form Segway’s proprietary EFLS (Exact Fusion Location System) positioning tech. This clever combo allows the Navimow to negotiate narrow pathways, avoid obstacles and flowered borders, and mow under trees or even at night.
For the uninitiated, LiDAR is a form of navigation system that fires laser pulses ahead of the bot’s progress, creating detailed 3D representations of the environment. Network RTK (Real-Time Kinematic), meanwhile, is a satellite navigation technique that provides centimeter-level positioning accuracy by using a network of online reference stations. Since Network RTK is Wi-Fi based, there is no need to have a satellite antennae spiked into the lawn, though you will need a Wi-Fi or 4G signal for the entire lawn space (Segway offers one-year of free 4G cellular data). The final part of this triple fusion navigation tech is something called VisionFence and it comprises a 140° RGB camera along with LiDAR to keep track of objects as small as a tennis ball and ensure that they’re avoided.
Since there are just three main parts in the package — the mower, its charging dock and a longer-than-average power cable for the dock — I found this model amazingly easy to set up. You have two methods of initial lawn mapping at your fingertips – auto or manual. I used the manual mapping method of steering the bot around the perimeter like an RC car because my lawn has some rough borders with a few earthy bits. However, if your borders are neat and tidy, use the auto-map method instead. Mind, I will add that its single motorized front wheel isn’t as easy to steer as the LUBA range which comes with two front wheels so you’ll need to take it slow – which is always the best method when mapping anyway.
This model’s AWD drivetrain is comprised of two heavily treaded rear wheels and the aforementioned single motorized front wheel that does most of the steering. Plenty of grip, in other words, for the i210E to tackle most rough ground and scale gradients of up to 55% (29°) – most standard robot mowers can only handle gradients of between 25% and 45%. Furthermore, Segway’s Xero-Turn system allows the machine to pivot smoothly without damaging turf and that’s a big bonus if your lawn has lots of shaded areas where grass is thinner or less established.
The Navimow i210E features a fast-spinning 22cm cutting disc equipped with six razor-like blades — three more than most — that slice through grass like a fine pair of scissors. As long as you set a bi-weekly schedule, you should see no evidence of grass cuttings littering the lawn. In fact, this mulching technique is very good for the lawn because, as the cuttings decay they release nitrogen which helps keep the lawn in tip-top condition.
Thankfully the i210E’s cutting height — 20mm to 70mm in 5mm increments — is motorized and easily changed using the Navimow app. And don’t worry about it cutting in the rain because the unit’s rain sensor will cause the robot to return to the dock for a few hours until it thinks the lawn has dried.
I have to say that I’m not a huge fan of robot mowers with small 20-22cm cutting decks because a) they take longer to complete a cutting task and b) the pseudo stripes they leave in their wake are overly slim and don’t look quite as authentic as those made using a 40cm model like the Mammotion LUBA 3.
Also, as is the case with many models at the moment, the Navimow i210E’s spinning cutting disc is centrally positioned with a gap of three inches on either side and that means it leaves a three-inch gap of uncut grass alongside solid borders which you will need to tidy up with a grass trimmer. Thankfully, pathways that are flush with the lawn are no issue because you can map the lawn to include part of the pathway so the mower straddles both when working.
I’ll leave final words of praise to this model’s exceptional security measures. To start with, the robot itself is indelibly linked to the user’s Wi-Fi, email account and four-number pin code, rendering it useless to any prospective thieves. But more than that, it is also equipped with GPS tracking and a loud ‘whoop whoop whoop’ alarm that sounds the moment the bot is lifted or tilted — and the only way to stop the racket is by inserting the pin code on the machine or in the app. A notification is also sent the moment the robot leaves its working area. Perhaps best of all, this model’s GPS tracking is linked to Apple‘s excellent ‘Find My’ app for extra reassurance.
Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro: performance
- Reliable and easy to use
- Great cutting performance
- Ability to work on rougher terrain
I’ve been exceedingly impressed by this model’s cutting quality and its ability to create perfectly straight lawn stripes. In fact, I’d argue that the current enthusiasm for wire-free robotic mowers is driven just as much by their precise, systematic cutting patterns as by the welcome freedom from burying a silly perimeter wire around the lawn. The fact that they can be operated using an app and be scheduled to run regular bi-weekly cutting sessions while one gets on with other things in life is the icing on the cake.
One thing I’ve noticed with all the wire-free robot mowers I’ve reviewed is that their first cutting session always seems to follow the longest dimension of my south-facing rectangular lawn. At first I thought they were following a compass-based system from north to south but now I’m thinking that they simply choose their initial cutting direction based on the shape of the map that was created when first unboxing.
Hence, like every other bot I’ve tested, this model set off in the direction of my lawn’s longest dimension, which is the way I want to view the lovely stripes they make when looking from the patio doors. Fear not if your lawn is a completely different shape or angle because you can change this mower’s cutting direction in the app, albeit with some frustration.
In my tests, the Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro has always cut the perimeter of the lawn first, starting a good eight inches from where I originally mapped the borders. It has then worked its way outwards for each subsequent pass. Crucially, it has never once veered off course into the rhododendrons. In fact it has followed the exact path of my original mapped route with centimeter accuracy, even performing the same sharp turns I made when manually mapping the lawn using the app’s virtual joysticks. Very impressive. However, as expected, some of my borders will need tackling with the grass trimmer, which is par for the course with lawn mowers of every kind.
After it has finished the perimeter, the i210E has mysteriously started cutting the main part of my lawn from the center to one side before heading over to the other side to complete the task. Mind, this is of no consequence because everything has always been perfectly cut by the end of its working session.
I haven’t experienced any issues with the Navimow i210E’s obstacle avoidance and tested it with a dog toy that I knew it would circumvent and a small rubber ball that I expected it to annihilate. Well it evaded both with self-assured coolness by turning around and going in the opposite direction before eventually returning to the same area to mow the strip on the other side of the obstacle. No, I still wouldn’t trust this robot mower — or any other — to avoid dog mess, so pet owners will need to perform regular cleanups unless they want mashed turd all over the robot’s wheels. Lovely.
As pointed out earlier, the Navimow i210E doesn’t quite finish my 170m² lawn on a single charge and has always had to return to its charging base with just 4% of lawn area remaining. Which just goes to show that even though this model is good for 1,000m², it could take several re-charging sessions to complete a full task if the lawn’s total area is at or beyond the mower’s stated maximum work-space capacity. This is especially pertinent if you plan to use the Navimow on several different lawns — it can mow up to 20 zones in turn by following a preset route from one lawn to the next — so bear this in mind when making your final decision.
Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro: Navimow app
- Clean interface
- Not especially comprehensive
- Could do with some tweaks
The Segway Navimow app’s interface feels clean and modern, placing the most useful controls — scheduling, zone editing and cutting height adjustments – exactly where you’d expect them. Particularly pleasing is the way the app presents the lawn map, with crisp visual boundaries that make it easy to refine mowing areas or create no-go zones around flowerbeds and furniture. You can view this map with or without illustrated terrain.
While there is a pleasing absence of clutter in the Navimow app, I personally miss some of the deeper customisation possibilities that the Mammotion app provides. I have also been a bit confused by some of its elements, especially the mowing direction feature.
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With other apps you’re able to see superimposed stripes on the map that delineate the direction of the cut, which you can alter by touching and swivelling two fingers on the screen. However, in this app you’re shown a superimposed multi-point compass-like image with the letters A to F for each one of its 12 different points — very confusing. In fact, for my first attempt at changing the cutting angle, I inadvertently tasked the mower with cutting the lawn in 12 different directions before hastily stopping it and selecting just one path, in my case from D to D for a north-to-south cut.
Despite this particular route direction anomaly, I think the Navimow app complements the hardware very well, offering an experience that feels mostly polished, practical and relatively easy to navigate. Crucially, connectivity has proved dependable in day-to-day use, while firmware updates have arrived without any dramas attached.
- App functionality score: 4/5
Should you buy the Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro?
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Section |
Notes |
Score |
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Value for money |
Premium navigation, good terrain ability and genuinely useful wire-free convenience make the price feel fairly justified for smaller, complex landscapes |
4/5 |
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Design |
Sleek, purposeful design with triple fusion navigation and robust AWD that feels durable and reassuringly premium |
4/5 |
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Performance |
Precise, systematic mowing with confident slope capability, strong obstacle detection and neat results with minimal supervision |
4.5/5 |
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App functionality |
Clean and mostly intuitive, the Navimow app makes mapping and scheduling pretty straightforward. But it’s not perfect |
4/5 |
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Average rating |
Row 5 – Cell 1 |
4/5 |
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How I tested the Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro
While my lawn has a simple layout, my garden is surrounded by tall shrubs and humongous trees that produce a lot of shady areas where a mowbot might struggle. I set up the Segway Navimow i210E LiDAR Pro’s charging station in the usual place under a tall-standing beech tree, mapped my lawn manually and watched it work while I wrote much of this review under a parasol on the patio.
I checked its straight-line accuracy, how well it tackled the borders and, crucially, how efficiently it cut the grass. Fortunately, today’s lawn robots are so advanced that I am rarely disappointed. As predicted, the Navimow mostly did exactly what I expected it to do, though I was flummoxed by its insistence to cut my lawn from the center outwards instead of more logically from the edge inwards. But hey, it eventually tackled the other side and all was well.
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