Ecovacs GOAT A3000 Pro

The Ecovacs GOAT A3000 Pro performed very similarly to the GOAT A3000 that I’ve been using for a full year now, and the A3000 was clearly the best performer last year. The new A3000 Pro had the best cut quality of the razor blade-style mowers and the new string trimming edger worked pretty well in my testing. However, I don’t think anything could make me go back to a 2-wheel drive mower and as I mentioned before, the most important feature for me is a mower that just finishes the job without getting stuck. Over the last year I would say my A3000 got stuck on a stick, curb, or hill and about one out of every ten times it mowed, which became more and more annoying as the year went on. For that same reason I can’t in good conscience recommend any of the more budget friendly 2WD mowers unless you’re okay with dealing with a stuck robot every couple weeks, in which case I don’t think there was a massive difference between their performance and you should probably just get whichever one is on sale since their prices can fluctuate by as much as $500.