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Robot vacuums are great because they automate one of the most annoying chores inside of your house. But if you own a lawn, the annoyance doesn't stop indoors because now you also have grass to maintain and weeds growing everywhere and yet another thing to worry about when you're already a busy person. As someone who's working full-time and while running my own business, lawn maintenance is one of those chores that's easy to fall behind on. So, when Dreamy reached out to sponsor this video so I could try out their new A3AWD Pro 3500 robotic lawnmower, I was genuinely curious whether this thing could actually save me time or if it was just another over complicated smart gadget
pretending to solve problem. And honestly, my first impressions are surprisingly positive with a few caveats. First off, the design. The look of the Dreamy Robotic Moore A3 AWD Pro honestly looks pretty cool with a futuristic lowprofile Terminator looking aesthetic. It definitely looks like a tank. It's also IPX6 rated, so it's built to live outdoors and handle water exposure. That said, I probably wouldn't intentionally run it through heavy rain all the time, not because it can't handle it, but because wet grass typically gives you a messier cut and more clumping. It also uses dual cutting discs with roughly 40 cm cutting width or 15 and 3/4 in. So, it covers more ground than some smaller robot mowers.
You can also adjust the cutting height from 1.2 in to 3.9 in. The wheels are rugged, and Dreamy also says that it can clear obstacles up to 2.2 in, which is pretty great. A display underneath the hood along with some physical buttons to control the robot are nice additions. On top of a big red physical stop button for emergencies, which is pretty great. Now, upon first trying to set up the robot mower, physically getting started was actually pretty straightforward. You place the charging dock, connect power, set the robot down, power it on, and that part was honestly not difficult at all, but the software setup was definitely a little tougher than I expected. I did have a few connectivity
issues with the robot, not wanting to connect to my Wi-Fi network, but after a few tries and making sure that it was connecting to a 2.4 GHz network, it started connecting and the rest of the setup was pretty easy. There's also built-in 4G support. Having 4G built-in is great since you can still control and monitor the mower from the app, even if it's out of your router's range. What's also nice is that Dreamy gives complimentary 4G for up to 3 years. But unfortunately, as of yet, Dreamy hasn't published renewal pricing after these free 3 years are up. But onto the Dreamy Home app itself. I'm happy to report that it's actually pretty intuitive. You can create mowing zones, schedules,
no-go areas, adjust cutting height, and basically manage the whole thing directly from your phone. And this more has a pretty crazy amount of tech packed into this thing. When you're creating a map of your lawn, you're able to use what Dreamy calls their Omnisense 3.0 system, which combines 3D LAR and AI vision to map your lawn and navigate around obstacles automatically. And at any point while it's automatically mapping your lawn, you can actually manually override and remote control the robot to help create boundaries that way, which I actually opted for a half- half approach. And I found that sometimes my lawn confuse the robot because some areas I haven't mowed for a
long time. Sorry, buddy. So yeah, to be fair, I probably didn't give it ideal conditions. Dreamy actually recommends mowing your lawn with a normal lawnmower or push more first if your grass is at least over 4 in tall, which mine definitely exceeded in some spots. The A3 AWD Pro has a feature Dreamy calls Edgemaster 2.0, which is supposed to help cut closer to borders under about 1.2 in according to Dreamy. In practice, I'd still expect to do some occasional edge cleanup, especially around weird corners or raised areas, but it does seem like Jeremy is trying to reduce how much manual trimming you still need to do. So, I do think this Moore works best as a maintenance mo rather than a
miracle recovery machine for a neglected lawn. But with a little bit of getting used to the controls, I was able to manually set the boundaries of my lawn pretty well. The A3 AWD Pro also has an all-wheel drive, which is surprisingly pretty strong. And Dreamy says it can actually handle slopes up to 80% or about 38°, which some parts of my lawn definitely come close to. I wasn't pulling my punches when I was testing this guy. And it can supposedly recognize and avoid over 300 types of popsicles, which is important because the last thing you want is a robot lawnmower deciding your garden hose, your dog toy, and your flower bed is it sworn enemy that it has to mow down and destroy. But finally, once it got going
properly, I was actually genuinely impressed by how quiet this is. Like, it's shockingly quiet. Compared to a gas mower or even a lot of electric mowers, this thing kind of just glides around doing its job without really sounding aggressive or annoying. You could realistically run this in the background without feeling like you're annoying or disturbing your entire neighborhood. And the actual cutting performance pretty solid so far. On the first pass, there were definitely a few spots it missed, but overall it handled most of the assigned area pretty well. Again, I suspect some of that probably came down to the fact that my lawn was a little bit taller than ideal. One other thing I
noticed with my testing, though, is that if you have a lawn that is complicated in terrain, it can be difficult for the A3 AWD Pro to avoid everything. Although it is pretty conservative, it did actually jump off a small ledge by accident. So, I've since set a no-go zone to make sure that won't happen again. So, in theory, the ideal ownership experience with something like this is you let it run frequently, keep the lawn consistently maintained, and basically stop thinking about mowing entirely. You may need to go in with a weed whacker or regular mower to clean up some spots the robot misses, but honestly, it beats having to do the entire rest of the lawn. That's the dream here. Now, obviously, there are some downsides. The biggest one is
price. These high-end robot mowers are not cheap, and at an MSRP of $3,199 for the A3WD Pro 3500 model, this is definitely positioned as a premium smart lawn care product. What is nice, though, is that Dreamy includes anti- theft features with the alerts and location tracking through the built-in 4G support. So, if someone tries to mess with it or take it, you at least have some recovery tools built in. I haven't needed to recover the robot yet. Thank goodness, knock on wood. But for a product that's supposed to sit outside, I'm kind of glad that's part of the package. Also, while the no physical boundary wire setup, like what early robot lawnmowers used to have, is great in theory. The software experience still
feels like it could use some refinement. This doesn't yet feel quite as polished or foolproof as something like a robot vacuum from a mature ecosystem, but it's definitely really good, and it's close to perfect. I suspect that with user reports and feedback, the robot and software will only get better with future firmware updates, but at the time of testing this, it's definitely come with some small hurls along the way. If your lawn is especially complicated, overgrown, or irregular, expect some setup tweaking and experimentation. So, I think products like this make the most sense for a specific kind of person. If you actually enjoy mowing your lawn every weekend, this probably isn't going
to replace that experience for you. And if your lawn is super complicated, overgrown, or full of weird edges and obstacles, you should expect at least a little bit of setup, tweaking, and a little bit of trial and error. But if you're like me and lawn care is one of those chores that keeps getting pushed down the list because you're busy with work, side projects, and everything else going on in life, then the Dreamy Robotic Mower A3 AWD Pro starts to make a little bit more sense. It's not really trying to replace a landscaping enthusiast, but it's trying to replace the chore. And after spending some time with it, that's the part that feels the most compelling to me. Once it's set up
properly, it can quietly maintain your lawn in the background, avoid most obstacles, handle uneven terrain, and even take care of the bulk of the work without having to think about it every weekend. It's not perfect. The setup could be smoother. The mapping still needs some refinement, and you'll probably still need to clean up the vocational edge or tricky spot yourself. But the fact that I can put a robot in my yard, have it map the lawn with LAR and AI vision, climb slopes, mow quietly, return to its dock, and slowly turn lawn care into something I don't have to constantly worry about. That's still pretty wild. So, yeah, the Dreamy A3 AWD Pro is definitely a premium product, and it won't be for everyone.
But, if you have the budget, a decentiz lawn, and you'd rather spend your weekends doing literally anything other than mowing, this is one of those smart home products that actually starts to feel less like a gimmick. And more like the future of outdoor tours.
