Husqvarna Automower Fence Door review & what to know

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Kica is our mischievous puppy and ever since we cut a hole in the fence to allow our Husqvarna Automower 415X through, she’s ben sneaking through the opening. So we needed a solution. Enter the Husqvarna automower fence door. This special two-way door allows your Automower in and out, but it locks into place, meaning no cuteness sneak attacks.

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In this review, I’ll look at the door and what you need, how it works, how it’s installed and other considerations you might have. I’ll wrap things up with the pros and cons and let you know if I think it’s a good add-on for you.

What is Husqvarna Automower Door?

The Husqvarna Automower Door is a special gate that creates an opening for your robot lawn mower to come and go securely.

The gate is perfectly sized to allow the mower access, and works by sending a Bluetooth signal from your mower to the door, unlatching the swinging door to allow the Automower to roll through it. Once the mower is through, it locks the door again. This means your mower can go between securer areas, but pets can’t.

It can be installed in a couple of different types of fences

Considerations

The first thing I’ll says is that you’ll need to consult a Husqvarna dealer before you opt for this. Depending on the type of fence you have the door may or may not work for you. The Automower door is meant to be installed by your local dealer, for two reasons; one is that there needs to be a special retrofit of your mower. A Bluetooth Module will be professionally added into the mower to signal the door, and small fins also need to be installed so the door doesn’t accidentally hit the stop button. The other is that the door needs to be positioned appropriately so it can still support your fence, while swinging clearly in both directions.

At our house, the area we had created for the mower to enter and leave the yard was through a Gate I needed to open each time. I thought we might be able to replace the bottom of the gate with the door. But thanks to the small size of the gate, and a pier block, this exit was no longer an option. So we actually needed to re-lay the boundary and guide wire in our yard. It’s not a big job but it does take time… so I’d say if you’re going to consider the door, even down the road, make sure it will fit in your space, and design for that now, to save time in the future.

We took the mower to the dealer for the Bluetooth install and the addition of the fins.

Next up a hole was cut in the fence and the door was installed.

Essentially there are two sides to the frame that sandwich the fence boards, and the frame is kind of self supporting too. The door is hung on a bracket on the frame, and a locking pin keeps it in place. When the Bluetooth module signals it, latches in the door retract and allow it to swing freely. After the Bluetooth module leaves the door zone, the lock engages again.

All told, with the construction on our fence, it took about two hours to install.

Using the Automower door

Using the Automower door is seamless. The mower asks for and gets permission to pass all on its own so no more opening my gate for the bot.

It also allowed us to expand the Automower 415X’s range to cut an additional strip of grass out from of our house.

Now, the lawn gets cut, the dogs are safe and the colour of the Automower door even matches my fence… and I didn’t even plan that.

Overall review Husqvarna Automower Door

Overall this door is a real smart add to our yard. On the pro side, it provides seamless access to the mower—no help from me required. Perhaps most importantly, it keeps our dogs safe too.

The Automower door sells for about $500CAD and for now is available only through a Husqvarna dealer.