SUNSEEKERX7 Wireless Robot Lawn Mower 0.75 Acre/ 32,000Sq. Ft, with Smart APP Control, Vision AI System & RTK, Path Planning, Adaptive Floating Cut Height up to 4", for Medium to Large Yards

The media could not be loaded. Hi everyone! I've seen several posts about the lack of real info/noise around the Orion X7 line, and as I recently received mine I thought I'd leave a little review for everyone, specifically for the Orion X7 Plus. This is going to get a bit lengthy, so if you want to skip the bulk of this, I’ve got a tl;dr at the end. Also, feel free to ask me any questions and I’ll do my best to answer them!Before jumping in, 2 important disclaimers. First, I am NOT sponsored/affiliated/loyal/etc to/with Sunseeke/Orion. I paid full price for this, I'm not a content creator, and I don't intend to have any benefit from this whatsoever.Second, I AM A ROBOT LAWNMOWER NOOB. We're a big smart home household (lights, locks, shades, computers, a Dreame X30 I couldn't more highly recommend, and more), but this is my first robot lawnmower. I'm not an expert, and I don't have prior experience, so any ease or difficulty is from the perspective of an active smart home user who considers himself relatively tech-savvy, but has no robot lawnmower experience whatsoever.A bit of context about my setup, I have about an acre of lawn to mow, and it is shaped fairly funky. I'll attach a picture of the map in the comments for your reference. There are several slopes, but none too steep. That said, there are multiple areas where the edge of my lawn drops off a precipitous cliff that the mower certainly would not handle, and would likely fall off. I have a 2 story home with a 5' tall attic (this is important for later) and I have a lawn that is pretty open, but all edges are lines with very tall trees (we're in the middle of the woods). I also have 12 tripod sprinklers currently standing in the lawn because we are trying to establish grass. The house is surrounded by a couple feet of gravel on all sides.Okay, far too much context there, but I want you to have the details. Let's jump in.The Orion X7 Plus has been AMAZING!!! I took my sweet time doing the setup. After unboxing and installing a few pieces (like the cellular anti-theft device it came with), I placed the charging station just under my deck at the back of the house. This put it on the gravel around my house, but with the front edge on the lawn itself. The holding stakes went through the gravel just fine, and the station sat an inch off the ground but sat flush once I put the stakes in. The mower has had no trouble getting onto its station.I experimented with a few locations for the RTK station (the pole with the satellite dish on it, dish is about 6" in diameter). I had read online that placement for this guy could be frustrating. Some people said they put it inside their attic and it worked well. I was hoping to do that, but my attic is more of a crawl space, we don't have easy access to it, and there is blown insulation everywhere, so it wasn't worth the hassle. Instead, I set it up in the gravel surrounding the deck. It's about 30 feet to the left of the charging station and is just starting to get to the corner of the house.The important information here is that the charging station and the RTK antenna aren’t very far apart and are both located in the backyard. This was Sunseeker’s least optimal arrangement of all the options they suggested. And it still works flawlessly! We haven’t had any issues with satellite connectivity, and the robot has never lost its location. We did try moving the RTK station to the front yard (because Sunseeker seemed to recommend it), but then the base station had trouble connecting to the RTK station. We moved it back to the backyard and everything was flawless.The X7 Plus does a great job mowing. It hasn’t torn up our lawn, even on wet days, and we’ve got plenty of slopes where I thought this would be an issue. No issues so far! The mow lines look great, and you can set a custom direction if you want (but then the entire lawn is that direction — it’s not like you can draw mow patterns on your lawn or anything).Set at normal settings, I have the X7 Plus run from 7:30pm-3:30am. It takes about 2 nights of this to mow the entire acre of lawn. The night mowing seems to work great, and we haven’t had any issues with the mower getting stuck. We did have to create a small “no-go zone” at the front end of our lawn, because the terrain here is extremely uneven. New construction, huge tire tracks from heavy machinery, so there’s are 5” deep ruts in the dirt that the mower got caught on at one point. All the other areas of the lawn have typical undulation, roots, and rocks, and the mower handles all of it like a champ.We mow at night because we are running sprinklers throughout the day and don’t want to mow wet grass. The mower is silent enough we can’t hear it in the house even if we try. Mowing day or night shouldn’t pose any issue for you or your neighbors, and I’ve got the blade speed on high!One word of warning: the app is not great. If you’re familiar with smart devices, you’ll know there are some apps that are extremely well-designed, and some that… aren’t. The “aren’t” category is where this app definitely falls. It’s certainly usable, it doesn’t have any major bugs or annoyances I could find, but it’s just not intuitive or robust. I haven’t found that to be a bother, but as someone who daily uses the Dreame app for my vacuum/mop and the Tesla app for my car, I was hoping the mower app would have a bit more functionality.A couple of quick notes about mapping. There is an AI mapping feature that I did not use, but I wish I had. Mapping the lawn took me about 45 minutes of slowly walking behind the mower while using the joystick in the app to drive the mower. It was fun for a few minutes and then became tedious. I also had to drive him to each obstacle (all the sprinklers) and circle him around it to create the obstacle in the map. Now, to be clear, the map is perfect and the mower follows it perfectly, which is great, but it took a lot of setup. Candidly, I’m not sure if the AI mapping would have done as good of a job as doing it manually, but it would’ve been nice to try it to save the time.One other data point: my grass area being mowed is about 31,400 square feet, and the app says it takes the mower 741 minutes to mow this (on normal settings, but you can choose faster or slower drive speeds and skinnier or wider spacing of paths). This comes out to roughly 42 square feet per minute, so in my experience you’re looking at around 17 hours to mow an acre. That feels like a lot to me, but running it at night for several hours takes care of it. My 3/4 acre lawn is fully mowed in 2 nights.tl;dr — I am absolutely loving my Orion X7 Plus! I bought it on Amazon so I could return it, but I am definitely keeping it. It mows great, it’s very quiet (can’t hear it if I’m inside the house), and runs great at night. I’ve had zero issues with satellite or connectivity, despite putting the base under the deck and the RTK station on the same side of the house, and despite very tall trees surrounding the lawn (but not in the actual lawn area). The robot hasn’t gotten stuck or lost, and it goes right up to the edge that I mapped. The app isn’t inhibiting, but it certainly isn’t a positive either. It’s really the only part of the entire process I wasn’t thoroughly impressed with. The app gets the job done, but leaves something to be desired. Besides the app, everything about the Orion X7 Plus has been fantastic! It mows my 3/4 acre lawn in about 17 hours on normal settings. I run it at night and it does my whole lawn in about 2 nights.

I was between the Orion X7 and the Luba mower. I decided on the Orion based off reviews and capabilities the Orion offers. I needed a mower that could manage a small hill in my backyard, but also manage different areas of my yard since it has several “islands” of grass.First off, I received the mower 2 days after ordering! It took about 2 hours for me to install. I followed the directions in the app, and I couldn’t figure out how to connect the robot to the internet, so I watched their YouTube video “Sunseeker ORION X7: Step-by-Step Installation Guide” (SUPER helpful). Setting up mowing zones was very easy, and I LOVE how it mows in rows.It looks like Sunseeker pushes updates frequently in their app, so I am excited to see what other options are going to be available. So far, obstacle avoidance has worked perfectly (we always have a ball or some toy in the yard). RTK was easy to connect to. Cuts almost my whole yard in one charge, but I also have a mix of grasses and the hill which will obviously use more battery to navigate.Overall, very impressed. I like how they put their dealer info on their website so if there are any issues, I can call them for a quicker response. It is very quiet, I hardly realize it is even there. Being in the South, I am SO happy I don’t have to mow in 95 degree weather anymore! Recommending to all my friends and family!

The Orion X7 Plus is a solid performer, though it’s important to note upfront that it does not handle fall leaves or edging tasks. My property is 0.4 acres, split into three areas separated by a driveway, with steep slopes, uneven borders, and features like large boulders and Belgian block edging. Initially, I was concerned about how the mower would manage these challenges. However, after running the mower four times a week, my lawn now looks picture-perfect—almost like a golf course.PerformanceThe mower runs for approximately six hours to cover all three zones. My lawn, primarily Kentucky Bluegrass, has dramatically improved in health and appearance. Unlike my previous manual mower, the Orion X7 Plus eliminates those unsightly mulch clumps often left behind after mowing. I currently mow at a height of 2.0 inches, reduced from 2.8 inches during the summer and fall.Setup and NavigationProper setup is critical for optimal performance, particularly the RTK antenna, which must be placed in a stable location with best possible satellite reception. Despite this, I noticed that the mapping can occasionally shift slightly (by up to a foot). This can lead to the mower falling off edges or getting stuck on ramps I installed to help it cross the Belgian block borders. I mapped the borders about a foot away from the edges, but the mower still falls off approximately once every six-hour session. While this isn’t a major issue for me, as someone is usually home to reposition it, it’s an area that could be improved.Virtual walls are another feature I’ve tested, but they don’t seem to work consistently yet. When the mower gets stuck, it spends about five minutes trying to free itself. A feature like those in some robotic vacuums—where the unit can lift itself slightly to overcome obstacles—would be a great addition.App and SchedulingThe app is functional but has room for improvement. For example, scheduling mowing times and zones is inconvenient. You cannot specify the order in which zones should be mowed if you want to run them in sequence and independent of rain-delays. I prefer to mow the south-facing area in the morning when there is less dew, but the current scheduling options make this difficult.Map editing within the app has also been problematic, often creating new issues rather than solving existing ones. However, I’m optimistic about future updates, as customer service has been very responsive, and the app receives frequent updates.ConclusionOverall, I’m very satisfied with the Orion X7 Plus. It has saved me a significant amount of time - I used to spend about two hours mowing every week - and my lawn looks far healthier and more attractive. While there are some issues with app functionality, and occasional navigation challenges, I’m confident that these will improve with future app updates. The Orion X7 Plus is an excellent robotic mower for anyone looking to save time while maintaining a pristine lawn.