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Bosch VISIMOW18V-100 review

A 16 cm robot for 100 m², wire-free by camera, supplied without a battery. The smallest machine on the shelf and the one that needs a pack buying.

The bottom line The only robot here sold without its battery — the title says so — and the only one that runs on a battery platform shared across brands rather than a fixed internal pack. A 16 cm cutting width for 100 m², wire-free by vision, and 20 to 60 mm of height. Add the pack before comparing the price with anything else on this shelf.

What the maker prints on its own page

A cordless robot mower for lawns up to 100 m², with a 16 cm cutting width and a cutting height from 20 to 60 mm, supplied without a battery. Starting is described as a few button presses, taking seconds from storage to mowing. The vision system allows setup without a boundary wire or any other infrastructure, and the machine can mow several separate areas. The pack belongs to an alliance the maker states covers more than ten brands and over 150 products. The carton contains the machine.

The word used in the title

“Ohne Akku”. It is there, and that matters more on this shelf than on any other, because every other robot here arrives with its battery — usually sealed inside.

For somebody with packs on this alliance, this is the cheapest robot on the site by a wide margin and a sensible purchase. For somebody without, the real price is this plus a pack, and at that point the comparison changes completely.

A removable pack on a robot

Unusual, and a genuine long-term argument. A robot is an outdoor machine that lives five or ten seasons, and the component that ages fastest is the battery. A machine whose pack is a standard item from a large range can be re-batteried; a machine with a sealed cell reaches a point where it is finished.

16 cm, and what that means

The narrowest cutting width in this family and one of the narrowest anywhere. A robot compensates for a small cut by running constantly — that is the whole design — but the width and the stated area move together, and 100 m² is the smallest figure on the shelf for that reason.

The setup

No app is mentioned. On a shelf where every other machine is configured through a phone and an account, a robot that starts from its own buttons is a different proposition, and for some buyers a better one.

Availability

From 300 € to 356 €, that being the spread across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores on the day of the survey.

Beyond the euro zone, the British Amazon store prices it in its own currency, which the spread above sets aside.

Nothing came back from the American Amazon store at all; the buy button there runs a search rather than opening an empty page.

Taken from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and prices move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 26 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

The declared figures, and the point they stop at

Strengths

  • The carton contents are honest: the title states no battery is included
  • Runs on a battery alliance rather than a sealed internal pack, so the pack is replaceable and shared
  • Setup described as button presses rather than an app account

Compromises

  • No pack in the box, so the real price is higher than the listed one
  • The smallest area on the shelf at 100 m² and the narrowest cut at 16 cm
  • No slope figure, no charge time, no noise figure

Specifications

Cutting width16 cm, as stated
Stated areaUp to 100 m², as stated by the maker
NavigationCamera-based vision system, as stated
BoundaryNone — no boundary wire or other infrastructure, as stated
SlopeNot published
Cutting heights20–60 mm
BatteryNot supplied — a pack from a cross-brand 18 V alliance is required
Charge timeNot published
AppNot published — setup is described as a few button presses
Guaranteed noiseNot published
WeightNot published
Amazon referenceB0G4DVCN8K (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4053423706543

What this machine usually gets asked

Why is it so much cheaper than the others?

Because it has no battery in it. Every other robot here includes its pack — most of them sealed into the machine — and a price table that puts a bare tool beside complete machines is ranking cartons. This site marks it in the row.

Is a removable, shared pack an advantage?

In the long term, clearly: a robot whose battery is a standard pack from a range can be re-batteried in five years, and one with a sealed cell cannot. In the short term it is one more thing to buy.

Is 100 m² a limit?

It is the maker’s duty-cycle assumption, derived from a cutting rate and the hours it expects the machine to run. A 16 cm cut is narrow even for a robot, and that is where the modest figure comes from.

Who this one is for

A small, simple lawn, for somebody who already owns packs on this battery alliance

Price and availability

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.

Details checked on September 26, 2026.

Sources

Specifications: manufacturer sheet and Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. No product on this site has been physically tested.

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