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dreame A2 1200 review

Long-range 3D scanning with an HDR camera, an extending cutting head for edges, a 26.5° slope and a camera that patrols the garden.

The bottom line The longest reach on the shelf — a sensor system stated to scan 360° by 59° out to 70 metres — with an extending cutting head that holds under 5 cm from an edge, the steepest stated gradient here at 50 per cent, and a 1080p camera used for garden monitoring as well as navigation.

What the maker prints on its own page

A robot mower with automatic boundary setup and dual-fusion mapping: 3D scanning and an HDR camera give detailed views for automatic boundary setup and precise mapping of up to 3 000 m², with no wiring and no RTK station. The sensor system is stated to scan the surroundings across 360° by 59° out to 70 metres, with centimetre precision at close range.

An extending cutting head keeps the distance between head and edge under 5 cm. 3D point-cloud data with AI image processing is stated to detect and avoid objects including hedgehogs and water pipes. A hub motor raises the maximum slope to 50 per cent (26.5°) and the maker states operation under 55 dB. The app sets cutting height, mowing direction and schedules, and manages two maps for unconnected areas. A 1080p HDR camera allows real-time garden monitoring with patrol plans.

Reach

70 metres is a long way for a garden robot to see, and the vertical field — 59 degrees — is stated as well, which is unusual.

What long reach buys is planning: a machine that can see the far end of a lawn plans a route across it rather than discovering it. What it does not change is the edge problem, which is a close-range question and is handled here by mechanics rather than by sensing.

The slope, in two units

50 per cent and 26.5 degrees, both printed. That is the only listing on this shelf to give both, and it is worth a line because they are wildly different numbers describing the same hill — a manufacturer quoting only the larger-looking one is not lying, and it is not helping either.

The camera that is also a camera

A 1080p HDR sensor used for navigation, and offered as a garden monitor with patrol plans and tracking of unusual human activity.

That is a genuine capability and it is also a camera on a moving platform in your garden, connected to an app. This page notes it rather than selling it: it is a household decision, not a specification.

The two area figures

1 200 m² in the name, 3 000 m² of mapping. They measure different things — how much lawn the machine can keep cut against how large a map it can hold — and only the first is the duty-cycle assumption every stated area on this shelf is.

Availability

From 849 € to 899 €, that being the spread across the German, French and Italian Amazon stores on the day of the survey.

More than 1.6× the cheapest country at the Spanish Amazon store; a gap of that size normally means forwarded stock rather than a seller on the ground, so the spread above leaves it out.

Listed and unsold: the American and British Amazon catalogues hold the reference with nobody behind it.

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 longest sensing range stated on this shelf, at 70 metres
  • An extending cutting head rather than a fixed one, holding under 5 cm from an edge
  • The steepest stated gradient here — 50 per cent, given in both per cent and degrees

Compromises

  • The decibel figure does not say whether it is sound power or sound pressure
  • A garden-monitoring camera is a camera in your garden, which is a decision rather than a feature
  • No cutting width, no height range, no battery

Specifications

Cutting widthNot published
Stated areaModel named for 1 200 m²; mapping stated up to 3 000 m²
Navigation3D ultra sensor system with an algorithm-assisted HDR camera, 360° × 59° to 70 m; no wiring, no RTK station
BoundaryNone — automatic boundary setup and dual-fusion mapping
SlopeUp to 50 % (26.5°), as stated
Cutting heightsAdjustable in the app; the range is not published
BatteryNot published
Charge timeNot published
AppYes — cutting height, mowing direction, schedules, two maps, patrol plans
Guaranteed noiseUnder 55 dB stated — the quantity is not named
WeightNot published
Amazon referenceB0GH7HVQV4 (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN6979054370220

What this machine usually gets asked

Why give the slope in both units?

Because per cent and degrees are very different numbers for the same gradient — 50 per cent is 26.5 degrees — and listings on this shelf quote whichever sounds larger. Giving both is the honest form, and this is the only machine here that does it.

Is the patrol camera a good idea?

It is a camera on a moving platform in your garden, streaming to an app. Whether that is a security feature or an intrusion is a question about your household rather than about the mower, and this page raises it rather than answering it.

What does 3 000 m² of mapping mean if the machine is 1 200?

Mapping capacity and mowing capacity are different limits: the machine can hold a map of a larger property than it can keep cut. The stated area is the maker’s duty-cycle assumption and the map figure is a memory limit.

Who this one is for

A large garden with slopes and a lot of edge, for an owner comfortable with an app and a camera

Guides that feature it

Price and availability

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. 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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