Been thinking of getting a hedge trimmer - don't mind using clippers, but the hedges get out of control as the clippers won't cut thicker stuff. One hedge is Box and isn't too bad, but 'pruning' it back every few years takes ages; the other hedge is Privet which is far more difficult to 'prune'.
A decent trimmer would cut the thicker stems (say up to 15mm) so the hedges could be shaped not to overhang paths. Most of those with good capacity seem to be quite long and I reckon 60cm would suffice for hedges about 50cm wide and 120cm high.
Anyway, found this:
Doing a search on it, I found that there's a 60cm version, otherwise the same and was cheapest at Homebase! . With discounts this weekend it might be about £85.
Does the team think that it'd be OK for the proposed use? Be a nice new toy to have :-)