Hedgetrimmer question (Li-ion battery job)

Sep 12, 2016 7 Replies
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(I know there's a gardening group but this is a tools question):



Have any of you experience of the li-ion powered hedgetrimmers now available? e.g.

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I'm thinking about getting one. I do an *awful* lot of hedgetrimming, and much of it is heavy work -- a lighter trimmer would make life easier.



I noticed these emerge 3-4years (??) ago, trumpeted as a miracle cure, but they were very expensive then, and I was sceptical of the power, the battery life, and the tool life. Probably time to look at them again.



TIA John


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Another John was thinking very hard :

I have no experience of them, but suspect they are only good for light duties. I also suspect the weight of the battery might make using them harder work than it need be, often at awkward angles. I don't find my Bosch mains trimmer too much of a problem to use and I have quite a lot of hedge to cut.

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The one you want has a very large battery pack that is not part of the tool, and that you carry in a backpack.

I think the pack alone is over £500

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I just bought this - superb.

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Get some spare blades and off you go.

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you trim the hedge with a lawn strimmer ?

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Yes - it is good for lots of foilage trimming.

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Pretty good on foliage, too..

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There's a youtube vid of someone trimming a hedge with a flymo.

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