I want a hedge trimmer

scoobie

Hi
I want an electric hedge trimmer :T Can anyone recommend a good one? Ideally I'd like lightweight one, longish blade, good motor, for a good price

I don't want a cordless one as my current one is cordless and it isn't powerful enough to cut through the hedges!
thanks

YorkshireBoy

Just bought my dad one for his birthday. He'd chosen a "Powerbase" one from Homebase at £17.99, but I insisted he got a branded name one due to availability of spare parts. Finished up buying a Flymo unit from B & Q at £29.99. Seems a good buy so far.

By the way, saw in Argos today that they have a triple set consisting of lawnmower, strimmer, and hedge trimmer. Normally retails (blimey, sound like Del-Boy!) at £59.99 but they're on offer at the moment at £49.99. You'll have to make your own mind up about the likely quality though!

martinpike

Aldi had some in recently, at £19.99 I think. Your local store might still have them. My experience of the Aldi 'Special Buys' is that they are excellent value.

Sheel

scoobie wrote:

Hi
I want an electric hedge trimmer :T Can anyone recommend a good one? Ideally I'd like lightweight one, longish blade, good motor, for a good price

I don't want a cordless one as my current one is cordless and it isn't powerful enough to cut through the hedges!
thanks

What's your budget scoobie?

If you're wanting a powerful one with a longish blade , then my husband got the Bosch ASH 7000 the other day and he says it's very good. It's got a 70cm long blade , 34mm wide blade spacing and a 650 watt motor. He got it on 10% day at Homebase so he got it for about £90. Not that cheap , but if you need one with a long blade and a powerful motor like we do as we have a few hedges and a very high thick one , it could be worth it in the long run. Seems a good price at Homebase as it's £139.99 HERE

m00nie

i asked this same question last week, i opted for the ARGOs one, £17.99 challenge 500w, just the job for me, (apart from i cut through the lead on the 1st day )

scoobie

m00nie wrote:

i asked this same question last week, i opted for the ARGOs one, £17.99 challenge 500w, just the job for me, (apart from i cut through the lead on the 1st day )

500w is good for that price, but 14mm cutting width is too small for me , as I have thicker branches to get through

scoobie

Sheel wrote:

What's your budget scoobie?

If you're wanting a powerful one with a longish blade , then my husband got the Bosch ASH 7000 the other day and he says it's very good. It's got a 70cm long blade , 34mm wide blade spacing and a 650 watt motor. He got it on 10% day at Homebase so he got it for about £90. Not that cheap , but if you need one with a long blade and a powerful motor like we do as we have a few hedges and a very high thick one , it could be worth it in the long run. Seems a good price at Homebase as it's £139.99 HERE

My experience is cheap ones don't work well, motor cuts out, stalls etc in dense work. Thats a good specification , I'm not suprised he's happy with it, I may look out for that one. thanks

scoobie

martinpike wrote:

Aldi had some in recently, at £19.99 I think. Your local store might still have them. My experience of the Aldi 'Special Buys' is that they are excellent value.

My local aldi was sold out unfortunately but thanks for the tip

scoobie

Sheel wrote:

What's your budget scoobie?

If you're wanting a powerful one with a longish blade , then my husband got the Bosch ASH 7000 the other day and he says it's very good. It's got a 70cm long blade , 34mm wide blade spacing and a 650 watt motor. He got it on 10% day at Homebase so he got it for about £90. Not that cheap , but if you need one with a long blade and a powerful motor like we do as we have a few hedges and a very high thick one , it could be worth it in the long run. Seems a good price at Homebase as it's £139.99 HERE

I got one of these from Homebase after I read the Which? review of hedgetrimmers which slated the cheaper models and really rated Bosch. It was £99 at Homebase, I couldn't find it cheaper on the web which is a first

Sheel

scoobie wrote:

I got one of these from Homebase after I read the Which? review of hedgetrimmers which slated the cheaper models and really rated Bosch. It was £99 at Homebase, I couldn't find it cheaper on the web which is a first

I didn't know that about the Which review. We went in with the intention of buying one of the Black & Deckers with the extended reach , but saw the Bosch and thought it seemed a lot sturdier , much better quality and hopefully should last longer.

Hope you like it after i've recommended it

pjala

I know you don't like cheap ones, in fact I bought one for £20 from B+Q which had to be taken back, because it simply would not cut the hedge!
Glutton for punishment, I bought the netto hedge trimmer and it was excellent! Again you can take it back if you dont like it. They are in store at the moment.
£14.99, cuts through anything!