Recommend a Hedge Trimmer

donemedosh

Stihl petrol hedge cutter or combi tool with hedge cutter attachment. I have had mine for 7 years & apart from just changing filters / sparkplug etc never let me down & I work as a gardener. The battery hedge cutters have no cutting power & the battery soons runs out & corded I have never liked the damn cable gets in the way. I must have repaired hedgecutter cables for local gardeners by me loads of times. Whichever you go for one tip is when you have finished using the hedge cutter clean them off & lub with wd40.

TELLIT01

I've not noticed any drop off in power.  I do use a 13 amp rated extension cable but don't know if that makes any difference.  I can't remember the make and my brother-in-law has it at the moment to chop his overgrown hedges back.

*j*

Mains powered hedgetrimmers seem to be around 450-550watts, so it's only about 2-3 amps.  There shouldn't be much loss with either 1.5mm or 2.5mm cable.

Screwfix do arctic cable in 25 and 50m reels in either blue or yellow. 

NaughtiusMaximus

TELLIT01 said:

In terms of 'grunt' I would say it's cordless, electric corded and then petrol.  Petrol being the most powerful.  I can understand the concerns about corded but if used properly there is no problem.  We have a 150 foot garden and I used corded in there.  Electric are generally considerably lighter and cheaper than petrol and have the added advantage of not requiring servicing other than occasionally oiling the blade.

Don't forget there is a big range when it comes to the power of cordless items though, a 56v Ego trimmer will have considerably more oomph than an 18v Bosch for example.

neilmcl

NaughtiusMaximus said:

TELLIT01 said:

In terms of 'grunt' I would say it's cordless, electric corded and then petrol.  Petrol being the most powerful.  I can understand the concerns about corded but if used properly there is no problem.  We have a 150 foot garden and I used corded in there.  Electric are generally considerably lighter and cheaper than petrol and have the added advantage of not requiring servicing other than occasionally oiling the blade.

Don't forget there is a big range when it comes to the power of cordless items though, a 56v Ego trimmer will have considerably more oomph than an 18v Bosch for example.

And considerably more expensive.

NaughtiusMaximus

neilmcl said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

TELLIT01 said:

In terms of 'grunt' I would say it's cordless, electric corded and then petrol.  Petrol being the most powerful.  I can understand the concerns about corded but if used properly there is no problem.  We have a 150 foot garden and I used corded in there.  Electric are generally considerably lighter and cheaper than petrol and have the added advantage of not requiring servicing other than occasionally oiling the blade.

Don't forget there is a big range when it comes to the power of cordless items though, a 56v Ego trimmer will have considerably more oomph than an 18v Bosch for example.

And considerably more expensive.

Granted, but the OP makes no mention of budget.


If I had 240ft of 6ft tall hedge to look after I'd give serious consideration to splashing out on a powerful cordless trimmer. 

benson1980

We've just moved from a house which had a 250ft long garden with hedge all of the way down one side. I would strongly recommend a cordless for your needs. I started with a corded + extension cable and then saw my neighbour whizzing down his side with a decent cordless...plus I had to borrow his cordless anyway to finish the bottom half...

Petrol one would have been too heavy (you'd feel it doing that length of hedge regardless of how fit you are). Plus with a corded there's always the risk of cutting through it/moving it around obstacles when it gets stuck- it's just a pain when cordless tools now are pretty decent.

We got a Worx WG259E which is really good, and didn't struggle for power at all with it.

paperclap

benson1980 said:

We've just moved from a house which had a 250ft long garden with hedge all of the way down one side. I would strongly recommend a cordless for your needs. I started with a corded + extension cable and then saw my neighbour whizzing down his side with a decent cordless...plus I had to borrow his cordless anyway to finish the bottom half...

Petrol one would have been too heavy (you'd feel it doing that length of hedge regardless of how fit you are). Plus with a corded there's always the risk of cutting through it/moving it around obstacles when it gets stuck- it's just a pain when cordless tools now are pretty decent.

We got a Worx WG259E which is really good, and didn't struggle for power at all with it.

Wow, that's a whopper of a garden!

My concern with cordless is the battery. They only give off around 45 minutes of running time, don't they?

This is actually our first property, and up until now, we've been slaving away cutting it all with shears (and let me tell you, it had overgrown by quite a lot)! So, in effect, I've never actually "timed" myself cutting the hedges with any trimmer... so not sure how long it would take.

While money isn't infinite, I've never been of the mind of buying the "cheapest", as with everything, it'll break in no time. That said, I know these machines run up into £500+... and that's not the money I want to be spending, either. Just want a good, solid, reliable trimmer that I can confidently own for years to come.

benson1980

laurencewhymark said:

Wow, that's a whopper of a garden!

My concern with cordless is the battery. They only give off around 45 minutes of running time, don't they?

This is actually our first property, and up until now, we've been slaving away cutting it all with shears (and let me tell you, it had overgrown by quite a lot)! So, in effect, I've never actually "timed" myself cutting the hedges with any trimmer... so not sure how long it would take.

While money isn't infinite, I've never been of the mind of buying the "cheapest", as with everything, it'll break in no time. That said, I know these machines run up into £500+... and that's not the money I want to be spending, either. Just want a good, solid, reliable trimmer that I can confidently own for years to come.

Our Worx is 3 years old and we've had no issues. The battery life wasn't a problem, and if it ever proves to be, you can always get a spare battery so you can swap them over. I'd generally trim our hedge once every three to four weeks and would have to charge the battery every second trim perhaps? I'd be able to get 250ft done in max half an hour (the other bonus of cordless is the timesaving), just keeping it tidy. They do a 40v version if you need a bit more power. We went for it as it was there was a decent offer at Toolstation at the time, rather than seeking out this specific brand but it's proved to be a decent purchase.

getmore4less

This is actually our first property, and up until now, we've been slaving away cutting it all with shears (and let me tell you, it had overgrown by quite a lot)! 


Depending on the type of hedge

one issue you can get is not cutting back hard enough, a weak trimmer will encourage that when it can't cope with a slightly thicker bit.


If not careful what happens your hedge grows slowly higher and wider,  then when you notice and want to do a decent cutback you can end up back at wood as all the nice green stuff is just on the outside and it take a while(more than a season) to return to looking nice again.

IT might be worth taking that hit now if it has been left a while cut back a bit harder and have it grow back to where you want it.


If going down the cordless route picking a power sharing brand can be sensible I have a few Worx tools and got a hedge trimmer as well for the little bit we have much better than my very old(getting blunt) heavy corded one.

what I have noticed recently is some Worx garden product have been been in short supply as I have my eye on a  mower and grass strimmer (WORX WG927E) amazon and Argos have been low/out for months as has the ebay store.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/worxpositecshop

when I have something on the want list I keep an eye on HUKD
https://www.hotukdeals.com/tag/hedge-trimmer