(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.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-AHS-3.../dp/B00B1RBFX2

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

Another John was thinking very hard :
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.

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.

On 12/09/16 23:08, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Another John was thinking very hard :
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.

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.

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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On Monday, 12 September 2016 19:01:44 UTC+1, Another John wrote:

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.

I just bought this - superb.

http://ebay.eu/2csoPCN

Get some spare blades and off you go.

On 13/09/2016 09:06, Simon Mason wrote:
On Monday, 12 September 2016 19:01:44 UTC+1, Another John wrote:

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.

I just bought this - superb.

http://ebay.eu/2csoPCN

Get some spare blades and off you go.



you trim the hedge with a lawn strimmer ?

On Tuesday, 13 September 2016 16:53:37 UTC+1, rick wrote:
On 13/09/2016 09:06, Simon Mason wrote:
On Monday, 12 September 2016 19:01:44 UTC+1, Another John wrote:

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.

I just bought this - superb.

http://ebay.eu/2csoPCN

Get some spare blades and off you go.



you trim the hedge with a lawn strimmer ?

Yes - it is good for lots of foilage trimming.

On 13/09/16 17:06, Simon Mason wrote:
On Tuesday, 13 September 2016 16:53:37 UTC+1, rick wrote:
On 13/09/2016 09:06, Simon Mason wrote:
On Monday, 12 September 2016 19:01:44 UTC+1, Another John wrote:

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.

I just bought this - superb.

http://ebay.eu/2csoPCN

Get some spare blades and off you go.



you trim the hedge with a lawn strimmer ?

Yes - it is good for lots of foilage trimming.

Pretty good on foliage, too..

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On 13/09/16 16:53, rick wrote:
On 13/09/2016 09:06, Simon Mason wrote:
On Monday, 12 September 2016 19:01:44 UTC+1, Another John wrote:

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.

I just bought this - superb.

http://ebay.eu/2csoPCN

Get some spare blades and off you go.



you trim the hedge with a lawn strimmer ?


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