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  James Brett August 19, 2015 at 9:17am

  the biggest ones out there would be Pellenc! Used by someone on here (Harry?)

  I have tried some Stihl stuff. Not for me currently buy was pleasant to use
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    Harry@VWGS > James Brett August 19, 2015 at 9:14pm

    Yes There is a few of us on here who use Pellenc, ( Stuart and Helen ) being two of them, I have a Pellenc Helion hedge cutter with a 75cm blade, tbh it is second to none when it comes to build quality, I use a Pellenc 400 battery which gives me more than enough juice to trim anything I need too, the only down side is the expense, compared to the Stihl and Makita etc they are expensive however I look at it as a long term investment, the Pellenc will still be going long after the Stihl, Makita etc have given up the ghost and died, I will add I got mine second hand and at an extremely good price, worth every penny....
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  Doug August 19, 2015 at 6:05pm

  Ive just bought a  makita hedge trimmer and was really impressed, runs on my existing bank of batteries for my other makita power tools (drills, saws etc). will be looking at adding strimmer and blower in futeure and adding more batteries.
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  Darren Scorey August 19, 2015 at 8:43pm

  i Bought the Stihl Hedge Trimmer a couple of months back, Love it!!

  Wouldn't use it to do heavy duty stuff but for Box hedging and giving stuff a light trim it is excellent.

  I can get approximately a weeks work out of the battery, as i say its not in constant use but very handy tool. Battery is charged in roughly 20 minutes. 
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  Gary RK August 19, 2015 at 8:57pm

  There are some Stihl Dealer special offers on at the moment on some of their battery powered gear....

  PS worth buying a good inverter for in-van charge ups (I do that for my Dewalt gear)
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    James Brett > Gary RK August 20, 2015 at 11:08am

    & add a splitcharge relay supplying a couple of aux batteries to prevent flat batteries when the engine is off.
    
    That's what powers all our non standard mods on the van. Lights, beacons, inverter
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  Landscape Juice August 20, 2015 at 1:52pm

  From earlier this year:

  Battery operated tools. Pellenc vs Stihl
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  Neil Potter August 22, 2015 at 2:39pm

  I have been using makita hedge cutter, strimmer and blower all have been very good although l would recommend 5AH batteries to keep them going for as long as possible.
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    Doug > Neil Potter August 25, 2015 at 6:42pm

    Hi Neil,

    how does the strimmer compare to a petrol? will it get through more than just grass at all?

    cheers
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  Peter August 22, 2015 at 3:26pm

  I bought a Bosch 48 cm battery powered, 18 v I think.  Bought as back up when my Echo was being Serviced.  I was surprised at how good it is, and makes sense to have one for smaller jobs.