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We have the cordless hedge cutter which is fine for general modest scale garden maintenance, and recently bought the new long reach hedge cutter. It has served us well with 2 batteries.
Unfortunately after 4 months of very light use the latter's gearbox fell to bits. That was 6 weeks ago. I have had no communication from the local dealer since....And it also took 5 weeks to arrive from ordering it. Probably made in China and not up to par.
Our Stihl dealer 'service' is a complete and utter joke.
Next time we will be looking at other mfr's offerings as Stihl doesn't seem bothered.
Can't talk from experience, but from all the years on LJN I'd consider Pellenc first. A load of outlay up-front, but if you want electric rather than the tried and tested petrol, go for the most established?
Ive got a husky 136 coming on demo when it arrives i will let you know if its any good
i have got the demo one this week only tried it on a couple of hedges so far its spot on for light trimming but would struggle on heavy stuff the eco setting is a waste of time as it makes it run at half speed which is not fast enough on hedges the battery is only 1.2A that one is not listed in the new catalog the smallest on is rated at 2.? i got a good hour of cutting before having to recharge which took a hour, so you would require two batteries and a power source if you had a lot to do.
would i by one thats still in the air at the moment as i do a lot of topiary
I've priced the system up compared to the kombi system and it's £30 more expensive. So not too bad in my opinion.
I'll let you know how I go
update on the husky cordless it is trimming about 100 M on one charge (about one hours cutting) i find you have to lift your arms up higher to cut the top of hedges than you would with a petrol also have found out the larger batteries are not available at this moment in time although they are advertised in the cataloger,also discovered that the recharger plug will not fit in the all weather outdoor power sockets due to the designed of the plug, tried it on a bit of topiary and the battery housing seams to get in the way, if i do by it it will have to be very cheap if you are away from home all day you would need a lot of batteries to keep you going
David, maybe relevant - what about a 12v Inverter? I've one in my truck (from Amazon) for charging up my Dewalt powerdriver batteries; does a reasonable job but gets most use while driving. Just a thought.
Thanks
Bryn, We've some Stihl and Oregon cordless gear and we use a simple 12V 500w inverter (bought online) ~£20-30 that plugs into the cig socket in the cab and we plug the charger into that (we have the Fast Chargers, so we can do it in ~30mins). We just plug spare batteries in, on the drive between jobs. Just check the power requirements of your chargers to ensure you select a suitable one.
I know someone on here has a more permanent setup which I reckon will become more important as and when more of us migrate to cordless...just can't think who it was. Reckon a good auto electrician would / could wire up a solution....
I would want to put the van on just to charge the battery for 30m mins or so and also charging between jobs might reduce the life span of the battery
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