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I have a km130, km94 and a kma130r. The km130 I use when not having to lift too high as its heavy but very powerful, the km94 I use for long reach as it's much lighter. But since having the kma130r I have used any of the petrol ones as it's so light and just seems to match the petrol ones. The thing with a multitool vs a stand alone is the option use many attachments with only one engine to look after instead of numerous engines and the attach ments take less room than a full machine.
Thankyou for the advice
I've got two km130r's one is 9yrs old the other is 6yrs old. I prefer them to a fixed machine, its useful to be able to swap heads for different tools and easy to transport and store. Saying that I converted to battery hedge cutters this year, much nicer to use, but not as much power for thicker stuff.
Thanks for the advice
Steve
Another vote for the Kombi for the versatility my go to machine is a stihl petrol KM94 ( but the hedge trimmer attachment is always matched to the level of the job , thickness of branches it has its limitations and the gearbox needs greasing regularly i find but a two minute simple job ) .
I do have single hedgetrimmer units for back up and for more heavy duty jobs but they dont really get much use but a favourite for light proinged work is a petrol stihl HS45 which is classed as an entry level machine but again when matched to the job its a great machine .
If your budget stretches to cordless it seems to be the way forward , I have a small collection of cordless hedge trimmers ( not Stihl ) and i do prefer them to petrol hedgetrimmers but i just find the petrol hedgetrimmers give a better finish in less time on some hedge types such as yew and conifer than the cordless ones i own but stihl cordless probably gives a superb finish if you choose the machine which is an all rounder i.e cuts big stuff and leaves a nice finish on conifer etc .
Great advice I do also have the hs45
Great for certain jobs
HSA94T for fine finish on neat conifer/ yew etc. HSA94R for rougher, thicker stuff. They have a different blade design and speeds as are intended for those specific tasks. Corded with battery on belt harness which runs for around a solid hour of cutting (AP180/AP300 battery) Absolutely amazing machines
When I started, like many others I'm sure, I used the Stihl combi and cutter attachments as my primary hedge cutter (as it's all I had)
now I have a pair of HS82's and use the long reach combi as little as possible.
Cheers Paul
When I looked at this (for my own garden, not contract work, so not considering e.g. Van Space) the devices I needed were cheaper bought separately and lighter. Possibly there is a benefit from dedicated devices being "specific" rather than "general purpose". From threads i have read on this forum the Kombi is very popular.
FSA 65 Strimmer 2.7kg £215
HLA 65 Long reach hedge trimmer 3.5kg £295
KMA 130 R Kombi 3.2kg £330
FS-KM brushcutter 1.2 kg £180
HL-KM long-reached hedge trimmer 2.3 kg £230
Excluding battery, which would be same/shared for either solution
There are some Kombi-only devices, which I might have liked - the FCB-KM edge trimmer and RG-KM rotary cutting head (for weeds in gravel) but the latter was too expensive for me to consider for my limited use (£340.00) and I'm unsure if the edge trimmer blade would be compatible with my steel-lined lawn edges (compared to a line-strimmer head)
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