"yes you could quite happily tackle a whole avenue of topiary with it, maybe using a long reacher for the high bits"

"That's good news, thank you. I just went for it because it looked to have the best spec. The other cheap stihls weren't cutting the box well enough"

"It's the classic "Trigger's brush" scenario lol"

"Touch wood, I never lose anything. Probably jinxed myself now haha"

"Haha, I now want to see how they'll be when they have been serviced, spoken to the company that was recommended above and they'll do them for me for £25 and have said they'll come back like new."

"Usually i lose secateurs before I get too emotionally attached to them... breaks your heart but sometimes a new pair is in order and the lost ones are soon forgotten about"

"A battery doesn't last that long unless a big heavy backpack one. But a tank of petrol doesn't last that long either lol"

"i have the HSA94T it's so quick I only ever use it on the medium or low setting. And such a well made piece of kit. Been using for a couple of seasons now for the sides of big yew hedges etc"

"We use the Stihl battery machines, not the professional ones the HSA 56 and the long reach version of it, and they have been first class. We have 3 batteries and charge them in rotation in the van on the inverter.
This winter though I invested in a…"

"Thanks for the replys 
I do have a Stihl 86R which I am using at the moment , it does a job but its not the best on the thinner / softer material I've got a few topiary to do as well which I don't fancy using it on ,its bit of a animal on the…"