"Thanks everyone for the continued advice.
I'm going to go for the FSA90, the HLA65 and 85 and 2 x 300aps' to start with, with a view to getting the 86 hedge trimmer and a ap200 for it in the future.
The run times on a blower doesn't seem worth it.
I…"

"Had to do a double take of that post on my mobile ..... 😬"

"I don't do enough work in the garden to have a repetitive injury, but I'm sat at computer all day long and some years ago got RSI in my (mouse) wrist. DOC told me it would be with me for life ... I got a mouse mat with a Gel wrist-rest as recommende…"

"My daughter bought a pair of Darla Japanese secateurs for an art project, I've used them a couple of times, they seem quite robust, compact and easy to use. not sure how they would last in professional daily use though.
in my former local authority…"

"My heart sank when I was presented with some rotating handle felcos one Christmas, a bout of tennis elbow showed me how effective the rotating handle was for relieving strain, now use them most of the time."

"I often have 2 sets of secateurs, one for rough, 1 for fine when going through mixed/herbaceous borders. And again up ladders, left and right side. Not gone as far as getting lefties for the ladder work yet!"

"No personal experience, but was surprised that a farmer local to me, about 4,000 acres of Arable, was talking about it. No idea where he will get the compost from to make that much tea! ... but he already chucks some molasses in the tank to help soi…"

"I grease my pellenc every 8 hours... that's what they tell me to do anyway!!"

"A useful little tip I've found with my HSA86.................... the gearbox used to fill up with bits of debris from whatever I was cutting. If you use a small blob of silicone sealant on top of the blades where they leave the casing... then replac…"

"yes the battery weight is only an issue if you never used the trimmer with the lightest one before. After that I would find it very hard to go back to using a higher capacity and therefore heavier pack. I wouldn't describe myself as particularly wea…"

"I've recent switched (from Bosch) to HSA 86 hedge trimmer with the promotional 2x AP300. I also bought the battery belt, but cut through the cable (not in normal use, but in complicated bits where I had the cutter at a very unusual angle and wasn't…"

"As I said in my earlier post, there are only four black people in this part of North East Derbyshire out of a population of about 18,000, so about 0.02%. That is the figure now in 2020. But here in the 1930’s when there would probably have been no b…"

"I've had a HLA85 with 2 AP200 batteries from the start of the year. Cannot remember how I lived without one of these before, so much better than petrol. Yes, its long and it can test your arm muscles! The batteries are wonderful!  I think I will pro…"