Cordless Hedge Cutters

[troutfisher]

The time has come for my corded hedge cutters to be retired, as I get older they are too heavy and extension cables are becoming a pain so I am thinking about cordless ones.
They seem to vary in price from £60>, most have an 18v 2 AH battery but again these vary from 1.5AH>5 AH.
I have a budget of £100 ish does anyone who uses these have any suggestions, they will not be used for heavy hedge cutting just more general tidying up as I have a guy who comes once a year and does the hard work with petrol ones so I just want something for the interim
Any thoughts

Chris

 

[Mostly Vintage Cameras]

Hello, I have the Makita ones. 18v I think my battery is 3AH which is pleanty for my needs (about 10m of thick overgrown shrubs twice a year and ther eis pleant of power left after that, I guess it would be less thick if I did it more often of course). The tool was about £70-80 when it was on offer as they are from time to time but the battery and charger can set you back over £100. The plus side is once you have the battery and charger you can use all the Makita tools which are all great. I first bought into the system when I bought a drill in a kit with battery etc on offer and now have the drill, circular saw, hedge clipper and a sander all bought at good prices as "bare" tools as and when on offer. I also have a Badapter which allows the use of the Makita battery on Ryobi tools, one has to be careful not to over discharge the battery when doing this so as soon as you nitice a drop in performance of the Ryobi tool put the battry on charge. I only have an inflater from Ryobi which does not strain the battery.
My brother bought a Black and dekker hedge trimmer for £80 with battery and charger and found it to be very bad in use.

 

[Cartus]

I’m happy with my Bosch hedge cordless trimmer:

Bosch Power for all EasyHedgeCut 18-45 18V Cordless 450mm Hedge trimmer

The Easy Hedgecut 18-45 is perfect for maintaining and trimming small and medium-sized hedges. It is exceptionally lightweight at 2.3 kg with an ergonomic design for comfortable handling in various working positions, for reduced strain on the upper body when completing longer tasks.

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