Husqvarna 520i HE3?

[tim361]

Does anyone have one of these and have any good/bad words to say about them? My current echo long reach hedge cutter is 3+ years old now, it’s getting noisier, vibes are getting worse, and like me it takes a while to get going in the morning. What battery and how many of them do you have to get through a day?

Looking at making the jump to an electric long reach and keeping the petrol on hand to deal with the rough horrible stuff. 

[scbk]

I haven't got the long reach, I've got the 28" cut 'handheld' hedge cutter.

The advantage with the backpack batteries is the machine is kept very light.

 

Husqvarna do a PDF with a chart showing batteries and machines

 

https://hgcdn82.azureedge.net/qs_la=en-gb&ver=20190201T125326&hcsh=753E3133E1C6697D2DFC296CDABCCC0EEB216CB8/_$_/media/localcontent/uk/husqvarna/2019/battery series.ashx

 

Husqvarna Battery Products – Battery Series

WWW.HUSQVARNA.COM

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Powerful and reliable battery chainsaws, trimmers, hedge trimmers and ride-on mowers.  Suitable for professionals...

 

"The runtimes are up-to times and correspond to work time using savE™: actual work, basic maintenance and movement /climbing needed for generic operations."

 

Bare in mind that doesn't include lunch, cups of tea, sweeping up, blowing, moving ladders dodging flowerpots etc, so in some way you'll get more time than you think.