Good starting small hedge cutter and strimmer

[Steven P]

My petrol hedge trimmer gets used only a couple of times a year really (no hedges to speak off, it is more a toy machine nice to have), needs a couple more pulls than the saws to get it going but so far reasonably reliable even with it being left (Stihl). Every now and then it gets some carb cleaner squirted at it and some oiling and cleaning.

 

If I was starting out I'd go battery now though - what is stopping me changing over is a doubt that any DIY warehouse priced battery equipment is likely to do OK, but any serious stuff will struggle. How much work will these be doing and will the cutting be small stuff or will you need a little power behind the cutting?

 

Having said that mum has a Ryobi for the bushes in her garden (honeysuckle and so on, no thicker branches) and it does OK on that - her choice was the battery matches the small lawn mower which is what I would consider, look to more than the trimmer and strimmer, will you want other tools? If so look to the whole range and if one battery will be compatible with several