Quieter hedge trimmers

[Steven P]

23mm? Might be a little small, got the units wrong?. 23cm still on the small side, 23inch could be better. Am sure mine 30", 75cm, 750mm. Mums battery ones are shorter, 50cm I think which does her

 

Take a tape measure and extend the blade length, will this be long enough for you?

[kram]

I meant the max branch diameter/blade spacing, is listed as 23mm. Whether it can manage to cut it is another matter unless its soft lile bramble.

 

[Rich Rule]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

23mm? Might be a little small, got the units wrong?. 23cm still on the small side, 23inch could be better. Am sure mine 30", 75cm, 750mm. Mums battery ones are shorter, 50cm I think which does her

 

Take a tape measure and extend the blade length, will this be long enough for you?

Max cut?  Doesn’t that mean the thickness of the material it can cut, not the length of the hedge cutters.

[Steven P]

Yes, I read it wrong

[Mark Bolam]

On 31/10/2024 at 17:59, kram said:

I dont mind ear defenders but the protos ones are not great.

I'd be happy with petrol if they were as quiet and easy starting as my Echo 2511!

 

Afaik most 2 stroke tool exhausts are a hollow chamber with a spark arrester screen. I wonder if adding some exhaust wadding would work and not screw up the mixture, or catch fire!

 

I have a load of tabs open to look at, of cordless hedgers but not had time recently!

 

Just buy some decent plugs to wear under your muffs.

[Joe Newton]

Sounds like you want cheap, powerful and quiet.

 

I'd suggest you pick the 2 most important factors and then you'll get some realistic answers. 

[Rich Rule]

2 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

Just buy some decent plugs to wear under your muffs.

or convert the shit cans on the protos to the slimline 3m (chipper) higher rated ear protection.

[Steven P]

easy... 

[kram]

I've just bought some 3m X5A's which will do for noise, even so I'd prefer not to need them for hedging. Wearing them briefly indoors seemed to give me a headache.

 

@Joe Newton No I am just after something fit for purpose and not excessively loud. Quite happily spent £400 on the Echo 2511TESC which is a great saw and would again if I lost it. The Makita, which on previous page seems to be winning, is £340 and within my budget, tho possibly doesnt have as much length as a multitool option and extension.

 

Just been to the Echo dealer. I did t realise just how extortionate their battery tools are. £400 just for power unit, £400 for attachements, £300 for a battery and I didnt ask about the charger. The extension pole however, was a reasonably priced £69. Looks like £1300+ compared to £700-800 for a dedicated petrol tool from the main brands.

 

They had one of these but couldnt tell me the price, it looked to have a decent blade and lighter than the Echo. Anyone know if they are good?

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Anyway Im currently in two minds. I could use a basic petrol 52cc multitool with a strimmer/polesaw for very rare/occasional use, so I am tempted to get a cheap  kit off amazon. It will be heavy and uncomfortable.

 

I could then adapt a Fakita brushless chainsaw to be a power unit for the hedger attachement. That would be cheap, plenty of power, already have suitable batteries and possibly lighter than the commercial offerings too.

Edited November 26 by kram

[Mick Dempsey]

Penny wise, pound foolish as the saying goes.

Edited November 26 by Mick Dempsey