Stihl or husky battery hedge trimmer?

[shillo]

As the title suggests really. 

 

looking to take the plunge into battery gear, try to sell my petrol trimmers.

 

leaning towards the husky 520 at the moment, not sure if the 525 is worth the extra weight. not a lot of recent comparisons on YouTube.

 

Any recommendations?

[kram]

I have the Makita, find it is good and has done a lot of work over last year. I can not go back to petrol hedgers.

 

https://www.makitauk.com/product/ux01g.html

https://www.makitauk.com/product/196256-2.html

 

Also the short reach rough cut, is very good.

https://www.makitauk.com/product/uh006g.html

 

Battery system is great, the 40v 4Ah are light and last well.

 

I can only compare with Stihl petrol trimmers. Had a few people using mine and they liked it.

[Stubby]

I have the Milwaukee long reach cutter . It works a treat and I have lots of Milwaukee batteries . Its heravier than my Husqvarna 2 stoke though . I prefere the Husqvarna . 

Edited February 26 by Stubby

[Steven P]

Curious Stubby, with the long reach battery cutter, is the weight kind of the same distribution as the 2 stroke one? I don't have one but assumed that the weight - the batteries - would be low down and the cutting head be lighter without the need for the gear box and shaft?

[Peter 1955]

19 hours ago, shillo said:

As the title suggests really. 

 

looking to take the plunge into battery gear, try to sell my petrol trimmers.

 

Join the club Sir, join the club. I needed a new short reach with the capacity to tackle fairly rough jobs, a few years ago. I looked at petrol ones from Screwfix and the like as a low cost option, I looked at Makita 18/36v battery ones for ease of use, and finally decided to bite the bullet, and got a Stihl 82R I think. It's marvellous, very easy to start, but you still have to pull the string when you're at the top of the ladder. 

Since then, I've acquired some Stihl battery gear, and would dearly love to swap my petrol one for a 130R. Ah well, I can dream. 

In answer to Steven, though I may be comparing apples to pears, my battery long reach power unit is every bit as nice to use as the equivalent petrol. Of course, it still has the same cutting gear at the end.  

Edited February 26 by Peter 1955

[Stubby]

30 minutes ago, Steven P said:

Curious Stubby, with the long reach battery cutter, is the weight kind of the same distribution as the 2 stroke one? I don't have one but assumed that the weight - the batteries - would be low down and the cutting head be lighter without the need for the gear box and shaft?

Well Steven . The weight bias is more toward the back end coz of the battery and motor .However it still has a gear box and shaft , how could it work without ? I just feel generally it weighs mor than the 2T husky . I let my monsterousely strong lad do it all now ! 😁

Edited February 26 by Stubby

[Steven P]

My assumptions - was thinking that the motor would (could) be at the cutting end, just 2 wires from operator to the cutter.

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, Peter 1955 said:

Join the club Sir, join the club. I needed a new short reach with the capacity to tackle fairly rough jobs, a few years ago. I looked at petrol ones from Screwfix and the like as a low cost option, I looked at Makita 18/36v battery ones for ease of use, and finally decided to bite the bullet, and got a Stihl 82R I think. It's marvellous, very easy to start, but you still have to pull the string when you're at the top of the ladder. 

Since then, I've acquired some Stihl battery gear, and would dearly love to swap my petrol one for a 130R. Ah well, I can dream. 

In answer to Steven, though I may be comparing apples to pears, my battery long reach power unit is every bit as nice to use as the equivalent petrol. Of course, it still has the same cutting gear at the end.  

 

We have run 82’s for years.

Great bit of kit.

 

My mate recently bought a 130R as he had the batteries already.

He rates it just as highly.

Bags of power and a clever reverse feature to unjam yourself if you get a bit overambitious on too thick stuff.

[Stubby]

48 minutes ago, Steven P said:

My assumptions - was thinking that the motor would (could) be at the cutting end, just 2 wires from operator to the cutter.

Would be ridiculously head heavy if that were the case . Unusable I would have thought . 

[Grassyass]

We use the stihl cordless the hla 86  motor are forever  breaking as the centre shaft is too thin when they get hot they bend , but having said that the  rest of the cutters 100, & 94 , good , great battery life , I wouldn’t go back to petrol I don’t miss the 2stroke fumes in your face ,