Dave1976

This is very interesting insight, i most likely i would have to agree with. I would never thought of that.

Everyone‘s circumstance may be a bit different. For me gta26 is king of pruning saws. I could accept gta 40 only as addition to gta 26. small echo or makita would be beter use for me than gta40 on top of gta 26.

Hobby user here. But have a lots of work to do. + i have petrol, but it is spending too much time on work bench

Some people will leave comment for laugh, and i am fine with that. Now, i am serious, has anyone thought about 3 or 4 saw plan battery only. It can include cordless pruner. I know it won't apply for very thick cutting, or for someone doing 8+ hours days. But for the rest of us .... 4 saw plan: stihl gta 26 Echo dcs 310 makita duc 254 makita duc 355 + battery pole saw

Good to know. Thanks. No, echo has only one 35cc auto choke. All others have manual carbs.

Echo is not auto tune yet.

Curious if anyone had tried it. Or recommendation on something similar, but weighs no more than 4010.

Echo cs2511wes is really light. All other saws may be a bit lighter than 550. But feel about the same. And if work is intermittent, than 550 is a treat for starting and restarting. Has decomp, purge bulb, auto tune, you name it ).

As i have "custom" made hedge of mostly black locust, with lots of 6-12mm hedge- shrub branches. And black locust is harder wood. I imagine i will have better run at speed one or two. In terms of battery, i wish i had smaller one. 5Ah will be hard to drain.

Went ahead and bought Makita UH006GZ, since i already had batteries (5Ah) and charger. Applied for free battery. My other option which i passed was Stihl HSA 60 with battery and charger for less money than Makita solo tool. HSA 60 felt solidly made and has good balance as well. But i had to pick one. Makita hedge trimmer feels well balanced when holding it. Has 3 speeds. Runs smooth on empty. Probably will be using it on speed 1 or 2. Thanks everyone.

Everything that has cutting chain is easier to keep in sharp cutting condition. Hedge blades could be inconvinient to clean, lubricate and sharpen on regular basis (and it takes more skill). I limit number of tools i use in one day of work. Bring only the tools i will be using the most.

What i will be cutting on regular basis are 6-12mm hedge branches, some 15mm. Larger ones i individualy cut with battery secateurs or loppers. Now i can get light and small hedge trimmer to do hedge trimming on smaller stuff and do the rest one by one. The other way is to buy serious hedge trimmer and have less work to do indivisually. The more serious hedge teimmer is, the more wweght is to carry around. And than i have to decide on budget too. I can not see, if throwing more money at equipment now will bring marginal or big enough benefit. This is where i don't have enough experience to foresee. But when the hedge is done it will really looks nice ).

Thanks. I really liked how nimble and light was my old hedge trimmer. Even though it lacked in capacity to cut thicker branches. Than i would have plenty of work where stihl 140 r would be useful. I wonder if makita uh006 is on par with srihl 140r. If hedge trimmers were not so bulky it would almost be a case to buy two. One small and one large. Plenty of models available on the market.

Hard work tasks i tend to use stihl asa20 cordless secateurs, stihl gta26 cordless chainsaw pruner and loppers. Rest i try to use hedge trimmer. Hedge trimmer design is not really for hard tasks (thick branches). But we are testing the equipment limits all the time.

Thanks. Battery converters if you can find one work on simpler models. Once it gets to brushless and more electronics, they often are not usable. Chainsaws, i go all petrol. Had a cordless one, not comparable ). Many will disagree. But a hedge trimmer, being so often close to the breathing area, i find nicer to use battery operated. Although i never tried petrol one. I held petrol one in my hand, but it being considerable weight, would keep it and fumes again close to the body while operating.