Mark1966
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Repost from the acquisitions thread that started some discussion (and I was suprised that we didn't have a garden tools thread!) -
I've had a hedge trimmer attachment to my whipper snipper for a while, but it was heavy and unwieldy. When I had some professionals in to really give the front hedge a good trim they were all using cordless trimmers, so I've been looking at one for a while. Finally bit the bullet yesterday (nobody at Bunnings at 8:30pm on a Friday night BTW so very COVIDsafe) and got a Ryobi 36V cordless trimmer.
This is part of the results from using this afternoon, battery still 1/4 charged. Note the thickness of the branch at the end, 30mm on my clipers, beyond the stated 25.4). Not the cleanest cut, but did the job
There is a more expensive brushless one with a slightly longer (650 rather than 600) blade but the 600 on this was still longer than the 450 on the attachment and being lighter I could stretch further on the ladder. Happy camper so far
I've had a hedge trimmer attachment to my whipper snipper for a while, but it was heavy and unwieldy. When I had some professionals in to really give the front hedge a good trim they were all using cordless trimmers, so I've been looking at one for a while. Finally bit the bullet yesterday (nobody at Bunnings at 8:30pm on a Friday night BTW so very COVIDsafe) and got a Ryobi 36V cordless trimmer.
This is part of the results from using this afternoon, battery still 1/4 charged. Note the thickness of the branch at the end, 30mm on my clipers, beyond the stated 25.4). Not the cleanest cut, but did the job
There is a more expensive brushless one with a slightly longer (650 rather than 600) blade but the 600 on this was still longer than the 450 on the attachment and being lighter I could stretch further on the ladder. Happy camper so far
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