Any Electric Hedge Trimmer Recommendations?

I have a very tall leylandii so I need a hedge trimmer with a long blade that can cope with shoots up to 20mm in diameter.

My preference at the moment is for the Flymo EasiCut 600XT.

Any recommendations would be appreciated - thanks.

 

Thanks MF

Your post set me thinking.

Looking around it seems many electric trimmers struggle with thick leylandii hedges and so I think a good petrol trimmer makes a lot of sense.

I looked at the Stihl trimmers and they look expensive, but they do seem to get good reviews. Also, since I have a very tall hedge I quite like the look of the long reach trimmers. I know the petrol trimmers tend to weigh more, but because the actual engine is at the base of the shaft then I guess its easier to maneuver than an electric pole trimmer where the weight is on the end of the pole.

A couple of questions (if I may) on the Stihl petrol trimmers:
1) How difficult are they to maintain?
2) Apart from the petrol, what are the other running costs?
3) Some websites indicate that Stihl have a policy where only existing Stihl customers can buy their products off the internet. Any idea what that is all about?

Many thanks for your help here.

 

Bosch have a new 36v battery machine out that has new technology.

When the blades hit a large branch that is too big to cut first time it senses its has stopped and reverses.

I know hedgecutter blades go back and forth but not until they reach the end if their stroke.

This one reverses the motor so it has a second go, if no luck it tries again. this happens for a about 3 secs (quite a few tries) then stops so not as to burn the motor out.

However you can then try again, it will cut 20mm branches better than any other hedgecutter, electric, petrol or otherwise.

This technology is patented so no other hedge cutter has it.

 

In the end I went for a Stihl with hedge trimmer and pole pruner attachments.
Very happy indeed :-) although with the shaft extension it can be a bit heavy to maneuver.