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Accu-cut Lawn Care
01-13-2007, 04:34 PM
I know you old school guys will tell me to use hand shears and scissors; but I'm a mechanized kind of guy that likes to use machines in order to get my jobs done. I currently use hs80's to do most of my pruning...but, they are kind of big and cumbersome to use on, say, hetz juniper spirals. I've seen some commercial looking cordless shears out there that look pretty cool. To you people that have employed them, how well do they work(charge capacity, sharpness,finished appearance)? If there is anything else out there on the market that you think will help, please let me know. Thanx!

Grassmechanic
01-14-2007, 12:43 PM
You answered your own question in the first sentence. I have yet to find any powered trimmer that will come close to the quality of hand shears or scissors. And I've been doing topiaries for over 20 years.

Az Gardener
01-14-2007, 12:54 PM
Anything battery operated is going to be much heavier. Topiary are for the elite who can afford to have a guy with a pair of sheep shears or hand shears doing it by hand. Yes I am a plant snob. :laugh: