A cordless electric hedge trimmer worth buying?

[Taohoo]

I'd like to get a battery-powered hedge trimmer with at least Some
cutting power, for home use. Which is the best?

I know that I cannot expect the same performance as from my corded mdl, but from what I've read, I'm guessing that the 14.4v Black & Decker sold at Home Depot will probably be a bit underpowered for me, although
probably fine for new green growth cuts. A few users have mentioned
1/8" branches as it's practical limit.

Amazon sells the American Gardener mdl #900052 which is 24v, so that
should be the most powerful cutter of the lot? I assume that it would
handle somewhat thicker branches, as opposed to just giving longer run
time... I can find no user review of it anywhere on the web. I also read
one mention from back in 2002, of a Homelite 18v unit (? that came
with 2 batteries And a string trimmer, all for $99 at Home Depot) that
seems to be no longer available anywhere, and not a word about it on
the web, either. All the rest I see seem to be 14v or under.

Should I take the unit's voltage to be a good Relative indicator of
it's branch trim diameter ability?

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[grassdaddy]

You could could buy a cheap gas power for 100-150,that would be 10 times better than cord wrestle'n or battery pwr.:eek:

[Taohoo]

Thanks for the suggestion, but a cheap 2stroke is going to be loud as hell, smelly, and probably won't start the next time I want to use it. I finally got rid of everything I had that needed pre-mix (motorbikes, mower, etc), and would like to keep it that way.

I considered that route, then decided to sacrifice power for convenience and Peace!

If anyone has experience w/any cordless yard eqpmt that might give me clues to answer my original Q, I'm all ears.

[JasperStorm]

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[crawdad]

When DeWalt makes one, I'll consider getting one. Till then, I don't think so.
My wife bought a cordless string trimmer, planning to help around our lawn, but she said she was dissapointed with the lack of power. Well, that's not exactly how she phrased it, but...
Crawdad

[Green Pastures]

NO

[hboyd_com]

Get a long extension cord or get a gas powered one. Battery powered equipment like that never seem to have enough power or run-time.... and the batteries deteriorate as you use them.

[Mike Bradbury]

I've a B&D cordless electric lawn mower,(5hp) now in it's 5th season that cuts perfectly my small 5k' lawn. Plenty of power too.

PS - I am a turf and landscape installer. Lots of big and powerful (and loud and smelly and expensive to maintain) equipment. Battery power has come a LONG way in the past few years. Not for commercial type use of course, but for a homeowner, pretty darn nice. BUT, a hand held tool is different in the battery,power vs weight battle. No experience with hedge clippers, but I'd be a bit skeptical. can always take them back though.

[Mike Bradbury]

Originally posted by grassdaddy
You could could buy a cheap gas power for 100-150,that would be 10 times better than cord wrestle'n or battery pwr.:eek:

For 100-150 dollars you could buy a cheap piece of **** gas powered that wouldn't start the second spring..............

[mr.lawnzap]

get some manual hedge clippers if you want serenity, thats what youre fortune cookie says today!!

[nocutting]

:waving: Hi, I have an older, very small 6 or 8 inch bar that I use to sculpt those silly twisty type lanscape junipers....think its onlt a 6 volt, 2-batts, so I keep several [3 sets fully charged on the truck] and 1 in the unit......I too am lookin into another alternative [ already have those noisey, smelly, heavy 2 cyl jobs- 2 echos on poles which i luv dearly, 2-30 inchers, hand snips, pole saw & pole pruner, and chain saw on a pole].....I see sears has a 24 volt model now, but you have to stick the whole thing in its charger[ better if it had separet batts]........any insight from you other pros would be greatly appreciated..............:dizzy:

[Mic_bug]

get some manual hedge clippers if you want serenity, thats what youre fortune cookie says today!!
:D

At least you don't have to worry about batteries....