"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
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Amber Ormerod wrote:

we had a mountfield quiet shredder that died. And it seemed to be quite
good
in chrushing and cutting, but we cannot find another here and I am off to
look about again. I looked at the threads on what you guys seem to have
done
ok with. And have gotton that I should try and get a quiet one and as
powerful as I can afford. The AL-KO and Bosch seem to be voted on quite
highly by you all (I was told one is a rebadge of the other and the watt
rating is just diff cos Germany rate it differently to the UK) but I was
confused at the different actions of cutting and what is the benifits of
them.

I have had the Al-Ko SP5000
http://www.gardenwise.co.uk/asp/product.asp?Display=[Product]AKVT37

For a year, and been very pleased with it. It chomps through big
stuff relentlessly, and copes with smaller, softer material (so
long as you have a persuading stick to hand, to encourage it). A
great improvement on the spinning plate type I had before.



are all of these quiet? (the alkos?)