In message , Janet Tweedy
writes
So, me thinking I'd not bother with the old ones, duly forked out the
necessary money and got the 'new-improved-equivalent' model (think it's
G715)
Anyway to cut a long story short they aren't a patch on the old ones,
they feel as shoddy as a Black and Decker pair, they've got less
cutting length I'm sure and they've redesigned the handle and now have
a 'built in ' arm rest.

This seems to be the case with every tool/appliance these days - not to
mention that the designers' brief seems to be to design something that
will last no more than 5 years ... (((

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Klara, Gatwick basin