Victoria Clare wrote in message ...
It came (from tesco.com), it chewed stuff up for about half an hour,
then
it stopped, and would not start again.

Mine is superb, it got through a huge pile of prunings etc, some very
old and dry, last weekend in about an hour. Its a worm drive one and
will cope with 35mm thick branches.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk