Fat Freddy's Cat wrote:
Need to purchase a hedge trimmer to deal with a fairly large hedge
boundary - I will be working off ladders at some points and the hedge is
between 50 and 100 cm thick in places.

I would appreciate any recommendations on what to buy (I have already
discounted what appear to be practically useless rechargeable trimmers)...

petrol?
electric?
blade length?
anything else I should know or care about?
anybody used a trimmer that is fantastic they could recommend?

I would pay up to about £100 to buy one.

cheers for any advice,
g.
I have a 1/2 acre garden, hedged on three sides. I now have a Tanaka 2
stroke hedge trimmer. Three pluses with this:
1)It is a pole trimmer, hence I no longer need steps to do the job.
2)The trimmer is detachable from the engine, so I have a strimmer and
chain saw using the same engine, though the chain saw is a light one it
is useful when reducing the hedge size, which a strimmer will not cope with
3) It is a dream to start, I have never come across a 2 stroke as easy.
Not cheap, but taking into account the attachments a good buy for me.