Hi,

I'm in need of a hedge trimmer & have stumbled upon a garden groom,
its an electric one where the blade spins round. It says it shreds
the trimmings as it goes, which seems a good idea.

I was going to go for a ryobi expand-it one but they are about £160
(as you have to but the engine (which come3s with a brusctuuer
attachment, then the hedge trimmer as an extra)

The garden groom's look to be about £80.

Has anyone used one? Are they any good.

The only as I see it plus side of the ryobi on is that you can also
get a cultivator attachmnt for £56 which may come in useful on the
yearly turning of the raised beds.

Thanks

"tina" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm in need of a hedge trimmer & have stumbled upon a garden groom,
its an electric one where the blade spins round. It says it shreds
the trimmings as it goes, which seems a good idea.

I was going to go for a ryobi expand-it one but they are about £160
(as you have to but the engine (which come3s with a brusctuuer
attachment, then the hedge trimmer as an extra)

The garden groom's look to be about £80.

Has anyone used one? Are they any good.

The only as I see it plus side of the ryobi on is that you can also
get a cultivator attachmnt for £56 which may come in useful on the
yearly turning of the raised beds.

Thanks

Yes very pleased with ours it compacts the trimmings nicely for
the compost bin and on the conifers it give a smooth even cut
- two small critisims both regarding the extension pipe- it is nylon
and prone to hang up on anything the least bit thorny and quantites
of trimmings tend to lodge at the hint of a bend.
Just means shaking them through every few minutes.
One other hint I got ours from a trader at Chelford who sells
catalogue returns new with a spare collecting sack and pipe it cost me
£25- so shop around
http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=garden+groomer&hl=en

http://tinyurl.com/ys6f5g

Derek

I bought one a couple of years ago and used it about 3 or 4 times... I found it far too heavy and difficult to handle. I only had the box on the unit to collect the clippings and it was very quickly full. I understand that there is a bag option.

My husband thought it was fine, however.

I ended up going back to a straightforward flymo hedge trimmer. It's still a pain sweeping up but at least my muscles aren't aching when I've finished.

Sal :-)

"tina" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I'm in need of a hedge trimmer & have stumbled upon a garden groom,
its an electric one where the blade spins round. It says it shreds
the trimmings as it goes, which seems a good idea.

I was going to go for a ryobi expand-it one but they are about £160
(as you have to but the engine (which come3s with a brusctuuer
attachment, then the hedge trimmer as an extra)

The garden groom's look to be about £80.

Has anyone used one? Are they any good.

The only as I see it plus side of the ryobi on is that you can also
get a cultivator attachmnt for £56 which may come in useful on the
yearly turning of the raised beds.

Thanks

Ryobi also do non expandable hedge trimmers if thats all you want.

I have the Ryobi Expand it. I was advised to avoid the Ryobi hedge trimmer
attachment with the plastic body (AHF-03). There are compatible metal cased
units around that I'm told are better. Here is an example from Flymo...
http://www.gonegardening.com/xq/ASP/...op/product.htm

The one I have is an unknown brand I've never heard of but seems ok and
looks similar to the Flymo branded unit. The Ryobi pruning saw (mini chain
saw) is great for thicker stuff.