On 22/05/17 11:28, David Rance wrote:
On Sun, 21 May 2017 16:21:01 Ermin Trude wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2017 21:37:30 +0100, David Rance wrote:

Reading about the support here for long-reach hedge trimmers, and
starting to think now that it's something I need, what are the
recommendations for a make. I have quite a long hedge of "charme" (which
can be quite tough) in France - I don't know what the name is in
English.

I use Mitox tools for most things when I need petrol power (leaf/snow
blower; hedge cutter, lopper, strimmer). Mitox do a multi-attachment
which means that once you have the power unit the accessories can be
bought as required.

Others curse Mitox. My experience is good though.

If you want to go really professional then Stihl would be my manufacturer
of choice.

I know the merits of Stihl and Husqvarna as I already have some of their
tools (and with which, I may say, I am very satisfied). But I was hoping
that someone could give me a recommendation based on personal use and
not all tools by any one manufacturer are necessarily equally good.

Based on your advocacy of Mitox I looked to see what feedback Amazon
customers have given, but Amazon have only just started supplying them
this month (7th May) and, in fact, they have none in stock! Either
they're so good that they sold out immediately or they haven't stocked
up yet!

I got a Titan (Screwfix own-brand) last year, but it seems to have
disappeared from their inventory. It's the one shown he
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLLD4FQHKcc

I've only used it a few times, and it does the job, although it is heavy
and awkward. I would guess that all electric long-reach trimmers are
similar in this respect.

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Jeff

On 22/05/2017 13:10, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 22/05/17 11:28, David Rance wrote:
On Sun, 21 May 2017 16:21:01 Ermin Trude wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2017 21:37:30 +0100, David Rance wrote:

Reading about the support here for long-reach hedge trimmers, and
starting to think now that it's something I need, what are the
recommendations for a make. I have quite a long hedge of "charme"
(which
can be quite tough) in France - I don't know what the name is in
English.

I use Mitox tools for most things when I need petrol power (leaf/snow
blower; hedge cutter, lopper, strimmer). Mitox do a multi-attachment
which means that once you have the power unit the accessories can be
bought as required.

Others curse Mitox. My experience is good though.

If you want to go really professional then Stihl would be my
manufacturer
of choice.

I know the merits of Stihl and Husqvarna as I already have some of their
tools (and with which, I may say, I am very satisfied). But I was hoping
that someone could give me a recommendation based on personal use and
not all tools by any one manufacturer are necessarily equally good.

Based on your advocacy of Mitox I looked to see what feedback Amazon
customers have given, but Amazon have only just started supplying them
this month (7th May) and, in fact, they have none in stock! Either
they're so good that they sold out immediately or they haven't stocked
up yet!

I got a Titan (Screwfix own-brand) last year, but it seems to have
disappeared from their inventory. It's the one shown he
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLLD4FQHKcc

I've only used it a few times, and it does the job, although it is heavy
and awkward. I would guess that all electric long-reach trimmers are
similar in this respect.

I have a Stihl strimmer with the hedge cutting attachment, it is a
little heavy but I cut till I'm feeling my arms ache then I stop and
clear up, then cut again, works for me and I'm in my 70's.
Just remember if you cut the top flay then you will have problems
removing the trimmings, I cut the top to about 45 degrees.
David @ a sunny side of Swansea bay

On Mon, 22 May 2017 13:10:06 Jeff Layman wrote:

On 22/05/17 11:28, David Rance wrote:
On Sun, 21 May 2017 16:21:01 Ermin Trude wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2017 21:37:30 +0100, David Rance wrote:

Reading about the support here for long-reach hedge trimmers, and
starting to think now that it's something I need, what are the
recommendations for a make. I have quite a long hedge of "charme" (which
can be quite tough) in France - I don't know what the name is in
English.

I use Mitox tools for most things when I need petrol power (leaf/snow
blower; hedge cutter, lopper, strimmer). Mitox do a multi-attachment
which means that once you have the power unit the accessories can be
bought as required.

Others curse Mitox. My experience is good though.

If you want to go really professional then Stihl would be my manufacturer
of choice.
I know the merits of Stihl and Husqvarna as I already have some of
their
tools (and with which, I may say, I am very satisfied). But I was hoping
that someone could give me a recommendation based on personal use and
not all tools by any one manufacturer are necessarily equally good.
Based on your advocacy of Mitox I looked to see what feedback Amazon
customers have given, but Amazon have only just started supplying them
this month (7th May) and, in fact, they have none in stock! Either
they're so good that they sold out immediately or they haven't stocked
up yet!

I got a Titan (Screwfix own-brand) last year, but it seems to have
disappeared from their inventory. It's the one shown he
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLLD4FQHKcc

I've only used it a few times, and it does the job, although it is
heavy and awkward. I would guess that all electric long-reach trimmers
are similar in this respect.

Thanks to you and Chris for mentioning the Titan. It certainly looks
workmanlike. We have three Screwfix depots in Reading, all of which have
Titans in stock. I'll go and have a look.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK