Same size as our models. So far so good 
I have absolutely no need for one but strangely feel like I’m missing out by not having one 
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Have we seen photos? 
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Totally agree.
Interesting. My 2nd petrol Ryobi hedge trimmer has not been good. The first one lasted 6 years without a hitch and it had plenty of use and abuse. Given its faultless performance when it finally died I replaced it with the same. Its been back for repair under warranty twice and the starter cord has snapped 3 times.
Decided to go electric but doubted would be up to rhe job but Greenworks seem to have the answer using 40 or 60v battery.
Not took the plunge yet as the hedge cutter and battery combined comw in at 400+ Euros compared to Ryobi petrol at around 150 Euros.
WIll rhe extra cost be justified?
Perhaps I will just have to trust Greenwood’s advertising blurb and YouTube 
Surprising about your Ryobi. I always thought that was a trustworthy brand.
Can’t comment on the other tools, but the mower has impressed me so far. Had it 4 years… although it doesn’t get any use whatsoever for the winter months obviously.
Feel free to pop over if you wanna borrow the battery. Then you can just buy the trimmer on its own to see if it’s worth the investment. You’ve gotta promise to bring the battery back afterwards too though . Bit of a trek, mind you 
None at all. I have machines place similarly in three houses, non of them dance, they are sited on 25mm ‘rubber’ mats which stops movement and noise.
Sounds like there may well be advantages to front loaders although I never liked them when I had them! However, since there is no way I can get the sort of table that @Dr-Le-Dolly has into the room available, I shall stick with my ancient and reliable recently-repaired upright!
Shelving in my “utility room” had been designed around a top-loader so it was simpler to stick with an upright when I bought a machine. Works a treat, although I can understand the difficulty of unloading these things if you’re on the shorter side. I’m 6ft something and have to stretch to get to the bottom. I paid a little extra to get a model with a top speed of 1,400 rpm but the default speed for the programme I normally use is 800 rpm and this is more than adequate. I bought my machine from the low-rent Candy range because it offered good vale for higher spin speed and capacity. It it breaks down after the guarantee period, I’ll get it fixed or throw it out.
I have 2 Ryobi battery powered hedge trimmers (One+ 18V) with a variety of corresponding batteries, and I have found them to be pretty good so far, and they get quite intensive use on different types of hedging (laurel, birch, beech, forsythia, Japanese quince, hawthorn, brambles).
Miele Outlet in the UK in Abingdon if anyone has the opportunity to source there. ‘A’ grade ends of line through to beaten up ‘C’ grade can be chosen, saw it recommended elsewhere today.
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I see you have a battery powered 18v hedge trimmer. I have a Makita battery powered mower which works on pairs of 18v batteries. It’s now into its 4th season and it’s very good. So I have the batteries and charger so I’m thinking of getting a Makita 18v hedge trimmer. The spec is below and it seems okay to me but my knowledge of power tools is very limited so I’d be very grateful for any comments you might have
- Tension : 18V
- Coups par minute : 2700
- Puissance de sortie nominale : 250W
- Longueur de lame : 600 mm
- Capacité de coupe maximale : 15 mm
- Espacement des dents : 28 mm
- Autonomie avec une batterie 3 Ah : 60 mn
- Poids : 2,4 kg
How does that compare to the current one you have? Mine, not Makita is much slower, ok for hedge trimming but slower. Just ordered a 36v strimmer as the pfaff and smell of the petrol one together with its perished fuel pipe pushed me over the edge this afternoon. So see how that works out.
Always a mistake to use a sewing machine for hedge trimming, in my opinion 
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You button holed it there Brian! 
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Yeah, he stitched you up…
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Pushed you over the hedge
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Yes he hemmed me in but I keep bobbin up
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…keeping the thread going…
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… seamlessly …
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