 "LOVE this system!" | 2008-09-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2PD52IDK0SJJ4 |
| I have 2 drills, a blower, the hand held hedge trimmer and the trimmer on a pole. These are all wonderful. OK, maybe the drill isn't as good as my DeWalt but it isn't bad for light duty. The trimmers are MUCH better than any other cordless ones that I have tried and with 6 batteries!! I'm always good to go. NEXT UP~ saw on a pole. |
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| "Works Great" | 2008-08-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2N6LII99068OL |
| My mom and I love this, now hedging the front bushes only takes a couple of minutes instead of hours, it's awesome! |
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 "Does what it is supposed to" | 2008-07-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2G58MEOMYI5QR |
| I am pleased with this product. It is well made and has performed flawlessly. It is a bit heavy, so if you are reaching way up or way out, you will need to rest your arms fairly frequently. But that beats getting a ladder, or not being able to do them at all. So in all, very happy with the purchase. |
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| "Pretty pleased" | 2008-07-30 |
| - Reviewed By lla26 |
| I am pretty pleased with this cordless trimmer. It is a little heavy and I did have to take breaks especially when holding it over my head to trim the top of a high arbor. But the convenience of not having a cord dragging along and the ease of using it made it well worth the money. It charged up in no time and kept the charge for a couple of hours. It used to be the hedges got trimmed once a year because it was such a headache, but now I can actually keep them looking good all year. Four stars only because in the future the design will be more ergonomic and then it will get five stars! |
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| "Can't do without it" | 2008-07-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3MTYJPV8Q2WEH |
This product is bulky and,in my opinion, probably not going to be used by a woman due to its weight. However, for someone who has a lot of hedges, tree trimming, and other trimming that requires reach, this is a product you won't be able to do without.
I think what Black and Decker should do is elimated or come out with the option of no elbow. The elbow is bluky, combersome and adds weight and I don't use it; since I am probably average, that means that the elbow is not being used enough to make it worth while. |
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| "Vesatile trimmer" | 2008-07-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A32EI3R8L7D8SU |
| Yes it is a hedge trimmer on a pole and works well as such. I used it to trim the bottom of my weeping willow along with some shrubs. Its best use may be as a weed whacker when you have weeds that are tall and too tough for a string trimmer to handle well. Just set it at the more comfortable angle, hold it down and cut off the weeds. |
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| "Excellent garden tool" | 2008-06-26 |
| - Reviewed By alverboo |
I used it to trim the tops of ~120' of honeysuckle bushes and ~40' of yews. Clean, quick cutting. The battery showed no sign of running low at that point. Since the head pivots, I did the following trick: Tilted it at right angles to the pole and walked along the front of the honeysuckle, pole verticle, cutting a "guide" level, then trimmed each bush in turn from a ladder, trimmer straight out, to that level. The entire job, including clean-up, took less than 1 hour. The tool paid for itself with that one use, compared to paying someone to do the work, and took less than 1/2 the time with my corded, 22" Hedgehog, that requires 3-4 ladder set-ups per bush. Carrying case a nice touch.
A few "downsides" to just watch for. As stated by B&D, this is a light-duty trimmer, handling branches up to about 3/8". That worked for my application, but beyond that this trimmer won't be of much help. It is a bit heavy holding out at full length with the end away from your body, but not too bad. Only one battery, but a claimed 50 minute run time. And while it appears to be a fixed 6' long when assembled, the box says 10' tip-to-tip. |
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| "Very easy to use!" | 2008-06-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: AMZ9GG3QWPEN8 |
| Even though this is a little heavy it is very easy to use. It save me a lot of time bringing out the cord and a ladder. I would highly recommend this product. |
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| "DOES THE JOB!" | 2008-06-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3TWVCHNBXHETL |
| This is a heavy hedge trimmer, especially since I have to lift it above my head often to shape a 7 foot hedge that sits on a hill. UGH...But this machine does make my job easier, and that's what counts. I do not miss a long cord, but the battery is heavy, which is what makes it harder to operate. Once I became accustomed to its length and weight, it all became much easier to operate. But you will need upper body strength for tall jobs. I like this product very much and highly recommend it. |
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 "one word...HEAVY!" | 2008-05-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2U2X6B6RSXPDQ |
I purchased this because my arms would burn from holding my regular electric trimmer above my head, well this helps with the reach but it weighs at least 3 times as much as the electric version. Wish this one was electric at least that would eliminate the battery weight. It's also a little awkward to handle because of the weight and balance but it does reach where my normal one doesn't. I use my normal trimmer to do 90% of the work and then pull this out for those hard to reach places.
So just be ready for the extra weight, I was rather shocked and it I would have seen this in a store I probably would not have got it for that reason. |
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