I have a shredder you’re welcome to. A Bosch electric job.
If I were buying a hedge trimmer, strummer and leaf blower again I’d go for Stihl Electric.
Lawn mower depends on the lawn size. I have an old Honda HRX which is lovely and does stripes - do you want stripes?
Yep. Also light to push and carry; more powerful than a battery mower with no expensive battery to replace after a few years; and vastly quieter than a petrol mower. Buy one with a wide deck and a solid, sizeable catcher - not a collapsible fabric one that won't last.For a small lawn like that, get an electric rotary one with a cable and a plastic body. Dirt cheap, rock reliable, no problem starting in spring. Just plug it in and go.
Anyone have this setup
An excellent tip. There's still the potential to cut the cable but with this method, thankfully your willy will get in the way first.TOP TIP - if you tuck the hedge trimmer cable through a belt loop in your pants and secure with a peg you won't chop the cable !!
(learnt the hard way )
An excellent tip. There's still the potential to cut the cable but with this method, thankfully your willy will get in the way first.
My old Honda sit-on mower keeps going, although it's getting a bit tricky to start. I service it myself nowadays, since the last blokes to do so made a right old pig's ear out of it. Good advice re. Husqvana & Stihl - I recently bought a battery-powered Stihl long-handled hedge trimmer to replace my petrol Kawasaki one. The latter was excellent, but it was bloody heavy and if you weren't careful the exhaust would burn holes in your expensive Paramo fleece. I've got an ancient Husqvana strimmer that miraculously starts first pull, and an excellent Bosch shredder that, although quite slow, is relentless in its ability to much up huge branches. Massive Buddleia ones, complete with all foliage and offshoots, disappear into its ravenous maul without it pausing. The chippings are handy for spreading over the soil as mulch, but best left in a pile for a few months before use.
I'd go electric, and battery powered. I went for Makita so I can share batteries between the Strimmer, Mower, Hedge Cutter etc as well as all my Drill, Impact Driver etc.
OK thanks , can anyone recommend where to buy these ?
I would try to choose a system that also has indoor tools (drills/drivers etc) in the range as well - just to get the best use out of batteries and chargers.
I'd recommend the 5.0Ah/6.0Ah for heavy use items such as a strimmer or mower and then the smaller 2.0Ah batteries for anything handheld as they are a good bit lighter.
This is more sage advice than it might first appear.
It's down the shed, but anyway, looking at the latest Bosch shredder offerings, it's nothing like any of the three.Do you know the model number of the shredder ?
Well, whatever you do, don't buy one of these. It's complete shite. Normally Bosch are good but it's failed on pretty much every task I've given it. It jammed when it got to my ex-wife's dentures.It's down the shed, but anyway, looking at the latest Bosch shredder offerings, it's nothing like any of the three.
Now I have a garden that is not printed concrete I am looking for recommendation on
all the above please,