Cordless hedge trimmers?

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I'm thinking of buying electric hedge trimmers for my yew hedge which is only about 20 feet long, 6 foot high, and needs trimming 3 or 4 times a year. At the moment I use hand shears and I'm thinking of getting cordless hedge trimmers instead.

Does anyone have any advice as to whether cordless hedge trimmers are any good and if so any recommendations on which brand or model to choose or if wired in trimmers are a better way to go?

You use hand shears! That is dedication.

I use Stihl for Cordless but it is expensive as you buy everything seperately.

I also think its good for a tickle on green growth but doesnt have the cutting power for really going into hard wood smoothly. For that I have Makita Two Stroke Petrol.

DEWALT- great quality & great battery life.

Ooh thanks for the recommendations!
I'd really like to get ones at the cheaper end of the price scale but not sure if this would be a mistake...

Mmm I dunno. I would be cautious.

The electric kit we have is professional grade. Think £600 for a cutter, £300 each for a charger and a battery.

And quite frankly its shit in comparison to a cheap two stroke trimmer.

I have this one from B&Q www.diy.com/departments/b-q-trim-ez-18v-460mm-cordless-hedge-trimmer/1574822_BQ.prd and it does the job well.
Cordless is worth it, so much easier to handle that the corded ones (same goes for lawnmowers) or the petrol ones that are a lot heavier.

Sadly professional kit is way out of my budget and probs not justified for the one hedge.
The B&Q one looks a bargain price. Lots of the reviews though say it only recharges 5 or 6 times then stops working.

Stihl battery operated tools are excellent. I have the blower, hedge trimmer and chain saw. Highly recommended.

Oh no! I’m pretty sure mine has lasted longer than that.

To be completely honest - I didn’t read the reviews before I bought it, it was a Christmas gift (I can’t imagine 15 year old me ever thinking a cordless hedge trimmer would be on my Christmas list, but there we go!)

We had a Bosch cordless, but there were issues with the life of the battery. I think it might be to do with the length of time it isn’t used. We swapped to a corded version.
One thing to consider is the weight of the machine, a lot of the time you’re holding it high in the air. Very wearing if the machines heavy.

If OP is trimming 3-4 times a year, a tickle on green growth is probably all she needs.

We have a black and decker one ans it’s really good.

Thanks for all the advice. DH ended up getting one from Amazon for around £70. It's a lot less powerful than the wired trimmers that my parents have but seems ok for the amount of hedge cutting that we have - which is not a huge amount. It's definitely been quicker and easier than cutting by hand which we usually do, and a lot more convenient than running extension wires around the garden.

I'm hoping they last a good few recharges if the battery! We shall see.