Bosch Cordless Hedge Cutter EasyHedgeCut 18-45 (without battery, 18 Volt system, blade length 45 cm, in carton packaging)

Excellent! Charged up the battery and tidied up my hedge and a couple of shrubs with ease. Light enough this 65 year old grandma with arthritic hands could manage it easily. Would recommend for small gardens, larger hedges etc might need a corded model but the battery lasted 30 minutes of work and hadn’t given up when I’d finished. Not too noisy, cut through the branches of hedge well and zipped across the top smoothly and light enough to keep it level.

Good well made product easy too use, light weight with long lasting charge. Ideal for quick/ light trims

Good value for money, but doesn't have much power. Our main requirement is to cut back our Laurel Hedges which it is perfect for. But it wouldn't cut through bigger branches on our mid sized conifer. Worked fine on the top and sides to keep it tidy. Very light weight so perfect for me as a 5ft and "getting on a bit" woman. And been cordless is a 100% advantage over our previous hedge strimmer.

This is a great trimmer, but you have to be aware of it's limitations. Compared to mains trimmers it is 50% slower, an nowhere near as powerful. The convenience offset this, but only for certain jobs. It doesn't do much over 10mm branches, but again, understand what the tool is for. Great for trimming shrubs and hedge, but you will need to get loppers for anything sizable that needs getting out.

Very easy to use and shapes hedge with little to no effort. Our front garden looks smarter in one fowl swoop… literally.

I had a battery for other Bosch tools and I tried the small 2.5 18V on this and it lasted AGES! I gave up before it did! I made sure to oil the cutting blades and it worked brilliantly taking down brambles and tidying up the edges. It’s nicely balanced, feels safe to wield, no excessive vibration, and I found the protective end cap very very handy, especially when cutting close to the ground. Definitely recommended.

Pros:1. Lightweight and well balanced.2. Reasonable price.3. Cuts well and easily; I did not try cutting any branches more than c10mm diameter.4. Battery holds charge surprisingly well and power usage seems to be low.5. Robust. On first use, I managed to drop it from the top of a 2m high privet hedge! Admittedly the fall was broken by privet stalks and the ground was soft, but it escaped any damage.6. The Anti-Blocking system seems to work but this is impossible to verify.Cons:1. The blade tip protector is a PITA. It is far too long at 4.5cms and renders the end of the blade unusable. The result is it is nigh on impossible to start a new cut midway into a dense hedge; you have to start the cut from the end of the hedge or force the tip protector to bend the obstructing branches out of the way. It also makes it difficult to judge whether you can cut that irritating solitary branch just at the end of your reach. This means it is probably useless for topiary work, which requires precision. I may well break off the plastic tip of mine.2. The forward power switch location means the loss of a lot of reach length compared to my old Ryobi. 5 cms could be gained in reach if that switch was located further back. Moreover the grip required on the front handle results in greater loss of reach.I had to wait 6 weeks for delivery. I assumed it had to come from China but turns out this is made in Hungary. You would have thought that with 40+ years of supplying the German automotive industry, Bosch might have mastered the art of Just-In-Time; evidently not!

Good hedge trimmer, worked pretty well bearing in mind it's operated with an 18 volt battery.Disappointed with delivery as the driver seemed quite happy to leave the package outside my parents' front door in full view and anyone could have taken it. Amazon - you need to improve.