Useful tool for garden work
A useful tool to have. Although it needs two hands to turn it on, it can be operated by one hand (really useful as I’ve 5 strokes). Changing cutters is easy and the built in battery keeps the weight down.

Just the job
Really enjoying this product, effortless to use. One star less as the charger didn’t seem to fit the charging point, very tight fit. Good battery charge, ideal for detailed work, fun to use.

Garden Changing!
Garden changing! LOVE this gadget. It’s so easy to use and super safe – a safety button so you can’t just turn on without being in control; brilliant around small areas where you might struggle to get a lawnmower or shears into, eg under shrubs, stepping stones, round ponds or round pots etc. Cuts really well and very quickly; saves wrists from RSI with shears; would absolutely recommend; I use this every time I’m in the garden and it can also be used on small shrubs and plants as well as grass; gives a great haircut to so many things in the garde

Fantastic Piece of Equipme
I broke my right wrist and I’m right handed and I wanted something light that I could use in my left hand to cut an ivy hedge, thin branches on bushes and nettles and I thought I’d try these and I’m so glad I did because they are brilliant and did everything I wanted. I’m a 66 year old woman and I definitely recommend them. They came in a lovely little box and delivery was excellent.

Lightweight and great for a quick tidy-up
We have a ‘proper’ electric hedge cutter but I find it too heavy. This is perfect for a bit of a tidy up but obviously wouldn’t be suitable for a large hedge. Ideal for what I wanted. The grass edge trimmer is also useful. Pleased with my purchase.

Brilliant Bosch!
Makes gardening a pleasure when you find a tool that actually exceeds your expectations … this one has.

I had to purchase a second one since my garden is quite large and there’s a ton of edging and trimming of various grasses and shrubs to do – the 50 minute or so charge isn’t enough … it doesn’t help that I like to take my time so I probably run the power down more than most by dilly dallying

A few people asked about weeds between paving slabs … will the isio shift them? – obviously not down to the root but if you carefully use the smaller cutter flat against the slab you can whack the weeds off level with it … handy if you’re not fussy or need a quick tidy up.

I’ve learned to manoeuvre both the cutters to do jobs that other tools can’t manage … and it’s small enough to reach any tight areas and corners.

It’s also relatively quiet … I find it fantastic for whipping off my neighbours overgrowing bits without him hearing me … the less I see of his grumpy face peering down at me like he’s the god of gardening the better!!!

Great little trimmer, low torque and off balance.
I bought this to trim some bushes and a little hedge.
I have not tried the grass edging connector yet, will update review then.

For the hedge trimming connector I gave 4 stars, taking one star off for;

*The weight distribution is off,
the connected head is very very light, whereas the battery is the main part, which you hold and it is quite heavy, which leads to it being badly balanced and makes it difficult to use.

* The power from the motor to the connected head is quite weak, and with something as light as lavender bushes it struggles, often suddenly stopping, leading to a jerking of the unit, which combined with the poor balance makes it , in my opinion, a bit dangerous, as nearly dropped it a few times due to it nearly jerking out of my hand.
I think I am disappointed because Bosch is a good brand and expected a better level of performance and design.

Positives;

* It is compact and easy to store as it comes with its own case to store everything in.

* It was quick to charge from the box, and has a clear indicator light that pulses red whilst charging and goes green when charged.

* The heads are easy to attach, they clip onto the main body easily and come off easily for cleaning and storage.

* Some may not see the following as a positive, but I do, especially given the poor torque of the motor…the hedge trimmer blades are inside a metal casing, the picture you see is of that fixed metal casing, the blades gold inside and cut between the lattice of the casing, meaning they are not exposed Dring storage.
The downside of this is twofold…
1. They are impossible to get to to clean thoroughly or to sharpen them. I am not sure it is possible to remove the casing.
2. It limits the size of what you can cut,bto being something that fits with at least a 3 mm gap between the casings lattice, I would guess at nothing over 4 mm diameter can be cut… having said that I personally don’t think the motor could cope with cutting anything thicker so it was probably mainly designed that way to stop people burning out the motor or snapping the fine blades inside the casing ( they act like scissors in the gap between the casing lattice when on, snap back into the casing when off).

The overall performance is less than hoped for, I used to have a proper hedge trimmer, which was double handed and cut through hedges and shrubs like butter, so I may have been spoiled.

I would say if you only have some light trimming to do, this will probably suit you. From a single charge I worked my way through 2 little hedges and 6 bushes and it was still charged when I tired it away so believe the battery life to be good.

Note:
The battery does not seem to be removable, so when it goes I assume you will have to buy a whole new set, although I could be wrong, I just cannot see how to get it out. If I do find out it can be replaced, I will update with indication of how and how much.

Great lawn edging tool, with hedge trimmer, worth every penny
Superb hedge & grass trimming tool.
Blades super sharp, fast cutting.
Ok on hedge trimming for small areas.
I have some by my front door below the window 3ft deep by about 6ft wide.
It copes but anything more would be irksome having to do that regularly.
The tough branch feature is worth its weight though, it just keeps on hacking away until it cuts through, without jamming or damaging itself.

The grass trimmer is perfect for me.
Edging is easy. There is an optional long handle you can also buy that reaches the lawn without having to bend down, or up to the top of a fence or tree.

I had been using a strimmer to edge my 50ft lawn but this was damaging the grass and my timber raised beds.
This trimmer does the job almost as quick, but without damage, and gives a far neater appearance.

I had tried a cheaper brand, which is still working, but chews the grass instead of cutting it, after a short period of use.
I may use that one now as a cordless ‘rotavator’ to break up compacted soil on my embanked flowerbed.

45minutes charging is no problem for me – the time I take to mow the lawn and tidy up, the tool has recharged.
I like that it has a lithium ion battery, meaning I do not have to fully charge or discharge the battery every time I use it.

I insist all of my chordless tools have this now, having had to replace power tools where the ni cad battery had ‘memorised’ and become useless.

The safety switch can be operated either left or right handed, if you have a Bosch drill it is right where you’d expect to find the forward/reverse switch, under your thumb.

The case is quite handsome too.
Made from a thin neoprene type material, but a fairly rigid moulding, covered in a satinised black fabric with zip closing along three sides.
Large enough to accommodate the tool both attachments and battery charger, with room to spare.

The battery is built in to the handle, non removable. Being lithium ion it is going to last as long as the tool, so no need to be replacable. Service charge is indicated by leds on the handle but thus far I have not discharged the battery enough to come off its highest state of charge, because it does what I need from it so quickly.

Tbh I saw more powerful tools than this one before I bought it. It is easily powerful enough.

I am completely satisfied with my purchase.