This is light and has just easily cut through a massive jungle of honeysuckle with some quite large branches. I bought it as a one job purchase but it still looks brand new after 2 hours of non stop use on tough honeysuckle and it’s ready to use again. I noticed in other reviews that that some thick people have said the guard is pointless, this is wrong as the guard actually slots in and screws and is rock solid., THE GUARD WORKS PERFECTLY. Lightweight and easy to use. Took me just two hours to cut through a huge amount of unruly honeysuckle that had about 15 years of untended growth. I’m impressed and very happy with this cheap but very good quality hedge trimmer. Thank you.

Bought this after using husband’s now obsolete really heavy earlier model.

Pros: it’s light, cuts beautifully and with plenty of control
Cons: the cable is a bit short and requires frequent repositioning of extension cable. This is particularly annoying as they’ve changed the attachment method from old version (which had a tiny lead that you could never cut through) joining onto a long cable by a special connector. I was hoping to repurpose this which is why I picked this model

Cables aside, this felt wonderful to use and it’s sparked jealousy in friends who have also struggled with heavier models. I would absolutely recommend

Very happy with this trimmer. Already had one but it was pretty heavy and arms ached before job finished. This one is ideal – light enough but still does job ok. Good vfm

Just received today, 17 Apr 22 and have already used it to hack my neighbours hedge which had become so overgrown on my side. Setting up out of the box is simple. Just undo a screw, insert the hand guard and tighten the screw again and you’re ready to go. It was light enough for me to hold and cut the entire hedge without resting and the actual cutting worked well even slicing through the thicker stalks without much effort. It does have some sort of blade protector when storing, but it’s just a thin piece of flexible plastic which will split along the sides in no time. Anyway, it’s a good machine and a good brand and the price doesn’t exactly break the bank even though you can buy other ‘never heard of’ makes cheaper.

AND no I have not been paid to make this review! I bought this to replace a very old B&D trimmer that lost a bolt and I could not get a new bolt to stay tight. I am in love with this machine! Its about half the weight of my old one (and most of the trimmers of other brands currently available). So not only does it cut on first sweep, a neat and perfect finish but after cutting my huge hedge which runs across the front and down the side of our house I am way less tired than before. I am very impressed. This machine did not appear in the search for some reason when I did a general hedge trimmer search so initially I bought a Flymo brand almost exactly the same price (and the same weight as my old trimmer). I thought good brand name but it was useless. Had to do 4 or 5 passes to cut my privet hedge and it was still very untidy with twigs sticking out that it had stripped rather than cut. Sent it back and found this one after a specific brand name search. Sooooooo glad I did XXXXXX thank you B&D