The double-sided blades are also rust-resistant for less maintenance.Įven though the trimmer is working hard, you’ll be spared the bulk of the labor. You will easily be able to cut through ¾-inch thick branches with its dual-action 24-inch blade. This steel bladed trimmer will surprise you with what it can handle. It has a 40-volt lithium-ion battery that fully charges in about an hour, and runs continuously for up to an hour and 20 minutes-which is equivalent to 6,000 square feet. You can buy trimmers that have laser cut or diamond ground blades which are sharper and will last longer.The Black + Decker 40V MAX is by far the best cordless hedge trimmer available. The sharpness also really helps keep down the amount of vibration you will get in your hands and arms when using your trimmer. The sharper your blades are the better of course. If you have mature hedges or thicker hedges then look for a trimmer with a 30 mm tooth gap. Most standard hedge trimmers come with a 15 - 20 mm gap which is enough to trim most hedges. The bigger heavier duty petrol hedge trimmers can handle that type of cutting. This type of trimmer is designed to trim and not to saw through thicker branches or stems. Electric hedge trimmers are not hugely powerful, and if you try to use them to cut thicker branches, the blades will just get jammed and damaged.
We do want to include a word of warning here as in real life, for electric hedge cutters, this honestly matters very little. Having a wider tooth gap makes it easier to cut through thicker branches and stems. In principle, the wider the teeth spacing, the thicker the material your hedge trimmer blade can cut. When you look down on a set of trimmer blades, you will see a space between the blades. If your hedge is wider than that, then you will need one with a longer blade, and when you do that, your choices reduce quite a lot. If you have a hedge that is less than 120 cm (4 feet) wide, then these blade lengths will do the job really well. It is important then to know the width of your hedge. Most people can reach about two feet in front of them (60 cm) so in total the distance you can cut will be eitherġ05 cm with a 45 cm blade or 120 cm with a 60 cm blade. That is not that long so just be aware of that. This is the length of the blade from its tip to where it joins the casing of the trimmer. The gap between the blades (Teeth Spacing).There are two important elements to the blades: It is these that do the cutting and as such will do the bulk of the hard work. These are of course a vital feature of any quality hedge trimmer. If you only have a small hedge then you will be able to get away with a smaller rated battery. The downside is that the higher this number is the more expensive a battery will be.įor cordless hedge trimmers to last for any length of time we would recommend buying the biggest Ah rated battery that you can afford. So for example a 4.0AH battery will last much longer than a 1.5 Ah battery. The bottom line is the higher this number is the longer your battery will last.
Various manufacturers make these in a range of sizes ranging from 1.0 Ah to 6.0 Ah. This in effect measures the capacity of the battery, which for the user means, how long will the battery last for. As well as a Voltage measurement on a battery, there is another measurement known as Ampere Hours. This is actually a very technical explanation, so we have tried to make it really simple to understand. The most popular choice remains the 18V battery option. The majority of cordless hedge trimmers use either a 12V, an 18V or a 20V rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery. Any cordless hedge trimmer will only be as good as the battery that powers it.
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