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[Auto Addict]

Thinking of getting one of these:-

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/ryobi-rpt4545m-telescopic-articulating-pole-he/

Any opinions gratefully received

[amba]

Best advise is get a petrol unit as they have a lot more grunt as the smaller ones really aren't much use other than cutting very thin stems.

I have a stihl multi tool with a 10inch chainsaw attachment.The pole is telescopic and will extend to 2.8mtrs so can easily cut over 3.0mtrs at any angle.Hedge cutter is 18inch and makes very short work of anything upto about 30mm thick.Bit heavy but have a full strap harness..bit like a rucksack back to front ..and it makes the job a whole lot easier.

[Auto Addict]

Best advise is get a petrol unit as they have a lot more grunt as the smaller ones really aren't much use other than cutting very thin stems.

I have a stihl multi tool with a 10inch chainsaw attachment.The pole is telescopic and will extend to 2.8mtrs so can easily cut over 3.0mtrs at any angle.Hedge cutter is 18inch and makes very short work of anything upto about 30mm thick.Bit heavy but have a full strap harness..bit like a rucksack back to front ..and it makes the job a whole lot easier.

Petrol types would be too heavy for me to handle at my age.

[amba]

Think you might find with the harness it would be quite ok.

Basically it just hangs infront of you and your arms just support the pole

[amba]

Also depends what you intend "snipping" and at what height.

I have a row of now cut Leylandii still about 12ft high and being over 35 years old they are quite brutes even with a major haircut

[Sir Tigger KC]

I have a Flymo battery hedge trimmer that is very similar to the Ryobi AA linked to and it's excellent! 

I bought it as I have a 20ft laurel hedge at the bottom of my garden and I found my petrol hedge trimmer too heavy and unwieldy at the top of the ladder when trimming the top off.    It's more than man enough for most hedge trimming needs and is much lighter than the petrol version. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183443841057?ViewItem=&item=183443841057

[Kevin Wood]

I've got a hedge trimmer attachment for my Ryobi petrol strimmer and I find it rather heavy. It doesn't need the power for 90% of jobs so I tend to find a little mains electric one easier.

[amba]

Never tried a main/battery version so my comments are soley based on what I have used.Although saying that our run of conifers are real brutes and have recently been cut back from over 35ft so they really are a chainsaw/petrol job

[Sir Tigger KC]

Obviously a major cutback needs heavier kit for the job, but my battery Flymo hedge trimmer will cut twigs and stems up to about 15mm, so good for the annual trim. 

[amba]

Wish these brutes only put on 15mm thick growth.

I recon they grow around 1.0 - 1.5 mtrs a year and in that time the lateral growth is around 25/30mm thick .

Perils of having a Leylandii hedge,but as we have a Primary School playground at the back of our garden we need a screen and a sound barrier

[YZ250]

Wish these brutes only put on 15mm thick growth.

I recon they grow around 1.0 - 1.5 mtrs a year and in that time the lateral growth is around 25/30mm thick .

Perils of having a Leylandii hedge,but as we have a Primary School playground at the back of our garden we need a screen and a sound barrier

Same here, but we live in an end house so have them all the way around the outer boundary. My gear is all petrol as I have to go around the other side and a lead would be impractical. Mine are now down to about twelve feet tall but are still about eight feet across. I use a petrol multi tool with one metre extension poles, so it can go just over three metres long, but you need arms like Popeye with all of the extensions on. I use twelve foot, wide rung steps and the petrol pole hedge trimmer attachment for the sides and most of the top but add the chainsaw attachment for the thicker bits. I use my petrol chainsaw to cut the trunk about a foot lower than the outer sides so that trimming for the next two or three years is much easier. You can't see the hollow middle from the ground, only from a bedroom window.
As amba said, the small stuff is only any good for the outer sides and nowhere near man enough for topping 35 year old Leylandii. I have to use the petrol pole cutter just to reach across the tops as they are too wide to be cut from the ground with the angled cutter and the angled trimmer won't cut through branches about ten inches thick. 

[biggriffin]

Perils of having a Leylandii hedge,but as we have a Primary School playground at the back of our garden we need a screen and a sound barrier

So what any self respecting person would do,,,,, complain about the noise the little darlings are making and have the school closed down, as it's infringing you right to a quite life.

[amba]

 

[Shackeng]

Wish these brutes only put on 15mm thick growth.

I recon they grow around 1.0 - 1.5 mtrs a year and in that time the lateral growth is around 25/30mm thick .

Perils of having a Leylandii hedge,but as we have a Primary School playground at the back of our garden we need a screen and a sound barrier

Snap, but we enjoy hearing and seeing, the kids, especially the 1st years at the moment.

[scimmy_man]

so did Jimmy saville