Bosch Cordless Telescopic Hedge Trimmer UniversalHedgePole 18 (Without Battery and Charger)

Good bit of kit maybe heavy but does job with ease should have bought one sooner.

Good sturdy piece of kit but is really quite heavy particularly more difficult to handle when fully extended. The reach is great though and easy to put at an angle. The blade isn't particularly quick and some branches of sturdier shrubs take a bit of cutting that said very happy with it.

I bought this to replace a cheaper pole hedge trimmer that broke on the first use. This was more expensive but I have got other Bosch tools so I felt comfortable spending the extra. It is fairly light and easy to use in the vertical position when cutting tall hedges. It can feel a bit heavy if cutting short hedges where you hold it horizontally but this can but helped by using the enclosed shoulder strap.I have used it on a large privet hedge and it coped very well both on the sides and on the top. I have used it on a fir tree to cut overhanging branches upto the max thickness, it never jammed once. The battery was still working after 40 minutes. It comes with a 2.5ah battery but it also works with my Bosch drill battery which is 1.5ah so it is versatile. It comes with a 3yr warranty as well. Highly recommend this tool.

Was easy to assemble. Used it twice now on my conifers and it cuts really well. The small battery lasts a long time. It is quite heavy to use but the strap that comes with it helps when reaching to cut the tops of my trees. The head angles so no need to use a ladder. It takes a bit of strength to use. From my use so far I would recommend it.

Pros:Very good battery life.Good build quality.Tilting head helps massively.Extremely easy to set up and get going.Cons:It's very underpowered (which means the battery lasts longer)Can't cut through anything more than a few millimetres.Quite heavy.Overall this doesn't meet my needs as I needed it to cut through some thicker branches. However, on the hedge in my front garden it was fine. It just took longer because of the lack of power. If you just need a basic high hedge cutter, and the branches aren't thicker than about 5mm, you should be fine. Anything more than that, I'd be looking for something else.

I chose Bosch because I’ve always been very happy with the power tools I’ve had and have. I was so looking forward to these pole hedge trimmer’s arriving as I have been a bit unsteady up the ladders stretching out cutting my hedge the last couple of times.My box arrived already opened and a part fell out while still in the driver’s hands. After checking the contents it turned out the battery was missing and the charger cable in a mess looking like it had already been used. Book a return so ended up having to stay at home for ups to collect it as they don’t give any kind of collection time (waste of a day). The replacement one arrived 2 days later so had to stay home again as i had to give a code to the driver on delivery, this time things looked fine. I had been very much looking forward to cutting the hedge so Sunday morning i fully charged the battery and off I went and how disappointed I was as the blades moved slow and it was struggling to cut the hedge properly, it really struggled with the twigs on the privet hedge and even though my hedge was in need of its first cut it still looked in shape but by the time I had cut half it looked terrible plus a clip on the strap wouldn’t stay clipped so kept coming off, I gave up with them and boxed them back up to return so that’s another day wasted at home waiting for ups to collect. So back up the ladders and the electric hedge clippers and start from the beginning to straighten out the mess. I’ve always had Bosch power tools battery and cable and have always been very happy with them BUT these pole clippers have been a massive letdown and because of my experience I would not recommend them to anyone.I really shouldn’t say this but I’ve broken wind with more power than these cutters 🤣.👎👎👎👎😔

The very best hedge trimmer I ever owned. Very long extendable neck and the blade can be rotated to suit every position.It seems not powerful enough at first but it goes through the hedge (hornbeam) like a hot knife through butter. Super!Can feel a little unwieldly at full extension however.Battery life is amazing and at last I am not cutting through electrical cords every time I cut the hedge!!