Lightweight low vibration cordless hedge trimmer

[Huzzah]

Hi all, any recommendations? My wife suffers from white finger so after a few minutes has to rest using our 10 y/o Aldi special.

Edited by Huzzah on Sunday 5th July 12:57

[sherman]

Buy her the correct PPE and send her back out to finish the job

Stanley Vibration Absorbing Performance Gloves Black Large - Screwfix https://share.google/YkgHjyFRvbmL9EP04

[Huzzah]

sherman said:

Buy her the correct PPE and send her back out to finish the job

Stanley Vibration Absorbing Performance Gloves Black Large - Screwfix https://share.google/YkgHjyFRvbmL9EP04

She's quite small, so would need a petit size + I'm not convinced about the effectiveness of Gloves.

[Austin_Metro]

I’ve found the makita 18v to be very smooth. I’ve got plenty of hedges, she’s welcome to test it!

[OutInTheShed]

Traditional shears don't vibrate much...

We have a 12V Parkside hedge trimmer which is light and easy to use, and an 18V Chinese one which is more powerful, I wouldn't say either vibrates excessively, but a certain amount of vibration is pretty much implicit in the way these things work.

Seriously, I inherited a nice old pair of shears and I can get a fair bit done pretty quickly, on the kind of young growth that shears are ideal for.

[Landlubber]

My wife uses a spear and Jackson. Bless her.

[The Three D Mucketeer]

Huzzah said:

Hi all, any recommendations? My wife suffers from white finger so after a few minutes has to rest using our 10 y/o Aldi special.

Edited by Huzzah on Sunday 5th July 12:57

Well you could it for her .... You asked for recommendations

[SonicHedgeHog]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

Huzzah said:

Hi all, any recommendations? My wife suffers from white finger so after a few minutes has to rest using our 10 y/o Aldi special.

Edited by Huzzah on Sunday 5th July 12:57

Well you could it for her .... You asked for recommendations

You were not alone in thinking that 🙄

[curvature]

I have had Ego over the past 5/6 years but found it to be too heavy.

It has all been replaced with Stihl and this is lighter and smoother but maybe not as well built.

[MDT]

I got one of these last year, has been really good and very quiet to use, not noticed any issues with vibration. it's light to use and with the battery at one end and the power head at the other it's well balanced.

this one actually quotes Low vibration levels of 2.5 m/sec². so perhaps you could use this value to see if you can find a trimmer?

https://www.mytoolshed.co.uk/makita-un460wd-12v-ma...

[RoadToad84]

I use a Black and Decker 18V Power Connect jobbie. Very decent cutting power, manages some surprisingly thick stems, and a 2.0aH battery lasts ages.

[alscar]

For the lightweight cutting my wife is happy to use one of the Ryobi cutters.
When I've used it for quick jobs it seems pretty decent.

[netherfield]

This year I'm using a Stihl Battery trimmer, I know it might be overkill for some , but I do have a lot of Hedges and Shrubs to trim.

I just wish I'd done it years ago, light weight and so quiet, previous to this it was an Echo 2 Stroke model, after a while shoulders and back were aching, yesterday I did all of our privet in one go, where before it took two .

Since bought strimmer which uses the same battery.

[Danm1les]

We have a Makita battery trimmer and its fairly low vibration and easy to use, all of the mid level brand battery stuff should be ok.

[J6542]

Makita are usually one of the best brands for making tools that have low vibrations