Shredders - garden not office - which one

[anonymous-user]

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[Antwerpman]

I had one of these electric shredders (Black and decker I think) a couple of years ago. I can honestly say it was the crappest tool I ever bought.

The main problems were that you had to manually feed the branches in and they didnt go in quickly, so it was really slow and time consuming. Also the thing kept on getting clogged up so I was forever having to take it apart and unjam/unclog it.

Bought a petrol one here in Belgium and that is brilliant, has a honda engine and rips through the stuff, only problem is the cost - around 750 euros (500 gbp)

Personally I would recommend staying away from the petrol ones unless you are only doing a few twigs

[Rob_T]

if you get an electric one , make sure the cutter is a 'corkscrew' as opposed to 2 rotating discs. get as high an HP one as you can get. i bought a bosch one which is very good.

trick with it is not to pile in too much too quickly. also, it doesn't like big leaves much... tends to clog it up. there is an art to using them, but once you've got it right they are an excellent garden toy and quite satisfying / therapeutic too!

[Wacky Racer]

The "Rolls Royce" of chainsaws is probably Stihl, however a couple of years ago I bought a "Champion" (Focus/Do it all) own brand 15" petrol for around £130, which is fine for light duty work, I have been through a couple of chains but they are only a tenner and take two minutes to fit....


www.worldofpower.co.uk/acatalog/Chainsaws.html

[MikeyT]

Get something up to the job - my old B&D one bunrnt the motor out and it's SO time consuming - I reckong you're better cutting everything up MUCH smaller with a decent set of secateurrs - quicker, less messy and won't take up that much room - you'd be surprised

I took down a big old bush - about 12 feet by 6 feet x 3feet high and got it all in half a brown wheelie bin ...

Are you sure you can't HIRE an industrial/council size one?

>> Edited by MikeyT on Thursday 17th November 15:55