Ryobi Expand-it Hedge Trimmer Review
This was purchased at the same time as the Ryobi Brush cutter/Trimmer RBC30SESA as we have two hedges already and are planning to plant a hedge row on the allotment (to attract wildlife that likes eating slugs and snails!!)
The electric hedge trimmers that we had tried in the past have given us very varied results. Some cheap ones we purchased chewed the hedge rather than cut it so they went straight back to the shop. We were then given some mid-range ones that did a good job but seemed underpowered and therefore were on the slow side. Not as slow as with shears but it still took along time to go along two hedges.
Now that we had purchased the Expand-it brush cutter we thought it would be worth trying out the hedge trimming attachment. This was a good purchase as it gives a very clean cut and is very quick.
The down side is the length and weight that the tool ends up, this makes it a bit of a handful. The sides of the hedge were quick and easy to produce a good finish but the top was all but impossible. The hedge is over head height which meant holding the whole lot over my head and after a few minutes everything got too heavy and I was only able to complete one hedge and the other one which is slightly higher I had to do with shears.
This said on the whole I was very pleased with the speed and efficiency that they gave. I guess I’ll have to get some weight training in before they need doing again!
