Stihl garden power tools ?

 Getting just a little fed up with cheaper garden tools - Wife's *second*
Bosch cordless hedge trimmer packed up today - only a couple of years old
:-(

Looking at Stihl/Viking. Silly prices but are they worth it ?

TIA.
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Regards,

Hugh Jampton

 

 From my experience, after using some of the Stihl/Viking kit for several  
years, yes they are.  Started off some years ago with a then top of the  
range B&D hedge trimmer but after a couple of years of struggling with our  
100+ metres of mixed hedgerows and numerous mature shrubs, I followed the  
advice of a professional gardener used by some of our neighbours and tried  
a Viking trimmer.  Much impressed with it I added a long reach Viking the  
following year - again very impressed (Viking trimmers now re-badged as  
Stihl).  After two of the more expensive Karcher pressure washers, both of  
which failed due to split pump housings, moved to a Stihl which has so far  
lasted longer than both the Karchers.

I am lucky that the best, relatively local, (South Devon) Stihl dealer has  
so far given me better prices than anything available online.
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rbel

 On 11/10/2010 20:13, Hugh Jampton wrote:

That is what cordless hedge trimmers do. They hardly last any time at
all even on a full charge and the batteries die a miserable death after
a couple of seasons if the motor doesn't burn out first.

I'd try a decent mains powered one rather than cordless. YMMV

Regards,
Martin Brown

 
So would I.        I only cut through the cable once.   :-)
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Gordon H
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 On 10/11/2010 09:13 PM, Hugh Jampton wrote:

I've been very happy with my Stihl chainsaw.  I looked at stihl and echo
for strimmers and ended with echo, haven't been disappointed.  I'd check
there too for hedge trimmers, the engines are very good.

HTH,

E