Lightweight but good strimmer

[Goatherderess]

We've a big Stihl brush cutter here but it's too heavy for me to use for long even with the harness and I hate all the petrol mix/pulling to start business when I just need to cut about 5 nettles!

What would be a good lightweight, easy to start, perhaps cordless strimmer that will manage nettles as well as grass and will hopefully start without yanking at a cord for 5 minutes - are there any good battery ones?

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

I have a Sthil 300ah battery powerd hedge trimmer and strimmer after some advise from @silverfox as I look after a number of family gardens so it's easy to throw them in the car as I run about not worringing about fuel or fumes - great kit for small, large, very large garden or farm for strimming grass I've shortish periods of time. Mine lasts a good hour of buzzing about and is easy to use.

 

[DRC]

As @Warp Land Farmer says, the battery pack has made life easier here. We have the strimmer, hedge trimmer, leaf blower , great for combine and blowing out grain sheds, and the chainsaw.
All using the same battery.

 

[Steevo]

Do you run a particular brand of cordless power tools currently?

Makita for example have strimmers as part of their range so could use same batteries.

 

[Loftyrules]

FS171 is very good it has replaced my stolen FS240 much lighter and easier to use whilst still powerful

 

[Exfarmer]

Another vote for Stihl cordless. Have both strimmer and hedge cutter running off the one battery.
Use the strimner only at speed sufficient to do the job means it will last a good hour

 

[dickspanner]

I can recommend the Ego range of 56v cordless tools.Their batteries are well thought out for cooling when working hard or charging.
Have a strimmer ,brushcutter, hedgecutter and polesaw.
Chainsaw and blower on wish list.
The now discontinued Honda cordless range are the same with just a small nib of plastic on the battery needing removing to interchange and were recently on sale for less than £185 with 4Ah battery and fast charger which was good value.Unfortunately now sold out at most dealers but a friend bought one last week after some searching.
I think the Karcher cordless tools are also the same.

 

[TripleSix]

My parents have a Stihl FSA 45

It's an awesome little thing for scaring nettles and long grass around the garden!

 

[Greenbeast]

Another vote for battery, makita here

 

[Grassman]

Stihl battery strimmer and chainsaw here. Wonderful for smaller jobs.

 

[JD-Kid]

a lot of cordless garden gear showing up
I have looked at smaller cordless chain saw for pruning of forests. trees. but battery life a bit short for full days good around home tho. if. got a pair set on charger and stop for a brew etc etc
also buy a lot of skin kits leaf blowers drills. etc etc etc. so can use battery's in work shop etc etc

saw shop I have started to deal with was at a demo they. had 3 different brands on play. the makita come out on top. in there test have not. looked at there weedeaters tho

some of the smaller stuff look at closely I know with. wee saws. some of the chain adjustment is a bit. funny ok sounds cool being tool less. but. can be a tad weak and prone to snapping etc

 

[Steevo]

Have a tiny cordless Bosch strimmer here for the garden. Lasts about 30-45mins on a charge-as much as you’d want to do in one go. Uses disposable plastic blades too so easier than the cord type which I find gets knotted up.

How long do others find batteries allow machine to run for?

 

[Exfarmer]

Very difficult to rate running time, so much depends on work. My Stihl hedge trimmer on normal thorn hedges goes till I give up. On my little box hedges about 20- 25 minutes due to the power consumed.
A bit like battery cars take it easy do 100 miles plus get the toe down and ou may get through it in ten miles

 

[JD-Kid]

http://www.echocordless.com
intersting review on the chain saw on a site. I looked at come out on top for power and run time I would be guessing the seedeater would be. very good too maybe a bit big. but maybe. worth looking at

 

[exmoor dave]

My Bro is a landscape gardener and is running a load of Stihl cordless tools.

Rates them very highly and only gets the petrol tools out for bigger clearing jobs now

 

[Danllan]

Being a true romantic I bought a Makita twin 18v battery Makita strimmer for Mrs Danllan's birthday a couple of years ago . Can't fault it and it is just possible that I use it more than her...

 

[2wheels]

Have a tiny cordless Bosch strimmer here for the garden. Lasts about 30-45mins on a charge-as much as you’d want to do in one go. Uses disposable plastic blades too so easier than the cord type which I find gets knotted up.

How long do others find batteries allow machine to run for?

likewise, does a good enough job.

 

[joe soapy]

the lidl one is a bit pathetic, ryobi +1 is better but lot more money and is still poor but ok for a bit of edge trimming

 

[Yale]

We need a new cordless drill so is it only really Makita which do the strimmer,chainsaw etc to run on the same drill batteries.

Problem is everything we use is occasional so one set of batteries for everything makes sense.

Any recommendation on brand in this case?