Hedge trimmer, pole or not?

I believe there is one that you can use as both. Hand held or on the pole.

 

I've not tried a cordless hedge trimmer, but are you sure its going to cut through the kind of wood you will be cutting.
If you have had a petrol one I'm just wondering if your going to find a cordless a bit puny.

 

My pole trimmer is corded and powerful. It's not like it is used on a weekly basis so the cord is really no hassle. As @pete says it might be referable to have the power and the occasional job of winding up a a long extension cord rather than something that is might be gutless.

 

I can't really comment as I use both a pole and hand hedge trimmer. As shiney has said - your arms will start to ache after a short while with a pole trimmer. I have fairly high hedges - so need a pole hedge trimmer - but if my hedges were shorter then a hand trimmer would do the job nicely.

One thing I will say though - the trimmers you are looking at are 18v - I'm not convinced that will be enough power. I have a Bosch 18v strimmer and it is barely powerful enough for cutting back blades of grass. I also have a 40v Swift strimmer which is streets ahead of the Bosch - a far more useful tool - all down to the battery size. More volts more whoompf .

In the end we all want more whoompf .

 

Is it impossible to use a corded trimmer @Loofah , I know the cables are a pain, I've chopped through mine a couple of times, but if you get one from the more powerful end of the range the job takes half the time, even if you have to use steps to do it.
I've got a couple of 70ft or so extension cables I made up myself, can't stand those silly reels, then the trimmer has probably got 60ft of cable on that, minus the bits I've chopped off.

 

I have both battery hedge trimmer and a telescopic pole trimmer. The pole trimmer is very heavy to use ... its great for tall vertical sides but I can't sweep it top-to-bottom in an arc, a fitter, younger, version of me would probably get on better. So I prefer the regular trimmer for the majority of the work, and a platform to get up higher, and the pole only for the really tall bits and at times to do the top (angle the blade at 90 degrees and just "walk along the face of the hedge" to do the top)

Of my battery-gear (36V) the hedge trimmer lasts the longest, the strimmer next, and the mower and leaf blower the least. So I reckon that bodes well for a somewhat lower powered / 18V battery brand