Makita XNU01Z Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless, Tool Only 18V LXT 20" Articulating Pole Hedge Trimmer, Teal

Light-medium weight compare to my old Black And Decker 18v. Cut well and don’t take a lot of battery juice. I make a test with a 3ah battery and after 20minutes, it will going strong. If you plan to cut a bigger area, have some spare batteries.Very happy customer.

Every year I have 150’ of eight to ten feet high and eight foot wide laurel hedges to trim. This Mikita extended trimmer is just the right weight and length to do most of the job easily. I only had to pull out my really long Echo gas trimmer for some of the longer reaches. After using gas for all these years it is so nice to having a trimmer so light and easy to manage. I can also start early in the morning when it is cooler because it is so quiet and not bother the neighbors.English Laurel is one of the harder hedges to trim because the leaves are so big and the stems get woody. The Mikita cuts through pencil size woody twigs easily.I regret not buying it years ago. I also have the chainsaw, blower and string trimmer not to mention drills and flashlights, so I have a good collection of batteries. Battery life with heavy use was longer than I could last with the 5 amp battery.Sharp and powerful. I fell in love with it within the first five minutes.The real deal, not a toy.

This trimmer is by far the best I have ever used. I cut a 100 foot long cedar hedge (7 ft tall). Did it using 2 Batteries (4 ah). The weight is light enough that you don't have to take a break. I wish I had bought this years ago.

got it 3 days ago and gave it a workout on 180 linear ft of 8' tall photinia (redtip) hedge, two 11' arborvitae, several 8' burford holleys, and some 7' tall loropetalums. Used 2-cycle trimmer on low hanging fruit and finished off with the makita cordless. I like it. Made the job much easier with no ladder or lunging from my tip toes. Read criticism of having to push power button if you let go of trigger too long - not a factor, never gave me a problem. Some critisize battery life - absolutely no problem with my two 5ah batteries. I needed a break long before even one battery ran low.Cutting power? Hey It's not a 2-cycle but very surprised by what it did on Burford holleys as some stems were good 3/8". Arborvitae was piece of cake and very adequate to even the top of photinias. Only gave 4 stars because I5 stars bad karma and no experience with its durability. Light weight and Like the way it folds for storage. Only ran on high speed and doubt i'll ever use other two. Ability to change angle a great feature, wouldn't want one without it. Zero complaints.Next challenge is trimming light brush on a pond bank.4 years later: I’m bumping it up to 5 stars. Has never let me down.

This tool was the best investment that I have made as I have a landscape business. Although its a little more than I wanted to pay, its easy to operate and does the job very well.I did purchase a cheaper Dewalt product before, it broke down before actually using it on a job.As they say " you get what you pay for".