Garden strimmer Ryobi or Stihl.

[festive]

I was looking at a Strimmer and maybe hedge cutter for the partner to use mainly. I was looking at the Stihl range or Ryobi.

Stihl are integrated so maybe you pay more each model?

Stihl FSA45 Cordless Grass Trimmer - Integrated Battery

Stihl FSA45 Battery Grass Strimmer Designed for simple trimming work around the home and garden by homeowners, this cordless grass trimmer will trim lawn edges up to 250m in size OR lawns up to 50m² on a single charge. The loop handle can be adjusted without the need for tools to suit the user...

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Obviously the Ryobi range are interchangeable battery wise. Any experiences thoughts appreciated.

 

[ETAF]

i changed to Stihl, from a lot of the cheaper products , I have no experience of Ryobi , i'm afraid

BUT the Stihl with interchangeable batteries maybe outside your budget

I have a petrol streamer - from 2017 ish - still working well, I may sell it and get a battery version in the future - so much easier

and a few weeks ago , finally got my hedge trimmer Battery - telescopic HLA86 , with a 200 Battery , best investment yet

HLA 86 Cordless Telescopic Long-reach Hedge Trimmer - 260-330 cm telescopic, 115° adjustable cordless hedge trimmer with 20" / 50 cm blade length

<p>The STIHL HLA 86 professional cordless hedge trimmer from the STIHL AP system is ideal for the efficient maintenance of tall hedges, shrubs and ground cover. The robust EC motor with infinitely variable speed delivers consistently high performance. The cutter bar can be adjusted by 115° for...

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I have a lot of hedges, and lylandii , and it would take days to cut back - ladders and then moving the ladder up and down, extension leads trailing all over the garden - with the HLA86 - i did all our front hedges in a couple of hours - rather than the day it used to take , and the back garden - we have small shrubs, things - about 6ft high and wide - used to take at least half a day - again all cut , cleared up in under 2 hours and no ladders at all ( I have fallen off ladders twice now ), and no cables trailing which my partner she has cut and so did I last time i used , so easy to do

Stihl are very Expensive - (I ordered mine in Nov21 , at it arrived May22 !!!!!!! ) but i do prefer something i can just pickup and use / it works , rather than the issues i have had in the past

the batteries on some models are nterchable between products

FSA 86 R Cordless Brushcutter - Powerful AP System brushcutter for mowing large gardens

STIHL FSA 86 R cordless brushcutter: Lightweight ✓ Powerful EC motor ✓ Low-noise ✓ ➤ Find out more now!

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you can get
AP100, AP200 , AP300 - my M-I-L has the AP300 and when i borrowed the HLA86 - it lasted all day with spare
Hence i got the cheaper battery AP200 - and that lasted all for my work

The In-laws family are all farming/gardening trade and mainly use Stihl, which they use day in day out - its a bit over the top for a domestic garden , but i have got through 4 streamers varying in price upto about £60+ each - so thats £240 odd quid , and of course they go wrong when you are using them ......
So thats why i prefer to save and invest in tools that last

 

[TimboTwo]

I have Stihl petrol strimmer, hedgecutter and blower. Don't use them now, got Milwaukee M18 multi function strimmer, pole pruner and pole hedge trimmer, plus blower. Not cheap, but I don't have to rush out to get a can of (very) expensive petrol any more. Got a Hyundai mower 40v.

 

[shadowdandy]

changed all my gear over the last 10 years to ryobi. had strimmer for last 7. no problem

 

[big-all]

probably off zero interest but worth a mention
i have had a ryobi one plus strimmer for about 14 or 15 years now and its all i cut my smallish garden with [no lawnmower]so i assume the new one will work as well as most new ryobi are a bit better built

Cordless Lawn Mower & Grass Trimmer | Ryobi RLM1833BLT1825M

Ryobi - 18V ONE+™ Cordless 33Cm Lawn Mower & 25Cm Grass Trimmer (1 X 4.0Ah) | Quality lawn mowers from Ryobi's range of gardening tools. Buy here

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