I as garden muffle who has neither idea nor desire to gardening had, now have a go because our house hedge height has been reached. Have never before used such a device and could not imagine that the thing so thick branches cuts like a soldering iron through butter me. Real madness. Now the work is actually fun, it already feels a bit like Rambo in the jungle! Just a pity that I have to dispose of all the branches themselves, but you can as fast as small snippets now that they fit comfortably in garbage bags. I have such respect for the instrument that I unreachable road blocks it in the basement for our 3 year old because it easily is possible even with children power to make it all cut through! EXCELLENT!