After several disappointments, with German manufacturers, which of course no longer produce in Germany, I bought the Metabo and am very satisfied. The sheet has a regular length, which allows a precise cut even at higher hedges. Branches up to 15mm gets the scissors easily. Here show neither engine nor cutting slightest weaknesses. It is therefore making good progress and cuts on older, very overgrown hedges can be manageable. Of course, the cuts on larger Astdurchmessern not look like cut with the good pruner is one the greenhouse beloved, you can here yes rework by hand shears. I deliberately chose a device with cable, even if the cable is annoying and you have to be on guard constantly, it does not cut. Battery devices are simply not (yet) as powerful and just at a hedge trimmer that I sometimes use two a year, a battery is (Li-ion or not) is not in a healthy charge cycles and one must not be surprised by failures. A note must be more - I do not want to describe as a disadvantage, because the physics is not to trick: the gap is quite difficult! If you are not trained excessively, you have to give them every now deposed shortly, but after that it's back to the full thing!
