Black & Decker, No More Cut Cords!
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No More Cut Cords!
I agree with what was said in the earlier review. My own comparison is with the 10 year old B&D 22″ electric that it replaced. I was impressed in that it gives up nothing in terms of power. I used it today for the first time on my 150′ of hedges and lots of other bushes, especially hugh forsythias. It did all the trimming with no sign at all of battery fatigue. It’s much smoother in operation than the old one. There are two things I didn’t like about it. The forward handle is made so that it’s only comfortable to hold at the top and not at the sides as in the old models. Also, as was said, there’s not a lock-on switch. You have to hold the switch on. They did that, no doubt, for safety reasons, but that’s probably where the fatigue enters. Many folks will rig up a clip to achieve the same thing.
Update (5/20/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.
The featured review for this product, Black & Decker NHT518/NHT518L 18-Volt Cordless Electric Hedge Trimmer Lawn & Patio, was written by Len.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Posted on: April 16, 2010
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Reviews (2)
Len
March 27th, 2010 at 3:15 am
No More Cut Cords!
Rated 4 stars.
S. Moulton
April 6th, 2010 at 5:52 am
Be wary of reviews by people that just purchased this item!
I have had this unit for almost a full year. I have used it about 12 times now. The first time was good; neat not having a cord. The second time alright. The third time the battery petered out after 15 minutes. As it is now, the battery doesn’t hold a charge just sitting on the shelf even though you might have charged it fully before putting it away. I just went to use it one last time… it lasted all of 5 minutes. Who wants to sit around waiting for 3 hours for a battery to charge and then bam!, get right to work before it loses any power… and I have tried that too… it konks out after about 20 minutes on a “full charge” now and the last ten minutes of that is not very powerful. I’m am totally disgusted with product, and that is why I marched right into the house to write this review.
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