Best Dewalt Hedge Trimmers
Dewalt DCM563PB-XE 18V
Not a quality product – This hedge trimmer is very light duty, even when used as such the blades have quite a bit of clearance between them and the result is that they clack… Read more
on the opposite side of the cutting and not only dull quickly but make resharpening almost impossible. I don't recommend them at this price or any price.
Dewalt DCMPH566N 18V
A great bit of kit - with some limitations – I’ve had a couple of hours using this pole hedge trimmer, and I’m very pleased with it. It is very easy to use. I also bought a pole chain saw… Read more
(reviewed separately) and discovered that the extension tube that comes with the saw will fit the hedge trimmer. That allowed me to get to very high parts of a neighbour’s hedge without leaving the ground (yes, it was a little unwieldy, but totally do-able).
I think Dewalt missed an opportunity to make these two pieces of equipment more versatile. Neither can be used up close. The pole hedge trimmer is a bit too long when you just want to finish off a job down at face level and the pole chain saw is a bit awkward cutting up branches on the ground. Dewalt sells other trimmers and saws for these tasks, but why not allow the pole tools to collapse to handy, short machines (as some other brands have done)?
I’m very happy with my pole hedge trimmer (and pole chain saw), but may have looked more closely at other brands if I wasn’t already locked into Dewalt.