Bosch GHE 18V-50 TP Professional

My trusty Stihl HLA56 battery pole pruner finally give up in the middle of cutting some very high hedges. Repairing it was not an option as it literally melted. I wanted a Pole hedger with Brushless motor and a metal motor housing as the bottom of my Stihl was very worn due to the heavy use on prickly hedge material. The Bosch GHE-50TP was the… Read more

answer and I can honestly say that going 36V for the Stihl made sense at the time, but times have changed the 18v brushless motor has many advantages and I am impressed as it really is that good as well as the telescoping pole extension, built in.The HLA56 has pole extension options .Negatives while I have many 5ah batteries they did not perform as well for heavy and prolonged use. I purchased an 8ah Bosch Procore battery giving more power and incredible run time. Depending on the job I can recommend the pole pruner and if needed the Procore battery is the icing on the cake.