Hyundai Petrol Pole Hedge Trimmer 33cc HYPT3300

Hyundai Hedge pole trimmer, It did the job required of it – Overall all it is a pretty good unit although I have only used it for a few hours. It starts easy and cuts reasonably well. However it does have a couple of down sides. 1) The most annoying feature is the kill switch, it should have a small guard in front of it so you don't accidentally bump it and turn the machine off, it happened about 6 times to me in a couple of hours. It is more of an issue when cutting above your head as your hand eventually slides up towards it. 2) The handle on the shaft does not seem to be able to be adjusted for better balance and is only able to be locked in the one position. (A pin indent hole in the tube). This unit (as all pole hedges are) is a bit heavy so more adjustment positions for the handle would be nice to balance it better. I did not use the second extension pole on it as would be quite hard and awkward to handle with leverage acting against you as the handle position doesn't move and in any case I also did not need to use it to get any more extra height. 3) Lastly the harness could be a lot better for fitting and weight distribution and I quickly ended up switching it for my larger harness from my large brush cutter/whipper snipper as I had several hours of work to go. The supplied one is a bit small, flimsy, awkward and not very functional in my opinion. (You can get much better harnesses on E-Bay for about $20-30)

Apart from the issues I stated, it works well and I would buy it again if I had to replace it. If your hedges are about waist height or no higher than head height, then a hand held smaller unit (not a pole type) would better suited, but the Bougainvillea I was cutting were 3-4mt high hence the need for a pole type as I did not want to do this whilst standing on a ladder.

I bought this on a special from the Hervey Norman Online store, didn't even know they sold this sort of stuff till it popped up on a search for pole hedge trimmers.