Hi folks. My couple of gags aren't aimed at any fellow KZfaqrs who do reviews, that's not my thing. Anyway thanks for checking in👍

Great video Nathan 👍🏼 Really enjoyed the background video montage. I’m stuck in a work contract until spring/summer 2024 so I’m enjoying buying tools now and building knowledge as and when I can until I can start gardening/pressure washing/gutter cleaning full time. Knew early on I wanted to go down the battery tool route and have focused buying into the Stihl AP range, only slight deviation is I’m swung towards the EGO mowers.

Nice One Nathan you have put the effort in to editing on this one I am likening the battery gear (Kombi motor) with Ap 300s battery's Thanks again

Brilliant worked a treat.short and to the point 😊

Fair play on the editing to this one mate, a lot involved. Nice review on the 'schteel' 😀. Im waiting for the next version of that 1 to come out 👍

Lewis I am going to pick up the 66 this season my kneck shoulders and wrists suffer terrible from the heavy petrol machines amigo. Great review very informative👍 Damien from Cork City✌️

Great video informative and funny 👍

If only KZfaq was full of honest reviews like this! Also nice to see equipment used and abused... Chuck it in the back of the van is my style 🙂👍🏻

😆 great video! Funny and informative 👍

Excellent review from somebody whom has used it in his business(horses mouth) I love my EGO with 2.5 amp battery last ages and also does some of the tougher hedges as well 😎 👍

Me and Mike much prefer using the battery equipment. Same here mate with the casing. Had to wrap insulation tape round mine. I've ordered a new cover. Yes, crap gets in so we clean out regularly. On the whole the battery equipment is much cheaper to run and better on the body. No tool is perfect. I definitely recommend having both to choose from. P.s great when working around sound sensitive areas like offices and customers who like a lay in 😀

Great video,made me laugh. For me it’s petrol, one reason . Money 💰. All the best from Newcastle.👍

Good review, have both battery and petrol but will always reach for the battery kit first though it does have its limitations. Cost pennies to run, so I just charge them at home and don’t worry about it. Think there is still room for improvement on the hla66 though.

Hi mate I love my 66 , going to buy another one soon and use the older one on rougher work , £300 ish they soon pay for themselves like you say . Hope all is well in wales , cheers Andrew

I do the same mate. Run them into the ground then use for rough work. They are priced to throw away after a few year.

Ahh nice one my 66 has that switch problem, sounds like an easy fix 👍

Great honest review mate👍🏼 I love my 66 & 85,I haven’t used my petrol hedge trimmers since switching to battery.

Good to get an objective review, yeah I've gone through two so far. First one my fault as forgot to grease it for awhile (doh!) lasted 2 yrs. 2nd one 20months old was overheating on a large macrocarpa conifer hedge and then just as I stopped for the day, and walking back I saw one missed piece then hit something hard and it stopped with 3 flashing lights(trimmer prob) so I may have buggered the motor? Motor not quite strong enough for the robust stuff over time imo. Going to the shop today. yeah that housing is rubbish. the plastic is crap plastic and goes brittle and then the bolts go through. Also at the bottom of the blades is a hole that opens and closes outside the housing when the trimmer is going which helps shuttles debri straight into the trimmer which isn't ideal.

Nice video great review I’m 40 years old and know what you mean about the weight with the petrol combi especially with the carbon fibre extension bar which makes it longer and so much heavier on massive jobs

Everything you said is spot on... cos I'm nearly hitting 50 i use the ap200 battery in then now 😆 it just makes them that little more light and they are still balanced well... but for the 85/86 I use the ap300 the balance is better

Stihl will be knocking on your door before you know it 👏👏 .. battery is the way .. my gears cheap crap but it does the job ..💪💪💪💪

Have you considered buying the Stihl HLA 135 hedge trimmer? More money at £460 but it has a metal cover for over the gears and there’s no chance for debris to get into the motor casing as it’s built differently. I also hate the ergonomics of the on/off switch . Keep the videos coming :)

Someone been playing with there new green screen? I've got a bit of battery stuff. I went down the EGO route. The strimmer. Absolutely love it. I've also got a combi thing going on which has a long reach hedge cutter attachment. Which, as you say. Is good for shaping rather than reduction. I've also got the power brush attachment. Which is great. But a tad heavy. I'd like to get a mower. But I just don't think battery is there yet for commercial mowing. Plus. If rumours are to be believed, we can expect the price of batteries to rocket over the next 12 months.

Hi I use the 4 stroke honda hhd for the thick stuff and sthil battery for the trimming and fine work.Hla 56 long reach,and hsa 66.The long reach will be replaced with what you use soon.

Come on stihl give the welsh lad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 a thumbs up. Unfortunately our boss is addicted to petrol ⛽

Love the battery stuff but only used stihl👍

pulling the recoil ok when it starts first time maybe in summer it dont start and you pull a muscle then arm hurts now i dont know about cordless in summer but press and go sounds great

Thanks for the honest review. Always been a Stihl petrol user but I’m definitely looking at moving over to battery for the lighter work! Lots of people seem to go for the ego battery stuff also! Not sure at the moment.🤷‍♂️👍

I am on battery gears too but it is husky not a Stihl. Good reviews !!

nice honest review it seems they only have one pole trimmer in the stihl range that run at 4000 cuts p minute the most expensive one im looking at makita but concerned how much more gap they have in the teeth compared to stihl i think makita are a bit more domestic but price is cheaper and 4000 cuts p minute also lighter and they have a normal hedge cutter with catcher

now as watched a few vids the warranty the lasting of your machine now combustion engine can be fixed but also many times in workshop can add up but how long until a battery machine last cost more and lasts less

just bought 2nd battery blower . ( Kress) first was stihl 56. 10 mins run time . local dealer done kress £385 . 4amp battery 5amp charger . ❤

Hi I changed over most of my Stihl petrol gear this time last for Stihl battery gear after watching many of your videos. Brilliant equipment it's been a game changer for my gardening business. The only issue I've got with my 66 is when using it if I stop for more than 10 minutes then pick it up again its totally dead so I have to pop the battery out then reinsert and its then absolutely fine. If I stop for just a few minutes the problem doesn't happen, it's almost like after 10 minutes the machine doesn't recognise it has a battery in it but once reinserted it's good to go again. Any suggestions?? Many thanks Gary (GB Gardening). Ps keep the great videos coming.

Absolutely true.. Brilliant machines but the Gearbox cover is absolutely Crap "I must of had 6 replacements over the space of 3 machines" & the new safety catch is also a pain in the arse.

New Sub here, Just at the point of deciding if I go Battery or Petrol, Trouble is I'm on the Makita 18v lxt platform so its got me wondering if the Stihl is superior but at the cost of running 2 different Batteries, Decisions, Decisions :( From this Video its gonna be Batts but now which one :)

Great video, loving the green screen style ! Genuine Question - Batteries are all well and good but how do you "expense" the electricity used to charge them ? Do you put in an allowance in your tax return ? At least with petrol you can expense it all and also claim the VAT back. Or is it such a minimal cost that you don't bother ?

untill batteries become cheaperv maybe its like the compact disc remember the cd cost music 13 pounds a cd blank cost .70p

Good review Nathan, since going battery, my tennis and golfers elbow, has all but gone, battery is definitely better for the body 👍👍

cordles versus petrol my stihl 55r use 2.4 strimmer line but can use 2.7 but power not so good cordless i cant do that

My 3 week old one is making a loud awful metallic screeching noise, any ideas what it could be?

I'm in my 1st year and bought all used commercial equipment. Stinky heavy petrol. 1st new equipment I'll buy when one of my hedge trimmers goes will be battery for sure. Nothing worse than coming home smelling like fumes.

I've just removed a broken Bowden cable from the head adjuster on my HLA 65 and ordered a new one. The hedgecutter motor won't work without it installed now. I didn't damage the wires. Do you think it's a safety thing and needs the new cable and pin to work?

Hi. My HLA 65 stops after working a while. On the battery 3 flashing beacons. When battery removed and put back again, works for another while and everything happening again and again… Any idea what’s happening? Thanks

Also I never know how much grease to put in , how much do you put in ?

brought the 66 a few months back now and its been used and abused would recomend these to anyone we have been battery powered for many years now with one husqvarna lc353ivx (would not recomend) We run a simple ryobi OLT1832 strimmer that has been bullet proof and a smaller mower swiftgarden 37cm 120v that has finally bit the dust(only due to the fact the customer care is rubbish and you cant get parts) after over 5yrs of upwards of 10 lawns a week and we used for long heavy cutbacks that the husqvarna couldnt handle. oh and a cheap little 18v einhell hedge trimmer great little but of kit. now looking for a self propelled 37cm to 42cm battery mower to replace the 120v but not impressed with whats about

Hey mate hows ot going thinking of one of these carnt decide if just get 56 a know its not ap battery and weather resistant will i kick myself if a don't go 66 i have got the hl 100 petrol for heavy stuff if needed god its to heavy theses days lol think same weight obvs the 66 set up be more coin but then a could build on the ap range ?

stihl cataloge does say wkat size is strimmer line they say 27.5 thats not size 2.4 is ok

Makita stuff looks like an interesting possible alternative to stihl.

i got stihl catalogue the prices are really high can save a 100 eur online to other companies

the thing is petrol leighter strimmer 5 orv 6 kilo a battery 2 kilo maybe you need 2 thats 8 kilo then helmet and tools

but the speed of your stihl seems to make a nice job of the leylandi

i see machinery nation just demo new chainsaw with a normal trigger system like a petrol chainsaw hopefuly do it with the rest of the range dont know why they got to fix what aint broken

Advice for new owners don't over tighten the plastic plate and always use resin spray after use.

Używam 10 sztuk od 2015 rok. Bardzo dobre, ale bardzo bardzo awaryjne maszynę. Nie można porównać ze spalinowym ktore sa bardziej uniwersalne i mocne. Niektóre materiały używane są bardzo słabe. Silnik nie można naprawić a często podlega uszkodzeniom. Dla zawodowców jest to maszyna na dwa lata i później do kosza, bo nie opłaca się naprawić.

at moment i have petrol machine and can borrow bigger petrol machine so i dont need to buy battery machine

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