Stihl products are designed to be used – and designed to make your life easier. While they make a wide range of items the one we are interested in here of course is the hedge trimmer.
Their website will help you find out what they do, but you can get a quick and efficient lowdown by reading through this report to see what you can expect to get from this brand of power tools.
What types of hedge trimmer do they make?
One of the first things you should be aware of is that they make hedge trimmers designed to reach over longer distances. Not every brand produces these, so if you have particularly tall hedges or ones that are frustratingly difficult to reach for some other reason, you will want to take a closer look.
They also have two distinct ranges – trimmers that are powered by fuel and those that are powered by electric. They are divided into two sections so it is very easy to find a long reach trimmer that is petrol powered, for example.
Why should you choose a hedge trimmer made by them?
The first reason has to be the extent of the range they offer. It really is something to behold because there is a lot more here than you might at first think. Not every company even makes petrol trimmers at all, so to find more than one on offer here is quite something.
Long reach trimmers are also not always widely available. If you see one or two you usually have to just pick the best looking one for the job. But here you can expect to have a decent choice, which really puts Stihl ahead of the crowd on that point.
It is also the case that you would be buying a product with more than an eighty year history backing it up. German technology and engineering goes into each and every product with the Stihl name, and that counts for a lot when you want to buy a hedge trimmer that you know you will be able to count on.
What price ranges do they fall into?
As with some other makes that aren’t as well known in the UK as others, you will find the prices of Stihl hedge trimmers propel them into the top bracket when it comes to expense.
They are worth their money – you just have to be prepared to spend several hundred pounds in this case. We did some research and found several outlets online selling the Stihl hedge trimmers from around £260 up to nearly £400. If you can find a deal on a new one then that would be your best bet to try and knock the price down a bit more.
What kind of information can you find on their website?
For starters, all you need to do is click on the products link and you can see exactly what Stihl can provide you with. The hedge trimmers section has a nice introduction to it that gives you more of an idea what to expect, and gets you in the picture for the actual individual products themselves.
If you take a look at any product page you cannot fail to be impressed. Full technical data of importance and the features you can expect to see on any one hedge trimmer will be there for you to read.
But the most useful thing on the website that we found was the list of features. We have mentioned those above, but just take a look at what happens when you click on one of them. You will see a box pop up on the left that tells you more about that particular feature. It covers up the photo of the hedge trimmer but we can certainly forgive that because it shows you a small picture of the feature it is promoting.
This is a great aspect which really helps you to get to grips with learning more about each hedge trimmer that you find on the website. Stihl does go the extra mile when providing you with the information you need.
In conclusion
Stihl is clearly a good brand and worth considering if you have the budget to stretch to this kind of price.
They will prove to be too costly for some of course, and if you only cut one hedge every now and then their products will be too advanced for your needs. But wouldn’t it be nice to own one?