Discontinued - Snapper 60V Hedge Trimmer, 2Ah Battery and Charger Included SH60V

I am very excited to review this Snapper hedger! It is so awesome.Right out of the box it is ready to go.The battery came fully charged. I just had to slip in the battery and I was all set. Looking at the box, I thought that this would be maybe to heavy for me to handle. But it isn't, in fact it's pretty light.It has a double 24" blade. There is a safety feature which turns out to be awesome. Its a lock out button that you slide into the handle and hold while you squeeze the trigger. If you release either one, the hedger stops immediately. I felt safer knowing it had this feature. Now for the fun part. On the side of the house I have a row of bushes that are only a couple of years old and have never been trimmed. I am so impressed with how easy it was to trim those bushes. The blade is long enough to reach front to back in one swoop. No going over it back and forth. I love that you can easily rotate the trimmer to cut along the sides and front of the bushes. It's a powerful hedger, but it doesn't get away from you. My sons were worried I wouldn't be able to handle it without injuring myself.But the safety features made it completely safe. I was so impressed and happy with it's performance. I started trimming my bougainvillea. Then I went to the back yard and started trimming everything! It cuts through branches up to 3/4" thick. About a hour into cutting, and it was still going strong, never losing power. I can't say enough great things about this hedger. It makes your job go fast.It is so easy to use.When your done, just remove the battery, clean off the blades, and put the blade guard on that comes with it to store safely.

The Snapper SH60V 60V Hedge Trimmer is much more powerful than anticipated. We have an old electric one that we are replacing and it's nice not to have to deal with a cord. I really didn't expect that a battery operated anything could be that efficient, but it is more than enough for what we are going to use it for and most likely because the battery is heavy and big. That's the only issue I have with it, is the heaviness of the unit. It forces you to use 2 hands, which is probably the way it was designed for maximum safety handling. It comes with a cover for the bladed area, as well as a “2Ah battery and charger”. It charges in a couple of hours and has a 4 light indicator to let you see how much “juice” is in your battery. The lights turn green as they charge up. It has a safety feature, that if your hand slips off the trigger, it will automatically stop. The battery charger lights will turn red if you have over-heated it or if there some other problem when you charged it. It's like the “terminator” of hedge trimmers, (smart and versatile) since you can turn the handle 90 degrees to change direction if you are trimming up and down or sideways. Such a sturdy piece of equipment, I can tell this hedgetrimmer will last us a long time.