A little disappointing to be honest - people should be aware you need to be very strong to master this tool on your own . We could only use it by one holding the switch / handle & the other directing it from higher up . We were trying to cut tall lelandi but found the trimmer blade constantly snarling up - we swapped it to the chain saw attachment which is better but still very difficult to actually get to the top middle of the hedge . Ended up doing most of the reachable stuff with our old hedge trimmer . On the plus side we had no problem with battery life .