Electric hedge trimmers are popular, but increasingly, gardeners are turning to petrol hedge trimmers to take care of their garden hedges.  There are four main reasons for this. 1. If you have a large garden, the petrol hedge trimmer has the great advantage that it can be used anywhere, even in the most inaccessible corners where it might be difficult to have a mains supply.  This makes the petrol models more versatile than electric ones, especially as the two-stroke engine can be used at any angle to trim difficult, shaped or high hedges. 2. Petrol hedge trimmers are generally more powerful than the comparable electric models.  They can cut through larger hedges with woody growth much more easily without getting uncut bits of twig caught in the blades and causing the mechanism to seize.  The extra power advantage comes from the energy-efficient, two-stroke engine which has a power stroke with every downward [...] Read more »