Hedge Trimmers - Any good electric option?

I have one of the cheaper ones from Home Depot...don't remember the brand. They work fine but the size of limbs that they will cut is more limited than most gas models. If the gaps on the electric are bigger than what you intend to cut, it should be sufficient.

All i have is a cheap Black and Decker corded hedge trimmer. I think it was either the cheapest option or second cheapest when i bought it 10+ years ago. It gets used once or twice a year and has always done everything I wanted. Stay within the limits of the machine and you will be fine - wich is to say trimming hedges and small limbed plants. If you have to cut larger diameter limbs, you probably need to look elsewhere

I wouldn't recommend a corded trimmer. I had one and I went through a handful of extension cords before I bought a gas one.

I've got a gas trimmer but it tries to die when i do the fronts of the hedges (run vertically). I've thought about selling it and going electric/rechargeable.

A story: the summer i turned 16, i worked for a yard crew in Houston to make money for my first car. my first stop every morning was a certain street where a large number of Mexican-Americans hung out in the morning looking for work. i'd try to pick up the same two every morning.

one day, jose and manuel weren't there so i got another jose and jojo (pronounced yo-yo). jo-jo cut his finger off with the hedge trimmers. i drove him and jose to the nearest payphone and called my boss to ask him what to do. he told me to take him to the nearest hospital and call him when i got there.

jose and jo-jo went into the waiting room to sign in and i called my boss again.

boss: where are you?
me: at the hospital!
boss: where at the hospital?
me: outside by the payphones.
boss: well then, leave.
me: what?
boss: get the frick out of there!

so i did. my boss told me to go to this other street to pick up workers for the rest of the summer.

I have spike of cords in my shed that I've cut with mine. It's a helluva rush to cut 120v cord while pulling 10 amps through it. Each time I swear my heart's going to stop. I guess they're double insulated since it never happens.

I bought an electric black and Decker from Home Depot Saturday and it did fine on my yard. No complaints but didn't do much with it either.

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I've got a gas trimmer but it tries to die when i do the fronts of the hedges (run vertically). I've thought about selling it and going electric/rechargeable.

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Give it a proper tune-up. Don't be a wimp.

Seriously, it's a hedge trimmer. You're gonna use it, what, once or twice a year. Are you gonna sculpt the hedges into shapes or figures?

Buy the cheap electric ones at Home Depot for $30 - $40. As infrequently as you will use it, you may not have to buy another one for many years.

Put your money into something you will use more often and where differences in products will matter more.