# Best Hedge Trimmer 2026: 10 Cordless Trimmers Ranked Source: https://www.ranked10.co.uk/garden/best-hedge-trimmer Published: 2026-09-03 | Updated: 2026-09-04 | Prices checked on Amazon UK If you want the short answer, the Einhell 46cm 18V is the best hedge trimmer for most gardens: GBP 64.00 with a 2.0 Ah battery and a charger already in the box, 2.3 kg in the hand, and 3,762 ratings at 4.6 stars, which is a third of all the review evidence on this page. If GBP 64.00 is more than a hedge you cut twice a year deserves, the POSENPRO does the same job with a battery included for GBP 43.60. Now the number that should decide your shortlist. Five pence separates two of these hedge trimmers, and only one of them comes with a battery. The Bosch EasyHedgeCut 18-45 is GBP 59.94, and its own items-included line reads: EasyHedgeCut 18-45, carton packaging. The Flymo 18V SimpliCut 450 is GBP 59.99, and its battery and charger are in the box. Both cut with a 45cm blade. So check that line first, because three of the ten cordless hedge trimmers here arrive as a bare body and one never says either way. After that, three things separate them. Capacity: only six listings publish how thick a stem the tool will take, they use five different names for it, and the figures run from 14mm to 20mm. Reach: eight of these are handhelds you walk along the hedge with, and only the two pole trimmers get you above head height without a ladder. And weight, which you feel after twenty minutes at shoulder height, running from 2.2 kg to 5.6 kg here, with two listings that contradict themselves on the number. ## The ranking ### 1. Einhell Cordless Hedge Trimmer 46cm 18V with Battery and Charger - Price: £64.00 | Amazon rating: 4.6 from 3,762 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NGTYN59?tag=ranked10-21 The best hedge trimmer for most gardens. A 46cm cordless trimmer with a 2.0 Ah battery and charger in the box, 2.3 kg, and 3,762 ratings at 4.6 stars. This is the whole job for GBP 64.00. A 46cm blade, an 18V 2.0 Ah lithium battery and a charger, all in one box, so nothing arrives that you cannot switch on. At 2.3 kg it is lighter than every other complete kit here except the POSENPRO, and a tenth of a kilo is nothing next to the 3.53 kg Flymo or the 3.4 kg BLACK+DECKER once you are holding the thing at chest height along a long boundary. The evidence behind it is the real reason it sits first. It carries 3,762 ratings at 4.6 stars, which is 34 per cent of all the reviews across these ten listings on its own. The listing also publishes the details that decide whether a tool survives a second autumn: heavy-duty metal gearing, an aluminium cover over the cutters, a sturdy bag and an impact guard with a wall-mount holder, so winter storage is solved rather than left to a nail in the shed. The battery is Power X-Change, which Einhell shares across its garden range, so a mower or a strimmer later runs on the same pack. Two honest gaps. The listing never publishes a tooth gap or a cutting capacity, so you cannot tell from the page what thickness of stem it will take, while the BLACK+DECKER and both Ryobis state 18mm plainly. And the title carries an imperial 18 inch next to the 46cm blade, which is 45.72cm, not 46cm. Neither stops it being the sensible buy, but if your hedge has genuinely woody growth in it, read position three first. Pros: 3,762 ratings at 4.6 stars, a third of all the reviews here; Battery, charger, bag and wall holder in the box for GBP 64.00; 2.3 kg, lighter than every kit here bar the POSENPRO; Heavy-duty metal gearing and a two-handed safety switch, per the listing; Power X-Change battery also runs the rest of the Einhell garden range Cons: No tooth gap or cutting capacity published anywhere on the listing; The 2.0 Ah battery is modest for a long boundary hedge; The title puts an imperial 18 inch beside a 46cm blade; Over GBP 20 more than the POSENPRO kit ### 2. POSENPRO 20V Cordless Hedge Trimmer, 450mm Dual Blade, 14mm Capacity - Price: £43.60 | Amazon rating: 4.4 from 754 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPHLY7L1?tag=ranked10-21 The best value here at GBP 43.60 with a 2.0 Ah battery included, and the lightest tool in the group at 2.2 kg. At GBP 43.60 this is the cheapest of the ten and it still arrives complete, with a 20V 2.0 Ah lithium-ion battery stated on the page rather than left vague. The next cheapest complete kit is the Flymo at GBP 59.99, so it undercuts the field by more than GBP 16 while carrying the same 45cm cutting length as trimmers here costing GBP 70.00 and GBP 76.00. It is also the lightest thing in this list at 2.2 kg, and one of only four listings whose published dimensions make physical sense: 78 x 13.5 x 18cm, which is a shape a 45cm blade actually fits into. With 754 ratings at 4.4 stars it has a real sample behind it, not a launch trickle. For a privet or box hedge that gets tidied twice a year, that is the sensible amount to spend on a cordless hedge trimmer. The limit is published plainly, and to POSENPRO's credit it is published by POSENPRO. The cutting capacity is 14mm, the lowest figure in this group, and the very first bullet is a warm tip telling you to take thick branches out with pruning shears first. That is honest, and it tells you exactly what this is: a light-growth tool. Its 4.4 average is also joint-lowest among the handhelds, and the title says 450mm while the bullet says 45cm for the same blade. Pros: GBP 43.60, the cheapest of the ten; Battery included, and the 2.0 Ah capacity is actually stated; 2.2 kg, lighter than every other kit here that publishes a weight; 754 ratings at 4.4 stars, a real sample; Dimensions of 78 x 13.5 x 18cm that a 45cm blade genuinely fits Cons: 14mm cutting capacity, the lowest published in the group; The first bullet tells you to cut thick branches with shears first; 4.4 stars, joint-lowest among the handhelds here; Title says 450mm, bullet says 45cm, for one blade ### 3. BLACK+DECKER 18V Cordless Hedge Trimmer 45cm with 2.0Ah Battery - Price: £70.00 | Amazon rating: 4.5 from 520 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CLJBAXS?tag=ranked10-21 The complete kit that tells you what it will cut: a 45cm hardened steel blade, an 18mm blade gap and a 2.0 Ah battery for GBP 70.00. This is the step up for growth the cheap trimmers will not take. The blade is 45cm of hardened steel in a dual-action design, and crucially the listing publishes the number that matters: an 18mm blade gap. That is four millimetres more than the POSENPRO and, unlike the Einhell above it, you do not have to guess. There is a battery in the box, an anti-jam function the listing says clears a jam without damaging blade or hedge, and a two-handed starting switch that the listing describes as preventing accidental starts. Look across at position seven while you are here. The Ryobi OHT1845 has the same 45cm blade and the same 18mm gap, costs GBP 76.00, and arrives as a bare body. This one is GBP 6.00 cheaper with a battery in it. Unless you are already inside the Ryobi ONE+ system, that comparison is not close. Two things hold it back. At 3.4 kg it is over a kilo heavier than the Einhell, which you notice at the top of a hedge rather than at the bottom. And its spec table is nonsense: the product dimensions read 10 x 10 x 10 millimetres, a one-centimetre cube, for a tool whose own bullet sells a 450mm blade. Fill that cube with the 3.4 kg it also claims and you get a material roughly 150 times denser than osmium. Treat the rest of that table with the same caution and trust the bullets. Pros: 18mm blade gap published, where the Einhell publishes nothing; 45cm hardened steel dual-action blade; Battery included at GBP 70.00, GBP 6.00 under the body-only Ryobi; Anti-jam function the listing says clears a jam without damage; 520 ratings at 4.5 stars Cons: 3.4 kg, over a kilo heavier than the Einhell; Product dimensions given as a 10 x 10 x 10 millimetre cube; GBP 70.00 for a 45cm blade the POSENPRO sells at GBP 43.60; The 2.0 Ah battery is no bigger than the cheaper kits ### 4. Flymo 18V SimpliCut 450 Cordless Hedge Trimmer with Battery and Charger - Price: £59.99 | Amazon rating: 4.7 from 46 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G87VR7F5?tag=ranked10-21 GBP 59.99 with a battery and charger, five pence more than the Bosch that comes with neither. This is the trimmer at the heart of the finding in our introduction. It costs GBP 59.99, it has a battery and a charger in the box, and it cuts with 45cm dual-action laser-cut, diamond-ground blades. The Bosch EasyHedgeCut down at position eight costs GBP 59.94, has the same 45cm blade, and its items-included line stops at the trimmer and its carton. Five pence, and one of them is ready to use. The rest is easy living from a brand most British sheds already recognise. There is a built-in storage hook so it hangs on a wall rather than leaning in a corner, and an adjustable loop handle the listing says reduces strain, which is the sort of small thing you appreciate on a long run of hedge. It rates 4.7 stars, the second-highest score of the ten. Two cautions keep it at four rather than higher. That 4.7 rests on only 46 ratings, an early sample rather than a settled verdict. And the listing publishes no cutting capacity at all, while its stated 3.53 kg makes it the heaviest handheld here, more than a kilo above the Einhell. Worth noting too that its colour field reads With Battery and Charger, which usually means this ASIN is one variant of a family, so read those 46 ratings with that in mind. Pros: Battery and charger in the box for GBP 59.99; 45cm dual-action laser-cut, diamond-ground blades; 4.7 stars, the second-highest score here; Adjustable loop handle the listing says reduces strain; Built-in storage hook for the shed wall Cons: Only 46 ratings, an early sample rather than a verdict; No cutting capacity published anywhere on the listing; 3.53 kg, the heaviest handheld in this list; The colour field reads With Battery and Charger, so other variants likely exist ### 5. DCA 20V Cordless Hedge Trimmer, 55cm Dual-Action Blade - Price: £69.99 | Amazon rating: 4.8 from 25 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GG9HRWND?tag=ranked10-21 The longest blade here at 55cm and the highest claimed capacity at 20mm, on a listing that argues with itself about weight. On paper this is the most trimmer per pound in the group. The blade is 55cm, the longest of the ten, driven by a 2,800 SPM motor, with a claimed 20mm branch capacity that is the highest figure anyone here publishes. A 180-degree rotating handle lets you cut the top of a hedge without twisting your wrists, which is the job that hurts most on a wide hedge. All of that for GBP 69.99, a penny less than the BLACK+DECKER at position three. That penny is where the comparison gets awkward. The BLACK+DECKER publishes an 18mm gap, a 2.0 Ah battery in the box and 520 ratings. This publishes a longer blade, a bigger claimed capacity and 25 ratings, and nowhere in the title, the bullets or the spec table does it say whether a battery is included at all. The only reference to one is a power source field reading Battery Powered. The listing also argues with itself. The spec table gives an item weight of 1.5 kg while a bullet says the tool weighs 2.35kg, and the 0.85 kg between them is roughly what a battery weighs, on a page that never tells you whether there is a battery. The product dimensions are given as a 15 x 15 x 15 centimetre cube, which cannot contain a 550mm blade. And its 4.8-star average sits on 25 ratings, while the Ryobi at position seven scores the same 4.8 on 1,300. Buy it for the blade, with your eyes open. Pros: 55cm blade, the longest of the ten; 20mm claimed branch capacity, the highest published here; 180-degree rotating handle for cutting a hedge top; 2,800 SPM motor; GBP 69.99, a penny under the BLACK+DECKER Cons: The spec table says 1.5 kg and a bullet says 2.35kg; Nothing on the listing states whether a battery is included; Only 25 ratings, the thinnest sample of the ten; Dimensions given as a 15cm cube, which no 550mm blade fits in ### 6. COBRA H5024V 24v Cordless Hedge Trimmer, 50cm Blade, with Battery - Price: £85.99 | Amazon rating: 4.5 from 88 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086T3FP9T?tag=ranked10-21 The only two-speed tool here, with a 50cm double-sided blade and a battery included, but no published weight at all. This is the only trimmer in the group with two working modes, and on a mixed hedge that is a genuinely different proposition. The listing describes ECO for quieter, longer running and TURBO for more power, so you can dawdle along the light growth and lean on it for the thick bits. The blade is 50cm and double-sided, second only to the DCA for length, and a 24v lithium-ion battery is included. A word on that 24v badge, because it is the sort of number people rank by. There are three voltages in this list, 24v, 20V and 18V, and not one of the ten listings publishes a wattage. So nothing in the collected data makes the COBRA more powerful than an 18V tool. Treat the badge as a comparability problem, not a performance figure. It sits at six for what the listing will not tell you. At GBP 85.99 it costs nearly GBP 22 more than the Einhell kit, and the entire spec table is three lines: brand, a 50cm blade length and a material field reading plastic and stainless steel for the product as a whole. There is no item weight, which every other listing here publishes, and no cutting capacity. For a 50cm tool you hold at arm's length, not knowing what it weighs is a real gap, and 88 ratings is a thin sample at this price. Pros: ECO and TURBO modes, the only two-speed tool here; 50cm double-sided cutting blade; Battery included in the box; Blade length in the spec table, which no other listing manages; 4.5 stars over 88 ratings Cons: No weight published, the only listing here without one; No cutting capacity published either; GBP 85.99, nearly GBP 22 more than the Einhell kit; The battery capacity in Ah is never stated ### 7. Ryobi OHT1845 18V ONE+ Cordless 45cm Hedge Trimmer, Body Only - Price: £76.00 | Amazon rating: 4.8 from 1,300 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07B6N9XGS?tag=ranked10-21 The best-liked tool here, 4.8 stars from 1,300 ratings, but GBP 76.00 buys the body only, with no battery and no charger. By reputation this is the best tool on the page. It scores 4.8 stars from 1,300 ratings, and no other product here pairs a score that high with a sample that deep, since the other 4.8 in this list rests on 25 reviews. The 45cm diamond-ground blade cleanly cuts stems up to 18mm, and the wraparound front handle helps on the vertical face of a hedge, where your wrist angle changes every few feet. So why seventh? Because GBP 76.00 buys the body and nothing else, and a hedge trimmer with no battery does not cut anything. The BLACK+DECKER at position three has the same 45cm blade and the same 18mm gap, costs GBP 70.00, and comes with a 2.0 Ah battery. That is GBP 6.00 more for less hardware. If you already own ONE+ batteries, the picture flips completely and this becomes the pick, which is exactly what the listing means when it points at a system of more than a hundred tools on one battery. The listing also cannot decide what it weighs. The spec table says 3 kg, a bullet says 2.5kg without battery, and since there is no battery either way there is nothing to explain the 20 per cent gap. The dimensions field, meanwhile, claims 260cm of width. Neither changes what the tool does, but both are reasons to buy on the bullets rather than the table. Pros: 4.8 stars over 1,300 ratings, the best score and sample pairing here; 45cm diamond-ground blade cuts stems up to 18mm; Wraparound front handle for cutting a vertical face; Takes any ONE+ battery from a range the listing puts above 100 tools Cons: GBP 76.00 for the body only, with no battery and no charger; GBP 6.00 more than a BLACK+DECKER that arrives with a battery; Spec table says 3 kg, a bullet says 2.5kg, and there is no battery to explain it; The dimensions field claims 260cm of width ### 8. Bosch EasyHedgeCut 18-45 Cordless Hedge Cutter, Excluding Battery and Charger - Price: £59.94 | Amazon rating: 4.4 from 1,010 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08SHKPQVM?tag=ranked10-21 Five pence cheaper than the Flymo complete kit, and its items-included line lists the trimmer and its carton. There is a good light-duty Bosch in here. It weighs 2.3 kg, the listing calls it lightweight and well balanced, the blade is 45cm, and the Anti-Blocking System is described as keeping it cutting when the blade catches. With 1,010 ratings at 4.4 stars you know broadly what you are getting, and at GBP 59.94 it is the second-cheapest listing here and the cheapest of the three bare bodies. That price is also why it sits at eight. Its items-included line reads: EasyHedgeCut 18-45, carton packaging. The colour field, oddly, is where the listing says Without Battery and Charger. Five pence more buys the Flymo at position four with a battery and a charger and the same 45cm blade. There is a weight trap in the same place: this 2.3 kg and the Einhell's 2.3 kg are not the same measurement, because the Einhell figure already has a 2.0 Ah battery inside it and this one cannot, since no battery ships with the tool. The second reason is capacity. Its 15mm tooth spacing is the second-narrowest figure published in this group, above only the POSENPRO's 14mm, and the listing itself describes the tool as being for smaller hedges and light trimming. That is a fair description, not a fault, but it means this is not the cordless hedge trimmer for a neglected autumn hedge. Its 4.4 average is joint-lowest among the handhelds. If you already own Bosch 18V batteries and your hedge is soft growth, it makes sense; otherwise the maths does not. Pros: 1,010 ratings at 4.4 stars, a deep sample; 2.3 kg and well balanced, per the listing; 45cm blade for GBP 59.94, the cheapest of the three bare bodies here; Anti-Blocking System the maker says keeps it cutting through catches Cons: The items-included line is the trimmer and carton packaging; Five pence under a Flymo that includes a battery and charger; 15mm tooth spacing, narrower than everything published here bar the POSENPRO's 14mm; The listing itself describes it as for smaller hedges and light trimming ### 9. Bosch UniversalHedgePole 18 Cordless Telescopic Hedge Trimmer - Price: £149.00 | Amazon rating: 4.0 from 1,476 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07C96GRKD?tag=ranked10-21 Reach from the ground with a 135-degree pivoting head, battery and charger included. The dearest tool here and the lowest rated. If your hedge is above head height, no handheld on this page solves your problem and this one does. The head pivots through 135 degrees, so you can lay the blade flat across the top of a wide hedge while standing on the lawn, and the listing pitches it squarely at tall and wide hedges. Unusually for a pole trimmer, a battery and an AL 1830 CV charger are in the box, and it is part of the Power for All alliance the listing describes as sharing one battery across ten-plus brands. At 4.12 kg it is 1.48 kg lighter than the other pole trimmer here, which is the difference between finishing the hedge and stopping halfway. The price and the score are why it is ninth. GBP 149.00 makes it the dearest product in this list by GBP 43.00, and it carries the lowest rating of the ten at 4.0 stars. That figure comes off 1,476 ratings, so it is a settled verdict rather than a wobble from a handful of bad days. It is also the least specific listing here. It publishes no blade length and no cutting capacity anywhere in the title, the bullets or the spec table, which makes it the only tool in the group that tells you neither how long the bar is nor what thickness it takes. The battery capacity in Ah is not stated either. Buy it for reach with everything in the box, and accept that you are buying on the Bosch name rather than on published numbers. Pros: Reaches the top of a tall hedge from the ground; Pivoting head with 135 degrees of movement; Battery and AL 1830 CV charger included, unusual for a pole trimmer; 4.12 kg, 1.48 kg lighter than the Ryobi pole; Power for All battery shared with other brands, per the listing Cons: GBP 149.00, the dearest here by GBP 43.00; 4.0 stars on 1,476 ratings, the lowest score in the group; No blade length and no cutting capacity published anywhere; The battery capacity in Ah is not stated ### 10. RYOBI 18V ONE+ 45cm Pole Hedge Trimmer, Battery and Charger Excluded - Price: £106.00 | Amazon rating: 4.3 from 2,027 ratings - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01ATH87GC?tag=ranked10-21 The longest reach here at 2.9m, and the heaviest item in the list at 5.6 kg before you add a battery. Nothing else on this page reaches as far. A removable extension shaft takes it to a full length of 2.9m, the head articulates through 115 degrees and locks in four positions, and the 45cm diamond-ground blade carries an 18mm blade gap, so it will take the same thickness as the handheld Ryobi. Take the shaft off and it becomes a shorter tool, which means one purchase covers two jobs. It has 2,027 ratings, the second-deepest sample here. It is last because of what you are holding. At 5.6 kg it is the heaviest item in this group, roughly two and a half times the Einhell, and that weight is on the end of a pole at arm's length rather than down by your hip. The Bosch pole above it weighs 4.12 kg with its battery and charger already counted. This one weighs 5.6 kg before you add a battery, because there is no battery in the box. That is the second problem. GBP 106.00 excludes both battery and charger, so unless you already own ONE+ packs the real spend climbs, and the Bosch that comes complete starts looking closer than GBP 43.00 away. Its 4.3 average is the second-lowest of the ten, and its dimensions field claims 2.15m of width and 1.95m of height, which no tool has. The 113.8cm length is plausible enough for a shaft that comes off. For a ONE+ owner with a tall boundary hedge, though, this is still the cheapest route to that reach. Pros: Removable extension shaft to a full length of 2.9m; 115-degree articulating head that locks in four positions; 18mm blade gap on a 45cm diamond-ground blade; 2,027 ratings, the second-deepest sample here; Becomes a shorter tool with the shaft removed Cons: 5.6 kg, the heaviest item here, and that is before a battery; GBP 106.00 excludes both battery and charger; 4.3 stars, the second-lowest score of the ten; The dimensions field claims 2.15m of width and 1.95m of height ## Verdict For most British gardens the best hedge trimmer here is the Einhell: a 46cm blade, a battery, a charger, a bag and a wall holder for GBP 64.00, at 2.3 kg, with far more review evidence behind it than anything else on this page. For a light privet or box hedge, stop at the POSENPRO instead. It is GBP 43.60 with a battery, it is the lightest tool in the group, and its own listing tells you honestly to take the thick stems out with shears first. Buy differently if the battery is already in your shed. The bare tools here look poor value against complete kits, but if you own 18V ONE+ batteries the ranking inverts and the Ryobi OHT1845 becomes the pick at 4.8 stars from 1,300 ratings, the best score and sample pairing in this list. Buy differently, too, if your hedge is above head height or too wide to reach across. No handheld on this page fixes that, so go straight to the two pole hedge trimmers rather than buying a 45cm tool and a ladder. Between them, the Bosch comes complete and weighs 4.12 kg while the Ryobi reaches further at 2.9m but weighs 5.6 kg with no battery in the box. And whichever cordless hedge trimmer you land on, read the items-included line before you read the price.