Black & Decker TR117 3.2-Amp Hedge Trimmer, 17-Inch

Our house has a lot of hedges and shrubs surrounding it. I heard that the previous owner used to trim them weekly with a hand trimmer, and I shudder at the thought of how much time she spent on this. I have two young kids and between them and the rainy spring, our the shrubs were out of control. I have a battery-powered trimmer that I’ve used previously, but the battery didn’t last that long and I decided it was time to buy a corded one. After using it this past weekend, I cannot believe that I waited this long.This thing cut through the hedges and shrubs very easily, and I had gone around the whole house in less than an hour and a half. Worked great on both straight hedges and round shrubs, everything looks perfect. That probably would have taken me 8 hours with the old trimmer.Some notes:- You need an extension cord to go with this. The cord wraps around a notch on the handle and then plugs in under the handle. That really does help with preventing it from getting un-plugged while trimming.- The blade is a good length for handling both straight hedges and rounded shrubs. Cuts a good amount with each sweep, but still easy to manage and maneuver.- The black blade protector falls off easily. I just took it off after the third time and figured it really isn’t needed. That didn’t bother me.- It does vibrate more than my old battery-powered trimmer, but is also way more powerful. I still thought it was pretty comfortable after having used it for basically an hour and a half straight.- To turn on you have to push the black button on top and the one on the inside of the handle, then just hold in the one on the inside of the handle to keep it running. That button runs the whole length of the handle, so is pretty comfortable to hold while trimming. Stops as soon as you let go of it.