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I am looking to buy a hedge trimmer and pole saw. 

Are the cordless ones any good or is it best to stick with 2 stroke?

I have approx 100m of beech hedging to give an idea of workload, takesa pro half a day to trim.

Funnily enough, I have just come in from trimming part of our hedge, a mix of thorn and beech. I use a Makita cordless because I already have several other Makita power tools with batteries . Using a 5.0ah battery, my arms need a rest before the battery does, plus I can easily swap to a fresh one if need be. It is fairly light, quiet and more than powerful enough and I don't need to faff around with petrol cans and occasionally temperamental 2-stroke engines.

Im using a cheap and cheerful 18v Hawksmoor cordless from Toolstation and it does a great job.

It even runs on the 20v batteries that I have for cordless drills with a bit of adaptation which allows me to keep working until it's time for a coffee break

I'm the same, but using DeWalt kit (hedge cutter and strimmer ). Cordless equipment has improved massively in recent years.

As others have said, cordless power tools are much better than they used to be. A lot of professionals are switching to them from petrol powered tools because of reduced hand arm vibration with electric tools

I've got a big hedge and splashed out on a battery Stihl. Not cheap but it is a well designed and functional bit of kit. Worth it to me.