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5 quiet hedge and grass trimmers that won't annoy your neighbours
Rigorously tested and hand-picked by our experts, these powered trimmers keep sound levels down to spare your neighbours
Manca has been testing baby products, health gadgets and gardening power tools for almost four years, weeding out the weak and recommending the strong
Sick of noisy power tools that disturb your pets and the people around you? Upgrade your garden tools with our round-up of the Best Buy trimmers from our lab tests.
Our list of recommended products includes a lower-priced lawn edger that wowed our testers with its cutting power, a brushcutter that does a brilliant job of dealing with rough vegetation, and a long-reach hedge trimmer that takes the strain out of shaping tall hedges.
Keep scrolling for the details on quiet, high-scoring powered trimmers.
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1. An all-round excellent hedge trimmer (84%, Best Buy)
This brilliant hedge trimmer weighs only 2.9kg, which is handy if you have a lot of hedges to tidy.
In our tests it did an excellent job of cutting quickly, quietly and effortlessly, leaving a tight and neat finish on all types of hedge.
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2. Our highest scoring hedge trimmer (88%, Best Buy)
This quiet, cordless hedge trimmer has enough power to cope with tough or dense growth and can cut thick branches easily, without getting snagged or stalling.
Plus this impressive Best Buy is also lightweight and easy to use.
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3. A long-reach trimmer, perfect for cutting taller hedges (81%, Best Buy)
This trimmer is a fantastic option for tall hedges.
It’s not only very powerful and achieves an excellent finish on conifer hedges, it's also quiet enough for you to carry out garden maintenance without disturbing others.
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4. An affordable grass trimmer (71%, Best Buy/Great Value)
This grass trimmer earned our Best Buy recommendation for its cutting performance, plus we awarded it a Great Value badge as it's 20% cheaper than the average cost of the 39 grass trimmers we've tested.
Crucially, this trimmer is also quiet during use.
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5. One of the best grass trimmers we've tested (80%, Best Buy)
This grass trimmer outperformed every other model we’ve tested. Plus, it's quiet and has comfortable handles.
We wouldn't recommend it if you mainly have short grass to cut, but this Best Buy would be well suited to anyone with a large overgrown garden.
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