Remington 17″ Extended Reach Electric Hedge Trimmer
The Remington 17″, 3 Amp Extended Reach Electric Hedge Trimmer may not be the tool you are looking for when it comes to cutting and pruning your hedges. With many reports of the internal cam mechanism skipping, the blade jumping off of the cam, nuts and bolts not being able to be tightened after removing them, broken locking pins, cracked plastic housings and a lot more.
Users are also complaining and berating the product for it’s ineptness of being able to remotely cut the specified diameter branches and twigs that the trimmer is stated to be able to handle.
This berated product is on high-alert for future purchasers to fully read, review and investigate the product before making a purchase.
On November 18, 2010 Richard West wrote:
I just wore out my 3rd Remington trimmer. I’ve decided the problem is that the motor is underpowered. Three amps is not enough. Many reviewers complained about the cheap parts and shoddy design. Maybe so, but the combo of underpowered AND poor drive design makes this item unacceptable. I felt stupid when I bought my third one because I needed one to trim my decorative trees and shrubs. It’s light enough, has reciprocating blades, has a long reach and does a great job….until the motor burns out and the blades seize on a branch. That’s the beginning of the end for this piece of junk.
Taking the cover off the cam mechanism, you can free up the works but from then on it only works on small growth items for a while and then nothing. I even saved the first two units for parts, but the only parts I need is a new motor every time. These trimmers are not cheap but I can’t find any other like it. I want one with 5 amps minimum and it cannot be a chain saw type.
On November 18, 2010 E. Arquette wrote:
I bought this trimmer because of the articulating option. Great idea- absolutely horrible materials and design problems.
If you use this thing for any more than 5 minutes at a time – the gears heat up in the power head and since it has a plastic housing- the plastic bearing mounts melt and make the bearings loose. A recipe for disaster for sure.
What were they thinking?
The manufacturing designer should be fired. You cannot mount a hard working bearing or any metal parts in plastic and expect them to give service.
I would pay more for this same design with a cast or metal motor housing.
Also the swivel assembly is too hard to use. It takes a weight lifter to re-set the articulating head only to end up breaking the plastic knob.
If you want a good unit like this you have to spend 4-500 dollars to actually get a articulating trimmer that’s worth your money.
Don’t buy any power tools with plastic housings- DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!