Regardless of the comment about not shredding maximum diameter branches; best to cut these up for burning or disposal in the bin.

Produces well shredded material however it does seem to jam pretty easily compared to an older model which this replaced.To start the unit, you rotate the power knob from '0' to 'I', then round further to 'II' which engages the motor. The switch then springs back to 'I' while running but can be pushed in an emergency to stop it, or simply rotated to '0'.

It loves thick Bramble bushes, cutting 30 foot long branches in seconds and it shreds them, unlike the Ryobi which just crushes them. There is no loan tool service whilst your machine is in for repair and in the majority of cases the machine will be repaired and not replaced. Use of this thing is simple and very quick, it does slightly self feed, but the design of the hopper combined with the use of the paddle that comes with it makes life simple.If you have the serial number available then please select it from the list below to ensure you get the right part first time. The best feature in our opinion has to be the high speed Bosch powerdrive™ motor - it offers the HIGHEST torque in its class and seriously speeds up the time it takes to shred those large piles of garden debris.

I put a bog standard plastic bucket under the hopper and when filled; either loaded it into a flexible trug or directly onto the garden and this worked very well indeed.

I had a few stones, but nevertheless I reckon the blade continued doing its job perfectly for the first 2-3 hours.