Husqvarna 520iHE3 Pole Hedger Review Battery Powered 

yep, i see what you mean about having to grip it on the metal part (instead of the black front handle) in order to have good balance when trimming. nice demo. cheers.

I have the Husqvarna 535lk combi petrol beast with hedge, whipper, and pole saw attachments. The Battery 525ilk is the same motor assembly as the pole hedger above. But best of all, all the attachments work with it too. The battery 525ilk comes stock with a whipper head and the 535lk does also. That's a petrol Professional commercial engine combi, Battery combi, charger, battery, 2 x whipper heads, hedge attachment, Pole saw. All up around 3k. How much was the above pole hedger? You can also add an edger, brush scrubber cleaner for driveways and pavers and even a blower for around $300-400 per attachment. Having a combination of gear gives you options. If you run out of battery, you have petrol for back up. Or, if your engine is being serviced, your battery is your backup. Battery is quiet which means it is handy for early mornings, elderly residents and infants. Not to mention it is so much easier on the joints and it keeps the service costs down for the petrol. I'm not ready to give up petrol just yet, but rather than replace the petrol engine one day, i'll buy the battery backpack & go all day. My health is my wealth and with the battery gear, I can handle a bigger workload.

Good Video very informative,alot of smaller gardeners/lawn care contractors shy away from these battery operated tools especially Husky because of the initial setup cost (chargers/batteries) which is wrong because in the long run these machines will pay for themselves, sincere regards one of your subs here in Melbourne Australia

Just bought the 520i hd60 hedger,325i power head with line trimmer and 536i pole saw and lawn mower,very expensive but once you start you can't stop.

I have a love/hate relationship with the battery equipment from Husky. I purchased 2- 536lihe3, 2-520ihe3 and 1-520iht4. All have been in for warranty motor replacement several times. I was given two new units under warranty, both of those were also in for motor replacement. That's a total of 7 new units all of them have failed, plus they have had replacement motors fail multiple times as well. I thought the 520iht4 with the brushless motor would solve the problem, but it's in the shop as I write this. I'm approaching 40hrs of travel time dropping off and picking them up as well as being without the use of the equipment. I was forced to buy a couple of gas units to have some dependable equipment. It's so frustrating as our crew loves using all the battery equipment we have, they perform very well when they work. They are used approximately 6hrs a day 5 days a week. 30yrs in business, they are the most unreliable equipment we've ever used. 🤬 Hedgecraft Trimming

My shill HLA 65 is in the shop after just 6 months of use. It's almost 2lbs ligher than the 520 which is why I went for it. I may have to jump ship if they can't fix it this week. The Husqvarna looks like it's built much better.

Great video, many thanks. I am switching over to cordless for my hedgers after 16 years of being jiggled to bits and in pain at day's end! Going for those 'good vibrations' (lol - an undercover shout-out to the Beach Boys!). All the best.

Whippie is an ice cream in a cone 😂 sure you mean a strimmer 😅

This is a great review! Lots of good information with really good quality video and sound. Your delivery is excellent. Husqvarna should pay you for this. :) I got a quote from a dealer here and he was confused about the tip protector. In his email response, he states that he could not find that as an option on the Husqvarna site. Is this an OEM part?

Another beaut review chap - Battery kit is an absolute pleasure to use.

Amazing review Ki. Any questions someone would have if they was ever considering converting to battery has been answered here. Great comments. Nice to see the machine in use whilst reviewing it too. Nice touch. Keep them coming ki and I can't wait for the next. 😁

A great video! It’s awesome to see the product in use Well done

Great review ,I am currently using gas powered 😮‍💨as a homeowner with a large landscape full of small trees and shrubs I will definitely search these tools out ,I’m getting so tired of the heavy petrol powered pole hedge trimmer and the exhaust. My current unit is an antique so this will be interesting Venture.

Fuggin great video , gardening professionally here on litttle island of Menorca in the Med , just ordered one !!

Brilliant review...you have made up my mind what to purchase 👍

Great review mate, definitely always a go to and loaded in the van with any hedge job I have 🙌🏽. Subscribed bud 👍🏼🌱

Have the same machine and love it

Great review! Thanks to you I bought a 520 almost one year ago. Recently I noticed some stranges random variations in regime. Same thing with 3 différents BLI200 batteries. Did you have the same problems ? Thanks Olivier

Great video mate 👌🏼🍃

Great video mate the blades seem to take longer to stop than the stihl ones i use

My rubber handle keeps moving only had it a few months find when cutting it keeps turning but really love it wouldn’t go back to Petrol now.

Great review

What’s better this or getting the kombi version and just getting a hedge cutter attachment.

What are your thoughts on the new Stihl HLA 135 with 4000rpm I have the Husqvarna but find the gearbox housing cracks at times if you go through any heavy stuff.👍

Salve a tutti,ho comprato anch'io questa macchina taglia siepe, volevo sapere x ingrassare il corpo macchina ingranaggi qual è il bullone da svitare x poterlo ingrassare??? Grazie mille 👍

Hey mate. Thanks for the review. Just about to do the gear swap over to battery. Run a business here in Brisbane, and RU-vid channel, MOW TIME. Question I have is about blowers. Do you run the 120ib or 525ib at all? if so, thoughts. I just do private homes that are regulars. Thanks mate

Where did you get you business shirt ? it looks nice !

Hey mate, great video. I too am looking at transitioning the hedgers over to battery. Particularly this model thanks to your review. I just had a query regarding the weight as this is my main motivator to switch. This unit comes in at 6kg with battery attached , my current Stihl KM 130 kombi tool comes in at 6.7kg. Not much of a difference, iwas hoping for them to be much lighter in comparison. Can you comment on the weight, and is is drastically noticeable compared with your petrol powered alternative? cheers

There was an older pro model that's impossible to get that had a much linger pole reach for very tall english laurel hedges like mine. Do you know of there's an optional pole extending attachment for this? Thanks!

can you take off that handle?

There absolutely appalling the short reach are great but the long reach are ridiculously bad

Lol elephant trunk.. Good review tho. 🐘👍