Bosch EasyHedgeCut 18V-52-13 Review: A 52cm Blade, and No Battery in the Box
The version Screwfix and the UK tool shops actually sell is the bare tool, 0600849M00 — a blade cover and a cardboard carton, and nothing else. Get that wrong and an £80 hedge trimmer becomes a £115 one. What follows is everything three independent sources can tell you about it, and an honest list of what none of them can.
Where the reviews line up
No consumer title has tested this machine. So the evidence here comes from three very different places: Bosch Home & Garden’s own product page, which is the only source for the performance claims; AgriEuro, a European garden-machinery retailer carrying the only buyer rating block we could find for this exact model; and the Landscape Juice Network, a forum of working UK landscapers whose thread on cordless hedge cutters is the only place anyone talks about what 18V batteries really do on a long hedge.
Where they agree is on the shape of the tool. It is a 52 cm blade on a 2.4 kg body — around 2.8 kg once an 18V pack is on it — running at Bosch’s quoted 2,400 strokes a minute, with an anti-blocking system that reverses the blade when it jams. It is aimed squarely at small and medium garden hedges with soft, thin growth. Bosch, the retailers and the forum all point the same way: this is a light DIY trimmer, not a machine for old hardwood.
Two figures are genuinely contested, and we are not going to pick for you. The tooth gap: the model name says 13 mm, but Bosch’s own GB spec table, Screwfix, Klium, Campbell Miller and AgriEuro all print 15 mm — and one retailer, UK Planet Tools, manages to say 13 mm in its description and 15 mm in its feature list on the same page. AgriEuro separately caps the branch it will take at 10 mm. And the stroke rate: Bosch says 2,400 spm, AgriEuro says 2,800.
The buying decision is about the box, not the blade. Bosch quotes an RRP of £85.57 for the bare tool and claims 170 m² of hedge per charge — a manufacturer figure, from a battery you have to buy separately, with no size stated for the hedge. If you already own 18V Power for All batteries, this is a cheap way to add a 52 cm trimmer. If you do not, price the battery and charger before you price the tool.
The three sources this summary is built from
- Bosch Home & GardenThe manufacturer’s own GB spec page. The only source for stroke rate, area per charge and RRP — and not independent.
- AgriEuro4.29/5 from 4 customer reviews, checked 19 September 2026. A sample of four is not evidence, and we say so.
- Landscape Juice NetworkA 2024 thread of roughly 8–9 replies from working UK landscapers on cordless hedge cutters and battery reality.
Before the review: which box are you being sold?
Bosch builds this machine in two catalogue numbers. 0600849M00 is the bare tool — hedge trimmer, blade cover, cardboard carton, no battery and no charger. That is the one Screwfix, UK Planet Tools, Campbell Miller Tools and MyToolShed list in the UK, and it is the one Bosch’s GB page describes. 0600849M01 adds one 2.0 Ah PBA 18V battery and an AL 1810 CV charger (roughly a two-hour charge) — we found it stocked in Europe, at Klium, but not on a UK retailer page we could read. Argos lists a “Bosch Easy Hedge Cut 18V-52” under product 7517417; its page would not render for us, so we cannot tell you which of the two it is or what it costs today. Check the catalogue number on the listing in front of you.
Specification at a glance
| Spec | Figure | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blade length | 52 cm (520 mm) | Bosch, Screwfix, MyToolShed — no disagreement anywhere |
| Tooth opening | 15 mm (Bosch GB, Screwfix, Klium, Campbell Miller) · 13 mm (model name; UK Planet Tools description) | Contested. The name says 13, the spec tables say 15 |
| Maximum branch | 10 mm | AgriEuro’s spec block only; Bosch does not publish a branch figure |
| Stroke rate | 2,400 spm (Bosch, Klium, Campbell Miller, MyToolShed) · 2,800 (AgriEuro) | Contested. We would take Bosch’s 2,400 |
| Weight, tool only | 2.4 kg (Bosch, Screwfix, Klium) · 2.3 kg (AgriEuro) | Excludes battery in every case |
| Weight with battery | 2.8 kg | Bosch GB page. Bosch does not say which pack that 400 g is |
| Battery system | 18V Power for All Alliance; ≥2.0 Ah recommended | Bosch. Shared with Gardena and Kärcher tools |
| Battery in the box | None in 0600849M00. 1 × 2.0 Ah PBA 18V + AL 1810 CV charger in 0600849M01 | Screwfix and UK Planet Tools for the bare tool; Klium for the kit |
| Run time | Not published. Bosch instead claims up to 170 m² per charge | Bosch’s own figure, battery size unstated — treat as a best case |
| Charge time | 2 hours (124 minutes) with the AL 1810 CV | Bosch and Klium agree; AgriEuro prints the same 124 minutes |
| Noise | 76 dB(A) sound pressure at the operator · 87 dB(A) sound power | Klium’s spec block. AgriEuro prints 87 dB(A) but labels it sound pressure |
| Area per charge | Up to 170 m² | Bosch only. No independent check exists |
| Dimensions | 1,010 × 245 × 225 mm (Bosch) · 955 × 154 × 180 mm (MyToolShed) | Contested; the larger set is probably the carton |
| Blade | Diamond-ground, laser-cut; anti-blocking system; blade guard tip for cutting near walls | Bosch, repeated by Campbell Miller and AgriEuro |
| Warranty | 2 years, extended to 3 years if registered within 30 days of purchase | Screwfix’s listing. Bosch’s GB page says only “2 year guarantee on privately used tools” |
| RRP | £85.57 | Bosch Home & Garden GB, 19 September 2026 |
| Live UK prices, bare tool | £79.95 Screwfix · £76.99 UK Planet Tools · £75.95 MyToolShed · £70.69 Campbell Miller Tools | All checked 19 September 2026, all 0600849M00 |
Bosch Home & Garden
Everything anyone else prints about this trimmer traces back to here, so it is worth being precise about what Bosch actually claims and what it quietly does not. It claims 52 cm of blade, a 15 mm tooth opening, 2,400 strokes a minute with no load, 2.40 kg without a battery and 2.8 kg with one, a two-hour charge, and up to 170 m² of hedge per battery charge. The recommended battery is 2.0 Ah or larger, on the 18V Power for All Alliance platform that Bosch shares with Gardena and Kärcher. The RRP is £85.57.
What Bosch does not publish is as informative. There is no run time in minutes — the 170 m² claim replaces it, and Bosch does not say which battery, which hedge, or how thick the growth was. There is no maximum branch diameter. And the tooth opening on the spec table is 15 mm, while the product is called the 18V-52-13; Bosch’s own naming convention elsewhere in the range reads as blade length then tooth gap, so the model name and the spec table contradict each other and Bosch does not explain which is right. On noise and vibration, the GB page gave us nothing readable at all; the figures in our table come from a retailer spec block instead.
Watch: Taille-haies sans fil - Bosch EasyHedgeCut 18v-52-13
Bosch’s own film for the machine, in French. Manufacturer-made and promotional, but it is the clearest look at the blade tip guard and the anti-blocking system in use. The channel attribution here comes from the BatInfo page that embeds it, not from YouTube.
Watch on YouTube ↗AgriEuro
Start with the honest part: four reviews is not a sample. We print the number because Mark’s rule here is that a score without a sample size is not evidence, and the sample size in this case tells you to ignore the score. One unhappy buyer would move 4.29 to something like 3.4. Nothing on this page should be read as a verdict from owners, because there are not enough owners on the record to produce one.
What AgriEuro is useful for is its spec block, because it is the only listing anywhere that publishes numbers Bosch withholds — and several of them disagree with Bosch. AgriEuro gives a 10 mm maximum branch diameter, which is the single most decision-relevant figure on this page and appears nowhere else; a 2,800 spm stroke rate against Bosch’s 2,400; 2.3 kg against Bosch’s 2.4; and 87 dB(A) labelled as sound pressure, where Klium’s block gives 87 dB(A) as sound power and 76 dB(A) as the pressure at the operator’s ear. Those two labels are eleven decibels apart and describe different things, so a listing that mislabels one is not a listing to trust on the rest. We have given Bosch’s figures the benefit of the doubt everywhere the two clash, and shown you both.
Watch: Akku-Heckenschere - Bosch EasyHedgeCut 18V-52-13
A German-language walkthrough of this exact model. We confirmed the video exists and its title from two separate search listings but could not open YouTube to read the uploader, so we are not naming a channel we have not verified.
Watch on YouTube ↗Landscape Juice Network
This thread does not mention the EasyHedgeCut, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What it does is the thing no spec sheet does: put numbers on what 18V cordless hedge trimming is actually like for people who do it all day. Their advice is unanimous and it is about batteries, not blades. A poster running four-to-six-hour sites says 20-minute batteries are neither practical nor financially viable; the replies tell him to carry several packs and swap them rather than buy one heavy large-capacity battery, with one contributor changing packs after about 40 minutes of trimming. Weight at the end of the arm beats convenience, every time.
The second thing they are clear about is what an 18V machine will and will not take. The trimmers they recommend — a Makita DUH601z with 5 Ah packs is the one most praised, at “a good hour or so” per charge — are the ones that cut a little over 20 mm, on lime, hazel, beech and holly. Set that against the EasyHedgeCut’s 10 mm branch figure and 15 mm tooth gap and the positioning is obvious: this is a soft-growth, once-or-twice-a-summer garden trimmer, and buying it for old hardwood is buying the wrong tool. It also makes Bosch’s 170 m² claim easier to read. On a 2.0 Ah pack, against a professional’s hour on 5 Ah, you should expect a short session and a second battery if your hedge is long.
Watch: BOSCH EASYHEDGECUT 18-52-13 in 2025: Review! - 0600849M00
An English-language review clip of the bare-tool version, naming the same 0600849M00 catalogue number the UK shops sell. Confirmed from two separate search listings; we could not open YouTube to read the uploader, so the channel is unnamed here.
Watch on YouTube ↗Strengths and weak points
What holds up
- 2.4 kg bare and about 2.8 kg with a battery — genuinely light for a 52 cm blade, which is what decides whether you finish the hedge.
- 52 cm of blade at under £80 is a lot of reach for the money.
- Power for All is a real advantage if you already own Bosch, Gardena or Kärcher 18V packs.
- Anti-blocking system reverses the blade on a jam rather than stalling, which is the usual cause of a burnt-out cheap trimmer.
- 76 dB(A) at the operator is quiet enough to use without the whole street knowing, and far quieter than any petrol machine.
- Two-year warranty stretching to three on registration within 30 days, per Screwfix’s listing — worth two minutes of your time.
What to be wary of
- No battery and no charger in the UK box. Budget for both, or the £79.95 is not the price.
- Bosch publishes no run time at all — just 170 m², with no stated battery and no stated hedge.
- 10 mm maximum branch (AgriEuro’s figure). Thin growth only.
- The tooth gap is 13 mm in the model name and 15 mm in every spec table, including Bosch’s own.
- Four customer reviews in total, anywhere we could find. Nobody has aggregated enough owners to tell you about reliability.
- No editorial test exists. BBC Gardeners’ World tested the 18-45, not this model.
- Brushed motor, not brushless — expect less life than a trade machine, which is consistent with the price.
Who it actually suits
Buy it if you already have 18V Power for All batteries in the shed and a normal suburban hedge — privet, laurel, conifer, box — that you cut twice a summer before it gets woody. At £70.69 to £79.95 for the bare tool you are adding 52 cm of reach to a battery platform you already paid for, and the weight means you will actually finish the job. Register it within 30 days and take the third year.
Look elsewhere if you own no 18V Bosch batteries — price the 0600849M01 kit, or a rival sold complete, before you commit to this one — or if your hedge has anything in it thicker than a finger. For hardwood, or for anything approaching a working day of trimming, the landscapers’ answer is a heavier machine that takes 20 mm and a pocketful of 5 Ah packs, and that is a different budget entirely.
What we could not check
- Run time in minutes. Nobody publishes one. Bosch substitutes 170 m² per charge without naming the battery or the hedge, and no independent source has timed it.
- The tooth gap. 13 mm in the model name, 15 mm in Bosch’s own spec table and in four retailers’. We could not find a Bosch statement resolving it.
- The stroke rate. Bosch says 2,400 spm; AgriEuro says 2,800. We could not find a third independent figure.
- Which battery the 2.8 kg includes. Bosch gives a with-battery weight but not the pack. A 2.0 Ah and a 4.0 Ah differ by roughly 200 g.
- Noise from Bosch. The 76 and 87 dB(A) figures come from a retailer spec block, not from Bosch’s own GB page, which gave us no readable sound or vibration data. We found no vibration m/s² figure at all.
- The Argos and B&Q listings. Argos product 7517417 (“Bosch Easy Hedge Cut 18V-52”) and B&Q’s Bosch hedge trimmer pages are JavaScript-rendered and returned navigation only, so we have no dated price or kit contents from either, and cannot confirm B&Q stocks this model at all.
- Any editorial test. We searched BBC Gardeners’ World, DIY Garden and the trade press. Gardeners’ World tests the EasyHedgeCut 18-45 (4/5, 50-minute run time, Kay Maguire, updated February 2026) — a different, shorter-bladed machine. Nothing on this page is expert-test backing, because none exists for the 18V-52-13.
- Reliability over time. Four ratings in total. There is no body of long-term owner experience to draw on.
- The three videos. YouTube would not open for us, so all three were confirmed by search listing — exact watch URL and title appearing in two differently-worded searches each — rather than by watching them. Two of the three channels are therefore unnamed above, because we could not verify the uploader.
- Sites that blocked us: Amazon.co.uk (robots.txt), TradeInn (403), Mister Worker’s hedge trimmer round-up (403), Argos and B&Q (JavaScript-rendered).
Sources and prices last checked 19 September 2026. Cordless tool prices move constantly and the bare-tool and kit versions are easily confused — check the catalogue number and the box contents on the listing in front of you before ordering.