Bosch Brush Cutter AFS 23-37 (950 W, cutting diameter blade: 23 cm, cutting diameter line: 37 cm, in carton packaging)

I wasn't sure how good this would be based on other reviews online. But I was very impressed, it was fairly easy to assemble but the instructions aren't the best. It cuts through brambles with ease. For the thicker stems you have to go over them a few times especially when using the line. It's well designed and very durable. It is heavier than I expected but having the shoulder strap makes it easier.

I had neglected a large patch of ground opposite my home for several years and it had become overgrown with brambles and weeds, way too much for me to manage with my strimmer and hand tools. What I needed was a reasonably priced brush cutter, preferable one that could double-up as a powerful strimmer, which I could use for dual-purposes and after checking out what was available decided on the Bosch AFS 23-37. Not too expensive and made by Bosch, a first class company manufacturing great gear, which I always look out for when buying electrical equipment like fridges, drills, vacuum cleaners etc. Never had anything designed or made by Bosch fail me.Assembly was pretty simple and today I finally decided to give it a go. Wow! The Bosch brush cutter chopped through woody brambles and young bamboos like a hot knife through butter! I could hardly believe what quick work this gadget made of everything, altogether better and more efficient than I could have ever imagined, chopping everything off at ground level in the blink of an eye. With its help I cleared the big patch of brambles and young bamboos in less than an hour and forty-minutes of that was spent by me raking up and disposing of what I had cut off! Great all round. What more can I say. Delighted.I will mention that the Bosch, because it has a very powerful 950w electric motor, might be a bit weighty for some but, thanks to the adjustable harness supplied with it, which transfers most of the weight of the tool from the arms to the shoulders, shouldn't present any problems for the averagely strong. Elderly, frail or generally muscularly weaker people however might find the Bosch a bit too much of a beast to use successfully for long.The Bosch AFS 23-37 is a first class tool, has a three-year guarantee if you register the tool online, and can be purchased hereabouts at a bargain price. If you are looking for a really powerful electrical combination strimmer and brush cutter, equal to or better than many a petrol equivalent, and are strong enough to wield it in anger, so to speak, my advice would be for you to consider it.

It cuts grass very well, the line is durable but not everlasting. The blade disposes of scrubby weeds and undergrowth like nobody's business. Can't fault its cutting capabilities.On the minus side, the cord is too short. You won't be doing anything much with this, without an extension. It seems to be a petty, unnecessarily irksome cost-cutting method to me. Changing the blade is a bit fiddly, there are a few little bits and pieces which it would be easy to lose but nothing to keep them in, not even a sturdy plastic bag, which would have been cheap and better than nothing.Also, I've seen other people comment that the little rubber bung which holds in the spare cords falls out and the cords get lost as it does - that happened to me. What a crap little design choice!On the whole, the things that matter most are all good on this with just a couple of irritations to remind you that you' don't matter too much to the manufacturer.

Recently purchased this item. It is a large item but I’m below average height and I am able to use this with minimal difficulty. Great quality and substantial. It is able to cut through brambles with ease. Had to use youtube videos to install because the paper instructions were not straightforward .

Great strimmer and it’s good that you can have the blade for tough weeds and the line for long grass etc. This is very strong and sturdy strimmer and it comes with a harness as it is quite heavy. Spare lines are in the handle for storage. Useful videos are on the internet..

I hate gardening. I mean no, ever since I was a kid getting told to do the weeding, I've HATED gardening. Growing up I used to buy cheap nasty plastic strimmers, the sort that would cost thirty to fifty quid or something, but then this year I pushed the funding a bit to get this beauty and it does the job SO well.I managed to do my lawn within about half an hour of getting this delivered, just using this strimmer. If it was any other kind of cheap, own brand, or nasty knock off, it would have taken me DAYS just messing about adjusting cord length and stopping and starting every five minutes just to get the strimmer sorted. This? Once assembled, plug it in, go. No stopping. Beautiful. Best strimmer I've ever had, and I've had at least ten by now over the years. The cord is really strong stuff, my lawn is...sorry, was overgrown, like if a cat went in there, you'd have a job spotting it. This thing absolutely did the job. You can put this through it's paces and the cord will still be good for a long time. As for the power cable? It was a bit short for my lawn, but I didn't need more than another 10-15 metres of an extension cable to get to the back of the garden. This strimmer is really easy to use and if you HATED strimming before like I did, you're gonna LOVE doing the strimming with this.Moral of story...buy quality stuff, not cheap stuff.

Love this! It is not a small garden tool to strim off a few twigs or the odd patch of. long grass. It's more a strimmer on steroids! It has a long lead, is easy to assemble out of the box,, has adjustable handle angles, and the head is quick and easy to swap out. The only quibble is perhaps the weight and the unpadded strap...does rub your shoulder/neck after a while especially if doing some strenuous sweaty work.However, its powerful motor and the brush cutter blade made short work of a giant bramble patch encroaching on our property. Cutting up stems 4cm+ no problem and then switching to the strimming wires I soon reduced all stems to ground level and left a pile of shreds.