Remington Axcess Hedge Trimmer
I purchased this trimmer to reach the tops of some white pines I keep shaped up. This unit does the job perfectly thus eliminating the need to work off a ladder.
It is heavy and puts a strong cantilever load on your arms when extended, but works fine in conjunction with a conventional trimmer used on the lower branches.

rotten reconditioned pole hedge trimmer, bah, humbug!
This is an absolute piece of garbage. The original and the substitute sent by Amazon both did not work. I couldn't believe it. At least Amazon was cool about the refund. Do NOT by this reconditioned piece of garbage! The workers who recondition these pole hedge trimmers at Remington must be a bunch of drunken monkeys, I mean, both units immediately jammed, buzzed, and stopped working upon first biting into wood. The morons putting out this horrible product should be boiled in oil and their carcasses left on a fire ant mound. I just bit the bullet and spent a few more bucks for a new Homelite pole hedge trimmer at Home Depot and it works just fine.

Good and bad
Factory Reconditioned Remington 17-Inch 3.0 Amp AXCESS Electric Hedge Trimmer with 5 Position Pivoting Power Head And Telescoping Pole #AT3017BR
It reaches where I can't. However, it can jam easily. Don't force it. And if it jams, give it a short while to cool off. It comes back to life. Even with the jamming problem, I think it's a must-have for large shrubs.

UPS Screwup
I tracked this item today with UPS and found it arrived in San Marcos, 20 miles from me at the UPS center on the 13th. I than called UPS and also checked Amazons website and it indicated the item was returned for no apparent reason. UPS never even made a delivery attempt as we receive parcels all the time delivered by UPS. Not
very happy with UPS at this time and did not know how to contact shipper.

Remington pole type hedge trimmer
This pole trimmer works very well, but it is top heavy when you extend it. I can only use it say 5 minutes and I must take a break.