The Ryobi Expand-It system has a cordless power unit with a variety of attachments that you can swap in and out. Here's how reviewers say it fares with weeds.

Battery hedge trimmers, or cordless ones, offer performance on a par with corded hedge trimmers and gas models when it comes to trimming overgrown bamboo at our Yonkers, N.Y., headquarters.

We test each hedge trimmer on conifers, deciduous, laurel and privet hedges, seeing how long it takes and how easy it is to use. With cordless hedge trimmers, we also check how long the battery lasts ...

This is the product's overall performance score, based on key tests conducted by our industry experts in the CHOICE labs.