STIHL LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT

For all your lawn and garden care needs.

RDO Equipment stocks a great range of STIHL Lawn and Garden Equipment for all your garden power tool needs, you can trust we’ll look after you. Check out the full range available by visiting in one of our RDO Equipment branches listed below. If you find something you like and need for your garden, give us a call and we will reserve it for you in-store!

To buy STIHL equipment is to buy a total package of product and service.  The STIHL range of chainsaws and garden care products is only sold through specialist dealers like RDO Equipment – who carry not only products, but spare parts and accessories, and have workshop staff trained by STIHL technicians.

ALLPRO battery system: Maximum power for every application

Fully compatible with new and existing AP tools, the new STIHL ALLPRO Performance Batteries are engineered specifically for the needs of professionals. Exceptional performance, maximum efficiency, and long-lasting battery power pros can rely on, day in and day out.

The ALLPRO batteries deliver up to 60% more peak power¹ than the AP 300 S, reach 80% charge in just 9 minutes with the quick charge function² and achieve up to 3,000 charging cycles without noticeable loss³. They are compatible with over 60 power tools, including all STIHL AP system power tools – for performance that does not compare to petrol power tools.

Two series, one system

Performance Series
The ALLPRO AP 100.0 P, AP 200.0 P, and AP 300.0 P batteries with innovative tabless cells are designed for all daily requirements with high peak loads. An essential advantage is extremely fast charging: with the STIHL AL 1802 MO high-speed charger, the new tabless batteries are recharged to 80% in just nine minutes².

Standard Series

The AP 20.1 and AP 30.1 batteries are based on modern standard lithium-ion cells and offer a cheaper entry into the STIHL ALLPRO battery system. They are ideal for customers who value robust, high-performance batteries designed to meet the needs of professional users.

­¹Time to reach 80% charge when used with the AL 1802 MO. ²Comparison with AP 300.0 P© and AP 300 S. ³Up to 3,000 cycles without noticeable loss of performance; can still be used thereafter. ⁴IPX5 protection applies only to ALLPRO batteries AP 100.0 P, AP 200.0 P, and AP 300.0 P©. *3 batteries in the ALLPRO range are part of the performance series, STIHL suggest the AL 1802 charger to ensure optimal results. Forming the ALLPRO Performance Series, the ALLPRO 100.0, 200.0 and 300.0 batteries pair with the AL 1802 charger for optimal results.

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Composting : turn your green waste into nature’s gold

Tending the garden keeps on producing quantities of plant debris that take up space. What’s the best thing to do with grass cuttings, tree and hedge trimmings, leaves and withered flowers?

Green recycling

Garden shredders will tidy up your garden. Their innovative technology, high reliability and easy handling are the result of more than 25 years’ accumulated technical know-how. The high-quality cutting systems chop up all kinds of garden waste. Unwieldy branches and bushy twigs are quickly chopped up into easy-to-handle plant residue which you can simply dispose of or re-use as a compost base.

The intelligent solution

The cuttings can be used to make environmentally friendly compost. The composted shreddings can be recycled as a valuable natural fertilizer. Turn your garden waste into home-made fertilizer. Mulch and compost contain a number of valuable raw materials that supply your garden soil with important nutrients in a totally natural way.

Ten rules for good compost

1. Gather the correct proportions of nitrogenous (‘green’) and carbonaceous (‘brown’) plant trimmings – mixing lawn clippings with woody cuttings for example.
2. Remember compost needs air. Never lay the material in a trench and do not use containers which are closed on all sides.
3. Do not place the compost heap on a solid base made of stone, concrete, etc. The compost needs an ‘earth connection’, so that earthworms and small organisms can penetrate it.
4. Earthworms are beneficial to your compost heap and are attracted by phlox and elder for example. Onion skins, chive residues, ground coffee and tea leaves are also favourite foods for earthworms.
5. Create order in your compost heap. For the bottom layer, pile up coarse shredded material – approximately 20cm high. On top of this add mixed, finer materials such as leaves or shredded material.
6. Thinly spread lawn clippings – to prevent the danger of decay!
7. Always cover kitchen waste with soil, as it attracts vermin.
8. Avoid totally dry conditions as micro-organisms in compost heaps need moisture.
9. Do not water the compost excessively.
10. Cover up the finished compost heap.

The composting process takes several months, depending on the time of year and the ambient temperature. When the compost has matured it should smell pleasantly of forest soil and fungus.

Tip: If you put shredded waste on a compost heap, subsequent turning over is no longer required.

Tip: Passing waste material repeatedly through your garden shredder provides optimal mixing and aeration. Shredding waste before placing it on the compost heap speeds up decomposition as it increases the surface area open to attack by microbes and decomposition agents.