Multi-function machines: Multi-tool units offer impressive versatility but are they appropriate for professional use?

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A wheel kit, weights, various blades and attachments for cutting, pruning, trimming, edging, cultivating, sweeping -the stream of kit unloaded from the rep's vehicle seems never-ending. "The Combi is one of the best-selling machines I have," he says."It's phenomenal - constant sales all year round". But Noyce, surveying the display of gadgets, looks sceptical. He has seen multi-tool systems in catalogues but has yet to be convinced they have a place in the professional market.