Mike Day, owner of Mike Day Garden Maintenance, who runs a thriving business across Hertfordshire and North London, has explained why every van in his fleet now runs exclusively on Kress commercial tools.
“We’ve got the whole range,” Mike says. “Strimmers, hedge trimmers, blowers, chainsaws, everything that Kress make, we use day in and day out. We’ve even got their 20V small hand saws and secateurs, which we use pretty much every day.”
It’s a setup that has evolved over time, but one that Mike says now gives him and his team complete confidence across every job, from routine maintenance to full garden renovations.
“We’ve tried a lot of different brands in the past,” he explains. “But we’ve ended up going all in with Kress. Every other battery product we had used in the past, we’ve sold. We’re one brand now and that’s something we wouldn’t have been able to do before.”
A key part of that confidence comes down to performance. “We’ve genuinely tried to find their limit, and we’ve never been able to find it,” Mike says.
“There’s just an abundance of power. Even when we’re doing full garden renovations and putting the tools through really demanding loads, they always outperform your expectations.”
While performance and comfort are key, it’s the battery system that Mike is particularly impressed by.
“It always comes back to the batteries and the infrastructure,” Mike says. “They charge quicker than you can deplete them. You’re never waiting around.”
Even in extreme conditions, the system has proven its reliability.
“We’ve used them in minus eight degrees and up to nearly 40 degrees last summer, and they’ve never missed a beat,” he says. “The batteries just keep going.”
Beyond the tools themselves, Mike also values the support behind the brand.
“There’s always someone at Kress you can speak to,” he says. “Very helpful support - they’ve all got time for you. It’s a close-knit setup, and that makes a difference when you commit to switching over to battery powered equipment.”
Mike concluded, “At first, I didn’t know how the team would feel about going all in with one brand,” he says. “But it didn’t take long before they were asking for everything to be Kress and none of us have looked back since.”
