Better than Felco #2?

bobs yeruncle said:
i got the 6-foot pruners three years ago and theyre fantastic. naturally i got them for reaching into nigh-impenetrable rose thickets for pruning. when reading reviews i decided to skip over the adjustable-length pruners because they didnt seem as bombproof, glad i did. have barely had to hone the blade since i bought them, no corrosion, and no students or coworkers have dropped or run over it (yet) so it still works great, smooth action. i want to get one of the 4-footers now too
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Get them.

I turned my nose up to the stick pruners for years.

Stihl has rebranded them so they are sometimes available in the saw shop. I started with the 4’ and now have two sets of 4’ and 6’. Any type of finer pruning and they are great as you get to stand back and really observe the plant. They save a couple of steps in for the cut, out to move and look for the next cut. Same for ladder work and fruit trees. Unfortunately they are a little fragile and start falling apart in a year or so of semi heavy use.
The 4’ doesn’t have the cut capacity as the 6’ and when pushing it they really hurt my hands.

That’s part of the reason I went with felco 13 as it’s a hand and a half when needed on the handles.

I’m strongly considering battery hand snips and there are pole sniper options too. A friend got a Bacco unit and loves them, she was a felco person too
 
I prefer anvil pruners to bypass, for secateurs and loppers. I've had the same Wolfgarten anvil loppers for 17 years, love them for reduction work. Had their secateurs also but they grew legs and walked away.
 
evo said:
Get them.

I turned my nose up to the stick pruners for years.

Stihl has rebranded them so they are sometimes available in the saw shop. I started with the 4’ and now have two sets of 4’ and 6’. Any type of finer pruning and they are great as you get to stand back and really observe the plant. They save a couple of steps in for the cut, out to move and look for the next cut. Same for ladder work and fruit trees. Unfortunately they are a little fragile and start falling apart in a year or so of semi heavy use.
The 4’ doesn’t have the cut capacity as the 6’ and when pushing it they really hurt my hands.

That’s part of the reason I went with felco 13 as it’s a hand and a half when needed on the handles.

I’m strongly considering battery hand snips and there are pole sniper options too. A friend got a Bacco unit and loves them, she was a felco person too
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I've been looking at the battery pruners too. I've not used them, but the utility seems unmatched. I only looked at the Milwaukee ones.
 
Thirty (30) years ago, I borrowed a demo Husqvarna hydraulic pole pruner from my local dealer.
The unit was on loan from the Husky rep. The pole was telescopic; Excellent !
I used it to do extensive tree-release pruning on 600 ft of tree lawn. Then I returned it.

Much, much later, I learned that the Husky rep never returned to get the pruner back from the dealer ! ! !
 
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Brando CalPankian said:
I've been looking at the battery pruners too. I've not used them, but the utility seems unmatched. I only looked at the Milwaukee ones.
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I’ve looked at those they look clunky. The bahco review I have gotten has been glowing. The med size is 1.75” and does so with ease. The down side is the price and “a little heavy”. Apparently they come with a badass warranty, but will easily take a finger off. There are safety gloves and stock if working barehanded they are supposed to sense the current when the off hand touches them. Shutting them down.
 
Muggs said:
I prefer anvil pruners to bypass, for secateurs and loppers. I've had the same Wolfgarten anvil loppers for 17 years, love them for reduction work. Had their secateurs also but they grew legs and walked away.
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I just got my first anvil pruner head for my 20' pole and I must say that I am really impressed. You got me thinkin now about going all in on some pruners and loppers.
 
I bought a pair of anvil cut hand pruners They made a good cut. No crushed stubs left behind as long as I kept the blade sharp. It was easy to use a small file to sharpen without dismantling

They only lasted 3-4 months when the blade bent. The cut I made was much smaller diameter than what my trusty Felcos would snip

Color me disappointed
 
Well I've never tried Felco's, they look amazing. But compared to all the bypass loppers I've tried, a good pair of anvil loppers is hard to beat.
 
Muggs said:
Well I've never tried Felco's, they look amazing. But compared to all the bypass loppers I've tried, a good pair of anvil loppers is hard to beat.
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iiiiiiiinteresting. so, have you ever tried any Japanese, Swiss, or German bypass pruners? The difference between the good ones and even the mid range ones is like night and standing on Mercurys sunny side in my experience.
 
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Serf Life said:
Can’t remember the last time I used loppers for plants, snips/secateurs all the time along with fine tooth handsaw
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I use loppers & Felco's whenever possible; smoother cut than even fine tooth saw.
I have 32" & 36" Corona loppers (~40 years old w/ only one handle replaced)
34" Hickory looper.
 
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