Freebies Free - Professional Pruning Shears (in exchange for Amazon review)

Mine arrived today and they appear to be a fine piece of kit. Very sharp blade, good cut and a similar weight to my felcos albeit fractionally larger.
Full review will be written up on Amazon as promised

 

Put them away in a drawer.

 

Mrs Shiney is using them now. She'll want to give them a real workout before commenting properly. At the moment she seems quite happy with them.

 

I like the secateurs but Mrs Shiney has decided that she doesn't.

The problem is what I said in a previous post about them being too big for her. They certainly cut well but with her small hands she is unable to lock them closed without using the other hand to do it. Her thumb, or fingers, don't reach to the rachet to flip the lock on, so she has to use the other hand to do it. It becomes frustrating after a while.

The black handles look quite smart but, as someone said, they would have been better to be red or another bright colour. She had to spend 20 minutes looking for where she put them down. In our garden that can be quite a hard job.

I never misplace garden tools

I find them to be one of the best pair of secateurs that I have used.

 

Got mine today, they look well made and seem comfortable to handle. I'll give them a proper try at the weekend. Up to now all I've ever owned have been the anvil type secateurs so using this Bypass type will be a first for me.

 

I tend to use bypass most of the time. Bypass is for green wood and anvil for dead wood.

 

Has anyone thought of wrapping some bright tape around the end of the handles? Hi-vis but shouldn't get worn off too quickly perhaps?

 

I thought a bright blue for the handles as there aren't any bright blue plants (apart from those Himalayan poppies??) and it shouldn't lead to any grief from patents from Felco (assuming they've patented red handled secateurs)

 

To be fair @silu our gardens are a bit on the large side so it's much easier to lose them forever!