Fiskars PowerGear Loppers Bypass, Hook Head (M) L74, Hook Head, Non-stick coating, Cutting diameter: 3.8 cm, Hardened steel, Length: 55 cm, Black/Orange, 1000582

Best loppers I've ever had. Very light weight but easily cut through branches.

Good quality loppers. Light in weight,easy to use. Obviously you have to open the arms wide to cut the largest branches of it's capacity, this may be restrictive in some cases. Prices vary on the web you need to trawl a bit for the best. I was pleased with my purchase and the geared principle of the loppers is a boon. I would recommend them to others although a bit pricey!

These are very light which is good but also quite lightweight. We have had ours for a year and used them In our small garden. Recently they became quite stiff and stopped cutting so well. I bought a genuine Fiskars replacement blade to see if that would improve performance but when I took them apart found that the reason they had stopped cuttting is because the cast aluminum lower part of the jaw had snapped. As a consequence it was pushing on , and had cracked, part of the plastic gearing teeth, and that in turn meant the jaws no longer fully closed. These are too expensive to last only 12 months. I now see from other people’s posts that this is a common problem and clearly a design fault - shame as Fiskars generally are one of the better garden tool manufacturers.

This is about my fourth pair of these, and I shall go on buying them because they are so fantastic and I would not be without them. However, for the price, they are very easily damaged, and in the rough and tumble of my rather overgrown garden I have to buy new every two or three years. This is partly my fault as there is sometimes hidden wire in hedges, and this damages the blade, of course, but it certainly damages these rather more so than other tools I have. For all that, they are an absolute must-have for me. They are so light and so sharp, and they really do make life a lot easier.

These are great. They are very lightweight but stong enough to capably cut through most brash. I'm in a conservation group and everyone who has borrowed these from me comments on how good they are. I am thinking of getting another pair as they get borrowed so much.

Absolutely brilliant. Light weight with an amazing cutting ability. Have more than one Fiskars product and would not use any other makes.

The one big limitation with this otherwise excellent pair of loppers is that the arms have to be gapingly wide in order to open the blades wide enough for anything larger than a twig! I have been using them daily as I am a professional gardener and I find that 8 times out of 10, the situation I need them for is too restrictive to have the space needed to open them up fully. If they were extendible that would overcome much of the problem. Such a shame as they cut like butter and cause none of the shudder up the wrists and arms associated with cheaper loppers. It's hard to match Fiskars for cutting quality (Okatsune being one exception) but there's a bit of a design flaw here that would lead me to buy a different design from their range next time.

I'm extremely delighted with these loppers. Incredibly light-weight which makes them a joy to use. And strong blades. Only one difficulty. You have to open the handles wide to grip a branch and this can be tricky when trying to reach into a shrub to prune. Aside from this I highly recommend them.