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19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Real arm saver, but not heavy duty Dec 29, 2009
By For Fun Reader
The lopper has been in use for more than a year in my backyard orchard. It cuts very well, as claimed, blade is sharp, keeps an edge very well, but may get dented by 1-2 inch dead wood limbs. When using it, make sure you do not twist the handles - which may be a challenge when you must open it very wide to get the job done in difficult spots - because the thin blade will bend sideways and may even get permanently damaged (bent). Also, with intense use, handles do not hold up as expected.
With time you will learn that, on some occasions, it is wiser to use a pruning saw instead, in order to save your Fiskars lopper's blade.
It is a real arm saver indeed, but it would be an awesome lopper if it had a stronger blade and durable handles. Certainly not a heavy duty or professional grade tool. For that purpose, try Fiskars' titanium ratchet lopper (model 6680). Although the price is about $10 higher, the product is a lot stronger and designed for intense use. Beware that, in the United States, it is sold exclusively by Home Depot.
I give it three stars only because of the thin blade and the not so durable handles. The overall concept deserves more than five.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 A Real Good Lopper. Sep 14, 2009
By Gary Peterson
I've gone through at least 5 or 6 loppers in the last couple decades. I break the wooden handles. I've never considered myself to be that strong, but after a couple years of use, there goes the handles. I explained the problem to a hardware clerk and he suggested the Fiskars PowerGear Lopper with fairly long handles. He explained that the handles were steel with a plastic sheath covering and it would not be possible to break them. The length was to achieve power.
I've had the Fiskars Lopper for 2 1/2 years now and they work real well. I've lopped branches that were almost 2" in diameter with no problem. I even took on some dead branches. Well, the handles haven't broken and the blade has held up well, but now I notice that the plastic sheath over the handles is starting to slip and that I've produced a 1/4" gap between the orange and black part of the plastic. I suppose the orange will eventually slip off. What next? In any case, other than this problem, they're a real good lopper.
Gary Peterson
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Good for Trail Work Jun 19, 2010
By Gary W. Fogg
I am a crew leader for the Brunswick-Topsham Trail Partnership here in Maine, and we use lopping shears to prune back the vegetation from the sides of our many miles of hiking trails. I personally like the Fiskars 25 inch PowerGear Lopper because it cuts well and is so well-balanced and lightweight. Like most Fiskars products, however, this lopper is made only for light duty use by homeowners, and so its limitations have to be respected when using it for forestry and trail work. It slices through limbs up to 1 inch in diameter very well, but it will struggle somewhat with limbs from 1-2 inches in diameter. As other reviewers have said, do not twist the handles when taking on these larger limbs. While brushing, each of us also carries a 16 inch Fiskars pruning saw, which we have attached to a 36 inch axe handle. The pruning saw takes on larger limbs and even small trees, and so we don't force the lopper to do what it is not intended to do. We keep the blade sharp with Diamond Sharpening Cards -- honing tools that are a must for serious woods work.
Fiskars makes loppers with handles in varying lengths. The 25 inch handle is a good compromise between good reach and ease of use. The longer the handles, the more top-heavy the lopper feels, and also the more likely that you will pull the blade apart while attempting to cut a large limb. With shorter handles, you have less reach, less leverage, and more work to do in the long run. The bottom line is that we use the Fiskars 25 inch PowerGear model because it is so portable and such a pleasure to use, so long as you respect its limitations.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Fiskars power shears are great Oct 30, 2007
By Richard C. Suits
"woodsman"
The power loppers are a pleasure to use. They ARE powerful and the cut is smooth. I'd recommend them to anyone.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great Loppers Jun 28, 2009
By C. Slasor
"frisbeewife"
My old loppers were about 15 years old and had been sharpened repeatedly, but when the handle finally started falling apart it was time for a new one. These Fiskar's loppers are wonderful! The PowerGear makes it easy to cut branches up to 1.5" or 2" (depending on the type of wood). I didn't find that I had to open the handles any wider than on other loppers, so that isn't an issue to me.
I have a lot of landscaping and these loppers make it much easier for an early-50's woman like myself to keep my yard neat and trim.
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