Anyone used a ARS Swinghead telescopic pruner?

[kentjames]

Since a post on a random facebook thread the other day I have had these pruners bookmarked with a view to asking this post.

 

Does anyone own / use one of these ARS Swinghead telescopic pruners?

 

They look ideal on spec for some of our 'light trimming' jobs for domestic clients and I can see them being useful for several applications but wonder if anyone has invested in them?

 

Here is a link to one - 180ZR-3.0-5

 

[Steve Bullman]

Looked into them myself a few years back but wasn't that confident the mechanism would hold up for that long

[treefrog]

Had mine about 5-6 years they are fanastic

[Hobbsurf]

We use Fiskars Telescopic Garden Cutter UP86, awesome.

 

Good for reduction work when you are in the canopy and its getting more twiggy than branches also.

[kentjames]

Thanks for all your replies

 

Looked into them myself a few years back but wasn't that confident the mechanism would hold up for that long

 

That was my concern really Steve

 

Had mine about 5-6 years they are fanastic

 

Are they strong enough to use professionally say once a week or so? They look ideal for some of the small trim up jobs for domestic clients.

 

We use Fiskars Telescopic Garden Cutter UP86, awesome. Good for reduction work when you are in the canopy and its getting more twiggy than branches also.

 

Ive used one of those before that someone had on site but it feels awkward using to pull whilst holding the tool? With these it would be like long secateurs.