Anybody tried battery secateurs?

[shillo]

These in particular on amazon Kebtek Professional Electric Secateurs. £299

[aspenarb]

Sooner put the £299 towards my coffin, the day I cant use ordinary secateurs is the day I will throw myself off a cliff.

 

Bob

[Stere]

Surely only needed if you own a vineyard or large orchards etc and do 1000's of cuts in  day?

[Steve Bullman]

23 minutes ago, Stere said:

Surely only needed if you own a vineyard or large orchards etc and do 1000's of cuts in  day?

I can think of plenty of large lime avenue pollards they’d have come in very handy for in the past 

[Blah]

1 hour ago, shillo said:

These in particular on amazon Kebtek Professional Electric Secateurs. £299

I bought a set of Kebtek's about a month ago. Best thing I ever did. I use them all the time, and they save my wrists. On apple pruning they go through an inch easily, so hardly ever getting the silky out anymore. Speeds it up no end. 

 

Don't know which one you're looking at; I have these https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09963TPZY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Looks like you can get £50 voucher, making them £149.99

 

 

[Rich Rule]

I have used battery powered Felco’s in the past.  Great tool when you have to repollard 60+ Lime trees.

 

They have a double press feature which closes them halfway, which is handy for the smaller growth.

 

Only downside is once you press they are closing no matter what is in there.  You have to be careful of your bridge, power cord and your fingers.

 

 

[Mike Hill]

I reduced and shaped a 60 meter Beech hedge with a pair of them. The client stated he wanted it perfect and knew it would cost.

 

The end result was staggering come spring.Worth every penny if your day involves thoudsands of cuts.

[Peasgood]

I bought some "cheap" Chinese knockoff electric secateurs, they cost me £350 which was a great deal of money to me at the time.

They enabled me to go so much quicker that I didn't need an assistant which in turn equalled them paying for themselves in 10 days (assistants were £35/day at the time)

My current "proper" Infaco set cost £1800 and no reason to think they won't last the rest of my pruning days.

If you are using secateurs a lot they are a no brainer.

You can get special gloves which turn them off before you chop your fingers off, I haven't got them and do still have all my fingers but as said earlier they are not going to stop just because your finger is in the way.

Having said that, my dumbass assistant managed to cut his finger within 20 minutes of being given ordinary secateurs. Extremely dumbass because all he had to do was walk along snipping occasional branches off, he could easily have had his other hand in his pocket and done the job he was asked to do.

[Rich Rule]

These are the ones I used.  I borrowed them from a friend.  They were not cheap but he has a couple of sets so lent them to me after a hand injury.

 

*hand Injury nothing to do with the secateurs.

 

FELCO 802

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[Stere]

See dewalt do them for £150 - 38mm cut claimed -  not bad if if you already have  dewalt batteries.