Anybody tried battery secateurs?

[kram]

They look damned stupid on video, rounded battery so they cant be stood up on a surface.

I'll be the same innards as all the others, note there are a couple of different sizes. I'd suggest getting a Fakita or one compatable with whatever battery platform you already have. Mine are "Mirthbuy" and are decent.

[tree-fancier123]

15 hours ago, htb said:

Lad I knew did that 10 yrs ago cut his thumb off, tried to sew it back on not successful though, now got half a thumb, was a proper job.

 Used to use felco battery ones in the late 90's just when they came out, doing a couple of thousand orchard trees each year.

some of the commercial ones for vineyards and orchards now have good safety cut out systems that stops the blades closing if the other hand is too close

 

[kram]

Looks like an unessasary faff. What if the battery runs out in the glove, or it gets knocked and stops working, would the cutter still work?

 

We use chainsaws, we dont generally chop out fingers off with those.

 

Concentration, respect the tool and turn it off when not actively cutting, very simple way to keep your fingers.

 

Safety has gone too far. I cant send a bank payment to my father without 20 pages of anti scam questions, fraud warnings, several text message verifications and endless annoyance!

 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by kram

[Mick Dempsey]

I dunno, if you’re doing thousands of cuts a day it’s not such a bad idea

[kram]

Hmm well we can do thousands of chainsaw cuts a day. Perhaps we should ask HSE to make those flappy top guards mandatory on all professional top handle climbing saws?

 

Sod off !

 

I've got three of the secateurs and have used them all day long. Its very simple, if you want to keep your fingers whilst using dangerous tools, you have to respect it, and follow basic rules. The most important is turn it off when your not cutting.

 

You wouldnt walk around carrying a chainsaw, its running with the brake off, idle set very high or pinned throttle so the chain is spinning. Thats exactly the danger level of the secateurs, if they are turned on.

[tree-fancier123]

27 minutes ago, kram said:

Hmm well we can do thousands of chainsaw cuts a day. Perhaps we should ask HSE to make those flappy top guards mandatory on all professional top handle climbing saws?

 

Sod off !

 

I've got three of the secateurs and have used them all day long. Its very simple, if you want to keep your fingers whilst using dangerous tools, you have to respect it, and follow basic rules. The most important is turn it off when your not cutting.

 

You wouldnt walk around carrying a chainsaw, its running with the brake off, idle set very high or pinned throttle so the chain is spinning. Thats exactly the danger level of the secateurs, if they are turned on.

all this wisdom from someone who still goes out to work in a car - when you getting a van or truck?

[kram]

I have no want or need to become a waste carrier. I let others do that.

[Peter 1955]

2 hours ago, kram said:

 

We use chainsaws, we dont generally chop out fingers off with those.

 

Usually legs, I reckon ( I have no figures to back this up of course ) or in extreme cases, throats. Unless you're using a top handle ( in which case you're either a trained professional, or have a cavalier attitude to safety ) you can't cut your fingers, because they're on the saw handles. 

Anything at al which can be operated single handed increases the risk immensely. 

[Peter 1955]

10 minutes ago, kram said:

I have no want or need to become a waste carrier. I let others do that.

Don't forget that you need a licence to be a waste carrier. 😉 Luckily, I only bring home valuable fuel for my logburner.

Must go, the Gloucester Old Spots are coming in to land and refuel. 😂