Pole sticks, Fiskars UPX86, Magnusson etc..

[kram]

Many of you use one of these?

 

My mate had a pair of the Fiskars, which were excellent, and you'd hope so at £130. Sadly due to a lack of maintence, one is broken and needs a new string and the other recently was stolen along with a rake - tho Id say more likely they fell off somewhere around the m25.

We use it just as much from the ground as from ladder or in the tree.

 

I have just bought the cheaper Magnusson version for £85, yesterday. It seems good quality, likely from the same factory. This one comes with a saw blade where as the Fiskars its an extra.

 

Magnusson Tree Bypass Telescopic Loppers

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The extended reach of this tree lopper allows access to high tree branches without the need of a ladder, whilst allowing for trimming at ground...

 After an hours use copping bramble and puling them out, the cable fell off the pulley.

 

The problem is that little guard over the pulley is riveted on, I could have drilled it out for a shoulder bolt, but it was easier to get a replacement. They said swapping a bolt wouldnt harm warranty either. Good tool in my opinion.

 

[Stere]

ARS make some nice stuff

 

Fixed

 

Long reach pruners - ARS Tools

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When pruning large shrubs or flower beds, it is useful to use pruning shears on a stem. This way you can go high without...

 

Telescopic

 

Telescopic long reach pruners - ARS Tools

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When pruning large shrubs or flower beds, it is useful to use secateurs with a telescopic handle. This way you can go high...

 

 

Not a big max cut diameter but top quality

 

 

Ive not uses the wolf  garten pole set with the  string pull loppers I have much at all since I got an ARS wire internal one.

 

 

Wolf Garten Multi Change Adjustable Anvil Tree Lopper| Official UK Stockist

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Anvil cutting action 180° adjustable working angle For branches up to 40mm in diameter 4:1 pulley system Use with...

 

I see they also do a ARS/Metallo pole  lopper pole head with claimed 50m cut

 

Pruning elements - Metallo Tools

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Prune your trees easily from the ground with these pruning elements. The K-6770 can be combined with the Metallo...

 

^Looks good versus the wolf and a more fancy pully block multiplier than the bacho  anyone got it?

 

[kram]

Those external string types are nasty, do not like. The anvil is facing downwards, fixed angle and bulky, its hard to target the branch you want.

 

The Fiskars style is slimline, for example, you can go through a bush and nip a bramble at the centre then pull it out in one length. 100x nicer to use, particually from a ladder or up a tree.

 

The Ars ones appear to be a 1:1 ratio as the handle has very little travel, wont be much good! Also half the length.

 

Also to add, B&Q were sold out so I originally got a refund. Screwfix sell them and was a lot closer than the next B&Q so got replacement there.

[Stere]

The wolf anvil head has an is adjustable angle mount

 

The ARS has very   high quality blades versus others brands iv'e used so even without a force multiplier  still works well....

 

ARS loppers and secateurs hand tools etc are a  better quality than the fiskars ones but ive not tried the fiskars pole x86

 

The X3 multiplier sounds good .....

 

Im abit of a  lopper  fanatic got theese ones -  beasts of a loppers

 

[Husqvarna King]

Fiskars will send out replacement string and cord. Or at least they used to. It’s a bit of a ballache but there was a good video on line (not in English but easy enough to follow) of how to change it. Did a few in the years I worked for myself. Also liked the wolf garten rr400 which was similar to the fiskars but would wear out and be difficult to extend after a while. Had a button you could press to double up your pull on thicker cuts too thick was handy. Gardena also make one which wasn’t bad but the adjustable head was always movable and couldn’t be locked which was annoying if you wanted to push it in above a growth point or push a hanger out.

[Stere]

Electric ones :🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 25 by Stere

[Dan Maynard]

9 hours ago, kram said:

After an hours use copping bramble and puling them out, the cable fell off the pulley.

Doesn't sound like a good tool to me.

[kram]

These were thick 30mm brambles. Quite sure a bit got caught inside the cable and yanked it off the pulley as I pulled the stick out. Its not the normal expected use for this tool.

I will remove the rivet for a shoulder bolt and a taller pulley so it cant happen again. The length and reach and use of the tool are great.

 

Anyway the Milwaunkee above seems good but its only 3m, not adjustable angle, heavier and £600+. I'm not convinced it would do the thinner stuff as well as the manual one, and that is most of what we use it for. That wouldnt be so bad if the head was replacable for a polesaw and hedge trimmer, but its not, they are all seperate tools that would be very expensive..

 

I now have a spare bracket for the saw attachement, so I might fit my fakita tools onto that for polesaw and electric pruner use.

 

 

[Clutchy]

Tried them all - none survive passed 6 months with employees. 

 

Fiskars work out the best as you can order new heads and strings for them, but often the shaft gets bent. 

 

I have sucome to replacing all the time is what it is