New Secateurs - Felco or Wolf Garten

[spudulike]

Right - I need a new set of secateurs for normal pruning but am usually a bit lazy and use them for thicker branches when perhaps I shouldn't!

I have been drawn toward the Felco No2 and the Wolf Garten RR5000 - so it is a Swiss v German battle:001_rolleyes:

 

What do you guys use - they will be a present so am looking for decent and want something that will last - the wife broke the last pair that had done 15 years!

 

The Wolf Garten ones £22 and the Felco - £35 - best price, the Felco ones have spare parts available.

[Peter]

Felco here.

[Steve Bullman]

Wolf gear is good, but can only really be considered high end domestic use IMO. If you want the best get Felco

[SAM66S]

Felco all the way!

[Adam Bourne]

mmmmm, i've been thinking of a new pair of secs to, are felco really the best? i bought my last pair in france a few years back there name wore of them, so could not tell you what they were but they are still sharp ......ish:lol:, but never really thought of felco.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hehe just looked there Bacho

Edited July 31, 2011 by Adam Bourne
found out what my secateurs was

[MattyF]

Stihl make a good and very cheap alternative I now buy but only because I've lost 2 pairs of felcos this year alone... Felcos definietly are the best quality though.

[burrell_]

felco there the best

[big fell!]

I use my felco 6s everyday nearly, we have both makes and everybody seems o snap up the felco's first...

[easy-lift guy]

Here in the states I like Corona pruners or "secateurs". My Corona's do not gum up on me like felcos do and the cost is about the same.

elg

[porky]

Felcos are excellent but pricey. Lost one pair so thought I could warrant buying a metal detector to find them. Never found them or anything else for that matter, so still ended up buying a new pair! Now they are returned to the holster everytime.