EasyKut lopping shears..

[Rebel_Commando]

Does anyone use or has used the EasyKut ratchet,telescopic lopping shears?

 

I bought a pair today because they did look well built and because of the ratchet system I though they would be better for my old man to use since they are supposed to take less effort to cut with.

 

Normally I research a bit before I buy something but bought them on a whim because they looked the part lol

Just wondering if they are likely to last,or they are going to go the same way as the last 3 pairs of loppers the old man has broke! lol

[Andy Collins]

I have broen many pairs of these kinds of loppers over time, on the cheaper ones the ratchets snap, on the dearer ones the handles have snapped. Probably, in all fairness, down to me trying too hard to cut something far too hard for what they are designed to do. Best suited to the hobby gardening types IMO. but i'll never learn and keep breaking them I suppose

[Rebel_Commando]

haha I know what you mean!

 

I've got these loppers for reducing about 150 yards of hedge at home,mainly hawthorn with some holly and blackthorn mixed in (There's gonna be blood spilt! lol) Due to a ditch on one side and steep 8ft bank the other, petrol power is out of the equation for me lol