Haus & Garten ClassicPRO 8.5" Professional Premium Titanium Bypass Pruning Shears - Use As Pruners, Garden Shears, Heavy Duty Handheld Pruning Shears For Gardening, Clippers, Pruner Scissor Tool

First time with the Haus and Garten bypass pruner brand. My brand loyalty goes to Corona forged steel and their entire line of garden tools. My drool-worthy choice would be Felco pruners. However for the average home gardener - as am I - Felcos are overkill and cost double to triple for the same model of tools. I tried my new Haus and Garten bypass pruners, here’s the verdict: Very Good to Excellent. (If Felco’s are an A+ these are easily B+ to A-). I spent a few hours filling two 95 gallon bins. Very nice, smooth and clean cuts for dry branches up to 1/2” and all the way to 1” on green branches. Twigs, stems, small bush branches, small palms and ornamentals, piece of cake, no resistance. On large queen palm fronds 7ft to 9 ft little effort up to 3/4” but I used a pruner on anything over that, you just need a bigger too. Used correctly, no fatigue factor - ergonomics are great. The blade and the hook stayed clean, but what I was cutting had very little if no sap so I can’t comment on that. After use I cleaned with isopropyl alcohol on those 1-1/2” white bandage pads I had laying around. They cleaned up, you can’t tell they were used (try that on the lesser brands). I used a drop of mineral oil to put on a thin film to protect surfaces and a drop on the hinge. A tip, save the package the pruners can in and use as their storage case. I put in a couple white gauze pads for the next cleaning. These are made of Japanese grade stainless steel with a titanium coating, far more durable than forged steel which is prone to oxidize, dull and more difficult to clean. I’m hoping for a long time before needing sharpen. A comment on my Coronas: In my opinion Coronas would be included in the top five, no doubt. Coronas last, most of my Coronas are over 35-years, and not worse-for-wear, just a nice rust patina on them. Downside, they must be sharpened regularly either with very fine tanged flat file or a 400 - 600 grit whet stone. A necessary maintenance hassle. But to make any garden tool last and keep working properly, they all must have a sharp edge, just like any knife.

Great tool. Cuts cleanly and cutting is easy with the way the grip is designed. It has a locking mechanism for keeping the tool closed when not in use. Vendor was easy to do business with.

These are very nice pruners. Easy on the hands and cut cleanly.

Although pink, clippers seemed more sized for a man than a woman. I was glad that they sprung back open after a cut so as to be ready for the next cut. I think it said that it would cut a 1” thick branch, but I felt the pruners weren’t strong enough for doing so. Nice, sharp new pruners are nice to use.

Quality tool so far, easy to handle, did the job on my roses! Great customer service!

I work on my property 12 months of the year. I have never had a pair of shears as good as these. They are excellent as the blade stays sharp and the blades don’t stick together.

These are awesome! Got them quickly and for a good price and look forward to many years of use!

excellent purchase