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

Solid quality and great for my gardening needs: thick branches to little stems...clean cuts and no issues. Feels in the hands and the grip is good - doesn't slip. A good buy for good quality.

Had to replace a pair that I mistaken tossed out with the trimmings (that very expensive brand, too ugh). So I tried this brand and was very happy with the performance and especially the catch! I had a pair that the catch constantly caught and it was very annoying to stop and release the catch. The catch on these won't accidently close, and bonus (!) it has a notch that can be set so the pruners only open part way when doing dead-heading and other little stuff. So far so good!

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.

Only gave this 4 stars because quality control was bad on my pair:GOOD - super sharp right out of the box and solid, well made prunerBAD - I have to file the locking mechanism because it is slightly too long to lock and doesn't engage

The product is well made, cuts are easy to make.

High quality pruners. Very sharp and durable.

A great too!! Easy to handle. Very effective.

Excellent pruners...maybe the best I've ever purchased. Very comfortable and makes clean cuts. So good I bought a 2nd pair.

What I wanted and it is proving itself