Corona SL 7280 Forged Pro Cut Bypass Lopper, 2-Inch Orange

I used this lopper for 12 years until my son broke the handle. So, I bought a new one. This one is new design and blade is not double curved, like the old version was. Even new design is very efficient and works very professionally. The weight is little bit high, but is is necessary due to very tough metal it has, despite that you can work with the lopper easily. Handles are very convenient to use for it has very nice material to grip. I am happy with my product.

Couldn't find my old one, so bought another, as I liked the old one, which is incredibly tough. New one seems the same although have to say not quite as handy. Maybe just used to the old one. Course found the old one after getting the new one.

It takes down 1-1.5 inch branches easily, way better than the Fiskars. The Fiskars have broken twice with similar branches.

The best.

Every professional gardener or landscaper has their favorite lopper. This is definitely mine. It maintains a sharp blade longer than oyhers; is well weighted and balanced; cuts large limbs; does not trust, and even when used daily survives for years.

First, I have been using this model from Corona for 8 years and love them. They do break eventually but I get my money out of them. This is the first of the 2 most recent ones after less than a month of use. Notice right at the bend it says fully forged steel for strength. These are rated for up to 2 inch and I've never had issues before. In the sellers defense they did take this one back. The replacement they sent me bent on the FIRST CUT. I do not have a pic of that one but I did return it. They are REFUSING to credit me back, even though they are under warranty and will be credited by Corona. So the seller gets his money back but I dont.

They are great loppers but they are extremely heavy, not recommend it for people with no strength

Works cleanly with fresh branches up 1.5 inches and dried out hard ones up to 1 inch was my experience. It can do larger, but it gets harder and usually takes two cuts to get through. The one rubber/plastic handle on my pair slips a little bit occasionally by about an inch, and I have to slide it back down from time to time. It is not a big deal, nor a safety concern, but a tad annoying.

Blade edge rolled on the first cut, making these instantly unusable. A few months back I bought a smaller pair of Corona loppers, which suffered THE SAME FAILURE on their first cut, and so I returned them. Fast forward to the present, and I thought maybe I just got unlucky, and so decided to try again, this time opting for a larger pair (because maybe I was asking too much of the smaller ones?). Nope. Out of the box, went to cut a ~1.5" red cedar bough -- the blade went through the first inch or so cleanly, and then chewed its way through the rest. The cutting edge had folded over (see photos) so badly that now the two sides can't pass by each other. Frustrating waste of time and money. Otherwise the build looks solid, but I have no idea how these hold up to prolonged use because both times they broke on the first cut. Stay away.