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Talkback: How to choose secateurs

I have used Felco no2 secateurs for past 35 years they are
the BEST.
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  • agree with eddie, best secateurs I have ever bought.
  • I have bought loads of secateurs and had others given - all pretty useless, though they felt OK in the hand. Your video didn't help me to identify the best to buy, apart from being bypass. Can you not, please, recommend some makes? I have a sick husband and can't get out much to shop around.
  • I'm undecided between bypass Felco 2, 7, 8 or Okatsune 103 (will use different anvil ones for woody material). I'll be using them a lot, including for chopping up green stems for compost. There isn't a stockist near to try them. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the conical and flat holsters for the Felcos?
  • Buzzy2Buzzy2 Posts: 135

    I have always used Wilkinson sword, but have left them somewhere in the Garden

    Bought a pair of Qualcast to use till I found the others, and they fell apart in half an hour. So don't buy these!

  • I have a pair of the Okatsune 103 and I think they are just awesome. I have large hands and these just work well for me. Keep an edge for 6 months till I went through some wire, not too heavy, fantatastic blade and easy to operate with gloves/wet sand muddy hands. Only problem is that I can't find them retailing anywhere except online. they fit great in the conical tyre holster from local garden centre. 

  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    I think it depends what you do most, i love the ratchet type and am not bothered about the brand image
  • Felco are undeniably good (the best, it could be argued).....but a bit of an indulgence I feel (unless a present, of course) as there are extremely good secateurs available at a fraction of the price.   

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    My tools have a hard life of use and abuse and the potential for being lost in the undergrowth. .I have some nice ones, unbranded, inexpensive, that OH found in the Screwfix catalogue last year. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,352
    I'm a heavy user of secateurs & use them to cut things that maybe I shouldn't (wire, thicker branches etc)

    I'm currently using Wolf bypass ones and have had them for about 5 years. They always sharpen up nicely & have withstood my misuse so far.

    They are in the Wolf trademark colours of orange & yellow so are less likely to be mislaid in the garden (still do it regularly but I do find them eventually - unlike previous pairs of green & grey ones....).
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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