Recommended secateurs anyone?

Just beginning to lose my second pair of Verve secateurs. Can feel the lock mechanism snatching already and then they will half lock on and then fall apart.

I have Fiskars etc etc and they are all very temporary devices. It really is a case of buy cheap, pay twice. Or in my case several times.

I don't mind paying £30 or more if it gets me something that might last more than a year.

Ta in advance!

 

Felcos are the best in my opinon I have had the same and blade for at least 5-6 years and still ok

 

I used this thread to help me decide last year

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/posts/851519/

and bought Okatsune 103 from Amazon. I've been very pleased with them.

 

Another felco fan here

 

Thanks V Much Stu, Fern and Westwales. Never heard of either make but will def look into them.

 

I've been using some Wilkinson Sword secateurs for a year now, they feel very sturdy:

http://www.wilkinsonsword-tools.co.uk/wilkinson-cutting-range/wilkinson-cutting-range-all

 

Cheap ones for me as they usually end up lost in the compost dump only to reappear years later as rusted up lumps.

 

I had a pair of Wilkinsons , very nice . Ruined them cutting very thick branches . AsWeeTam above and a few others I only pay up to £12 , as they do tend to go missing quite often.

 

Cutting the too-thick branches is a self-inflicted thing that I am guilty of Harry. But there is so much oriental stuff out there that should be labelled "crap".

I have also put them down and lost them, and I think the solution would be to have two pairs and have them joined by elastic via your sleeves, like one's gloves when at infant school.

Might have a quick youtube search on Edward Scissorhands now and investigate further possibilities.

 

Paul , I just bought a pair of Draper secateurs on Ebay . Draper normally make good quality and priced tools - except secateurs ! They are OKish but a little cheaply made.

Just checked - Screwfix have a range of Spear and Jackson secateurs at £14.99 , they should be good quality. Don't know if anyone has tried them ?

 

Have a look at this link: http://www.qualitygardentools.com/hand-tools/secateurs/viewcategory

Lots of choice here.

a-a

 

Felcos here. Had them best part of a year and they're still like new.

 

its one thing I wont buy on line as I like to hold them and get a feel for them 1st

just a thought.... I do the same cut too thick branches with them , done the same with lopers were I should of used saw .. too lazy to get out the garage then wished I did.

 

My Felcos are 20 years old and still going strong, and I bought a secondhand pair of Rolcut anvil secateurs about ten years ago, they were already 25 years old then and still cut hard thick stuff perfectly.

a-a

 

I love my Felcos - I fell in love with the make when I used them for a 6-week eye-opener, working as a "grunt" for a garden nursery.... They are over 25 years old now (have I really been hooked on gardening that long?!) and the only thing I have had to do is buy a replacement "coil spring", which cost me all of £2. They seem to cope with the challenging situations and branches I put them in, and have even been mown!! (Hence the missing red on the handle)