Fiskars 21-Inch PowerGear Bypass Lopper with 1-1/2-Inch Cutting Capacity #96276935A

List Price: $32.99 Discount Price: $21.54

Features:

• Bypass lopper is ideal for light and heavy-duty garden pruning
• Features patented PowerGear technology which increases cutting power to make big cuts quick and easy
• Non-stick coated blades for smooth, clean cuts
• 1-1/2 inch cutting capacity
• 21 inches long

Customer Reviews:

A great lopper but ........ [Posted on 2006-04-04]
I bought my Fiskars 96276935 lopper from Amazon in December 2004, a little over a year ago and have used it extensively. I really like that it will cut relatively large branches. However, while cutting a small 1" or so diameter tree recently the blade snapped off as reported by E.Chang. I bought a different model Fiskars lopper locally, one without the power gear, as I had a lot of trimming to do. I noted on a label on the new trimmer that it has a lifetime guarantee. I don't recall if the broken one had a lifetime guarantee, but will try to get Fiskars to send a replacement or replacement blade.

Excellent Lopper with Available Parts [Posted on 2006-05-03]
I had the same problem that another reviewer mentioned in that you can not buy the spare blade for this lopper at the retail outlets. Its not on the Fiskars website, either, so I e-mailed them and got a very helpful response. You have to call them at 800-500-4849 and you can buy any of the parts for any of the Fiskars products. They sent me a couple of pages out of their parts catalogue which detailed all the parts they sell. I'm planning on buying 2 spare blades --- even though they last a long time (mine lasted about a year of heavy use), when they go you can't sharpen them, so you'll want another one near by. If you do sharpen the blade, you will find that if you take off enough steel to get the sharp edge on the blade, the lopper blade no longer bypasses the stationary part and it renders the lopper useless. Still, this is the best garden tool I have, so I'm going to invest in the parts --- it beats buying a new one every year.

The best lopper on the market. [Posted on 2007-05-29]
I have used other loppers before and nothing can compare with these. They
make short work of small limbs and power through all smaller jobs. The Power Gear really does make it easy to cut with. I won't buy anything else for my small trimming jobs. They are the top of the line and well worth their cost.

from a woman's perspective... [Posted on 2007-06-19]
These loppers are simply the BEST! When my husband and I moved into a new old house, we found the yard filled with very old, overgrown shrubs in great need of serious pruning. We purchased these loppers for that purpose and have not been disappointed. They're pricier than the average pruner but the gearing really does help make cutting big branches a snap (so to speak).

Upper-body strength is something I don't have a lot of, but with these loppers, I can lop off 2" branches with a single snip. Very, very impressive. They have a good "feel" and when you're lobbing off branches, you feel like you're using a *real tool* and not some cheapo, lightweight imitation.

They've been dropped, tripped over, used to cut tree roots down deep in the dirt and more, and they're still sharp and strong and impressive. From now on, I'll probably stick with Fiskars for all of my sharp-edged garden implements.

High capacity, but weak handles [Posted on 2008-01-27]
Works well but handles can't take the torque of a large person. Mine broke off after about a year of fairly heavy use. Also, has trouble with harder wood like mesquite.

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