Which clippers do the job best?

A private house is a great place to relax, but the maintenance of its personal territory requires a lot of effort. You need to constantly mow grass, cut trees and shrubs. There are tools that can make these activities easy and enjoyable. These are garden shears of various modifications.

Types of clippers and key selection criteria

Grass shears are mechanical and electric. They are used for:

• Caring for flower beds, pruning roses.
• Formation of hedges and care for it.
• Mowing lawns and any grass.

How to choose a suitable model? Different types of work require different types of garden shears. For cutting lawn grass and crowns of coniferous shrubs, hand scissors with a wave-like cutting edge are suitable. For soft leaves and branches, a stubborn blade is suitable. To form a hedge, it is better to use scissors and a delimber.

On sale you can find garden tools from different manufacturers. The most popular of them:

• Fiskars;
• GARDENA;
• Yato
• Intertool
• FELCO;
• VerDi;
• Verano

Mechanical scissors come in several types:

1. Ordinary scissors;
2. Secateurs;
3. Delimbers;
4. High cutters;
5. Rotary;
6. With lever drive.

Secateurs are more popular than other types of garden tools. This is because they can in many cases replace scissors. Loppers and tall cutters are less popular. The most popular cut diameter is 21-30 mm.

Many tools have additional functions and features:

• The return spring facilitates the work with mechanical scissors, automatically returning the blades to their original position.
• Locking blades makes tool storage and transportation safe.
• The presence of removable blades makes it possible to extend the life of the tool.
• Adjustment of knives and handles allows you to configure the device to work in specific conditions.
• The finger loop helps hold the tool securely.
• The ratchet mechanism distributes the load over the entire length of the blades and makes it easy to cut branches of large diameter.
• The telescopic handle allows you to penetrate into places that are not accessible to ordinary scissors, in particular, located high above the ground.

Most often, gardeners buy a whole set of scissors and pruners. After all, each of the operations to care for green spaces has its own characteristics and requires a certain approach. Some of the tools combine several functions.

Garden shears

Mechanical scissors are usually lighter than electric ones, but much more effort is needed when working with them. In addition, they are cheaper than electric ones. Although the models of shears from different manufacturers can vary greatly in price. It also depends on the material from which the scissors are made, and a set of additional functions.

Fiskars 1020478 manual scissors have serrated blades 25 cm long. They do not damage the fabric of processed tree branches. The handle of the scissors is made of shockproof plastic, so you can work with them in any weather, even in the rain.

Fiskars PowerLeverTM 113710 garden shears for cutting bushes and grass are designed for processing hedges and lawn grass. Their cutting part can be adjusted by turning at the right angle, so mowing with lawn scissors is easy, you do not need to bend low.The blades are made of high strength stainless steel. They are blocked during storage. The handle is made of reinforced fiberglass. Handles are long, 90 cm, tool width 20 cm, weight 1.4 kg.

The extended Fiskars 113690 grass shears are equipped with a servo system that prevents pinching when cutting thick branches. You can work with them even with one hand. Leaning towards the ground is also not necessary. Handle length 1 m. The cutting part rotates 360 °. The weight of the scissors is only 600 g. The scissors are cut quickly and efficiently. Work better with gloves. The handle, although comfortable, can put pressure on the hand for prolonged use. The model has a lock.

Greenmill Classic scissors weighing only 90 g are designed for floristic work. They are easy to hold in your hand thanks to plastic overlays on steel handles. Blades are made of high quality hardened steel. True, users note that the scissor handles are too flexible, do not hold the shape, so with their help you can only cut flowers, cut off faded buds, thorns, thorns. Cutting flowers for bouquets, such scissors split the cut, so they remain beautiful for a long time.

Revolving garden shears provide the ability to rotate the cutting unit 180 °. At the same time, it can be fixed in several positions, for example, through 45 °, as in the rotary scissors Center tool (0240). Their Teflon-coated blades are wave-shaped, which prevents the plant stems and tree branches from being chewed. The handles of the device have hand protection against injury from branches. The tool is intended for the formation of hedges, consisting of branches up to 4 mm thick, and cutting grass. The scissor lock protects against injury from the blades when closed. Tool length 33 cm, cutting edge 13 cm, weight 400 g.

The design of brush cutters with a lever drive consists of two gear transmission mechanisms. One of them evenly distributes the effort, the second helps to stabilize the work when cutting strong tree branches. The lever drive distributes the efforts exerted by the gardener along the entire length of the blades. It is convenient to cut bushes with such scissors, cut trees, form a hedge.

The rating of garden shears with a lever drive is led by the Finnish model Fiskars HS52. Tool length 54 cm. Weight 0.6 kg. Stainless steel blades.

Garden shears for grass from the Polish manufacturer Flo, model 99301, with a total length of 32 cm and a blade length of 13.8 cm make it easy to process flower beds, terraces or lawn areas. The blades are easy to use thanks to the Teflon coating. It protects the metal from corrosion, residual grass and dirt do not stick to the work surface.

Electric scissors

For those who find the lawn mowing with shears seem too heavy, it is better to purchase an electric shear. At the same time, the presence of a cord to connect to an outlet is not necessary. They are powered by lithium-ion batteries. The time of their work when fully charged is about 45 minutes. This charge is enough to process a small area. Some manufacturers indicate the approximate length of the edge of the lawn, which can be processed in one charge.

Most of the cordless garden shears in the kit have knives for cutting grass and shrubs. They are made of durable hardened steel. With the help of such garden shears, you can easily curly trim the edges of the lawn. Then, changing the knife, form a crown of shrubs, giving them the desired shape. Cordless scissors are quite light, their weight is, depending on the model, 0.5-1 kg. Knife replacement time in modern models is no more than a minute. At the same time, it is performed without the use of additional tools and equipment.

The scissors rating is led by the German model AL-KO Multi Cutter GS 3,7 Li. Its weight is 550 g. The length of the blades for cutting grass and bushes is 16 and 8 cm. Designed for curly cutting of lawn grass and the formation of hedges.

The GRUNTEK AS-3 model of garden shears is also equipped with a pair of knives: for mowing grass 11.58 cm long and for bushes 8 cm long. Li-ion batteries with a capacity of 1.3 Ah with a voltage of 3.6 V do not discharge during storage, do not have effect of memorization. Tool weight 1 kg.

BOSCH ISIO cordless grass shears with 1.3 Ah lithium-ion battery. A feature of the model is the BOSH SDS quick-change knife system. The maximum charge time is 5 hours. For one charge, you can process about 600 m of the edge of the lawn.

A bag for collecting mowed grass will allow you to combine a haircut with cleaning the site. In this case, the weight of the structure will increase slightly. The soft rubberized pad on the scissor handle will make work easier, which will not allow the device to slide in your hands.

The disadvantage of such devices can be considered that:

• They need periodic recharging, which lasts about 5 hours.
• They can not be used in places remote from electrical networks.

Usually each house has power sources, so there are very few places where they cannot be used.

Secateurs

Secateurs are designed to remove branches of small diameter. They can have removable blades, wire cutters, opening locks and anvils. Can be used to trim hedges and form crowns of bushes.

The Fiskars P90 PRO 111960 professional secateurs are ergonomically shaped. Its blades are made of durable Teflon-coated stainless steel, and the handles are made of fiberglass reinforced polyamide. The upper blade is removable. The length of the tool is 23 cm, the diameter of the maximum cut is 2.6 cm. There are wire cutters and a lock.

The Berger 1110 secateurs are 22 cm long for cutting branches with a diameter of up to 2 cm. The blades are made of forged steel with anti-corrosion coating, the handle is made of forged aluminum. Secateurs weight 230 g. In addition, it is equipped with interchangeable blades, a hook with a groove for draining juice. There is a notch for cutting wire, a clamp for safe transportation.

The anvil of the German manufacturer Original LOWE with anvil has hardened Teflon-coated steel blades. Designed for cutting branches with a diameter of up to 2.5 cm. Tool weight 270 g.

The Miol secateurs with ratchet 99-010 can cut branches with a diameter of 3 cm. The length of the tool is 20 cm. There is a plastic lock.

Loppers and high cutters

The delimbers are high-rise (elevator) Akapulko TsI 0937 (manufacturer Centroinstrument) is used for trimming branches at high heights. The kit includes a retractable aluminum handle 235 cm long. It allows you to cut branches at a height of up to 363 cm. The cutting part with attached secateurs can be set in 8 positions. You can trim branches with a tool. A half-meter saw is designed for this. The weight of the cutter is 2.2 kg. Users claim that holding it on an outstretched arm is not easy. In addition, they would like the folded pen to be shorter.

The telescopic handle of the Fiskars 115562 high-cut polyamide is adjustable from 2.3 to 4.1 m. The blade is made of stainless steel, the maximum cut diameter is 3.2 cm. The cutting part is rotated 230 °. The height of the cutter is 1.1 kg.

When choosing a tool for site maintenance, they take into account the presence of trees on it, their height, the number of lawns, lawns, flower beds. Decide whether you need separate garden shears to mow the lawn, decorative bushes and hedges, or whether you can do alone. A correctly selected tool will make the job of caring for the site easy and enjoyable, and the result will delight the owners and their guests.