Professional Tree Loppers for Gardening - Heavy Duty Telescopic Tree Pruner with Advanced Ratchet Mechanism, Tree Cutter with Premium SK5 Steel Blades, Garden Tools from Davaon Pro

I've had these about a week now, and I have to say they've been excellent. I had some old "bypass" loppers that would always get stuck with anything more than half an inch, and I'd end up struggling to cut through and even free the looppersIt's early days but these have gone through everything I've thrown at them. In my experience, if the branch can get fully within the jaws, then these will cut through it. Mostly a single chop is enough but if not, then several repeated items and closes off the handles sees them chomp through.I like the mechanism for extending the handles. You twist the end, extend or shrink the arms, and then twist back to lock. Much better than my old loppers where I had to turn the whole lower handle and it would often jam because it was the same place where you exerted effort.Weight wise, yes they are relatively heavy. Continued use would be tiring on the arms especially if holding them elevated. The plus side is that they seem sturdy and they do the job quickly and efficiently so hopefully not having to use them for extended periods at a time. I'm six foot, male but don't work out and don't have huge biceps muscles but I'm still reasonably strong, so I can see that some would find them quite tiring, but on the other hand they do a lot of the work for you.I did find them quite a joy to use especially given how poorly performing my old loppers were. I found myself walking round the garden chopping anything I could find to test them out, and I was not once disappointed with their performance.I would say that the stated capability re thickness of branches they can lop is about right, and certainly not exaggerated. In fact I have been amazed at what they will cut.. Things that previously I had needed a treesaw for.So in summary they appear robust. They've worked well on everything I've tried. I would say they might not loop cleanly if the branch isn't fully between the jaws (ie if its only in the outer part of the jaws), but I think the greatest pressure would be excreted by the inner part of the jar so not surprising. Overall I'm very pleased. Wish I'd bought these ages ago.

I previously had an anvil loppers that was very similar in style to the "S & J Razorsharp Advance Heavy Duty Telescopic Ratchet Anvil Lopper" but from Aldi. This worked a treat for many years until the blade broke. I was almost set on getting the S&J loppers above as it would be a direct known good replacement but decided to take a chance on this one instead. One of the big draws for me was it indicated that it could cut up to 60 mm branches. and I'm pretty sure it did. I tried it out the day I got it. Its very sharp and cuts really cleanly and a branch that was about 60 mm or maybe even a bit more (didn't think to take a picture).Now it doesn't have telescopic handles like my previous loppers but its handles are reasonably long which gives plenty of leverage. The ratchet mechanism is very smooth and the great advantage of it compared to my old one is that you don't have to open the handles wide in order to get it to ratchet to the next setting. Great when you're literally in the thick of it. The other thing that I found good was being able to switch it to non ratchet mode, basically it allows you to cut small branch with just a regular cutting motion. My old one just did ratchet mode and cutting small stuff and having to ratchet the cutter repeatedly to get down to it was a pain - in fact I usually switched to using a seceteurs but that could be a strain.Anyway I'm really impressed with this loppers and its also my first time purchasing something made by Davaon. I have to say this looks well built and I think will last the test of time.

I received mine today and managed to get a job done that i had been putting off for a while. After unpacking the loppers from the excessive packaging i found the loppers, and on first sight they look quite well made, i then tried to remove the label card fastening the handles together that is held with 4 zip ties which are that tight it makes it hard work to remove it before you can use the loppers. The loppers are sharp,easy to use and do extend to a useful length and the ratchet system works well so far. Firstly i have to say I tested it on 1/2"- 1 1/2" branches, the smaller ones it went through with ease, thicker ones is where the ratchet system comes into action, and give them their due they cut with relative ease, although a fair bit more force is required, the thicker the branches get, but they did the job. OK thats the good points, now for the bad. To extend the arms you have to twist the ends of the handles which only go one way so look at the arrow for direction, they are also are quite hard to turn, I extended the handles to the max position and tried all thicknesses again, the thin branches are no problem, but cutting thicker than 1" to the max of 1.77" (45mm max guaranteed cutting thickness) with the handles extended is where the problem starts. It is going to cut it, but you will end up with bending the handles so care is needed and proper use of the ratchet system is a must, but the handles are not really up to the job and i would suggest not exceeding a 1" thickness if extended . Also after using for half an hour or so, they do get very end heavy when used fully extended. In conclusion, they are reasonably good loppers and will probably last and give good service. In my opinion these loppers should not be made using aluminium handle extensions and I think they need to do a re design on them, otherwise they are sharp and work well, time will tell, and as always, I will update my review as and when i have more to add.Just an updateAs I expected, the alloy handles can’t take the pace and they have bent cutting a 1” branch, straightened them but I would suggest you purchase ones with steel handles, I’ve revamped my old ones and am using them now.