Spear & Jackson 4930FZ Razorsharp Telescopic Tree Pruner

Really good quality and as the name suggests it’s really sharp. Bought this on a deal so was a very good price. It’s a decent length and if it were longer it might become too heavy too manoeuvre. It did, after a while of using become a little heavy but it needs to be this weight for strength. I gave it five stars because I was pleased with the way it performed and it’s a solid piece of kit. Will last a lifetime. One thing, the saw blade comes unattached but the wing nut and bolt to secure it are attached to the head, loosely screwed together. I wasn’t aware of this and began using the pruner during which the wing nut and bolt unscrewed and fell to the ground. I spotted this and was able to retrieve them, however they could have easily been lost.

This is the best gardening tool I've ever used. As it's name suggest this is truly razor sharp. It cuts thorough branches like slicing a butter using a knife :) Arrived with a small damage, but Amazon gladly agreed for a partial refund. For the positive side, I can certainly give five star because it's sharp cutting blades (which is the most important part.. obviously). I've used both pruner and the saw tool and both are really really sharp, so I don't need to put much effort to cut thorugh branches. Also, the build quality is very good and seems like I can use it for years to come. Saw blade is very sharp and I've cut though 2-3 inch branches in a snap. If I come come to negative side of the tool, it's little bit heaviour but I think that's because of the quality of the materials used. The provided string is not too good but you can replace it with any other suitable one in no time. Also as some other reviewers said, two fly nuts get loosen when you use it, so it has to tighten up reguraly. All in all, for the price I think this is a very good deal. So grab it... you won't get disappointed :) Update 2016: I'm still using this product and used it for usual gardening every summer. Now the string is worn out, but still usable. When it break I will replace it with another string. The blade still good and I never sharpened it. Still cuts through about 1.5 inch branches with bit of effort. I've used saw blade heavily last summer to cut down 10-15 branches and it now has a small bent on it. Still usable though :) All in all, this is worth every penny and when this breaks I'll buy another Spear & Jackson product. Well Done Spear & Jackson! Hope this review and review update help someone out there!

Bought this item with only one particular job in mind really and does everything I wanted it to do. Item already assembled and just needed to remove plastic packaging. Havn't used the additional saw option but have seen where the attachment goes and looks east to assemble and imagine would be very effective. The lopper action is great. It is as sharp as it claims to be and cuts through any size branches very cleanly and as another reviewer commented the cutting tool acts as a claw to pull cut branches down. Personally I love it and for my small bi-annual job it does a brilliant job. If I was a tree surgeon or a serial tree lopper then I guess you would maybe buy a more expensive item but this does a fantastic job in my opinion for the price. I don't know whether more expensive models would be lighter as this is quite a heave item once fully extended and I can imagine unless very strong would be difficult to use for long or frequent jobs. Also, altough not a problem to me, maybe other choices would have the string on the inside of the casing, although wasn't a problem for me and as is sturdy, pulled away from things with ease. Not to users. As someone previously mentioned, I too had an issue with the screws and washers coming loose when I used it. This was after about 15 minutes of prolonged use and fortunately I was working on a hard surface therefore, heard them fall, however I can imagine could be quite annoying if lost on soft surface and not discovered until next time of use and lost altogether. Slight design fault, however I soon tightened them up and didn't have the problem again. Overall, very sharp and did a great job for me, pruning several high up branches on a troublesome tree which I will do twice a year and confident this bit of kit will last me my lifetime to do this type of job.

I got this to cut some branches that over hangs the summer house. I found it very easy to assemble the saw went through thick branches with ease and the cutting was really helpful just position it into place and pull the rope and it cuts with ease. The cut is neat and tidy. You can adjust the height from hard to reach branches. This is light weight and easy to use and locks into place it stores really easy as it is a thin pole.

Excellent lopper, good value for money, length is good, good quality, very sturdy/strong, blade for cutting is sharpe, cuts branches an inch thick, lopper quite heavy when extended fully and your up a ladder with not brilliant strength in my arms and not good with heights but actually cut loads down, I’ve not used the saw part of it yet.

This arrived earlier today. I have a tree growing in my back garden and I have always pruned the lower branches. However the higher and really thick branches had extended almost over to our kitchen window. I had been quoted £550 by a firm to cut the branches and take them away. Because of the thickness of the branches I needed something with a saw attachment. What a godsend this product from Spear and Jackson was. It took me a few minutes to attach the saw blade and I was ready to go. Within 15 minutes all the branches were cut. The saw attachment went through them easily. It took me another hour to cut everything into small bits and package them into 3 bins but that's it all done and tidied up. This is a great product at a brilliant price and I'm really glad I bought it. Buy with confidence.

Semplicemente, magico

This thing is incredible. Sharp and long reach. I remove the saw when only pruning as it gets stuck between the branches and its quite easy to put back on. It won't cut dry branches well but fresh branches are cut without a glitch. This is my go to when cutting overgrown branches.

As a small, 69yo woman with quite a few trees, I was looking for a means of pruning my trees without needing a ladder. This pruner does the job perfectly for me. I haven't needed to use the pruning saw yet, but the cord-operated cutter is brilliant. It's very sharp and pruning is now something that I can do easily. It takes a bit of practice to avoid tangling the cord up in the branches, but once I got the hang of it, I was fine. I recommend it.

Een razorblade scherpe zaag en schaar die zonder enige inspanning takken van de boom verwijderd. Een aankoop waar wij heel veel plezier aan gaan beleven.

El mayor problema de este pedido fue que no cerraban un plazo de entrega, ponía que podía ser de mes y medio, pero tras llamar a Amazon todo fue mas rápido (18 días y venia de UK). Por los 44 euros que pague me parece un producto muy solido y bien elaborado con lo que hay que entender que tiene un peso bastante elevado y que eso dificulta su manejo. El cabezal donde va la tijera y se coloca la sierra esta hecha de una placa de unos 3 mm. de espesor, solida y sin deformación durante su uso. Lleva varios tornillos de sujeción que hay que apretar para que no se pierdan (sobre todo el del apriete de la sierra porque se debe montar y desmontar). La sierra aunque no es muy larga esta muy bien afilada y corta de maravilla aunque la pena es que no se puede quitar la tijera de poda lo cual complica su uso en zonas con muchas ramas. En cuanto a la tijera va muy bien y sin un esfuerzo excesivo puede cortar ramas "verdes" de hasta unos dos centímetros de diámetro. La cuerda de accionamiento parece resistente y que va a durar bastante. El sistema de sujeción y apriete del mango extensible va muy bien y es muy sencillo de utilizar.