Draper73728 165mm Soft Grip Precision Straight Pruning Secateur

These are worth their weight in gold.They are so handy and even cut paper perfectly.I know they're for the garden, but they're handy for so much more.

I'm a professional florist and have been searching for the elusive pair of 'perfect scissors' for years. I tried a pair of these out last year, and can now conclude that I've finally found them! After a year of constant daily use, my first pair finally succumbed... The central spring gave up, and the plastic tab that you use to keep them closed broke off. The blades, however, were still perfect after about 300 days of abuse...They'd been subjected to what can only be described as 'extreme floristry' though!! Any normal person, based on this, would probably get several years out of these wonderful little snips. Perfect scissors for light to mid-weight stems... No problems with gardening duties at all, and the blades are skinny enough to get in to difficult spaces too. Team these with a pair of chunky secateurs for heavier work, and you're sorted.An absolute bargain at under £7 a pair.... I have 3 unopened packs stored in my workshop, as I'm terrified that they might stop making them one day before I'm ready to retire!!

Does the job, instead of using our kitchen scissors. Having podgey fingers they are useful to me for getting in for dead heading and light foliage cutting. They are long enough to get into a plant without damaging it. The locking device is easy to use with your thumb, and these secateurs are certainly sharp enough to take the end off it.

I have a small Bonsaii "forest" in the back garden, consisting of eight different trees. Since several of them are more than 100 years old (before you ask: no I didn't plant them myself :-), I am anxious to be nice to them and keep them healthy. Periodically they need branches pruned and occasionally to be removed from their pots and for their roots to be trimmed. As soon as these secateurs arrived I shot out into the garden to try them out. As she wasn't watching at the time, I tried them on my wife's fuchsia plants first :-), before attacking my very expensive Bonsaii trees. The secateurs are fairly small (165mm, about 6 inches in old money), but very sharp, so will be perfect for work on Bonsaii trees. I imagine they would also be good on many other small to medium sized plants (they certainly prune "she who must be obeyed" fuchsias OK).

Great snippers. Bargain for the price.

My husband was unimpressed when I first handed him these. ' more garden scissors' he said. However when he tried them he said 'these are brilliant'. We now have 2 pairs, as there is a blind panic when we mislaid the first pair. These are the best snips for dead heading, and light pruning. Not suitable for heavy pruning. I love them for cutting flower stems, and dead heading roses. These are a must for any gardener and a great gift. The price is really excellent.

I bought these garden snips because they had so many great reviews. They deserve them all. So comfortable in the hand and really smooth and easy to use. Very sharp making pruning a breeze. Such a good price from Draper. I have several of their items and they are all excellent

Really really good little pruners and useful for lot of jobs around the garden. Not secateurs in the normal sense and more like scissors in their action. Cope with thin and soft stems. Very sharp.Would have given five stars, but for the fact that they are not supplied with a blade protector. They are quite small and I keep them in my shirt pocket as they could easily be lost, but clearly need to be vey careful when doing so.