ARS HP-130DX 7-Inch Ideal Light Pruner / Pocket Secateur, Colors Vary

I am a professional event florist and use these shears for cutting my flowers as I am making arrangements. I have found the ars shears to be very comfortable to hold with a smooth handle that seems to fit perfectly in my right hand. I love the latch closure which helps me secure the blades closed for easy traveling in my bag to an event. They are very sharp when you first get them and can easily give a deep cut if you aren’t paying attention. Overall I think these are a great value. I have not figured out how to properly sharpen them so I end up purchasing a new pair every 5-6 months to get a nice sharp cut on my flower stems. They are definitely worth the price.

I love them , but wish they had come w a protective shield or cloth bag for storage. They make trimming fresh flowers easy w sharp cuts. I also use them to deadhead flowers in the garden. Great value at price point. Very easy to handle. Flip metal clip to open/close for storage Arthritis friendly. Highly recommend!

In my long history of gardening, nothing beats the ARS pruner. I've owned and used many other pruners earlier on, but when I got my first ARS pruner, that was it. It is extremely sharp, great for people with small hands and very durable. I also re-sharpen if needed and still get a great cutting edge. I bought this one for a friend. I highly recommend ARS pruners.

I have a husband who takes his frustrations with yard work out on my garden tools. Last year I found my favoprite pruner rusted, under a downspout. This year it was on the ground under a wet tarp. I came back to Amazon and ordered another of the Coronas I had been using for years, and it had rust just one week after I opened the package. That one is on it's way back. I read the article Amazon has links on the best pruners and decided to give the ARS a try. Since they are fairly expensive I decvided to get this one as a back up, so I never hand him my nice pruners. I took them both out in the yyard yesterday, and there is very little difference between them, which is surprising since these are half the price. The only notable differences are that this has slightly thinner handles and thicker blades. It is carbon steel, which means it should hold it's edge for a good long time, and also be rust resistant.They were very easy to use one handed, and required little force. I pruned my Pommagranite tree in minutes. I did not do as well with thick branches as my old coronas. Those I could use with branches up to an inch, maybe more (with multiple cuts). These were excellent up to a half inch or so, but I could not even get it around larger branches, and since I have quite a few... will probably be using my saw more than I did in the past. But, I live effectively in the rain forest, and have weeds which can grow over 30 feet in a season. Not many people (outside Hawaii) have to deal with that. I think these would be excellent for more routine gardening tasks. If you have trees to take out, at least go up to the 8 inch. These are, however, nearly indistinguishable from the 7x.

I like the ease of cutting through most branches and stems in the garden. The ease of use would be 5 stars if the handles were not so slippery.I like that this Light Pruner / Pocket Secateur is very comfortable in my large hand and can be placed in my pocket when not in use.The pink color is fine and does help to find the pruner if I place it on the ground.I do not like the slippery handles and I have purchased textured gloves to help to grip the handles.Besides the pink handle color, I do not see much difference between these and my older ARS Light Pruner / Pocket Secateur (the bumper is missing on my older ARS).For the money vs value I recommend the ARS and I would buy again.

Love these!

I am beyond thrilled to have finally found good quality pruners that will last. I have wasted more money on gardening tools at Lowes and Home Depot and paid more! These do not have plastic parts or parts that will rust. They're easy to use, will not pinch your fingers and I have no doubt they will last for more than one season. I plan to buy another one for each of my daughter-in-laws. Thank you!

Sharp and feel solid. Cuts through wooden stems verrry easily. Not like the shears I got off AliExpress.