
Best Felco Secateurs Review
Why Felco Secateurs Are The Best
When I first started gardening I bought, broke and lost several different types of secateurs. Secateurs that were neither strong nor durable. This Best Felco Secateurs Review explains why I recommend these superior pruning and cutting tools.
When I discovered Felco Secateurs and cutting tools, I invested in a couple of pairs and have never looked back.
Felco secateurs are not cheap by any standards but they are Swiss made and come with a lifetime guarantee and the Swiss reputation for excellence in engineering.
The blades are made from high quality heat treated steel they will literally last a lifetime, they are sharp and cut through new and dead wood with very little effort.
I have both of the secateurs that I have highlighted below and I would not be without them. I use them on a daily basis, they have never let me down. They come in a range of sizes so you can buy a pair specific to your hand size, both left handed and right handed.
Also available from Felco are, pruning saws, snippers, loppers and cordless secateurs.
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Felco Secateurs are available from both Amazon and ONBUY
Felco Model 12 Compact Deluxe Secateurs
by Felco
- Forged Aluminium alloy handles
- Manual adjustment for precise alignment of play between steel cutting & screw mounted blades
- Useful wire cutting notch
- Cushion & shock absorber to protect the hand and wrist
- Felco Lifetime guarantee against manufacturing defects
- Spare Parts available
Best Place to buy. Felco Secateurs
Felco FEL2 Model 2 Original Secateurs
by Felco
- Forged Aluminium alloy handles
- High quality hardened steel blades
- Useful wire cutting notch
- Anvil blade with sap groove,
- Rubber shock absorbers
- Right Handed ( Left Handed available )
- Felco Lifetime guarantee against manufacturing defects
- Spare Parts available
Best place to buy. FELCO F2 Professional Pruning Shears
Professional Secateurs For Professional Gardeners
As a professional gardener carrying out a huge amount of pruning work the cushion and shock absorber is essential for me as it protects my hands and wrists from repetitive stress syndrome.
The rolling handles on the Felco Pruning Shears (F 12) – are practical and make the cutting action easier, exerting less pressure on your hands and wrists, therefore less muscle fatigue.
They are also lightweight and straightforward to handle and use for all your gardening pruning work. Available from ONBUY
Pros
- High quality Swiss engineering
- Easy to use
- Adjustable
- Spare Parts available
- Easy maintenance
- Lifetime Guarantee
Cons
- They are not the cheapest secateurs
- A large choice of secateurs, you need to do your homework to find the pair suitable for the job you want them for.
Over the last few years I have carried out pruning work at a local vineyard, without these secateurs I would not be able to efficiently and correctly carry out this work…imagine 10,000 vines pruned by hand.
For me the ease at which I can dismantle them for cleaning and easily available Felco spare parts make them well worth my investment.
I carry them with me at all times at work, I keep them clean, oiled and sharp.
Once a year I dismantle them and clean all the components…Well, they look after me, the least I can do is return the favour!
Alternatively Felco UK offer an option to return them to their UK repair site for servicing. For a small fee they are cleaned, repaired and if necessary parts replaced, they are returned home to you looking like brand new secateurs, well worth the cost.
Another thing I love about them are their bright red handles…even I cannot misplace them!
Whether you are a professional gardener or someone who enjoys gardening for a hobby and you have ever wondered which secateurs to buy then look no further, these seriously are the best secateurs to choose. How do you Grow Roses?: Secrets to Success
Felco have a huge range of well-made secateurs and cutting tools to suit all gardening pruning jobs, ranging from snippers, knives, pruners, trimmers, loppers and bypass secateurs to mention a few.
They come in a range of sizes for small, medium or large hands and also right-handed and left-handed.
Find all information on what to prune when in your gardens on my Garden Calendar pages.
I hope that this review will aid you in your choice of secateurs, I cannot stress enough how excellent Felco products are.
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I believe that quality answers to money. The less pricey, the less qualitative. So it’s wiser and cheaper in the long run to purchase the Felco secateurs.
it is cheaper in the long run, because you get to buy it, once and for all. But, if one goes for the cheaper ones, they might have to be visiting the gardening hardware store every so often.
Hello,
Thank you for commenting on my review,
You absolutely right, buying cheaper secateurs is a false economy as you will need to buy some more. Felco secateurs last a lifetime
Louise
Well thank you very much for sharing this important article. I think this article was written just for me. I was searching for the best Secateurs and instantly I found this article. I used to use a local made Secateur. Experience with that one was like horrible. Cause that was way to heavy to use with one hand and the cheapest durability drives my mind to buy new one. After reading this article I think this would be the best value for my money.
🔸Won’t it?
Hello,
Thank you for your comments and yes buying Felco secateurs is definitely the best value, they are such good quality and come with a lifetime guarantee, not only that they are lightweight. Also there is a large range to choose from in terms of size and the type of work you need them for.
You won’t be disappointed by Felco
Louise
The best thing about using Felco secateurs is the spare parts and support that are available.
I have just bought a new blade, it arrived with a detailed diagram and instructions on how to fit it correctly to maintain the precision with which the secateurs are designed.
Very impressed
Hi,
Yes they really are worth buying, as with the quality spare parts they are very good.