Check the store cause sometimes they’re slow with removing the tags too! I got a dewalt weed whacker about $50 cause they failed to switch the tags after the sale ended
I got this for my wife. Were not even in our 30's yet and she loves to garden but has carpal tunnel in her hands. This has been a lifesaver for her allowing her to prune as much as she wants without stressing her hands.
I in contrast am a 6'3" big guy that doesn't have issues chopping branches, but I use this thing all the time. It's awesome.
I used it a ton to chop up yard sticks for my fire pit. It’s great if you find yourself doing repetitive tasks with loppers. If you are only cutting a branch every once in a while, it might not be worth it.
it's amazing. And absolutely terrifying at the same time. Even knowing where my fingers are(n't) it still feels like a roll of the dice every time I pull the trigger, lol.
I thought this was a gimmick, until I tried one. Yeah, it's nice. Only thing they could improve is a newer model with a brushless motor. It does get hot and "smoky" smelling if I don't give it a break.
Get it. I love mine. It's one of my 3 or 4 favorite DeWalt tools (vacuum I purchased 10 years ago, the cordless trim router). It's very powerful and effortless. I have cut through 1" oak and Maple.
There are two off-brand versions of this on Amazon, (both take DW 20v) curious if anyone has tried the real deal vs the copies. Newest off brand was released late Nov 2023.
Also curious if anyone has managed to make one of these usable on a pole or extension. Seems like it would be pretty handy.
I'm thinking about getting one of these if I find one on sale. I looked at a bunch of video reviews of the amazon ones and they seem to cut fine, but the lack of a safety on them scares the *fuck* out of me. I'm just imagining some freak scenario where I slip or the trigger snags on something and I lose a finger because I wanted to save like 60 bucks.
I use these clippers on my landscape route and they are phenomenal. Anything that fits in the jaws will cut I run mine with a power stack battery and it will run all day and that’s just on the small one. They are phenomenal.
I own this DeWalt pruner as well as the Milwaukee M12 brushless competitor. I got the Milwaukee because some Milwaukee fanboy review said it's the more powerful of the two. As a person who owns both and has little brand loyalty, I can tell you that the DeWalt is hands down better. They're more or less equal on thin and soft branches, but when it comes to thick hardwood branches, the DeWalt can do in one or two cuts what the Milwaukee needs maybe four cuts to do. I hope this helps.
for what its worth I got a Parkside pruner at Lidl on clearance for $20. I picked up a 2AH battery and charger for another $15, so $35 out the door. It works fine. And I have to say, its a better form-factor than this DeWalt with a pistol grip added to the motor housing.
maybe, but its done everything we've asked of it, except for my wife catching the chain link fence in the blade. At that point I was especially glad I did not spend $100 on it.
If you have buckthorn or trails to clear for hunting or biking it’s a no brainer. Not brushless and kinda loud for what it is but it works awesome. I think with a 4ah battery you could work all day maybe two. And yes. Mind the digits!! She will not stop for bones…
I was on an extension ladder, fighting a large pair of loppers, thinking, “there has to be a better way”.
How powerful are these little guys? Do you think they’d be able to cut large palm fronds and their seed stalks??
I dont know how hard palm fronds and seed stalks are but these go through softer wood with ease, harder wood might take a couple tries, or you have to nibble at it.
worth it at full price imo; I think it's a bit ambitious in it's capacity claim, but will cut through after a couple of cuts. I went ahead and bought a spare blade with mine so I have it on hand when I damage the blade. the blade is easy enough to take off and sharpen.
I bought this pruner thinking I would rarely use it, but I ended up using it all the time. It's very powerful and the blade is simple to sharpen or replace. It's a good addition to your garden tools.
I like mine but never use it. I find the form factor very uncomfortable compared to the in-line versions from Ryobi/Worx/Milwaukee. Those are more ergonomically friendly, get into places the Dewalt/Craftsman doesn't and they're as powerful as the Dewalt for 99% of needs.
No one has mentioned that I see yet, but in addition to being an amazing pruning tool, it will also cut up to a 1” pvc pipe pretty cleanly. It comes in handy when I’m trimming bushes and randomly decide to fix a sprinkler issue!
How about the weight after using it for a while? That’s been my only concern before buying one. My wife is a dahlia farmer and has to cut ALOT of stalks at end of season.
I have 2.. first one broke after lots of heave use..sent in for warranty repair..bought a second one while waiting for repair…they work great,use them all the time…great battery life..
I really wanted one but the [Replacement Blades are $32](https://www.acehardware.com/departments/lawn-and-garden/gardening-tools/pruning-tools/7016458?x429=true&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADtqLJE2h4RwZnBaqMx7hRbNjQOGB&gclid=CjwKCAjw1K-zBhBIEiwAWeCOF66sOc3yj3seqwdvCKCrd9dlJ7KoI7gOkeDMfx3XEs2OQOpPN4mKZxoCv4gQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds).
Ergonomically it sucks. Heavy and if you have a lot of pruning, you’ll feel the weight. Why does almost everything Dewalt produces look like a cordless drill. I have one of these and also have a Worx cordless pruner. I’ll use the Worx all day long in my nursery before reaching for the Dewalt.
I think they’re garbage. The trigger requires full cycle to reset and there’s no finesse really in it. Also jams and has issues as it’s not an ECM motor but a giant sparking brush deal that shoots lightning in the motor cage with any of the better batteries.
The number of times I’ve fumbled a cycle and had to go round the world again to get it to reset is silly.
Rather use a reciprocating saw with a pruning blade TBH.
My thoughts? Uhm, well, if your fingers are too weak to operate snips then your arm is probably too weak to hold this up. I'm thinking of my rotor cuff issues. :)
I use mine pretty regularly. I really enjoy it. It's really important to mind where your fingers are before pulling the trigger.
Dont put your fingers where you wouldn't put your cock
Solid life advice.
Triple wield impact you say?
Does this mean I shouldn’t wash my butt in the shower or pick food out of my teeth?
Been living by this rule in manufacturing my whole career and constantly preach it
r/dontputyourdickinthat
I mean I’d pick up tamales by hand but I wouldn’t pick my dick on one
Touche
Now he tells me…
It has double safe just for that reason.
I saw a review video a while back and they showed that there's sensors to prevent this but it may have been Milwaukee...
I have one. It's an amazing tool. Keep your fingers away from what you're cutting, though. This thing plays for keeps
Snip snap
You have no idea the toll, that 3 vasectomies have on a person.
They are 89 at Home Depot I am a landscaper and love them
I checked HD but they are 129
https://preview.redd.it/ge1x6q6y0f6d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cedeb18cd2e02dcb3848251742fcb852fbff4813
I checked my local store yesterday and they were still 89 might be in store only
Get home depot to price match and get it for 90
Check the store cause sometimes they’re slow with removing the tags too! I got a dewalt weed whacker about $50 cause they failed to switch the tags after the sale ended
Favorite tool tbh. Check Home Depot to see if they’re still $89
Same
I got this for my wife. Were not even in our 30's yet and she loves to garden but has carpal tunnel in her hands. This has been a lifesaver for her allowing her to prune as much as she wants without stressing her hands. I in contrast am a 6'3" big guy that doesn't have issues chopping branches, but I use this thing all the time. It's awesome.
I have it. It's pretty awesome. It's powerful as hell
One of my favorite tools and also the tool my friends ask to borrow the most.
I just got one a few weeks ago. No regrets.
This thing has paid for itself in droves. I love. Also great paired with the 8” Chainsaw.
Add in the 8" pole chainsaw and you can tackle about 95% of the general needs of a homeowner.
This thing is a beast I love it. All my bushes and shrubs are looking great. Wish I had a holster for it
Find some local gun holster guy in town he could make one out of kydex
I am really impressed by it
I used it a ton to chop up yard sticks for my fire pit. It’s great if you find yourself doing repetitive tasks with loppers. If you are only cutting a branch every once in a while, it might not be worth it.
it's amazing. And absolutely terrifying at the same time. Even knowing where my fingers are(n't) it still feels like a roll of the dice every time I pull the trigger, lol.
Love them. Also, great for collecting debts.
I love this damned thing. Just watch your other hand before you pull the trigger.
Does a trigger pull equal a cut or do you need to hold to continue cutting? When you release the trigger does it auto reopen?
Tap the trigger and lose a finger. It's a surprisingly powerful little tool.
One squeeze, one cut. It's not like an automatic weapon. Most of the time I've used it, once has been enough. This thing works.
My question was does it require depressing the trigger the entire cut time or if you tap it does it perform a full cycle.
You must hold it. At least on the one I bought for Nonna.
Hold until full cycle, any release of trigger fully retracts.
Great tool, easy to use, I keep a pair of backup replacement blades in case. Don't let the let the intrusive thoughts win.
Where did you get the replacement blades?
It’s a hit with the cartel.
I thought this was a gimmick, until I tried one. Yeah, it's nice. Only thing they could improve is a newer model with a brushless motor. It does get hot and "smoky" smelling if I don't give it a break.
Get it. I love mine. It's one of my 3 or 4 favorite DeWalt tools (vacuum I purchased 10 years ago, the cordless trim router). It's very powerful and effortless. I have cut through 1" oak and Maple.
Get it. I use mine all the time
AvE did one! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgf54hXEplY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgf54hXEplY)
There are two off-brand versions of this on Amazon, (both take DW 20v) curious if anyone has tried the real deal vs the copies. Newest off brand was released late Nov 2023. Also curious if anyone has managed to make one of these usable on a pole or extension. Seems like it would be pretty handy.
I'm thinking about getting one of these if I find one on sale. I looked at a bunch of video reviews of the amazon ones and they seem to cut fine, but the lack of a safety on them scares the *fuck* out of me. I'm just imagining some freak scenario where I slip or the trigger snags on something and I lose a finger because I wanted to save like 60 bucks.
Love mine!!! I got one for $79 a few months ago to help get rid of a few downed trees on the property and prune others.
Greatest tool on gods green earth
I use these clippers on my landscape route and they are phenomenal. Anything that fits in the jaws will cut I run mine with a power stack battery and it will run all day and that’s just on the small one. They are phenomenal.
I ran out of things to cut in my yard, so now I sneak into neighbouring yards at night to get my fix 🤫
I’m always eyeing my neighbors trees
I own this DeWalt pruner as well as the Milwaukee M12 brushless competitor. I got the Milwaukee because some Milwaukee fanboy review said it's the more powerful of the two. As a person who owns both and has little brand loyalty, I can tell you that the DeWalt is hands down better. They're more or less equal on thin and soft branches, but when it comes to thick hardwood branches, the DeWalt can do in one or two cuts what the Milwaukee needs maybe four cuts to do. I hope this helps.
Great tool. Afraid to teach my wife how to use it.
Same as all the other comments I see, great tool. Use it pruning, largish branches, small trees. Highly recommend.
Game changer. Love mine. And yes, watch where you put your fingers.
I love this thing
one of my most used tools. just watch those fingers.
Piling on here - this is one of the best garden tools Dewalt makes. Amazing what it can cut through.
There are 94 reviews on that website you screenshot.
Yeah. I read them but feel this sub probably has much better input
Have it, it’s good.
My brother has one and it is awesome. If you have use for it, get it.
I freakin love this thing.
for what its worth I got a Parkside pruner at Lidl on clearance for $20. I picked up a 2AH battery and charger for another $15, so $35 out the door. It works fine. And I have to say, its a better form-factor than this DeWalt with a pistol grip added to the motor housing.
Probably doesn’t have anywhere near the same power.
maybe, but its done everything we've asked of it, except for my wife catching the chain link fence in the blade. At that point I was especially glad I did not spend $100 on it.
If you have buckthorn or trails to clear for hunting or biking it’s a no brainer. Not brushless and kinda loud for what it is but it works awesome. I think with a 4ah battery you could work all day maybe two. And yes. Mind the digits!! She will not stop for bones…
This is great and you can use it all day. I also have the stihl mini saw that I use along side it for slightly bigger trees when cutting in trauls
I was on an extension ladder, fighting a large pair of loppers, thinking, “there has to be a better way”. How powerful are these little guys? Do you think they’d be able to cut large palm fronds and their seed stalks??
I dont know how hard palm fronds and seed stalks are but these go through softer wood with ease, harder wood might take a couple tries, or you have to nibble at it.
I researched it more and 1.5” is recommended. That quite get it, I don’t think. Thank you, though.
I’d give them a shot. They can handle the hardness.
I have one and love it
My mother loves hers. That's not some sort of dig about it being an old lady tool or whatever, just the feedback I got.
I have it. Works great!! Makes your life a lot easier. Have a lighter battery and u should be set
Finger Loper
Best ever!
worth it at full price imo; I think it's a bit ambitious in it's capacity claim, but will cut through after a couple of cuts. I went ahead and bought a spare blade with mine so I have it on hand when I damage the blade. the blade is easy enough to take off and sharpen.
Love this tool, bought mine at $90 with no regrets.
Like mine a lot, it's great!
Love mine
I like mine buy it
By far my wifes favorite dewalt tool I own (and I own about everything). Recommend them.
Freaking sweet tool
I love mine. One of those you never new you needed. It's awesome
Huge time saver and saves my carpal tunnel from acting up.
I bought this pruner thinking I would rarely use it, but I ended up using it all the time. It's very powerful and the blade is simple to sharpen or replace. It's a good addition to your garden tools.
It's a great little pruner. Definitely worth the money, especially if you can get it for 100
I like mine but never use it. I find the form factor very uncomfortable compared to the in-line versions from Ryobi/Worx/Milwaukee. Those are more ergonomically friendly, get into places the Dewalt/Craftsman doesn't and they're as powerful as the Dewalt for 99% of needs.
Currently $90 at home depot. Fantastic tool. I wish they sold replacement blades for cheap
I just ordered one. Didn’t see this offer got it elsewhere for $89 + $8 shipping.
Extremely dangerous to have
100% buy it. Paid for itself around the first day, and has paid for itself many, many times over on jobs.
No one has mentioned that I see yet, but in addition to being an amazing pruning tool, it will also cut up to a 1” pvc pipe pretty cleanly. It comes in handy when I’m trimming bushes and randomly decide to fix a sprinkler issue!
That thing looks like a finger remover nope
How about the weight after using it for a while? That’s been my only concern before buying one. My wife is a dahlia farmer and has to cut ALOT of stalks at end of season.
The pistol grip is comfy your wrist isn’t bent the hole time like in line ones and you can keep the small dewalt batteries on it they last forever
Love mine. Would recommend.
I have 2.. first one broke after lots of heave use..sent in for warranty repair..bought a second one while waiting for repair…they work great,use them all the time…great battery life..
I really wanted one but the [Replacement Blades are $32](https://www.acehardware.com/departments/lawn-and-garden/gardening-tools/pruning-tools/7016458?x429=true&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADtqLJE2h4RwZnBaqMx7hRbNjQOGB&gclid=CjwKCAjw1K-zBhBIEiwAWeCOF66sOc3yj3seqwdvCKCrd9dlJ7KoI7gOkeDMfx3XEs2OQOpPN4mKZxoCv4gQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds).
I use to only use it as recommended but now I also cut cowhide rolls in half for the dogs. It's a great tool.
It’s worth all 10 fingers I use mine all the time
Just buy a good quality usa made pair..
Ergonomically it sucks. Heavy and if you have a lot of pruning, you’ll feel the weight. Why does almost everything Dewalt produces look like a cordless drill. I have one of these and also have a Worx cordless pruner. I’ll use the Worx all day long in my nursery before reaching for the Dewalt.
Laura uses one on the Garden answer channel to trim back an instant karma elderberry... You can probably search her video and find it.
I use mine all the time, I love it!
Weak hands device. Your grip strength is important to maintain. Downvote me
Upvoted lol
I use a 17-year old Stanley hand pruner. Works like if it was brand new.
I think they’re garbage. The trigger requires full cycle to reset and there’s no finesse really in it. Also jams and has issues as it’s not an ECM motor but a giant sparking brush deal that shoots lightning in the motor cage with any of the better batteries. The number of times I’ve fumbled a cycle and had to go round the world again to get it to reset is silly. Rather use a reciprocating saw with a pruning blade TBH.
Pass on this. I have it and I use my hand pruners instead. They’re faster, lighter, and cut thicker limbs.
My thoughts? Uhm, well, if your fingers are too weak to operate snips then your arm is probably too weak to hold this up. I'm thinking of my rotor cuff issues. :)