Fiskars PowerGear 31-1/2-Inch Bypass Lopper #9154

The loppers are very light and the power gear makes it very easy to get the torque needed to cut through one inch to one and a half inch limbs with no sweat. I've got average strength, middle-age and arthritis and am able to enjoy cutting brush with these..mostly saplings and tree limbs that I want to clear along my driveway.

I know Fiskars is a good name in cutting shears for sewing and I hadn't realized that they also manufactured tools; but I'm extremely happy to have found this out.


The best loppers I've ever owned!   September 7, 2002
26 out of 26 found this review helpful

I've owned a lot of pairs of loppers and I always seem to break or bend the handles. Not so with the Fiskars. I am a strong healthy guy and I can cut through anything I can get into the jaws. This includes branches dead or alive up to 2 inches. I have been using my Fiskars for the last three years for cutting ski and hiking trails in Maine and they continue to perform better than anything I've ever used in the past. Another benefit are the bright orange handle ends. I used to tie surveyors flagging to my tools so I wouldn't loose them if I put them down in heavy brush. The Fiskars handles are always visable and easy to find inspite of my absentmindedness. The price at Amazon is the best I've seen by $10-20. Having used this tool hard for the last three summers, I don't think I will ever have to get another pair of loppers again.


Great as reviues   June 19, 2004
Henry Cargen (SYRACUSE, NY USA)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful

Easy to use and a plus to all the outher reviues. Ran into a piece of barb wire last fall clearing brush for my daughter,put a nick in the cutter, broke my heart. Called fiskars got 2 new blades about $7/00 each friendly courtious service. I have been logging firewood this summer and these are about as handy as another hand. I dont know if I could break them but I have made them squeek like the log splitter


Absolutely Superb   May 11, 2005
James C Smith (MI United States)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful

I don't write that many reviews, but this product is worth raving about.

For years now I've been using various cutting tools for handling the wild area behind my house. Every piece of every tree I cut down either winds up going through the chipper or becomes firewood. So in building the arsenal to do all that efficiently, having a good pair of loppers is essential. This model is nothing less than superb. The chief features to me are:

1. Most importantly, the outer tips of the blades are beveled, thereby preventing them from ever overlapping as the cut is being made so as to prevent them from destroying themselves via chipping the edges. My old cutters failed to have this feature, and I had to constantly watch each and every cut, and I *still* had chipped blades due to this overlapping.

2. Very light.

3. Very strong. The aluminum handles are shaped so as to use the minimum material while maximizing strength along the plane where the force is exherted. My last loppers seemed pretty beefy, but I eventually broke one of the fiberglass handles in half, so metal handles are a must in my book.

4. Cuts like butter, and handles anything piece of wood that will fit in the jaws. The gear action is smooth and highly effective.

5. Easy to spot in the brush thanks to the orange highlights, and in general a very attractive tool.


best loppers ever   January 29, 2007
B. Greenstone (Austin, TX USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

I own two of these loppers, and I own many other types of loppers. These, however, are hands-down the best loppers ever! Seriously! Unlike the compound loppers which are stiff, these are very easy to use, and they cut better than any compound loppers I've ever used. They are easily filed to resharpen the blade, and last much, much longer than any other pair I've used. Yes, they're expensive, but they're worth every penny!