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Best tools for gardening.

EllisoneEllisone Posts: 17
in Tools and techniques

Good evening,

can anyone recommend a good brand(s) of tools? long term I'm think of all tools but short term secateurs, and loppers as I seem to have no luck with them. Oh and forks, I always have a bent prong!!! Not looking to pay for the name. But happy to buy quality. Ideas, recommendations and views all welcome.

thanks peeps.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    My best tools are old and were either my parents'/grandparents'/car boot buys.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410

    My heavy handed/heavy footed husband has so far failed to bend a Bulldog garden fork.  Had it about 3 years now, normally he has wrecked them within 3 months ?

    On secateurs I love my Felcos.  Have had them about 15 years, but had them serviced twice in that time too.

    On other tools I love Sneerboer - very expensive, but I get my extended family to club together for Christmas and birthdays, and have built a fine collection that way.  OH is banned from using them, on account of his aforementioned brute strength ?

  • EllisoneEllisone Posts: 17

    Thanks chicky, sneerboer looks nice but defo xmas presents for 10 years! any other options out there?

  • janebuckingham71@yahoo.co.uk[email protected] Posts: 279

    Hi

    I bought Wilkinson Sword Geared Anvil loppers last month for £15 (Or £30 for exactly the same loppers in the chain garden centres).

    Was so impressed I bought a 2nd pair when I broke the blade on something admittedly far too big for it (I knew it was one for the saw but I tried anyway).

    Never been a fan of Fiskars, they pop up in the reviews as good but I've not been impressed by the secateurs or loppers.

    Any stainless steel spade is fab, so lightweight and worth the cost - and I've learnt the hard way that the old fashioned forks / not stainless last much longer on my flint/chalk soil than stainless forks. Hubbie did explain why stainless steel snaps more easily but I got bored before he finished!! image

  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016

    I agree that Felco secateurs are good.  I've had mine for years.  For other tools I tend to go for what looks solid and feels right.  Just avoid the real cheapy stuff.

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    I always have a look at Fred's Shed for ideas before buying. Just google Freds shed.

    Fred tests lots of garden tools and puts his recommendations on his website.
    I've always been very pleased with what Fred has recommended.
    As Fred and others have said above Felco secateurs are by far the best.


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    1. Avoid cheap

    2. Use the right tool for the job

    3. Maintain your tools - not every day, but enough to keep them in good fettle

    4. Don't lend tools

  • samspeedsamspeed Posts: 1

    I bought some Stanley secateurs and loppers recently and have been really impressed by them. They are effortless to use and have super cutting power. 

    Agree with Joe_the-gardener - maintain your tools! This is key to keeping tools as good as the day you bought them.

  • FirecrackerFirecracker Posts: 256

    What ever i'm using to do the job in hand that's my fav. imagebut my no.13 Felco secateurs I've had for 30 years are no1.image

  • EllisoneEllisone Posts: 17

    Thanks all some great tips! one to refer to I think.

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