Types of Bypass Loppers: What's the Difference Between Ratcheting, Geared & Compound Loppers?

[@justseeonly]

Very informative. I’ve learn a lot from you. After seeing your clip, I am now wanting extendable ratchet lopper.

[@JennySimon206]

There's ratcheting bypass loppers too. Which do I get! I got some bypass minis and now looking for some hopefully lightweight more heavy duty loppers. Good to know about the difference of live and dead wood.

[@jonnybgoode8044]

Awesome review. Answered questions I had and better yet showed some quality tools besides Fiskars. Thank you

[@jackdraper2849]

Enjoyed your video. -- I've got a question. -- Are Anvil Loppers also good on lIVE wood ? --- I'm looking for loppers that will handle the widest live limbs. -- Do you have any suggestions regarding the model and brand for the widest capacity cuts of live limbs ?

[@CharlesINTEL]

Saw other videos however, your was best! TYVM!

[@madhurapatil5252]

Very useful information. Thank you.

[@jimvick8397]

I got a pair of them Corona compound bypass loppers and just put them to work on a big job... There were used on both live and dead stuff up to 2" (I had 4x Silky Saws and a chainsaw with me, but I wanted to see what they could do). I did 100's of cuts on 6 plumb trees, 1 crab apple tree, and huge hedge that was over growing a property line by 8-10 feet for 80 feet... and even more when I reduced the trimmings for transport. On that hedge I went through some ancient chicken wire fencing that was literally grown into the shrub hedge without knowing it... acquiring 2 blade dings before noticing... Anyhow, every so often I touched up the blade and anvil with a carbide sharpener. Very impressive loppers. It was easy to tell when they were getting a tad dull because they stopped zipping through the thicker dead stuff and would leave a small tag when the blade spread. But once they got resharpened, it was back to the carnage... They just smashed through stuff when I did swift forcely cuts. Meh, I destroyed my tarp hauling the trimmings... That's what I get dragging 200-300lbs of crap 60 yards 20 times... And also, the EGO CS1804 chainsaw is AMAZING... I never thought using a chainsaw could be so peaceful... If you need loppers I strongly suggest spending the little extra and getting those big badboys.

[@_wormlet]

Can you recommend a good sharpener for loppers

[@jimvick8397]

@@_wormlet I just used a corona carbide sharpener and used a flat file to knock the burr off...

[@fouellet1701]

Very useful explanation! Thanks.

[@lisabc99]

I'm looking for extendable ratcheting bypass loppers. Where could I buy some?

[@rebeccalankford2652]

Anvil ratchet is for dead wood. Bypass is for live wood. Is that correct?

[@ocal6477]

yes!

[@rjayt88]

What brand of anvil loppers would you recommend?

[@jrowe9301]

What do you think of those Corona pruners? Which do you like? -Tabor compound pruner or Corona? One person said he didn’t like the Corona

[@MadCowOnFire]

Useful video, thanks!

[@lindamorgan2678]

Excellent Thank you so much

[@joelyboyblue]

what kind were those ratcheting loppers?

[@GardeningProductsReview]

That's the Fiskars Ratchet Drive Lopper. You can find our review here: gardeningproductsreview.com/fiskars-ratchet-drive-lopper-review/

[@Beaguins]

How good is the ratcheting lopper for cutting live wood?

[@GardeningProductsReview]

It's excellent. As long as the blade is sharp it makes a nice clean cut with less effort.

[@tonyahatch4402]

Thank you!!

[@johnnykurplutzo6789]

All these comments. Apparently some people had it on mute

[@secretsecret179]

So which one is used for dead wood and which one is for live wood?

[@GardeningProductsReview]

The anvil lopper is best for deadwood, while the bypass is used for live wood.

[@johnnykurplutzo6789]

A chainsaw

[@juharon]

and why are they called bypass loppers?

[@millhunkydc]

Is a bypass lopper good for dead wood? You didn't really mention it

[@GardeningProductsReview]

Generally speaking, we recommend an anvil lopper for dead wood, although a well-sharpened bypass lopper will get the job done too. Just be careful when using bypass loppers on dead wood as the blades can get jammed and/or twist as you cut. And you'll have to exert more force with bypass loppers on dead wood than you would with an anvil lopper.

[@CharlieOkeson]

You didn't really listen

[@pamelah6431]

He said this at 2:53.

[@juharon]

@@pamelah6431 you mean, 2:18, 2:53, 3:22, 3:43, 3:51, 4:07, 4:30, 4:53, 5:25.. That's why he made this comment.. to joke about how often he mentioned it..

[@Ramberg67]

WHERES THE FELCO! Give me the good stuff.

[@johnnykurplutzo6789]

Before watching this I figured bypass loppers were exclusively used by surgeons

[@mackhomie6]

nice one, dad!

[@mackhomie6]

dude, it was maddening how many times you repeated yourself with the live wood/dead wood stuff

[@redmatrix]

I notice this happens a lot when someone records in different settings / scenes. Also, if the host is use to talking to people who don't "get" them or ignore them, they tend to repeat themselves.

[@brianmgrim]

@mackhomie6: I disagree. He articulated what my experience has been with dead, dried wood and 1:1 ratio bypass pruners and will keep me from damaging mine now that I know for which purpose they were designed. Until this video, I didn’t even know why some were called anvil and some bypass. This vid was very informative and pertinent without unnecessary repetition or length.

[@mackhomie6]

​​@@brianmgrimbut you didn't need to hear it ten times in a row, did you? I would have preferred to have heard it once or twice and then he could've used some of that time he saved to to briefly tell us what dead wood even is. I still don't know. Does a branch that dies become harder?

[@brianmgrim]

@@mackhomie6 About harder, I never thought about it, but I guess in terms of losing the water lubrication for cutting as well as the contraction during dehydration, it makes sense as to why cutting with a compression pruner could require more pressure. I just wanted to make sure the content producer wasn’t discouraged from producing more content, because I think he added benefit to the dialogue.

[@mackhomie6]

@@brianmgrim well that was kind of you

[@markbrisec3972]

Ratchet pruners/loppers are the stupidest thing ever invented. I have a landscaping business and use loppers a lot. I bought the ratchet pruners thinking I can cut 3" or even thicker branches. They are useless. They don't cut anything thicker than I can cut with my Fiskars compound anvil loppers, the only difference is that you have to make 4-5 moves to cut one branch while you can do that with a single squeeze with anvil loppers. Useless I tell you. If you want to cut any kind of branches buy compound anvil loppers from Fiskars. They cut live wood, dead wood and all up to 2". For anything thicker there's my trusty small battery Makita chain saw...

[@ya00007]

What about Tabor Tools GG12E Professional Anvil lopper? This one seams very good with 3 times the power. And there's a KZbin video on it. Very impressive tool.

[@vegass04]

Never heard of those. Will check them out.

[@redmatrix]

If someone doesn't possess enough strength to lop branches in one squeeze, then the ratchet style would probably serve them better. js

[@_wormlet]

Can you link to the Loppers in question? I can only find Fiskars Geared Loppers