Worth $200? Battery Pruner Review // Milwaukee M12 Pruning Shears 2534-20

[@jetttskiman]

Those dowels are probably 3 times as hard as a green branch. Test it on a tree.

[@TurfandStem]

I made sure to use soft wood dowels. I did try on a tree and in the real world, still maxed out at an inch.

[@pgreenx]

Seems ridiculous aside from the 3.3 pound weight for a pruner. I’m happy to pull out a small hand saw over half inch and walk around with both on my property anyway. Would love to see a revue on The Milwaukee hedge trimmer though.

[@TurfandStem]

Exactly. Small hand saw is the way to go. Milwaukee's current hedge trimmer is pretty good for residential uses. They're coming out with a 30" trimmer soon, so I'll probably grab that when it's available and put it to the test.

[@TheRealPlato]

I've seen five of these listed on ebay lately with broken bottom blades, which are not readily available

[@TurfandStem]

Interesting. I wonder if warranty covers it? Seems it's replaceable, but stock is the question.

[@TheRealPlato]

@@TurfandStem I did see some reddit comments with the same complaint that reported successful warranty replacements. I instead went for a US made manual pruner from Barnel

[@John-cj3ve]

I use my pruner for processing firewood. It all burns.

[@John-cj3ve]

No thank you. I'll keep my 40mm Kebtek.

[@TurfandStem]

Any info on the Kebtek?