American Gardener GS48 4-Inch 4.8-Volt Cordless Grass Shear

by American Gardener

Product Features

• Cordless grass shear ideal for grass around flower beds and light shrubbery touchups
• Comfortable safety thumb switch; safety lockout prohibits accidental blade operation
• Stainless steel blades retain sharpness and resist corrosion
• 4.8-volt high capacity NiCad power system; 40 minutes continuous cutting per charge
• 4-inch blades

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00019ODE4
• Item model number: GS48
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (134 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,473 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #18 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Plants & Planting > Gardening Tools > Grass Shears

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The American Gardener 4.8-volt cordless grass shear with 4-inch clean-cut stainless steel blades makes trimming fast easy and is especially ideal for the grass around flower beds and light shrubbery touch ups. Using a comfortable safety thumb switch, the safety lockout feature prohibits accidental blade operation. The stainless steel blades are designed to retain their sharpness and resist corrosion, while the 4.8-volt high capacity NiCad power system provides 40 minutes of continuous cutting per charge.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

79 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharp, Comfortable, Good Battery Life, April 11, 2006

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Ethan A. Winning "ewin64" (Walnut Creek, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Gardener GS48 4-Inch 4.8-Volt Cordless Grass Shear (Lawn & Patio)

When I lost the recharging unit to my B&D grass shear, I was already so dissatisfied that I decided to try the American Gardener 4-inch cordless. It's hard to believe that there can be such a big difference between two products. The American Gardener (AG)sheer is twice as sharp and twice as fast as the B&D. It will even cut through mondo grass and other tough stemmed plants. It is great for trimming spring growth from bushes, and even helped shape a tangelo tree and three privets.

The battery life - considering the speed - a remarkable 45-50 minutes and if that isn't tghe kicker, the AG is comfortable, lighter and seemingly more ergonomic than the B&D.

Even though there is no way to lock these shears (or any others) in an "on" position, it still deserves five stars. I'd give it more if I could liock it in an on position. Of course, I'd probably forget to turn it off and then they'd start calling me "Lefty."

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality review......, May 28, 2006

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Jack Sandford - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Gardener GS48 4-Inch 4.8-Volt Cordless Grass Shear (Lawn & Patio)

I am a new owner of a Model GS48 four inch grass clipper. This is a superb piece of equipment that makes trimming around my three and one half acre lawn a pleasant piece of cake. It does have a serious design flaw designed into it that should be addressed however.

It was a 60 mile trip for me to buy it then two more trips to fix it. (180 miles) The pivot pin for the blades does not have adequate depth to secure the retaining pin in place securely. While I was on my maiden voyage, I stalled it accidently on a twig and it stopped cutting grass. I went to the manual and found that a list of materials does not exist in it. I finally opened it up and found the retaining ring stuck in the grease. At the time I guessed that a pivot pin was missing. I took a strong magnet and retraced my tracks. I finally found the pin and reassembled it. It worked fine again until I hit another stick and the unit failed again. This time the retaining pin was lost and I had to do the magnet thing again. Replacing the retaining ring conept did not solve the problem and I decided to purchase a beefier ring. This time I inserted the pivot pin from the inside out with thought in mind that if it came apart again, at least the pivot pin would not be lost. So far I have some stick hits but the assembly stayed together.

This design flaw is a serious quality problem and should have never happened. A simple short meeting with with the staff would have revealed the problem and the solution would have been an easy fix.

I am surprised that there is no way that a customer can contact the people who are responsible for this problem. Dealing with a service group is no insurance that the top officer of the company will receive this information. This problem is a combination Engineering, Purchasing and Quality responsibility.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best shears I've found, December 29, 2006

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Prairie Dweller (Illinois) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: American Gardener GS48 4-Inch 4.8-Volt Cordless Grass Shear (Lawn & Patio)

I've tried a lot of brands of shears over the years and these are the best I've found so far. They are powerful enough to tackle even coarse grass around the farm and keep their charge for a good 40-45 minutes. I even use them to clean up perennial beds in fall and spring.