Customer Reviews

Corona Clipper 24-Inch 1-1/2-Inch Capacity Bypass Lopper With Steel Handles & Non-Slip Grips SL 3310

5 star:		(3)
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2 star:		(3)
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Corona has designed a solid tool! the loppers are sturdy and light. They have good grip handles and a shock absorbing bushing that save the wrists from fatigue. The blade is razor sharp and has good temper.

I suspect that the other reviewer, the one who gave 5 stars, works for Corona. There is no way these things can cut 11/2". I used them to cut branches of 1" or less on shrubs and decorative evergreens. Cutting was laborious. I thought the handles were going to break! They did not cut cleanly either. At the end of the cut a small piece of the branch slips between the two cutting blades and the whle thing jams up. I am returning this tool. You might be satisfied with this product if you want to cut very small branches, etc because they are light-wieght.

This product is a not as advertised, all the packaging says "Made in USA" but the clipper says "Taiwan" in small letters on the blade.

This is a bypass lopper. It is for light pruning. Not for CUTTING BRANCHES. A solid anvil prunner WILL CUT small branches. If you use a bypass pruner like this for cutting anything but new growth, you will damage the tool. This is a large (but still somewhat delicate) instrument. Not a brute force tool like a saw or anvil pruner. As a bypass pruner, it is by and large my favorite for use in trees. The blade has remained sharp after 2-3 years and the tool is in excellent condition despite high humidity in my barn. If you need to buy just one pruner, this is not the tool for you because it is not for heavy weight (anything past new gowth cutting). But if you have a heavy duty anvil pruner and would like a light-weight pruner for finger vegatative (not woody) and new wood growth, this is it!!!

Not too long after I bought these loppers the blade cracked on a 3/4 inch shrub and then later broke. I am going to call Corona and see what they offer as far as a replacement. Granted they weren't that expensive, but the blade to break was not something I expected. I would not recommend these for any kind of use. If Corona does right by me I will post a follow up. Let's see if they stand behind their products.

Corona makes good products. This is their mid-grade, not their professional grade. You can spend $90 for a high end lopper and it will give you many years of excellent performance. You can also spend $12 in a discount store and get something so cheap that it will literally fail after one day's use (I'm not exagerating - it's happened to me more than once). Corona products are much closer to the $90 level than to the $12 level. I haven't owned this particular pair for very long, but I have a smaller Corona one-handed bypass pruner that's lasted me for 15 years and still cuts great. Spend $90 if you can afford it, or spend less than a third of that and get something nearly as good.