Customer Reviews

Corona Clipper LR 3460 1/2-Inch Long Reach Cut N Hold Bypass Pruner

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

As a life-long gardener, I have my share of semi-used gadgets; however this clipper is the exception. With approximately two dozen fruit trees, three dozen rose bushes, innumerable ornamentals, (and a burgeoning plum and apple "sucker" crop), this product proved its worth on day one of its use. I'm recovering from major surgery and am unable to climb ladders or bend from the waist--pretty limiting for a gardener. This clipper has allowed me to do the maintenance pruning and deadheading that needs to be done on a daily basis (and the clip-and-hold feature is an added plus).

One word of caution, if you haven't used this type of clipper recently, be sure to wear garden gloves on the first few days of use. I hadn't touched a pair of clippers in six weeks, so my right hand was pretty sore after the first few hours of intense use.

This product is a definite "must-have" for all gardeners.

We have a large butterfly bush which I dead head about three times a week. As a result, we have literally hundreds of butterflies visiting each day. Getting to the top of it was a real pain, and butterfly bushes are brittle. This tool makes it easy. It is well designed and built. There may be better ones out there but I don't know how they would be. It is a quality tool that removes the dead flower and holds it so you can remove it from the bush. It rotates 180 degrees so the gripper works no matter what angle you are picking from. If you want a lot of butterflies, cut the bush to the ground each fall or spring and prune it very often. The bush will bloom all year and bring you more small friends than you deemed possible.

Being a wheelchair user has me always looking for ways to do gardening jobs myself. My new Long Reach Pruner is just the tool for that. It is light weight and very well made. It does have a small blade opening but I'm getting used to aiming it towards the target.

I bought this tool ( oddly enough ) as a pond, water lilly pruning aid. Where I had reach in from the shore to pick dead leaves. It does that just fine. Grabs and holds leaf stems securely after cutting. However, I have become addicted to using it on land as well. Deadheading all kinds of perennials that I never tended to before. Large butterfly bushes; hydrangea, lavender, zinnia,salvia and large, multi- flowered black eyed susan-type plants. The plants are much healthier for the improved care they receive. The device is well made. Sharp and efficient blades. Easy to grip and use for long periods of time. Comfortable in the hand so that you do not tire of using it. I love it. My new, favorite gardening tool. Thanks Corona !

This unit works well and is easy to handle. Be aware it will not cut branches thicher than 3/8 inch, sometimes a 1/2 inch as stated in the procduct specs. I think a longer handle would be more useful but the unit as advertised does a good job.

I am a volunteer at a municipal rose garden and used the Corona Clipper for at least an hour while deadheading roses in the center of a large bed. It worked very well but the handle is small and hard surfaced which irritated my hand. I quit using it as I felt that my hand would soon blister. Redesign the handle for a better fit with softer edges and I would give it 5 stars.

Long Reach Cut-N-Hold Pruner
This Pruner is great, I wish that I had discovered it years ago. We have a Persimmon tree and harvesting this year has been so very easy. If there were one longer I would buy it also, because some of the fruit is pretty high in the tree.

I saw the comments on this and other extension pruners and thus selected this model.

Our landscaper decided that we needed 2 rows of Knock-Out Roses along a fence (have you ever been attacked from all sides - it seems that way at any rate - by killer thorns?) Removing the dead flowers with a regular pruner on the first row was, of course, EZ. The second row and the bouganvillea behind it on the fence was another matter entirely.

Enter the Long Reach by-pass pruner. Cuts stems up to about 3/8 inch for me without hesitation and I like it for that. Basically (see my next comments) it seems to be well enough constructed to last at least a few seasons.

However, the way the blades are designed does not allow them to rub together enough, like my other by-pass pruners to cut the stems of the dead flowers. It seems to pinch or even just twist the dead flower stem. The design of the blades also leaves a non-usable area around the tip of the blades, unless the one I received was bent in some way - but I do not think so. Overall, I think they will be quite helpful but a design change or a little better workmanship could make them a real 5-star product.

Because of a back condition, the amount of times I bend over during the day is limited. It was getting so I didn't want to look down at my flower beds because there was so much dead-heading needed. Now, with the Corona Clipper I can stand upright and snip the dead material and thin the plants in crowded areas. I save the bend-over work for when I really need to get down and dirty.
The cut-and-hold feature is good for removing material to a pile. However, the handle levers don't always loosen when I release my grip; I have to manually flick them open with my fingers. Maybe this will fix itself with more use.

I purchased this to replace one that has about 4 years of weekly use. In fact it is still in use. Cleaned up the old one and gave it to a elderly neighbor so he could take care of his bougainvillea. This clipper IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LOPPERS as some of the reviewers seem to have done. It is not built for heavy duty pruning and was never intended for that purpose. This clipper is designed to allow you to reach small,hard to reach growth. It has saved me numerous times in dealing with to hard to reach roses, bougainvillea and anything with thorns. Use this clipper as it was intended and you will get years of service. This clipper is very well made and is an excellent tool when used in its intended purpose.