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Reviews: Fiskars 9240 Telescoping Pruning Stik

I had the Corona pruning stick for a couple of years and only recently discovered that Fiskars had also made the pruning stick.

Compared to the Corona, the Fiskars is definitely better. The cutter on the Fiskar opens outward, so it is much easier to position the brach between the shears. On the Corona, the branch needs to be placed in a hook-like slot from the bottom. The Fiskar has the pulling mechanism built into the stick. The Corona requires pulling on a rope that is connected by a pulley at the top of the cutter.

The Fiskars is also much lighter which makes positioning the claw much easier. This becomes more evident when one is on a ladder. I used to struggle with the Corona on the ladder. Since the cutting requires tugging on a separate rope, the stick needs to be held by one hand. After about three branches or so, the hand that holds the fully extended stick simply gets too tired for more work. I used to position the stick with two hands and have my son pull on the rope from the ground. The Fiskar, on the other hand, is much lighter, and since the cutting action allows the left hand to be on the stick, holding the stick in place is much easier.

We usually pay well over the price of the Fiskars to have someone come in to crown the trees. I crowned a relatively large tree (about 3 decades old) in about 30 minutes. So with 30 minutes of work, the Fiskars essentially paid for itself.

After about an hour and a half, I ended up crowning two large trees and trimming branches of another tree extending over the roof.

I really like this product.