Comments on: Video Review of Fiskars Powergear Hedging Shear

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:34:32 +0000

Since Allan never came back to update, I just wanted to follow up Allan’s negative comment with his more recent experience with Fiskars tools, which he entitled “Customer Service at its Best”.
http://allanbecker-gardenguru.squarespace.com/journal/2010/7/20/customer-service-at-its-best.html

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:08:29 +0000

Hi Allan,

I am so sorry you didn’t like your shears! I am certainly not trying to mislead anyone – I have four pair of those shears (I have employees) and I just love them, mostly for trimming back perennials and grasses. I have never trimmed a cedar hedge with them so I can’t comment as to why it’s not working on your hedge. But it does work for me, for cutting back perennials and grasses, and heathers, boxwood, privet… those are just a few things I’ve pruned with mine in the past few months.

If you bought the shears from my OpenSky shop, OpenSky has a one year return policy – they even pay return shipping. So if you did buy them from me, please return them, and I’m very sorry you don’t like them as much as I do!

I’ll look forward to reading your blog post about it.

Also – If you didn’t get the item from my shop, I believe Fiskars itself has a lifetime replacement policy. It is very odd to me that they aren’t cutting well. I wonder whether you got a faulty pair? If you didn’t buy from my OpenSky shop, you might try contacting fiskars and seeing what they think. They might be able to replace it with a new pair, if you can’t return them to where ever you bought them from.

By: allanbecker-gardenguru

allanbecker-gardenguru — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:03:24 +0000

You have misled your readers.
I purchased this product based on your recommendation and I am very unhappy with it.
I tried to trim a small cedar hedge with it and it simply does not cut through fine foliage on a shrub or softbranches. This is a faulty product and I intend to report its shortcomings on my own blog.

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Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:10:23 +0000

[...] Grass, simply take your handheld hedging shears (I love these Fiskars Power Gear Hedging Shears (click to see my video review); the gear makes them cut through things like butter) and prune every stem down to 2” tall. [...]

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By: jocelyn/the art garden

jocelyn/the art garden — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:10:02 +0000

Perfect timing! I like to use “hedgers” the same way you do, but YOUR tool looks so superior to what I have. I think I’ll treat myself to these Fiskars soon so I’ll be ready for a more efficient spring clean-up. Thanks for the tip!

By: Dirty Girl Gardening

Dirty Girl Gardening — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:35:58 +0000

ohhh, nice! My trusty ol’ felco’s are usually in my pocket… but I’ll have to give those a try, too.

By: Monica the Garden Faerie

Monica the Garden Faerie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:22:19 +0000

I love Fiskars and this tool looks cool. I personally prefer the extra control I get from smaller hand-held pruners for things like lavender and heathers... even if it does take way more chops (ideal for me as home gardener, but probably not if I still had clients). You know, I think I can do 90% of all my gardening with three tools! .-= Monica the Garden Faerie´s last blog ..Willy-Nilly Wednesday =-.