Loppers Reviews

I do a great deal of brush cutting while maintaining and building trails and have used many brands of loppers. None were in a class with these Fiskars. They cut large branches with amazing ease and are much lighter to carry than any other loppers I have used. I highly recommend them.

Typical Fiskars...high quality and with the gearing makes lopping a easy task

These are the best loppers that I've ever used. After I received mine I bought two more; one for my son and one for my son-in-law.

I have had an anvil looper for a long time. The anvil looper has a gear mechanism that increases the leverage. It easily cut up to 2-inch branches with one slice. But the blade finally became dull and I could not find a replacement so I decided it was time to buy a new one. I had a difficult time deciding between an anvil or bypass looper. I decided on the bypass because it has 2 ?-inch cutting capacity and long 32-inch handles for leverage. They should have said 2 ?-inch capacity if you can cut it because you can't cut through a 2 or 2 ?-inch tree branch without attacking it several times from various angles. That makes cutting vary difficult. On smaller stuff it cuts great but then the long handles become awkward.

It is a good cutting tool for brush and small branches but next time, when I must buy another one, it will be an anvil.

Expensive, yes. But this is an efficient, tough tool.

Just spent many days clearing brush and trees. This tool is the best I have used. I have broken wooden handles on other loppers, struggled with others, and am completely satisfied with this 32 inch Corona. Also consider their hand clippers. The top of the line is fantastic.

Gee whiz... occasionally, you find a piece of equipment that is truly well-made and worth the extra dollars it costs. Corona's loppers are super! I have 5 acres and along a fencerow I had a lot of willow trees coming up that had already grown to a couple of inches in diameter. They were a real pain to mow around, and I had grown to dread mowing that side of my lawn. One hour with the Corona lobbers in my hands, and they were all laid to waste! I had originally thought about cleaning this undergrowth up with a chain saw, but these lobbers are much faster and a lot easier to use to boot!

I'd had some miniature lobbers that I used to cut roses with. I'd always thought a lot of those mini-lobbers too, but had never paid attention to what brand they were. I knew that on occasion, I had pruned trees with them, which was well beyond their advertised or intended capacity, and they'd always done well. So... when I was hanging up my new giant Corona lobbers, I picked up the little ones I'd had for so long to see what brand they were... Corona also. These guys just make great tools!

I've cut some whompin big bushes and tree limbs with my new giant lobbers, and they've never given as much as a squeak.

Highly recommended -- a tool to keep!

This item does a fine cutting job on up to at least 4 inch thick brush. The blade is very sharp and cuts through well. I am a woman and find it a little difficult due to the weight and necessity to open the handles to their fullest extent in order to make cuts. It becomes very tiring when working for a long time.
I do recommend it for thick brush due to the cutting abilty of the blade.

Very easy to use with it's Power Lever. I cut 2 inch branch with little effort. Very sharp blade! This one is a keeper!!!

I chose this lopper because of its 2" branch capacity and "Power-Lever" action, and I'm generally quite pleased with it. The fiberglass handles make it very lightweight, and it rarely has problems cutting anything that will fit within the blades. My only gripe is that you really have to extend the handles before you can fully open the blades, and this can sometimes limit your ability to get to certain branches. This is to be expected with any lever system, though the power benefit outweighs this complaint. Overall, this was a great deal through Amazon.

Recently bought this lopper for our new property which has 20 or so very unkept trees. This lopper has been going through the limbs of the fruit and Russian olive trees like butter. I like the light weight and sharp cutter as I am often up on a step ladder. I bought it for the feel of the hardwood handles and the long cutter tang that is rivited in place not pressed. It has a firm stop so there is no knuckle banging. I am very happy / impressed with this lopper.

I've had a set of these for years and they work great. The wood handles flex nicely but don't break. Easily cuts through a 1 inch limb and slightly larger. Larger than that get a pruning saw. Also should you break the handles, replacements are easy to attach, two bolts and you are done.

I had a set of these for years, until I loaned them to a neighbor, who loaned them to a friend, who had a cousin who needed to trim a few trees, and well, its spring time again and I need another pair.

Wood handles are a blessing and a curse. You should't leave them out in the rain, like some children I know, On the other hand they are easy to repair/replace. two bolts and the clippers are as good as new. They flex just right to take some of the jolt out of the cutting. I suppose that you could argue that cutting wood with wood ain't natural, but it works. There is a reason that wood handle tools are still around.

When you handle these clippers the smoothness of the hinge the way the blade slices cleanly just says quality all around. I love'em, and the neighbors will just have to call uncle billy to see who has my old set now.

I've used this for 2 years cutting heavy brush (multiflora rose) that i needed to clear to put up fences and plant trees. It has nicely finshed metal, very sharp, cuts powerfully- far easier than the discount store models. I was worried the wood handle would be too fragile but it cuts so well that it has been not an issue. When you hit a piece of stock too thick to cut through, the wood handles flex and warn you before you reach a breaking point. And it is MADE IN USA!

Great quality and great price. If you need a comfortable and easy to use hedge shear, purchase this one. The man in the family, says was the best purchase I have made in a long time. He liked this one and says is of exceptional quality

I love good hand tools and have bought and inherited many of the best. After much shopping research, it appeared that this Corona Clipper 37" Professional Super Duty Bypass Lopper would be a great addition to my tool collection. Unfortunately, I can give it only two stars for being ruggedly built and having a good sharp blade, because the performance has been a disappointment.
Recently, I've been trimming a lot of trees, (honey locust, cottonwood, silver maple, and oak) and I found that the lopper took a good deal of force to trim off small diameter limbs (<3"). For several weekends, I worked on these trees (14 trailer loads of brush and limbs) and I kept trying out the lopper. Though I am above average in strength, I found that I was doing much more work than the lopper was doing.
I just now came out the yard after attacking some 25 year old Manhattan Euonymus bushes. They were very over-grown and 10 feet tall. Some of the base vines were over 3" diameter. I wiggled my way into the tangled mess with my Corona lopper and found out quickly that this was the wrong tool to cut the base vines. To open the blade jaw, even for a small diameter cut, required that the handles spread open very wide, too wide for the tight quarters I was in. So I pulled out some old loppers I had, Fiskars 24" geared action. It did the job well. After pulling out the vine/limbs, I decided to test the cutting force of the Corona versus the Fiskars. The Fiskars required less effort to cut through the same limb. That's when I decided to write this review.
The Corona product has good quality materials, but the design is a dinosaur for effective cutting.

I've been using these loppers for a year and a half. They are enourmously more effective than any loppers at $40-50. Pricey, yes, but worth every penny.
The blade is of ultra-high quality steel, and so sharp, you would think you could shave with it. In fact, if you have kids, you'd better take care to keep them away from this tool.
The handles are tough and show no signs of weakening or cracking, despite dreadfully heavy use.
The manufacturer's rating on the maximum branch diameter is modest. In fact, you can cut much thicker branches with this unit - with ease. My use of a small chain-saw has dropped to nil.
The clippers are heavier than any I've used before. You notice the weight after a while. But, the speed and ease of cutting makes up for that.
I've found that storage can be a little tricky. When you hang the clippers, they have a tendency to swing open - and you -really- don't want that to happen with something this sharp. It takes a little playing to find out how to hang them securely (using the manufacturer-provided metal ring, and your own loop of rope).

This is a tremendously valuable tool. If you want the best, I believe these Corona clippers may be it. But, of course, you'll pay for it. In this case, however, I believe I've got everything I paid for, so I can give full marks in the rating of these clippers.

I purchased a pair of these loppers several years ago for $150 and have used them for over 100 hours of work. Compared to a $40 pair of loppers which I purchased with a "lifetime warranty" and then bent the same afternoon, these loppers are wonderful. The hardened steel is extremely hard and around 1/4" thick -- I cannot imagine what it would take to make the steel fail on these loppers. As far as the handles go, I did eventually manage to break one of the handles after a couple years which I replaced with a custom-made handle fabricated from oak and some angle iron. These loppers slice through green wood like butter. The problems I've had with the handle originated from cutting through a dry branch which had been down on the ground. While these loppers are not unbreakable, they are by far the toughest loppers I have come across.