Fiskars 7936 PowerGear Pruner
Produced by a leader in the garden tools market, the Fiskars PowerGear bypass pruner is perfect for precise clean cutting of green growth. The pruner features Fiskars's trademarked PowerGear design, which maximizes leverage for more pruning power for your effort. As you clasp the pruner, the outside handle actually rotates with the gears, an ingenious design that minimizes strain and fatigue while providing impressive results. The replaceable ultrahardened steel blade is designed to stay sharp longer than leading blades, and the handles are made of reinforced nylon engineered for strength and lightness. Fiskars PowerGear tools have been awarded the Arthritis Foundation's ease-of-use commendation. Designed with comfort in mind, the tool fits perfectly in the hand. With its 3/4-inch cutting capacity, this is definitely a professional quality pruner, but even weekend gardeners can benefit from its fantastic design. Lifetime warranty.
Fiskars 7936 PowerGear Pruner Accessories
 Fiskars Softouch Micro-Tip Pruning Snip #9921
Fiskars PowerGear 31-1/2-Inch Bypass Lopper #9154
Fiskars Garden Bucket Caddy #9424
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Fiskars 7936 PowerGear Pruner Reviews
Once you've tried these, you won't accept the other junk that's out there, no matter how expensive and what brand name they may have. Great pruners - the rotating handle mechanism virtually eliminates sore hands and the dreaded "pinch" when a branch suddenly breaks and the fleshy part of your thumb or palm gets caught. After some heavy pruning this season, these finally gave out after years of service. I'm buying two pairs and dumping my others into the recycle bin for good. Absolutely no complaints considering the abuse they took.
But, if you have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, these pruners are a nightmare. You have to grip it relatively tightly, a very painful experience for those of us with CTS. I wish I could say I like this item, so many folks do.and Fiskars makes GREAT stuff, most of the time. I assume this isn't a problem for those with arthritis (don't know why), but it would be SO NICE if they told folks about this rather odd feature ON THE DESCRIPTION. They don't tell you that the handle ROLLS when you squeeze it closed.
Whenever the Felco made a heavy cut, the handles snapped together very hard, whereas the Fiskars handles didn't snap together as hard. For one thing, the flange on the rotating handle of Felco's #7 is too small, making the index finger too prone to slide up the handle after just a few cuts. It's harder than even a birch dowel, but the Fiskars sliced through it with ease using just a one hand grip. I have somewhat small hands for a guy, (but still slightly larger than a woman's LARGE hand size), but the 7936 works just fine for me, although I think the 7937 might fit my hand slightly better. I am a convert now.
So the words "large", "average", "small" are kind of hard to interpret. These pruners live up to the marketing hype because they do cut with much less effort than regular pruners. Translation: rubber bumpers are a must on the Felco 13, but not on the Fiskars PowerGear. The PowerGear pruners come in two sizes #7936(large to average sized hands) and #7937(small to average sized hands). The test piece was a 5/8" thick peach tree trunk that had dried up and was very solid and hard.
The problem doesn't exist with the Fiskars' rotating handle because it has a much more pronounced flange. You can pay much more for a Felco, ARS, or Bahco, but you can't buy a better pair of pruners than these Fiskars PowerGear. My first impression when I saw the claim by Fiskars of "3X the cutting power" with the PowerGear was it must be marketing fluff. They even cut much easier than the Power-Lever models that until now I always thought were the best pruners. The Fiskars won hands down in power, ease of cut, and comfort. But note that a men's small is equal to a woman's large. The PowerGear is far better, far more comfortable, and far more powerful.
Also, these pruners do not have rubber bumpers, but this is not a big deal because the rotating handle takes much of the shock away. There isn't a single Felco hand pruner that comes close to the power of these Fiskars PowerGear. Considering the handles are plastic, these PowerGear pruners are on the heavy side, weighing 9.7 oz. The 7937 is much harder to find at brick-and-mortar retail stores. I just did a real-life comparison test of Felco #13 and Fiskars PowerGear 7936.
With the Felco 13, I had to use two hands on the long handles to achieve the same size cut and even then, the cut using one hand with the Fiskars took noticeably less effort. Not so. Compared to Felco's #7, Fiskars's PowerGear is far better. I own both the Fiskars PowerGear and the Fiskars PowerLever pruners.
It is still early to give a full evaluation, but so far, they are very good. I purchased the Fiskars Power Gear Pruners as a Christmas present for my wife. Unfortunately, they don't fit. The upside is that she has given them to me and I find them to be powerful. By that I mean that the pruners are too large for my wife's hand, and she does not have small hands.
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