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Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - Broadway - 06-12-2020
Morning folks,
I’m after your recommendations for gloves and secateurs please.
Secateurs - Ideally left-handed
Gloves – Flexible but strong, so can withstand blackberry thorns
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - toomanytommytoes - 06-12-2020
Felco for secateurs. More expensive but you can buy replacement parts or send them off to be serviced.
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - Mark_Riga - 06-12-2020
There are the rolls Royce of gardening gloves. £25 to £39. I find them a bit thick to wear for much other than dealing with thorns - bramble and hawthorns mainly. The ladies size were to small for OH. I bought a pair from Trentham Gardens.
https://www.harrodhorticultural.com/gold-leaf-tough-touch-gloves-pid7548.html
These look similar to some I bought from a local gardening centre for £6 recently. There are flexible to use for most jobs. The brand there was Town and Country. I find them OK for dealing with brambles as long as I'm careful.
https://www.harrodhorticultural.com/showa-grip-master-gloves-pid7545.html
My son used a pair of these when he did a job gardening for people in the village several years ago and they still have some life left in them though some of the rubber is coming off now.
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - Broadway - 06-12-2020
Thanks guys, will take a look
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - Jimny14 - 06-12-2020
Okatsune secateurs. Come with two springs, they're not technically left handed but I am a left hander and have used them no problems. I have a pair of their snips (I love them) and have put the secateurs on my christmas list as i got some for my dad for his birthday and he loves them.
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - Scarlet - 07-12-2020
I've been using the same pair of Felcos for over 20 years. I keep meaning to send them offf for repair - the red handles have worn away in places - blades are still good.
I use town and country gloves - good for brambles. I like them as the small fits well without a ton of room in the fingers! I hate flappy gloves.
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - Broadway - 13-12-2020
Thanks for your advice folks….
Although I didn’t choose the recommended secateurs it did help me in the selection process…
In the end I went for Kent & Stowe left handed secateurs, I couldn’t really justify the Felcos as they would last longer than me!
Regards gloves I went for Showa 451 Thermo Grip Insulated Gloves, influenced by a link/comment from Mark.
Both have arrived and seem good quality and sturdy?
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - Spec - 13-12-2020
Why do you need to bother with left handed secateurs, I am strong dommanent left handed but have never had any bother using anything from the other side, as for gloves there is a factory outlet close by where I can get XXL working gloves that fit my hands as XL are usually too small
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - Broadway - 13-12-2020
(13-12-2020, 04:42 PM)Spec Wrote: Why do you need to bother with left handed secateurs, I am strong dommanent left handed but have never had any bother using anything from the other side, as for gloves there is a factory outlet close by where I can get XXL working gloves that fit my hands as XL are usually too smallBecause I can
RE: Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please - PyreneesPlot - 13-12-2020
I like Fiskars secateurs. I have a ratchet action pair which are good for when my hands are sore, plus a bright yellow pair which, in theory, I shouldn't lose too often. I've had quite a few pairs now.