please recommend me some good secaturs

[Geneticsbunny]

My husband has lost my secaturs in the garden somewhere are they are very unlikely to be found. Whilst I plan a new patio to prevent this happening again, can anyone recommend a good pair of secaturs at around the £40-50 price point. I will stretch that if there is an amazing pair which will last me forever (with maintaninence).

Felco are the best. Should be some in your price range.

Felco PP nailed it - the gold medal of secateurs

I like Niwaki.

These: amzn.eu/d/4k7rv8P
Things of beauty..

Darlac are pretty good and surprisingly cheap, and the blades are made of Japanese carbon steel. My current ones are holding up well.

To be honest, it is probably also worth buying a couple of cheap pairs with lurid brightly-coloured handles for your DH to use in the garden. They are a lot easier to spot if you leave them lying around.

Thanks everyone. Will go and investigate all the options and let you know what I pick.

@Yamadori sounds less work than burying him under a patio. I think I saw some flourscent yellow ones somewhere.

Another vote for Niwaki. They are orgasmic. I recommend Lidl for your DH, they are surprisingly good and cheap enough to replace.

Niwaki and then a cheap pair for your husband

This is a good point - why are garden tools so often made in green or black or muted colours?! Garden tools should be neon yellow or orange with pink spots! No matter how careful I try to be about setting them down, it's easy to get absorbed and absent-minded or for them to get covered in earth or weeds you've thrown up... 🤔

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I couldn't agree more!

Felco have bright red handles, and for about £25 you can send them off to be refurbished and they come back with a new blade, everything cleaned and moving freely and you feel like you've got a new pair. Even if you pulled them out after a winter in the compost heap. If you have dainty lady hands then No6 are the ones for you.

I need to get some decent new secateurs, ive got small hands so perhaps the felco will suit. In addition to getting some cheap ones for careless OHs, I'd recommend getting a sheath for the good ones. I've not lost any since I started using one, I've got a belt on my gardening trousers with secateurs one side and hori hori on the other which covers most handtool jobs.