- Ideal for cutting green, living growth like tree branches
- Fully hardened, precision-ground blade stays sharp through heavy use
- Rust-resistant, low-friction coating helps the blade glide through wood and prevents it from gumming up with sap and debris
- Maximum cutting capacity: 1-1/2 inch diamiter
- Lifetime warranty
Choose Fiskars Bypass Lopper for smooth, easy cuts on tree branches, comfortable use and lasting value. A fully hardened, precision-ground blade stays sharp, and a low-friction coating helps it resist rust while making every cut even easier. Shock-absorbing bumpers eliminate the jarring conclusion at the end of cuts, and non-slip comfort grips make Fiskars lopper easier to grip, carry and maneuver when cutting at awkward angles. In addition, durable steel handles provide lasting strength through heavy use.
By L. J. Snider
My cheap loppers had gone dull, and because I'm a senior citizen living in the woods, I have to have something that will do the job without lots of effort. I know Fiskars as a quality brand, so I read many reviews before choosing this model 9146 and I am thrilled with my choice. Many models apparently have a wide handle spread; this model is absolutely perfect. A lightweight unit with perfect handle spread so I can get underneath those pesky box elder growths with ease. These don't have the fancing gearing, but they don't need it. For anyone wanting a lightweight power cutter, this is the one!
By WakkyWabbit
I am tough on loppers. I am always doing things with them that I shouldn't. I also break them often. I decided to give these a try. So far, these have held up extremely well. I have cut lots of branches much thicker than what is recommended without any problems.
♦ Well made, very solid.
♦ Not lightweight but not overly heavy. A small person might have issues with using these overhead for extended periods.
♦ Very sharp.
♦ Comfort grips really are comfortable. Nice size, soft and rubberized. Do not slip in sweaty hands.
♦ Will cut through thick, hardwood stems with little to moderate effort.
♦ Suckers and small branches cut with minimal effort.
♦ Made in China.
► These are much better quality than I expected. I bought these without much research and solely based upon Amazon reviews because the extended pair I wanted were not available and I needed a pair ASAP. I am very pleased with this purchase and will buy another pair when I break these. These are much better quality than some more expensive brands I have purchased in the past.
♦ Well made, very solid.
♦ Not lightweight but not overly heavy. A small person might have issues with using these overhead for extended periods.
♦ Very sharp.
♦ Comfort grips really are comfortable. Nice size, soft and rubberized. Do not slip in sweaty hands.
♦ Will cut through thick, hardwood stems with little to moderate effort.
♦ Suckers and small branches cut with minimal effort.
♦ Made in China.
► These are much better quality than I expected. I bought these without much research and solely based upon Amazon reviews because the extended pair I wanted were not available and I needed a pair ASAP. I am very pleased with this purchase and will buy another pair when I break these. These are much better quality than some more expensive brands I have purchased in the past.
By Southern Mississippi
I'm not a landscaping pro. I'm a disabled senior with an overgrown yard in Southern Mississippi, where Nature is always putting up her best efforts to reclaim our yard into the woods. That means lots of volunteers and suckers, both with and without thorns, from brush to vines. It requires continual effort to keep it at bay and my new pair of loppers apparently took an unauthorized trip somewhere, leaving me with two rusted, dull, and nearly frozen pairs to try and use. Forget it--it was impossible. This spring, I had to have decent ones, so I bit the bullet after not seeing much in the local brick & mortar stores that appealed in terms of quality or price.
Fiskars is a trusted name in blades, and since I sew...well, it was REALLY familiar to me. I decided that I'd try this pair. It's nothing fancy, just your standard loppers, without extension handles or fancy gearing. Exactly what I was looking for.
I had to immediately try them out when they arrived. Down came crepe myrtle suckers. Out came some volunteer ilex that was about an inch in diameter. Live oak saplings were history, so were the pecan volunteers. Magnolias were no problem either. Even the popcorn saplings were soon cut down. None of it gave me any problems, although if you have reduced strength in your arms, you may have to use crazy leverage for maximum cutting power when things get tough and thick. I'll often brace one handle on a hip, using both hands to pull against the opposite handle, to cut through thick branches. The side of my knee will also work, if I'm careful about placement.
While I can't exaggerate it to the point of claiming it cut through 1 1/2" branches like butter, unless you regularly use frozen butter and a dowel to cut it...it did do the job without killing me. With the tougher cuts, you do have to think about how to maximize your leverage for efficient cutting where you need to make the cut. For the smaller stuff, thinner than a finger, it's almost as easy as snipping with scissors, even things that tend to often be a bit sticky and resistant to cutting cleanly. I may have bought other loppers that performed as well, but certainly none that have performed better than these did out of the box.
The real test will be their longevity. Will they outlast being hijacked by someone or lost or mislaid? If so, they'll be great.
Fiskars is a trusted name in blades, and since I sew...well, it was REALLY familiar to me. I decided that I'd try this pair. It's nothing fancy, just your standard loppers, without extension handles or fancy gearing. Exactly what I was looking for.
I had to immediately try them out when they arrived. Down came crepe myrtle suckers. Out came some volunteer ilex that was about an inch in diameter. Live oak saplings were history, so were the pecan volunteers. Magnolias were no problem either. Even the popcorn saplings were soon cut down. None of it gave me any problems, although if you have reduced strength in your arms, you may have to use crazy leverage for maximum cutting power when things get tough and thick. I'll often brace one handle on a hip, using both hands to pull against the opposite handle, to cut through thick branches. The side of my knee will also work, if I'm careful about placement.
While I can't exaggerate it to the point of claiming it cut through 1 1/2" branches like butter, unless you regularly use frozen butter and a dowel to cut it...it did do the job without killing me. With the tougher cuts, you do have to think about how to maximize your leverage for efficient cutting where you need to make the cut. For the smaller stuff, thinner than a finger, it's almost as easy as snipping with scissors, even things that tend to often be a bit sticky and resistant to cutting cleanly. I may have bought other loppers that performed as well, but certainly none that have performed better than these did out of the box.
The real test will be their longevity. Will they outlast being hijacked by someone or lost or mislaid? If so, they'll be great.
By Alex S
Yep, these handy clippers are super duper! We had a huge area to clear, and I thought I might have to hire someone. Nope, these did the job, cutting through the overgrown shrubs and weeds like they were butter! It was actually easier than using scissors (and I must admit I am more used to Fiscars Scissors than loppers!).
The maple trees I cut down were actually only small ones, about three fet high suckers from an old stump, but I am proud of me!
I actually purchased mine from a local discount store that had the version made specifically for them with the handles being two inches shorter. So if you buy yours somewhere besides Amazon, make sure they are 28" instead of the 26" version I ended up with. Two inches may not sound like much, but it means a lot when you are working with thicker branches.
While most of what I trimmed was 1/2 inch, I did try a full 1 inch section. I did have to put out a tiny bit of effort to go through the full inch. I am becoming a big Fiskars fan, since these include a lifetime warranty.
The maple trees I cut down were actually only small ones, about three fet high suckers from an old stump, but I am proud of me!
I actually purchased mine from a local discount store that had the version made specifically for them with the handles being two inches shorter. So if you buy yours somewhere besides Amazon, make sure they are 28" instead of the 26" version I ended up with. Two inches may not sound like much, but it means a lot when you are working with thicker branches.
While most of what I trimmed was 1/2 inch, I did try a full 1 inch section. I did have to put out a tiny bit of effort to go through the full inch. I am becoming a big Fiskars fan, since these include a lifetime warranty.
By Angela K
These are super cutters. I was able to quickly manage multiple trees needing grooming with water suckers upto 2" in size. Nice clean cuts. Handles are long enough I got brave and worked on some blackberry brambles too.
By Dave_ten
I'm reviewing loppers. I've hit a new high. I use these loppers to lop my neighbors fruit tree when it breaks through my wood fence. I use these to lop my vegetable garden at the end of the season. I use these to lop my yucca plant when it gets to wild. I love lopping. I wish I had more things to lop. If I did these would be the loppers I use.
By M. Mille
I'm very happy with the quality and cutting ability of these Fiskars 9146 Bypass Loppers. They simply work great, are light and of high quality. I definitely recommend these loppers.
By Zerbina
Stays sharp and is great for pruning. I have been using this tool for a while and definitely recommend it. We have a couple of Fiskars garden tools and couldn't be happier with them!
By Amazon Customer
I am so shocked to be providing a negative review for these. Only ~20 hours into using them, I find the nut to be moving, so that it keeps getting tighter and tighter with use to the point that I can no longer pull apart and push together the handles. I use an adjustable wrench and a socket to loosen slightly or, before it gets too tight I can work the handles quickly back and forth, which sometimes loosens the nut and other times makes it even tighter. but even if its loosened, it gets incredibly tight and unusable again with a little more use. I'm shocked by this. will be trying some WD 40 in the joint next. are these lockers all my life and never had a pair tighten to unusability before.
Update! July 2015. Turned out my problem could be easily solved with WD-40. Lubricating the joint prevented all of the binding I was seeing. So now I give these five stars.
Update! July 2015. Turned out my problem could be easily solved with WD-40. Lubricating the joint prevented all of the binding I was seeing. So now I give these five stars.
By Bryan J. Kautzman
Seriously, this thing is amazing for the price you pay.
I just bought a house, and it had this monstrous oleander in my back yard. I didn't know what it was at first because it was so massive. There were 17 trunks coming out of the base of this thing. It easily spanned 50 feet, and the highest limps were easily higher than the 40' electric lines out back. My backyard isn't even that big, and that's why the tree had to go.
Now I don't like trees very much in the first place, but trees like oleanders are a special pet peeve of mine. This thing shed like crazy. It was a huge mess in my backyard, and the stupid things are almost impossible to kill. First thing's first, though. I had to cut down all of the branches. I have a chainsaw, but I'm not very skilled with it. I would prefer to not bring it up a ladder, so I decided to buy a lopper to get as low as I could before bringing the chainsaw out.
At first, I was very careful to only cut small branches with it. I gradually cut larger and larger branches until I got to test the limits. I would give it one good try to cut through a branch. If it didn't cut most of the way through the branch in one go, I would move on. I was amazed at how thick some of those branches got. My conclusion is that the blade will cut the diameter of a branch about 75% it's size.
Two of the trunks still stood about 8' high after using the lopper, so I used a handsaw to cut those down to a more manageable size. With the rest of the tree, I was able to get all of the trunks low enough to use the chainsaw from the ground. Now I just have a stump.
Like most Fiskars products, I think this is perfect for a homeowner who has tree maintenance to do on a semi-regular basis.
I just bought a house, and it had this monstrous oleander in my back yard. I didn't know what it was at first because it was so massive. There were 17 trunks coming out of the base of this thing. It easily spanned 50 feet, and the highest limps were easily higher than the 40' electric lines out back. My backyard isn't even that big, and that's why the tree had to go.
Now I don't like trees very much in the first place, but trees like oleanders are a special pet peeve of mine. This thing shed like crazy. It was a huge mess in my backyard, and the stupid things are almost impossible to kill. First thing's first, though. I had to cut down all of the branches. I have a chainsaw, but I'm not very skilled with it. I would prefer to not bring it up a ladder, so I decided to buy a lopper to get as low as I could before bringing the chainsaw out.
At first, I was very careful to only cut small branches with it. I gradually cut larger and larger branches until I got to test the limits. I would give it one good try to cut through a branch. If it didn't cut most of the way through the branch in one go, I would move on. I was amazed at how thick some of those branches got. My conclusion is that the blade will cut the diameter of a branch about 75% it's size.
Two of the trunks still stood about 8' high after using the lopper, so I used a handsaw to cut those down to a more manageable size. With the rest of the tree, I was able to get all of the trunks low enough to use the chainsaw from the ground. Now I just have a stump.
Like most Fiskars products, I think this is perfect for a homeowner who has tree maintenance to do on a semi-regular basis.
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