Can you recommend a pair of general purpose good quality secateurs please?

greenlove

I'm looking for a nice pair of secateurs to use in the garden for general cutting and prunning of roses and other thin branches. I'm looking for a nice pair, esthetically and functionally. What one might call "heirloom material".

Any recommendations please?

mikeymustard

Okatsune 103? Proper heirloom material. Otherwise - Felco are well loved

Swedboy

Are the ones you can get from Thomson and Morgan any good? My old pair has died and I have a 15 quid discount voucher with them.

Stevedaylilly

Mine are Spear and Jackson by pass. Excellent secateurs imo 

Asarum

I’ve been using my Felco bypass secateurs for at least 40 years with use in employment and my own gardens. 

KeenOnGreen

Felco forever! (Literally)

BenCotto

Niwaki are very good

https://www.niwaki.com/store/secateurs-loppers/

Pete.8

Felco No.2

B3

Whatever you decide, you need to feel them. They need to feel comfortable in your hands. Some you bond  with some you don't
That's provided you're not like me and lose them. In which case non rusting are good as they may well have to spend a considerable amount of time exposed to the elements.

Cloggie

Just bought Felco #6 and love them but i think if I'd been able to feel them (bought online from Felco site much cheaper than Amazon), I'd probably have gone for #2 but I did get free lovely gloves with them.  Might treat myself to a pair of #2 later.

Hostafan1

I've got Felco 2 and Felco 8. Both bought second hand on Ebay ( after losing mine ) I think I paid less than £20 each for them. Bargains