Primus Rose Cavalier Telescopic

This is perfect for long distance or high pruning, deadheading and general trimming. It holds the cut piece in its jaws and thus makes it easy to remove dead heads etc. from a flower bed without having to climb in. Very useful indeed. Seems strongly made and looking at the component parts, is an extending version of the one marketed by spear and Jackson. (Which itself is also very good) the extra reach makes this even more useful.

Arrived a day earlier - bonus !!! On opening the box, I thought this looks quality and after translation of the pack and my first use it is a brilliant bit of kit. I am really quite eager to start pruning properly . It is very lightweight even when fully extended. A good feature is the grabber part. There is good comfortable grips on the pruner. Blades are very sharp too and went through the new season growth on hawthorn like a knife through butter. It was a bit more expensive than some of familiar brands in the UK but, it seems far better made than any what I have looked at in local garden centres.

It is ideal for light bush pruning, is sturdy easy to use extends and clamps the twig to put it in the tub.Both my wife and I use it especially to trim and cut water lilley leaves from the pond plus it clamps them to remove to keep the pond tidy. Well worht the purchase at a great price

When these arrived I thought I'd made a mistake...however they've actually grown on me! Way too pricey for what they are and there are a couple of drawbacks....the rubber handle thing isn't fixed...but isn't tight enough to stay where you put it on the pole so tends to just slip down. No major biggy but naff design. *edit* That feature has also grown on me as it allows you to slide your hand about when placing the trimmed branches in a pile by You! The bendy head altho handy 10% of the time is actually a pain in the @ss. I'm thinking of splinting mine to stop it bendin about whilst I'm wrestling with the tougher cuts....oh and looks like to sharpen the blade you have to take it apart. Sad face. The bonus' tho are- after you trim a branch the design of the blade holds the trimmed branch so you dont have to go looking for where it fell- if you use it right. The blade is sharp and will chop most living branches up to an inch and a half. Harder woods or dead wood don't bother! It's pretty long and has a good sturdy locking mechanism, non of that twisting rubbish! Very handy for rogue tree branches hanging down just out of reach and amazing for climbers and roses/arches. No ladder needed which is always a bonus! *edit* the spring in the handle snapped and they are super hard to find...finally got one for about 5 quid! They usually start at about 7 quid! Gotta be careful with this but it's very handy!

I love this device. It's a remarkably good secateur in it's own right and effortlessly prunes hard to reach climbing roses, wisteria etc. I bought to avoid always having to lug a heavy step ladder about and to give me extra reach from the ladder when I want to trim higher branches. Overall better than expected and an excellent purchase. Only criticism is no instructions in English but it take me long to figure it out.

Absolutely brilliant, just what I needed to prune the roses round a very high rose arch, without having to get the ladder out. Much easier to use than the ones with the ropes and much lighter. It managed some quite thick branches too, so I was very impressed.

Some good, some poor. The good was a sturdy long reach pruner for light work. The poor- I use a G-Tech cordless hedge trimmer and branch cutter for heavier work and the pruner for thinner, out of reach twigs. Yesterday the spring on the handle broke . I would like to contact the seller for their advice, either for a replacement spring or a possible complete replacement. As I got it in June with no enclosed delivery note, I'm struggling to find a way to contact the seller. It must surely still be within warranty ?

This product is ideal for the pruning of my rose growing 15 feet up on my old ash stomp. It is light eneough to do the job properly without tiring. My wife also finds it easy for dead heading a large rambler rose. We have heavy duty loppers for tougher jobs, but these are much too heavy for continuous light work.-brilliant.