I find gardening is quite time consuming and I often struggle to find the amount of time required in order to keep my gardens looking decent. I have gardens to the front and rear of my house which are quite large and whilst it is nice to have a large garden area, it can be difficult to maintain. Around my front garden is a large hedge and assorted shrubs which do need cutting and pruning and although I purchased a cordless hedge cutter to help me with this task, I found that even though it is a godsend as it makes cutting the hedge so much easier, it is not suitable for cutting through thicker branches. I had tried using secateurs and even a saw on some ...  Read the complete review

This is actually the second Heavy Duty Lopper from Qualcast that we have owned. It is not because it is such a great product rather the first one after six months and only a handful of uses, fell to pieces while in use and the securing bolt that holds the two arms in place literally fell apart and the nut and bolt disappeared into the depths of a bush. I took it back to B&Q however without a receipt they originally refused to take it however after a small confrontation they relented and replaced the item, since then the new one has worked fine however I'm still a little cautious over the quality of the build. My main reason for buying this was that it was the ...  Read the complete review

A lopper is perhaps one of those things that many would not know what it actually was, and if you have any trees or large bushes in your garden, then having a decent heavy duty lopper available with your garden spade, fork and rake is going to be a must. So when we moved to a new house that had a few trees and low bushes around the garden, I knew I was going to need one, and hence purchased this pair from Homebase for just under £20. But what is it? Well if you had a garden and I said 'secateurs' to you, you problem know that they are like pruning shears - like a handheld pair of tough scissors that you use to prune roses, plants and small trees. Well a ...  Read the complete review

I am on a killing spree in the garden: die die die, I mutter freakishly, as the brambles and over-grown hedges get some, courtesy of my choppers. I already had a pair of long-handled garden shears, but the Other Half spotted the Qualcast heavy duty loppers in Homebase for £19.99 and thought them the perfect gift for rampaging me. Romance is not dead! These loppers are able to tackle far thicker branches easily and give me an extra 70cm of reach up and into the tangled hedges. (It's alright, the neighbours are on board with the whole garden apocalypse I am wreaking). The thickest branch the loppers have tackled is the size of thumb and fore-finger ...  Read the complete review