Structron 41398 TP612 Compound Action Lopper Tree Pruner, 14" Saw Blade, 6' to 12' Extension Handle

This pole pruner is the best one I have ever used. Sturdy, sharp and accurate when attacking branches up high. I haul this one back and forth to our vacation home because it is so much better than what I have at the vacation home.

THE HEAD EXTRUDES AWAY FROM THE POLE MAKING EASY FOR THE BRACE TO GET TANGLED IN THE BRANCHES AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SLIDE THE CUTTER OVER TO THE BRANCH YOU NEED TO CUT. MY OTHER POLE PRUNER CAN SLIDE THE HANDLE DIRECTLY ONTO THE BRANCH I NEED TO CUT WITH NOTHING TO GET IN THE WAY NOR MY HAVING TO LIFT THE POLE IN ORDER TO SEARCH AND PLACE THE CUTTING HEAD ONTO THE CUT I WANT TO MAKE.... THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE LOCKING MECHANISM SOMETIMES WORKS AND MOST OTHER TIMES DOES NOT WORK. THE POLE BECOMES USELESS AS THIS CAUSES THE HEAD TO SWIVEL AND YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE CUT. 3) THE LINE ALWAYS SEEMS TO RUN OFF THE PULLEY. THIS MAKES YOU HAVE TO LOWER THE POLE SO YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO PULLEY AND PLACE THE LINE INTO PULLEY GROOVE. A SIMPLE GUIDE TO KEEP THE LINE IN PLACE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PROPER WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. BASICALLY, THIS IS DESIGNED BY A MONKEY WHO GOT HIS DEGREE AT ONE OF OUR GREAT INSTITUTIONS WITHOUT FIRST GETTING HIS CS DEGREE. "COMMOM SENSE". WHICH WOULD HAVE LED THEM TO THINK OF "DO ONTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU." DAH.