Electric Pruning Shears, 40mm Cordless Pruner with Brushless Motor, LCD Display, SK7 Blade

Absolutely love these pruners! Despite their compact size, they deliver impressive torque. We effortlessly trimmed limbs up to 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and with a clever technique (notching the limb before cutting), we tackled even larger branches. During our 15-minute filming session, the battery started at 90% and only dipped 5%. Overall, this is an excellent purchase.

I lucked out and got one of these while there was a 47% off coupon offered which brought the price down to $46 USD.

The opening width of this tool is 40mm measured where the branch is completely captured by the blade and anvil. The build quality seems okay. The tool does have adjustable opening widths (2). The manual does not mention this, but it does. I'll include instructions on how to set the opening width at the end of the review. The picture in the listing is incorrect about how the width settings are changed.

The batteries are a bit lighter than some others, so I would suspect we'll be lucky to get 2000mah out of them. The batteries also arrived completely discharged, which is not good for the Li-Ion batteries.

The anvil on this tool is beefier than most, we'll see how the cutting blade holds up. I'll update the review after I've had a chance to use them more.

I noticed that this tool has a few differences from some of its competitors:
1. The anvil is thicker and generally has more metal than others.
2. The actuating point for the cutter is positioned a bit higher on the cutter, which should provide a bit more power to the cutter due to increased leverage.
3. The cutter is not sharpened all the way down to the "crotch" where it meets the anvil. This means that you could wind up getting thinner stuff trapped in the last 8mm or so of the bottom of the blade and it won't cut well. I think this can be dealt with, but it will take a bit of practice to remember to position thinner branches a bit higher on the blade.
4. The tool came with 2 replacement blades -- one black oxide coated and the other shiny steel like the one mounted in the tool. There is no replacement anvil.
5. The tool does not come with a bottle of oil, which most others do. You'll need to get a bottle of some lightweight machine oil to keep the blade and pivot lubricated. Some 3-in-one oil or some sewing machine oil would work for this as would some tri-flow oil. Don't use automotive motor oil.

To adjust the opening width of the cutter, you press and hold the trigger until it beeps once and then release. The next time you pull the trigger, it should be actuating at the smaller opening width. To get back to the maximum opening width, just repeat the process. To close the jaws for storage, hold the trigger longer until it beeps twice. That will lock the blade in the closed position for storage. To unlock it , you just press the trigger quickly twice and it will beep and unlock.

I tested and this does work with the extension poles being sold to work with these makita battery based pruners and mini-chainsaws. You'll need to change the "mode" switch on the extension pole to the non-factory setting to make it work.