Very good quality product. Then again most of Fiskars products are, that is part of the reason I purchased them, brand recognition. I've cut some fairly large branches and it just slices right through them. Makes trimming my bushes a lot easier, and I prefer to do it by hand then with a hedge trimmer. I've found that if you do them every month by hand they always look good and it's less work. Just my 2 cents.