Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12467 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Fiskars
• Model: 9210
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 37.00" h x 10.00" w x 3.50" l, 3.45 pounds

Features

• Ideal for hard-to-reach trimming needs
• 37-inch overall length
• 5-inch precision ground, hardened carbon steel blades
• Cutting head rotates 180-degrees for precise trimming
• Blades lock closed for safe transportation and storage

Amazon.com Product Description
The Fiskars long handle swivel grass shears eliminates the bending and stooping that is required with conventional grass shears. Ideal for hard to reach trimming needs, the unit is 37-inches long, and lightweight for ease of use. The unit's head can rotate 180-degrees, allowing you to easily find an ideal trimming angle, and the precision-ground carbon steel 5-inch blades provide a clean and precise cut. The blades can also lock closed for easy and safe storage.

Customer Reviews

Ordered despite the bad reviews, and, Surprise!!!
I hate to heap mockery on some of the reviewers' statements below, but I have found immediate gratification with this set of long handled shears. They, to be polite, are all fulla beans.

In fact, my wife has agreed that we need a second pair, so she can use them when I'm obsessing with this pair.

Down the list of criticisms that turned out to be so much hot air:

LIGHT, not heavy. Very controllable, not fatiguing at all.

Very sharp, right out of the box.

Easy to balance with the front handle -- this is a two hand job, if you're going to be trimming more than a snip here and there -- and I didn't find any need to stoop or bend over at all. I'm only six feet, though, so perhaps some of the negative reviews were written by retired NBA folks.

FAST, FAST, FAST delivery. To tell the truth, with some of my experiences of late with Amazon, I was astonished to see it in my carport just two days after ordering. TWO DAYS, people! Ready to use, right out of the box, too!

There are some negatives. I have NO idea how I'll sharpen the blades, but, with the slight expense, I can afford to toss 'em in a landfill for future generations to deal with and buy another.

Anybody wanna buy a used Ryobi string trimmer?

EXCELLENT product. Do as I did, and take the negative reviews below with tablespoons of salt, heaps of salt, and order a few. I'm terrifically glad I did.
UPDATE June 08: Use these almost daily, when things are growing. Actually they were easier to put a newish edge on than I anticipated. They are a bit hard to keep clean, but that is mostly me, I'm afraid. I'd buy a pair if I were you, and I am hard to please (see other reviews under my name.)

The continuing search for grass trimmers
A while back I attended a lecture at an old house nearby. While poking around the property we spied some ingenious looking trimmers that were mounted on wheels. The perfect thing for edging lawns! When I saw these long handled shears in This Old House magazine they looked to be the closest thing (albeit without wheels). They are light and well balanced. The blades seem to cut nicely and I like the fact that the blade lock is easily located on the top. The blades are rather short, so you have to make lots and lots of cuts to edge a bed. Naturally, this leads to a very tired hand. The shears are easy to use in either hand, although I am pretty ambidextrous so it may just be me. I have found that something of a scythe movement enables me to cut through grass somewhat easier and quicker. I have an aversion to gas powered weed wackers as they are noisy and smelly. They are far more effective than these shears which I was hoping would not be the case. All in all, if I had just a small area to edge, these shears would be great. For a large lawn or many flower beds, they just don't "cut it."

what a disappointment
I had such high hopes for this edger but have been very disappointed with it. To begin with it's heavy and somewhat bulky making it difficult to operate. Secondly, unless you position the blades at a particular angle, it doesn't cut grass very well. Thirdly, although this would be ideal for someone who wants to develop his/her triceps, it's a pain to operate for any length of time. Even my husband found it tiring and painful to use. It would be better if it had a wheel at the base so you could roll it along while cutting grass.