Tools you wish you'd bought sooner...
Discussion
David A said:
Also reciprocating cordless saw with long cheap wood blades. Jam them in the soil and work around while wiggling tree till youve cut through the roots.
+1I've removed some hedge roots recently and the mixture of the large / small mattock & recip saw blade made fairly short work of them and it wasn't too bad on the back either.
I love this thread. It’s caused a few purchases - micro shovel recently - and there are loads of tools I now need but have no use for..!
Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
DaveK-S1 said:
I bought a pair of these last week https://www.sealey.co.uk/product/5637204968/exhaus...
saves stabbing yourself with a screwdriver
Do they work??saves stabbing yourself with a screwdriver
They’re also half that price on eBay for the same model….
Edited by GeneralBanter on Tuesday 20th February 22:28
OMITN said:
I love this thread. It’s caused a few purchases - micro shovel recently - and there are loads of tools I now need but have no use for..!
Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
What you also need is a good tool/storage solution for sorting all the gardener tools in the shed… Sorry, I mean that is what I need Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
adding to the suggestionsOMITN said:
I love this thread. It’s caused a few purchases - micro shovel recently - and there are loads of tools I now need but have no use for..!
Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
Loppers.Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
Fiskar are good. I've used and abused mine for 10 years and they are still operational!
I've got a pair of the geared solid ones which can deal with surprisingly large branches. If it fits in the jaws they'll cut it. https://www.uktoolbox.com/product/fiskars-powergea...
And for lighter duty the extendable ones are useful... https://www.uktoolbox.com/product/fiskars-smartfit...
Wolf Garten are also a good brand, upper end of the home user imo. https://wolfonline.co.uk/collections/frontpage
M11rph said:
OMITN said:
I love this thread. It’s caused a few purchases - micro shovel recently - and there are loads of tools I now need but have no use for..!
Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
Loppers.Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
Fiskar are good. I've used and abused mine for 10 years and they are still operational!
I've got a pair of the geared solid ones which can deal with surprisingly large branches. If it fits in the jaws they'll cut it. https://www.uktoolbox.com/product/fiskars-powergea...
And for lighter duty the extendable ones are useful... https://www.uktoolbox.com/product/fiskars-smartfit...
Wolf Garten are also a good brand, upper end of the home user imo. https://wolfonline.co.uk/collections/frontpage
Bear with me on this one, but as a 50-year-old bloke with no kids I did not know the power of these moist squares of witchcraft. Just amazing at getting marks off any fabric, wall, floor, ceiling, self.
Wet wipes!
I know most of you will have kids and be all too aware of the necessity of these in your life, but it is literally a tool. I wish I bought (and knew about) sooner
Wet wipes!
I know most of you will have kids and be all too aware of the necessity of these in your life, but it is literally a tool. I wish I bought (and knew about) sooner
bennno said:
BigBen said:
What's the thread recommendation for digging up hedge roots? The boy and I have knackered a garden fork today so need something a bit more hardcore. There was some stuff earlier on the thread about roughneck digging tools but I wasn't listening.....
This will cut straight through themhttps://www.toolstation.com/roughneck-digging-bar/...
OMITN said:
I love this thread. It’s caused a few purchases - micro shovel recently - and there are loads of tools I now need but have no use for..!
Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
Loppers?Anyway, after nearly 50 years on this earth we have finally acquired a garden shed (and a matching tool shed to get the mower, pickaxe, mattock, etc. out of the garage).
Looking at the garden tools, we need (1) a new “lady” fork (Mrs OMITN is v petite) and (2) some new loppers, the others having been knackered attacking tree roots and the likes over the years..!
Suggestions please..!
I find these Ryobi battery ones work brilliantly.
talksthetorque said:
Bear with me on this one, but as a 50-year-old bloke with no kids I did not know the power of these moist squares of witchcraft. Just amazing at getting marks off any fabric, wall, floor, ceiling, self.
Wet wipes!
I know most of you will have kids and be all too aware of the necessity of these in your life, but it is literally a tool. I wish I bought (and knew about) sooner
Wet wipes are my go to for cleaning everything! Wall drawn on, wet wipe it lightly and it will take off the marks. Plug socket/light switch looking a bit tired, give it a wipe and it'll look fresh again. Car interior looking grubby, give it a wipe. Brilliant things. Wet wipes!
I know most of you will have kids and be all too aware of the necessity of these in your life, but it is literally a tool. I wish I bought (and knew about) sooner
Sford said:
talksthetorque said:
Bear with me on this one, but as a 50-year-old bloke with no kids I did not know the power of these moist squares of witchcraft. Just amazing at getting marks off any fabric, wall, floor, ceiling, self.
Wet wipes!
I know most of you will have kids and be all too aware of the necessity of these in your life, but it is literally a tool. I wish I bought (and knew about) sooner
Wet wipes are my go to for cleaning everything! Wall drawn on, wet wipe it lightly and it will take off the marks. Plug socket/light switch looking a bit tired, give it a wipe and it'll look fresh again. Car interior looking grubby, give it a wipe. Brilliant things. Wet wipes!
I know most of you will have kids and be all too aware of the necessity of these in your life, but it is literally a tool. I wish I bought (and knew about) sooner
Cow Corner said:
It’s all good until your kids start flushing them down the loo..
Ask me how I know!
My biggest hate, even though a lot say flushable they do not break down like toilet paper, they get caught on pipe connections and within a day everyone on that run has blocked drains.Ask me how I know!
I’m at the end of half a dozen plots on a 100mm foul pipe, usually the first to notice as the kitchen sink water drains slowly, pop my man hole and voila, in 25 years I’ve rodded a dozen or so times, but now I leave it to the water company.
9 times out of 10 an intact wet wipe flows through as soon as you’ve unblocked it yet no one up here flushes them or cotton buds down the toilet, strange that.
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