To find the best pruning shears, I tested a wide range of bypass, anvil, and ratchet pruners to see if they made the cut. Following strict testing criteria, each pair of pruners had to make at ...

There are two main types of pruning shears: bypass and anvil. Bypass pruning shears work like scissors, with two blades that pass by each other to make a clean cut. Anvil pruning shears ...