American Gardener 3-Inch 3.6-Volt Cordless Grass Shear #GS36
- Cordless grass shear ideal for grass around flower beds and light shrubbery touchups
- Comfortable safety thumb switch; safety lockout prohibits accidental blade operation
- Stainless steel blades retain sharpness and resist corrosion
- 3.6-volt high capacity NiCad power system; 30 minutes continuous cutting per charge
- 3-inch blades
Amazon.com Product Description
The American Gardener 3.6-volt cordless grass shear with 3-inch clean-cut stainless steel blades makes trimming fast easy and is especially ideal for the grass around flower beds and light shrubbery touch ups. Using a comfortable safety thumb switch, the safety lockout feature prohibits accidental blade operation. The stainless steel blades are designed to retain their sharpness and resist corrosion, while the 3.6-volt high capacity NiCad power system provides 30 minutes of continuous cutting per charge…. More >>
American Gardener 3-Inch 3.6-Volt Cordless Grass Shear #GS36
This is an excellent grass shear. Its battery charge is long-lasting and the shear itself is durable. However, I recently had to replace the entire unit because the charger (either the transformer or its connecting wire, which is quite flimsy) broke and would no longer charge the unit. I tried very hard to find a source online for a new part but was unable to do so. The company’s website would not allow me to contact them to seek information on a replacement. It seems a shame to have such an excellent shear but be unable to get replacement parts for the charger.
Just what I wanted. I purposely bought this smaller, narrower model to trim grass in between small bushes, and for small weeds, and it works fine. Holds more than enough charge to finish my small garden.
Already had one of these shears and mistakenly bought what I thought would be comparable, one from Sears (Craftsman)). I was extremely disappointed with the Craftsman, so went on a search for another American Gardener. They work extremely well and hold a charge for quite a long time (enough to finish my large lawn area). I not only use these to trim the perimeter of the lawn, but also for shaping our shrubbery and bushes.
I purchased this product after reading reviews on Amazon, like I do for most of my purchases.
Sadly, I have to agree with the people who DID NOT recommend it.
It does not last, and more important, it does not cut all of the grass that ends up in between the blades.
Doing things twice is not on my time schedule.
This product should not have passsed quality control.
I purchased the GS48 4″ Grass Shear in June and used it three times in three weeks on a small patch of grass. The shears is very loud and cut the grass fine the first time I used it. The blades dull very fast and by the second use, it started to bruise some of the grass blades. During the third use, the blades quit working even though the motor kept running and emitted a high pitched shriek.
The first line customer service at American Gardener are exceptionally nice and easy to work with, however, they are there only to answer the phone and take messages. It is the 2nd line workers who actually do do anything to help you. After phone phone calls in a span of 3-1/2 weeks, and emailing copies of my receipts as they requested, nothing was done by the 2nd line workers. They promised to send out replacements blades (they think the blades are broken inside the housing) but I never received them, and no one bothers to call me back. After waiting almost a month with no action, I decided to return the item but American Gardener does not want it back because I didn’t buy it from them, and Amazon only has a 30-day return policy.
Maybe I just had a lemon, but I’ll never buy another American Garden product again.