Good but also disappointing. I have a Milwaukee pruner at work (golf course maintenance) so I can give a good comparison with this Dewalt tool which I bought for home use. The good is that the hand feel and battery swapping is much better on the Dewalt. Cutting performance is very similar with the dewalt seeming to be a bit faster and cutting at an easier hand angle. But the Dewalt is brand new vs my Milwaukee at work which has been in steady use for 3 years now. So time will tell if the performance holds up. The disappointing part is that this tool could be SO much better. The first BIG disappointment was discovering that this uses old brushed motors. Brushed motor tech is so outdated now that I sometimes forget to check my electric tools before buying as was the case this time. That guarantees poor efficiency, reduced performance, and a shorter useful life, not to mention visible sparking and arcing inside the tool body that creates a burning smell, and likely damage over time as grass clippings from the lawn, or sawdust from my chain saw get into the pruners and burn while I'm working. The second disappointment is cost for an outdated tool. I have more than a dozen Dewalt 20V Max tools so it does make some sense to keep adding to the collection but I can get similar performance and quality from smaller, lighter rechargeable tools from several non-American competitors now for about half the price, or much better tools from a few premium brands for a similar price as the Dewalt tools. So I have to wonder if sticking with Dewalt is worthwhile any longer as they seem to be falling behind on modernizing their lineup. So the end result is that while the tools are still good, they are no longer great or all that competitive. My last 2 (this one and a small chain saw) have really not been good value for the money when compared to competitors products. Sadly Dewalt is starting to feel like paying for a BMW but getting Buick instead ... still good, but really not worth the price premium.

I am more so leaving a review for my grandpa but he got this pruner around a year and a half ago and it has been heavily used both trimming limbs and clearing about a decade of brush from around our shop and has worked flawlessly only having chipped the blade barely on a chain link fence a tree had grown through. But after all that it got left outside behind the shop with the 8 inch cordless chainsaw on December 21st and as of writing this review on February 8th both tools work just as good as before after being being covered in 8-10 inches of snow and ice, plus the other month and a half of elements only having lost a battery, the other was still full charged. To end both this pruner and the 8 inch chain saw are almost bullet proof tools to have if you're thinking about owing just the pruner or the chainsaw too.

Great pruner that tackles all of the small stuff I need to deal with. For anything larger you'll need to bust out a small chainsaw, but this can get through a decent sized branch with multiple cuts.

This pruner is great. It is the equalizer to keep up with the younger workers in cutting thicker branches. I love this pruner in fact we now have two pruners out trimming blackberries. The ability to purchase the replacement blades is a wonderful perk.