Milwaukee Tool M12 Brushless Pruning Shears Review 2534-20 2534-21 

I have both the Milwaukee and the Dewalt. IMO the Dewalt is a better tool, and its the only 20v cordless Dewalt tool i own. Far more comfortable to hold and use, cuts larger branches, no annoying trigger delay, and is literally half the price. I ran the Dewalts for 2 hours, twice - non stop cutting up all the branches on a large tree limb that fell. Cut everything up into 3 - 4 inch long peices while holding them over 42 gallon contractor garbage bags. 2 straight hours cutting about as fast as they could, running a fully charged 5.0 down to nothing, twice. Filled 4 of those bags up without a hiccup. They cut everything i could shove into the jaws, even if it took 2 or 3 attempts. Tool never overheated, never shut off, no damage to the blades and they are MUCH more comfortable to use than the M12, especially with gloves on, and they are 20v instead of 12. At half the price... Not brushless, but they dont need to be. I belive the Dewalt weighs less too. Honestly - i cant see a reason to justify the expense on the Milwaukee, and im a Milwaukee fanboy. Anybody stating - "they are about the same" is not being honest with their viewers.

I purchased one few months ago. The most used garden tool I got. I purchased the holster as well for ladder jobs where I need both hands climbing.

Perfect addition for all the mob bosses

I’ve got dozens of M12 & M18 tools, but already went with the DeWalt 20V version with 3/4” capacity awhile ago, because like some other tools, Milwaukee was last to release one. For smaller branches I can move faster with manual hand pruners. Ryobi also has one of these pruners, including one on a long adjustable pole, Ryobi model P2506BTL. I had picked that up during a Home Depot one day sale and found the extended reach very useful.

A few years ago I bought a brushless generic Chinese pruner from Amazon for around $100. It came with two Makita-style 18V batteries and a hard case. These are extremely useful but you have to be very, very careful because like you said you can get into a rhythm of cutting pretty fast and if you are careless you might end up loosing a finger. It's a good practice to leave your non-cutting hand in your pocket if possible. FYI, I have seen cordless pruners that do have a pole extension, I really wish mine did.

Thats nice for the red tool lovers. I bought the Kebtek with the extension pole. (it fits the Makita battery) and it's awesome!!! I was using it when the mail lady drove by and she stopped to ask about it and immediately looked it up on Amazon to buy her own.

Fantastic addition to the M12 line! I'll have to snag one. Thanks for the review, enjoyed it!

I can't manually cut off fingers myself anymore so this will do nicely.

I got the DeWalt ones this year, and I personally prefer those, mainly because they're cheaper and go up to an inch and a half cut

Great job, thank you for sharing. I highly recommend the holster also! It's really built nice & heavy duty, well made & looks good too. I also have the DeWalt pruner & IMHO it's more comfortable in my hands but it doesn't have as much power (a bit less, not much though) as the Milwaukee pruning shears & it's bulkier so it can't get into tighter spots as the Milwaukee can. The DeWalt pruner is almost half the price of the Milwaukee though & has (almost) the same amount of power.🤔

I know it's a couple months latter. But Milwaukee does make pole arm pruning shears now.

Hackzall, Sawzall, Mini chainsaw and good pruning scissors already got it covered This product is definitely marketed for the Yakuzas

I wish they had this on a pole.

ill stick to my hacksaw or sawzall 🤷‍♂️ they can cut larger then 1¼

yeah the tool itslef is kinda meh for the reach but put it on a 6 foot pole. Then we are going somewhere

ill wait for the slim flush cut that they will come out with for next yr....its milwaukee

This tool looks awesome.

Nice. Are the blades replaceable and available?

Get the milwaukee cable cutter anything in the garden it fits around it will cut thru.

Thanks for a nice review. Pruning blades need to be cleaned often to keep cutting performance up. And they need to be sharpened now and then too. Can you do a video that shows what is involved in washing / cleaning blades as well as sharpening blades? How easily are blades removed ? Are replacement blades readily available ?

Do you know how the blade stroke is made? Small electro- hydraulic, or mechanical gear drive, or other? Curious for longevity reasons. If it is gear driven, are they plastic or steel gears?

I need one of these Pruning Shears.

I really like this tool, but I feel that milwaukee has overpriced it at $200.00 for the bare tool. Seems like an appropriate price should be around $125.00, in my opinion. I still might buy one, though, since all my cordless tools are milwaukee.

My buddy said grab a ladder. If that don't work get a bigger ladder

On mine, after charging, I put the battery back in, press power and all the lights start flashing. Doesn't power up.

You’re onto something they need a pole saw extension for it

Let me ask you a question. Does Makita battery 21 volt battery fit a outside blower? It's yellow. Got six speeds to it. I don't have the name of the tool but it's a generic tool. It shows it and it says Makita batteries will fit but I'm not for sure. Do you recommend anything? The battery is go dead after. I don't know two three minutes using it

Your wife is gonna be pissed that you're destroying all the trees out back.

Surprised you didnt do a side by side with the dewalt version you reviewed.

You try out the ridgid version of this?

Im hoping that dewalt has something like this

For that price this blade material si to soft.On chinese 100$ this dont hapend.

That thing looks terrible. You call that slim? Its not even slim comparee to other power shears. Sounds more like a dumb advertisement.

😂 I hope you're taller than three four foot in the air

This looks so lazy

So much poison ivy on that tree, Makes me itch just watching it...

I have the dewalt 20v version of this. I love it. I have several M12 tools, I probably would not buy this, the dewalt is larger and I like its design more.