Perusing the garden tools section for a tool that I own and so could write about I came across a Silverline SW21 525 mm Pruning Saw . Now I suppose technically I do not own this but it belongs to the Butterfly conservation work party that I belong to . We store this in our garage for winter work parties clearing shrub on nature reserves.
I have used this saw several times clearing encroaching shrub.
This saw has an orange coated heavy gauge, oval steel frame this tapers to a point. The 525mm saw blade attaches to this. There is a quick release tension lever for this blade, this is attached to the flat handle part of the oval frame. The orange frame of ours has got scratched with use and has a little rust
The blade is a Swedish steel blade with many hard point teeth. This blade gives a fair cut through branches and small tree ...
Advantages: cutts those hedges Disadvantages: none
Perusing the garden tool category again I recognise these Silverline wooden handle shears. These are ones our conservation work party group has. We store the tools in our garage, hubby goes to most work parties clearing and working on sites . I use these shears occasionally in the garden although I prefer the spear and Jackson ones I have.
These shears are reasonably comfortable to hold. They have smooth wooden handles. These wooden handled shear have that rustic look .
The blades are Teflon coated helps to keep them clean and rust free. Its best to wipe blades clean after use. The blades cut well they are quite sharp. These shears are designed for cutting hedges I did cut one of my hedges in the garden with them earlier this year. Although they manage to cut thin branches well enough I am not so sure about their ...
Advantages: Nice feel, Quality, lots of useful functions ( that work ! ) Disadvantages: None yet.
I've had a computer for the last 5 years and been online for the past year and a half, so in the time when I had no Internet, the type of keyboard I used tended to be unimportant, ? you know the ones, cheap nasty white plastic bog standard things available for around a fiver.
These cheapo items had me staring hard to read the keys, and still managed to bash errors with nearly every word (the shiniest button was the delete key!) there was no nice feel to um and the buttons made loud clickey noises, aach ?. Nasty keyboard !
The reason for choosing this Trust easy scroll silverline keyboard was more to do with the feel of the keys, for me it doesn't matter how much the thing costs, the feel of the thing is more important, that's how I tested this one.
I walked along the line of cheap?. To? HOW MUCH!! Keyboards in my (are we allowed to ...