BLACK+DECKER Lopper Chain Saw, 4.5-Amp (LP1000)

As a middle aged, out of shape woman, I was hesitant to get this to get rid of some saplings, but knew it would be cheaper to do it myself than pay the lawn guy. If I only use this three times, it will have paid for itself. Not hard to use, felt safe using it. It is mere seconds to go through a good sized sapling. Great tool. Highly recommended.

Lately, my wife and I have had a lot of yard trimming to do on weekends, and were struggling with mechanical loppers and a small traditional chain saw, fighting to easily and cleanly trim medium sized shrubs and smaller trees and tree limbs, when I saw this Black & Decker LP1000 Alligator Lopper 4.5 Amp Electric Chain Saw listed on Amazon. I read the prior good reviews, and even watched the Black and Decker video ad on the Internet and went ahead and ordered one. The Alligator Lopper arrived as predicted on Saturday, and we spent the rest of weekend trying it out and were very, VERY pleased with the results. My wife mentioned that she loves how easy the Alligator Lopper was to use, even though she didn't feel as comfortable using our prior traditional 14 inch electric chain saw. The idea here is the control the lower "jaw" gives while cutting smaller branches and limbs, grabbing and holding the limb while the inner chain cleanly cuts the wood. The action is very intuitive, as the Lopper has two handles with switches on each side that you grasp naturally much like a traditional lopper, but without requiring any effort to use. It is also easy to gather up smaller "stalks" on plants and cleanly cut them all at once. Finally, it is possible to cut larger limbs up to 4 inches in diameter much more easily than with a traditional chain saw, again due to the control given by the lower "jaw" grasping the object you are cutting. This control is especially noticeable when cutting limbs that are lying on the ground, as the "jaw" acts as a guard to keep the inner saw away from the ground, and it is simple to cut up longer limbs into easily manageable pieces in short order. We will certainly keep using our traditional chain saw for larger limbs and trees, but the Alligator Lopper is now the perfect tool for cutting up anything smaller. A replacement chain Black & Decker 6-Inch Replacement Saw Chain RC600 (For LP1000 and NLP1800 Alligator Loppers) is available, and the Lopper features an easy to adjust chain tensioner, and even includes the necessary wrench to make the simple adjustments. After all the above "Pros", the only "Con" to mention, as I have also read on several other reviews, was what appeared at first to be a smallish bar and chain oil reservoir on the Lopper. It does come with a small bottle to apply bar and chain oil (not included) into the covered port, which needs to be oiled every now and then (the instructions say every 10 minutes of actual use,) but what I found to work quite nicely was that an inexpensive Oil Can, like ( Metal Oil Can 6.3oz ) does do the job without any fuss. Problem solved, so I feel quite comfortable in giving the Alligator Lopper 5 stars out of 5. Nice product!

Buen producto, muy seguro y funcional. Lo compre para mis padres, ya mayores de eda, es un poco pesada, pero funciona bien

Brilliant

Very convenient way to cut small trees/ branches up to 4 inches thick. Very fast and effective. I have an electric chainsaw that probably takes twice the cutting time and was just as expensive.