Corona Clipper Fusion Handheld Multi-Tool – 2 Pack

Derbo74 · June 30, 2009, 1:47am

In for 2 orders.

Already thinking “stocking stuffers.” Thanks, woot.

IdealDwighter · June 30, 2009, 1:56am

Ah that was good for an old 3 AM chuckle

rainmaker60 · June 30, 2009, 1:57am

Strangest multi-tool ever manufactured.

kaimano · June 30, 2009, 2:28am

My parents have a similar one that they like. Great if you’re doing yard work a lot. I’m in for 2 sets!

kaimano · June 30, 2009, 2:35am

The one reviewer on amazon (for the Fusion 9) said it cut him and that he felt it was cheap. However, for 10 bucks for 2 (normally 20 for one), I can take that chance. Besides, I like living on the edge.

AwfulMe · June 30, 2009, 3:42am

Couldn’t any of the blades on it technically be called a “bag ripper?”

LastApeMan · June 30, 2009, 4:21am

When you Loose this - You have lost everything.

Good thing it's two for tuesday hu?

All eggs in one basket please! Right over here - THANKS!

LastApeMan · June 30, 2009, 4:23am

I knew a Girl who was nick named this.

Can’t say I ever spent much time with her though. ;O)

dbmcd · June 30, 2009, 6:09am

I believe it is pure Corinthian steel…

wak3er · June 30, 2009, 6:30am

Measuring Cups Set of 4

THIS FROM AMAZON REVIEW

I own the Corona Fusion 9 Multi-tool Bypass Pruner and have used it sporadically in my job as Manager of Grounds in a campus setting. The tool has some nice qualities, it folds away compactly, can be worn on the belt in an inconspicuous manner, and has sharp shears that work well for trimming lightweight plant material. It works well for deadheading flowers, spot trimming of the sort a manager might handle, and its best use – to be there all the time – is ideal.

My beefs, however, are two and they are major.

First, the blades inside the handle have no means of locking, nor do they stay inside the handle well. On two occasions, I’ve been cut by the point of the knife when it slightly protruded from the handle storage area while folding away the bypass cutter. The first time I chalked it up to operator error, but even after taking much care in folding away the pruner, I’ve been cut again. The knife blade simply drops out of the handle by its own weight, and when it protrudes just a bit – not always enough to notice while folding – it cuts. I’ve to tighten up the screws/rivets (not clear if they are screws or rivets) to make the blades tighter in the handle, and have had some success, but they are still not as firmly stored as I would like. As the owner of several other multi-tools, Leatherman, Schrade, and Gerber, I know that there are better ways to safely insure that the blades stay inside the handles of a tool of this nature than the Corona product.

My second beef is that the tool broke while trimming an evergreen branch of approximately 1/8" stem diameter. As I was cutting the branch, I heard a snap and the cutter anvil failed to close all the way. When I examined the tool, I noticed that the handle was snapped part way off where the screw went through to the cutter blade. When I went to fold up the tool, the handle snapped the rest of the way off, rendering the tool useless.

I am in process of contacting Corona to see about warranty on this tool. They promise a lifetime warranty, and I expect that they will stand behind their product. If they do not, I will amend this review.

At the end of the day, I would consider purchasing a different product, and I cannot recommend this particular tool. Note that this is not a strike against Corona, who manufactures some of the best pruning devices in the Grounds market – just THIS particular tool, which I found to be both dangerous in manufacture and weak in construction.

Come on! If you’re a professional “groundsman”, buy a Leatherman and/ or a Felco pruner. This is a $5.00 tool. Deal with it.

jws7962 · June 30, 2009, 6:43am

For that price wouldn’t you assume plastic?

jws7962 · June 30, 2009, 6:45am

The kind hard enough to fabricate multi tools?

COME ON! It’s TEN BUCKS!

raziel27 · June 30, 2009, 6:46am

using land of confusion for the text makes me want to buy it already haha

jws7962 · June 30, 2009, 6:47am

LMAO! Precisely! It’s funny to read dumb questions from Wooters over cheap products or reviews from professionals even wasting their time with such disposable rubbish.

Kizzbot · June 30, 2009, 6:48am

I have one of these and for the price I paid ($19.99) it has exceeded my expectations. It has been very durable yet is lightweight.

psydeways · June 30, 2009, 6:52am

the 5911 is the newer model as described on the companies promotional pdf (end of p2):

http://www.coronaclipper.com/resources/HandPruners.pdf

The “tool” portions are listed as stainless steel.

I’m in for a pair - chuck one in the garden bucket, leave one out in the rain. Just none in my pocket, as per the Amazon review!

OHFireRescue · June 30, 2009, 7:05am

In for 1 deal. Cheap enough to try out. Will keep 1 pair down in the garden shed and 1 at the house. Bear in mind these are not going to be for heavy any heavy use. No multi-tools I’ve seen are for working in heavy applications. But these should suit the wife well in the flower and vegetable gardens. We have good, solid clippers for doing yard and woodlot work.

glassgrl · June 30, 2009, 7:11am

$30.56 at their website. In for 2.

http://www.coronaclipper.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=cControllerFrontend.fControlFrontendCatalogDisplay

AugustusPCat · June 30, 2009, 7:33am

■mohel-messer

jmm765psu · June 30, 2009, 7:44am

Has anyone put the written section to Disturbed’s song Land of Confusion? Funny stuff woot… funny stuff.