Especially for the Felco 2 scissors:
If the applications of Felco 2 you look at the German website Felco, then the recommendation for gardens, not for fruit and horticulture. The international Felco page contradicts and speaks Felco the same fields of application and quality as the Felco 8 scissors, the difference is in ergonomics, which would be a matter of taste.
Why only four stars: hand position
In contrast to other models Felco the base models have a relatively wide extension of the handle on which the counterblade is mounted. When cutting with scissors other thin counter blade, it is possible the scissors once left and once to turn right, depending on how you better come to the interface. In the Felco 2, the blade must always be so stated in a horizontal section, the back of the hand faces down, otherwise there is a danger that the broad counter-blade violated the branch. Thus the shear forces into a neat interface with blade to the remaining plant. Someone who like me, but tends to turn the shears even once to better come to a point, can annoy the. Other scissors, such as the Felco 8 have a thinner anvil-blade, making a (visible) damage unlikely. In any case, but squeezed in as an interface with the anvil-blade to the remaining plant the road, visible or not. The same situation can be found at branches that are right and should be removed. For you have to go around the bush / tree or turn the hand 180 degrees or you can not cut so close to the trunk him. Is actually the right thing, if you want a really clean cut, but can be cumbersome.
