DeWalt DCPR320B 20V MAX* 1-1/2 in. Cordless Pruner (Tool Only)

My wife got this for Christmas last year from our daughter. It is a great idea, but the tool has stopped working. I remove the battery and reinstall. Sometimes that works and sometimes not. Let it sit for a little while and sometimes it usually works again for a little while. It's really weird.

Purchased one month ago. Used it maybe 5 times.
Today it’s smoking and stopped working!! De Walt… please replace this tool!

Purchased brand new less than a month ago. After about 25 very easy cuts (flower stems) it stopped working. Removed the battery and put it back in again. Started working and then stopped again after one or two cuts. Did this over and over again. Very frustrating.

It’s a good tool cuts fairly thick limbs very nice

1st week using this and I couldn’t be more impressed! About 3 hours a day over the last 3 days cutting cedar hedges, branches, pine, maple, everything and anything. Using 5ah battery, haven’t had to recharge yet. The time and effort this has saved me has made this a no brainer buy. Easy to use, lightweight, well made tool. 5 star perfection for my needs!

Bought the 20V Max Pruner in December. Amazing, game changing tool in the garden. It lasted about three weeks then died. I called Dewalt customer service and they were helpful and efficient and promptly sent me a replacement. The new one lasted two months and died. I'm just a home gardener, not a professional who uses it everyday. Again called customer service. They said since they had already replaced it once, they would not warranty it any further. So disappointing for a tool that cost $125. My other Dewalt tools work great and last. So, I would rate the Pruners as 5 star for functionality and 1 star for durability.

Picked this up on sale for $89! I usually use a two handed lopper or a rose pruner, but this fills in the missing gap. The power on this tool is impressive! So make sure to keep your free hand well away from the blade. User manual says it comes with a hex wrench, but it doesn't. You'll need to use an allen key to remove the blades to sharpen or replace (replacements run $30-$35 and you should keep a backup on hand if doing a big job. The manual says to use an approved resin solvent to clean the blade but doesn't say which ones are approved. The pruner already weighs 3lbs so a 2ah battery is probably the one to use. It'll give you 1k cuts per charge! I was surprised this made in China tool isn't using DeWalt's brushless tech so you'll see a big spark in the rear when using. No idea how to replace the carbon brushing. I'm hoping this is a replaceable part.Trying to post this review, but it talks about a 2020 giveaway and won't let me upload an image. Hope DeWalt can update this too.

Use on 3.5 miles of trail. Works get last 3 years. Battery lasts all day.
Need to develop telescoping model !!!!

These Dewalt pruners are a mixed bag. I am on my 3rd one (getting ready to buy it tonight). The first one went out in just over a year, but wasn't under warranty. The second one lasted about the same amount of time, but I purchased an extended warranty at Home Depot so was refunded. The problem with the pruner is that it's not brushless. And I can only assume the brushes are poor quality because they've worn out on both sets I've owned and I'm convinced Dewalt did not test the pruners in real world conditions over an extended period of time. For comparison, my first set of Dewalt drills/drivers were brushed and lasted years with a lot of use. The other side of this is the pruners are absolute game changers for going through limbs. But since they give out in a year or so with regular use, Dewalt needs to upgrade these to brushless. I'm too deep into the Dewalt platform to purchase the Milwaukee Pruners, which by the way, are brushless.

Bought this a few days ago and was happy with the cutting power for about the first 15 minutes, the the unit started to not close with easy trigger pull and lost almost all power when it did close. It went from cutting through 1” branches to not even being able to cut twigs. Will be returning this tool, and definitely makes me wonder if I should be looking outside the dewalt ecosystem for future power tool purchases.