I was dubious but ordered after watching this video. £20 and it came with two batteries and two blades, UK and US power supplies and charger. It cuts material like a hot knife through butter! Perfect for dismantling charity shop clothes back to raw material, for example. It's a little louder than the old mains operated ones I had back in the '80s but I won't need the two sets of earplugs that came with it, it's fine. The equivalent Makita etc cost 20+ times as much! If you were cutting all day every day you wouldn't be using this style of cutter anyway! So this is far and away the most sensible but it also shows up how much the tool trade must be making if two batteries and a charger with a great tool can be sold for £20!!!
Thank you for this review. I was thinking about buying some but upon seeing this review, I can tell they wouldn't word towards detailed cutting (like in patterns). Thanks, again!
Glad I could help! They are useful for cutting multiple strips or simple shapes, but not good for detailed pieces and corners. I do think with practice, it would become easier to use them.
I appreciate this demonstration because I've actually wanted to consider additional options available for cutting. I own shears and scissors and rotary blades, but I see how these could also be very useful. Just wondering if you simply purchase new blades when they get dull or sharpen them? I can imagine sharpening them to be a challenge.
Black and decor put out electric scissors years ago. I still have it. But it was advertised for opening plastic packaging not sewing. They look about the same.
I found them hard to use for detail cutting. It would take some practice to get good at it. They work really well for cutting out multiple strips used in quilting.
Watched your TH-cam product review and purchased these scissors from Amazon. I first tested it on various layers of quilting cotton and they worked great. Then I tried cutting out a pattern through one layer of cotton and they keep jamming and the fabric seems to get caught in the back of the blades. From the packaging there does not appear to be a way to communicate with this company for assistance. Can you please provide any information for troubleshotting this issue. Thank you.
I was dubious but ordered after watching this video.
£20 and it came with two batteries and two blades, UK and US power supplies and charger. It cuts material like a hot knife through butter!
Perfect for dismantling charity shop clothes back to raw material, for example.
It's a little louder than the old mains operated ones I had back in the '80s but I won't need the two sets of earplugs that came with it, it's fine.
The equivalent Makita etc cost 20+ times as much! If you were cutting all day every day you wouldn't be using this style of cutter anyway! So this is far and away the most sensible but it also shows up how much the tool trade must be making if two batteries and a charger with a great tool can be sold for £20!!!
I'm glad the tool worked well for you.
Thank you for this review. I was thinking about buying some but upon seeing this review, I can tell they wouldn't word towards detailed cutting (like in patterns). Thanks, again!
Glad I could help! They are useful for cutting multiple strips or simple shapes, but not good for detailed pieces and corners. I do think with practice, it would become easier to use them.
I appreciate this demonstration because I've actually wanted to consider additional options available for cutting. I own shears and scissors and rotary blades, but I see how these could also be very useful. Just wondering if you simply purchase new blades when they get dull or sharpen them? I can imagine sharpening them to be a challenge.
Good question. I would probably replace them versus trying to sharpen them.
Black and decor put out electric scissors years ago. I still have it. But it was advertised for opening plastic packaging not sewing. They look about the same.
There are a lot of similar scissors. I was surprised how easily they cut fabric, but they do take practice to control.
I would love to see how they’d work on small curves, since there’s a lot of smaller curves in doll sewing.
I found them hard to use for detail cutting. It would take some practice to get good at it. They work really well for cutting out multiple strips used in quilting.
Watched your TH-cam product review and purchased these scissors from Amazon. I first tested it on various layers of quilting cotton and they worked great. Then I tried cutting out a pattern through one layer of cotton and they keep jamming and the fabric seems to get caught in the back of the blades. From the packaging there does not appear to be a way to communicate with this company for assistance. Can you please provide any information for troubleshotting this issue. Thank you.
I do not have a contact for troubleshooting the issue. You may be able to find the answer with a general search of the issue for electric scissors.
Have you tried using it for cutting out patters?
I need more practice controlling the cut, but they work well for larger less intricate pattern pieces.
How much?
I need one
There are several brands available on Amazon.