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Best Lowe secateurs

Updated: 22 October 2026

You want one pair, and a reason to leave the others. Best Lowe secateurs, on this page, means one model inside the [Löwe secateurs comparison](/hub/garden-tree-and-hedge-shears/loewe-secateurs): mechanism fields that agree, the largest amazon.co.uk review count, and the lowest snapshot price. That model is the Original LÖWE 1.104 for dead or hard wood. It is not a laboratory winner, and it is not the best secateur in Britain. Gardeners’ World names a Felco 32 and a Darlac. Löwe is not in that ranking. Peter F. scored the five listings from amazon.co.uk fields, not from a cutting bench. A qualifying purchase through our links can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You want one pair, and a reason to leave the others.

Our top picks

Original LÖWE Original LÖWE 1.104 anvil

Best overall

Original LÖWE Original LÖWE 1.104 anvil
9.1/10about £43.54
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Original LÖWE Original LÖWE 11.107 bypass

Alternative

Original LÖWE Original LÖWE 11.107 bypass
7.9/10about £60.04
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Original LÖWE Original LÖWE 5.107

Alternative

Original LÖWE Original LÖWE 5.107
7.6/10about £50.50
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On this page
  1. 1.What best means here
  2. 2.Who should buy the 1.104
  3. 3.When another model wins
  4. 4.What not to copy from other countries

What best means here

A superlative needs a test you can point at. There is no UK lab result for these five ASINs, so best here is a shopping criterion, not a cutting trial. The bullets and the blade-type field should describe the same action. The amazon.co.uk review count should be a sample, not a handful of stars. The price should be the listing in pounds, not a euro tag or a dollar tag. Under that rule the 1.104 is the top pick: an anvil, a stated 22 mm cut, ambidextrous, with a one-hand latch. The saved listing showed £43.54 and 4.8 from 995 reviews. A live check on 20 October 2026 still showed 4.8 from 889, plus a dispatch warning. The buying guide is the longer order of decisions.

Who should buy the 1.104

Buy the 1.104 if the wood is dead or hard, your hand is medium or large, and you can use either hand. The maker’s FAQ puts anvil secateurs on harder, thicker wood. The English Garden says an anvil supports the stem and tends to crush live green growth, so it belongs on dead wood. A 22 mm claim is still a claim. A stem past that width is a lopper job. Skip the 1.104 for live roses if a bruised stem matters. It is the wrong action for thin green fibrous wood. Skip it if your hand cannot open a standard handle. The catalogue says medium to large, the amazon title says large hands, and the bullets mention a small opening. Those three lines do not describe one grip. Dan Cooper Garden sells a 1.104 at £46 and calls the steel stainless, against carbon steel on amazon.co.uk.
Original LÖWE Original LÖWE 1.104 anvil

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Original LÖWE Original LÖWE 1.104 anvil
9.1/10about £43.54
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When another model wins

The 11.107 wins when the growth is live, soft, and green, and you cut with your right hand. It is a bypass to a stated 22 mm, at 210 g, with a juice groove and a stainless spring. The bullets do not mention a latch. Skip it if you are left-handed: the range has no left-handed bypass. Skip it if the wood is dead and hard. The 5.107 is the extra-small anvil in the bullets, at 16 mm, and only if you can live with a blade-type field that says bypass. A France-labelled note and a United States note are not British opinion. The 15.107 claims anvil plus bypass geometry. Use it only if you ignore an 18 g field against a 190 g bullet. Sixty-four reviews do not outrank 995 at the same star line.

What not to copy from other countries

The 14.104 is a compact right-hand bypass, about 180 g, with a stated 22 mm cut and double buffers. It was the dearest of the five at £72.65, with 4.7 from 286 reviews. Spring complaints on that listing are not labelled United Kingdom, so they are not a British verdict. A higher price does not make it the top pick when the 11.107 does the same right-hand bypass job for less. German comparison tables are a search obstacle, not a ranking. One such page calls the 11.107 a comparison winner and the 1.104 a value pick, in euros. Do not copy that order or that metal word. No second best-value label belongs on the 5.107. The 1.104 is already the lowest amazon.co.uk price in the set, at £43.54.

Common questions

Which Löwe is the top pick in this set, and who should skip it?
The 1.104, for dead or hard wood, with a medium or large hand and either grip. The fields describe an anvil, the price is the lowest at £43.54, and the review count is the largest, 4.8 from 995, later 889 on 20 October 2026. Skip it for live green stems, for an extra-small hand, and if the dispatch warning means you cannot receive it.
Why is 4.8 from 64 not ahead of 4.8 from 995?
Because the star average is the same and the sample is not. The 15.107’s 4.8 from 64 reviews and the 1.104’s 4.8 from 995, or 889 on the later check, are not a tie. A small sample moves more when a few buyers change their minds. This page prefers the larger amazon.co.uk count when the mechanism fields also agree.
When is the 11.107 the better buy?
When you are cutting live green growth with your right hand and you want a bypass rather than a crush. It states 22 mm, weighs 210 g, and was £60.04 with 4.8 from 105 reviews. It is usually the better buy than the 14.104 at £72.65. It is the worse buy if you are left-handed or if the stem is dead and hard. The bullets do not show a latch.
Why is the 14.104 not the best when reviews praise the cut?
Praise for the cut does not meet the criterion used here. The 14.104 is a right-hand bypass at £72.65, with 4.7 from 286 reviews. The 11.107 covers that job for less. The 1.104 has more reviews and an anvil description that matches its blade-type field. Spring complaints are not from UK-labelled texts, so they are not a British verdict. Choose the 14.104 only if you want the compact bypass with double buffers and you accept the price.
What if amazon.co.uk will not dispatch the 1.104?
Then it cannot be the pair that arrives this week, however well it fits the criterion. The live check on 20 October 2026 showed a dispatch warning beside 4.8 from 889 reviews. Wait for dispatch, or choose the next model whose wood and hand match. The 11.107 does not become an anvil because the anvil is unavailable. Check the dispatch line on the main comparison before you pay.

Related pages

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Sources

Public sources used for the anvil and bypass split, UK shop prices, pruning season, and the 30-day rejection right. Listing prices, stars, and review counts are the amazon.co.uk lines saved for this comparison. Last checked 22 October 2026.

  1. Original LÖWE, Flintbek (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  2. Original LÖWE FAQ (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  3. Dan Cooper Garden, Original Löwe 1.104 (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  4. Dan Cooper Garden, Original Löwe 5.107 (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  5. BBC Gardeners' World, best secateurs (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  6. Burgon & Ball, anvil, bypass, or scissor (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  7. RHS, pruning shrubs (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  8. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 22 (retrieved 22.10.2026)