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The short of it is that they are so handy, I would rather not be without them. No, you should not give yourself a haircut or cut your fingernails with these (and Rabbis, no circumcisions), but they will cut through the weak spots of plastic packaging and non-glued corners of corrugated boxes. They are great at cutting most things a standard manual set of utility scissors will cut, but they will do it much faster with good control. I am still going to buy a second set knowing that they must give out sooner or later with no future assurances that Black & Decker will not decide to discontinue them, without warning, because of slow sales and/or weak margins. I do not have much to add to the other reviews, but I have had these scissors for 2+ years and they still work fine. I have not even noticed any weakening of the battery. Also, cutting through scotch tape or packing tape will tend to gum up the blades which are not fun to clean if they get covered in adhesives.I must admit that my average frequency of use of these scissors is about 5-10 minutes per month, and they do not have a solid, high quality feel to them.
They don't work well for cardboard, but decided to try them when I was cutting out double layers of fleece fabric. By the way, if you are trying to make cardboard doll houses or furniture, a scroll saw works great. I originally bought these for cutting cardboard as I am having a hard time finding what will cut cardboard. It cut through them like butter, thereby saving my hand joints a lot of pain.
These were a complete disappointment. I would recommend that you look elsewhere, these sissors are the answer to nothing.
the knifes get dull after a few months but if you don't use them everyday it should stay sharp for years. I use one of these every day to cut fabric. Frank
I own a small cut & sew operation and these scissors work very well for cutting one garment at a time.
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