those are pictures from Amazon reviews - each picture is from a different customer - i used them to demonstrate what looked like a design flaw, but actually is a feature not a bug

i don't actually need anything this big

i am just trying to prevent family members from using my Felco hand pruners from trying to chop down dead branches. i was trying to tell them to use a saw but who wants to bother with that so they just keep abusing my Felcos so i figured maybe i can get something that is just as convenient but is actually designed for the job then maybe they would lay off my Felco.

i realize this EZ-KUT is ridiculously huge for the kind of branches we have here but i would rather have excess POWA than not enough.

that said i also wanted to get something less overkill, namely:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CRHYTXST

but even though it isn't telescoping or ratcheting it's still almost 5 pounds just like EZ-KUT so i think i need something smaller / lighter

the problem is there really isn't anything between loppers and hand pruners - you go from hand tool straight to like 30" loppers

i will continue researching the options ...