It is important to prune trees every year or so. Pruning trees regularly helps improve the trees health and maintains its shape and size as well as providing safety benefits.
I used to use a
Fiskars 9301 Power-Lever 14-Foot Tree Pruner
but it somehow got misplaced and I decided to purchase a
Fiskars 9240-6935 Telescoping Pruning Stik to replace it. I wanted to stay with Fiskars because their tools have always held up well and they have a good reputation.
Both tools include a bypass pruner as well as a detachable 15" saw blade for cutting larger branches and telescope to reach higher branches but there are some features of the Pruning Stik that won me over.