Corona

Why r/BuyItForLife recommends Corona

5 mentions from real owners

• #1Sep 2, 2025

  Corona 41 pruning saw. Made in Corona, CA

  I love Corona stuff. Pruners, loppers, and limb saw have been great for me for almost 20 years.

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• #2Aug 6, 2025

  $2K Amazon Budget—Help Me Turn Digital Money Into Sawdust

  A measuring tape, stud finder, ladder, eye protection (some that seal like goggles, and some that don't), ear protection, dearskin gloves, and a respirator with extra filters should be your first stop. It's easy to forget safety gear until you need it, and these items are only to be bought by well known brands. A cheap measuring tape is a bad idea as they're not all accurate. A quality multi-tool (Leatherman Free P4 is my top choice) can make a lot of repairs possible before you get other tools and is great to have around. Electric tools: pick one reputable brand (DeWalt, Milwaukee, Makita, Ryobi, etc.) and buy a drill, a sawzall, and an impact driver from the same product line. This keeps the batteries interchangeable, and beware of fake batteries. You'll need drill bits, impact compatible sockets, and various saw blades as well. Will you have a yard to take care of? If so, a Corona hand saw, hori hori, pruners, loppers, a mower, weed-eater, and blower could all be considered. For hand tools, buy cheap first, then replace with quality later if it ever does break. You'll want drivers (Philips, flat, and hex at minimum), a hammer, a level, various screws and nails (consider getting a wall hanging hardware set). A socket set is recommended as well. Get painters tape, duct/gorilla tape, and packing tape, super glue (for static repairs), shoe glue (for repairs requiring flex), and clamps of various sizes. Rope is useful as well.

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• #3Jul 3, 2025

  Ever Bought Something That Quietly Changed You?

  I bought a corona blade sharpener for my yard clippers. But I was cutting cardboard with a dull box cutter, i didn’t have any spare razor blades so I ran the corona sharpener over the razor blade and it sliced the card board like it was brand new. Now I sharpen knives and nothing is dull in my house.

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• #4Jun 4, 2025

  Best BIFL gardening tools?

  I am a big fan of Korean and Japanese gardening tools in general. As a person who does not have massive meathook hands and is not six feet tall, I find they fit me better and have been very high quality. Felco pruners are my favourites. They have replaceable blades, springs, etc and come in different sizes (and I have yet to need to replace a blade). I have small hands and have used Felco 5 for years, which is their economy model. I recently upgraded to 15s and oh, those are even nicer. Even the number 5 were a dramatic upgrade from Fiskars. The 5s cost about twice as much as the Fiskars, but have already lasted more than five times as long. For loppers, I use Corona. Much lighter than Fiskars for the same power, which makes them much less tiring. Make sure you get a pocket sharpener too. Someday I shall try Felco loppers too, someday... As a farmer and market gardener, most of my tools come from https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca (they are Canadian, but ship internationally - or you can just use their catalogue for ideas of what to look for). Their house brand garden tools are excellent for the price. More expensive that the cheapest thing at the Home Depot, yes, but pretty competitive with the more expensive shit they sell there that is mega-heavy and breaks anyhow. One tool in particular from the house line I recommend if you have any pavers and cement driveway with gaps is the crack hoe. It works stunningly better than a butter knife. Seriously. It's a shitty task and a good tool makes it a ton faster and reaches better so you don't need to do it as often. (I still want a flame weeder someday though) Another brand I like is Radius. The shovels are the best I have ever used. Nice big foot platform, great handle height, the round handle really is terrific even in the rain. Caveat, my husband did manage to break one of the fibreglass handled ones after a decade of heavy use. They have a lifetime warranty, so I sent it back to Lee Valley (if you are outside the US, they direct you to return it through the vendor) with no hassle at all. I have upgraded to the Pro version which has a stainless steel handle. The fibreglass was lighter and I miss that a bit, but the heavier one is still very well balanced. If you aren't digging trenches with it, the lighter one was just fine before I started farming! The other product of theirs I really, really love are the weeders. The long handle one is the best thing ever for long-tap roots like dock and thistles. The shorter handtool version is like the super upgrade to the cheap dandelion weeders or a butterknife that you never knew you needed. Both of them come out top in many tool tests and surveys as well. Wilcox is another company for hand tools. The All-pro trowel is fantastic and a farm staple. I will second the ho-mi suggestion. They are basically a small hand plow. My husband reaches for this over the trowels. It's extremely versatile and can be used for digging, planting, weeding. If you don't have a lot of space or budget, I would pick this one or getting a shitty set! I don't need it all the time, but when I do, I really like my Hori-hori. Really love it for doing root divisions and such. You can also use it as a trowel, but I prefer the Wilcox if I am using it that way. My favourite weeder is a San Kaku, or triangle hoe. I love it so much that I have two of them in different lengths. I wasn't a fan of normal garden hoes, but this. This my friends! Fucking love it. Slices through weeds like butter, especially if you keep it sharpened and makes perfect furrows for planting neat rows of carrots and whatnot. So good. Also you feel like a peasant warrior farmer wielding it. Speaking of bladed tools. I always must put in a scythe shout-out. I hate weedwhackers and string trimmers and they send me into a blind rage. Not a fan of lawnmowers either really, and the scythe can replace both. It is not any more dangerous than a lawnmower I promise and doesn't require a ton of strength to use. In fact, if you are having to work hard to cut the grass with a scythe, that means you need to sharpen it sooner.

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• #5Feb 5, 2025

  Modern chic plate set that is durable and won’t chip

  Corona

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