Advice Needed: Best Type C Trousers for Climbing

[Jamie Jones]

Advice Needed: What is the Best Type C Trousers for Climbing

Just done my Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue Training and I will be moving on to doing the Aerial Chainsaw (Top Handle) Use and I need to get a good pair of Type C Chainsaw Trouser.

I am currently looking at the following that have been recommended to me by a dealer: 
a) Stihl Advance X-Flex Chainsaw Trousers Type C (Good Price and Felt Comfortable)
b) SIP Innovation Canopy W-Air Chainsaw Trousers  Black/Orange 
c) Husqvarna Technical C Waist Trousers (Very competitively priced)

d) Arbortec Breatheflex Lime Chainsaw Trousers - Type C - Class 1

But I really want advice from people who are wearing Type C trousers all the time while climbing all year around and have owned different brands. One of the problems I see is that none of the dealers anywhere near me stock all the brands to be able to compare them against each other.

What I am after is the advice on what is:
The trousers are most comfortable... What the most flexible and least restrictive when climbing... What is hard wearing and long lasting... etc....

Edited September 28, 2019 by Jamie Jones

[stihlmadasever]

If your certain on those 4 id say sips would be the best of those.

Dont touch the huskys or breathflex,utter shite!

Id get pfanner gladiators

Pricey as fuck 

But the best trousers by a country mile

Edited September 28, 2019 by stihlmadasever

[Haironyourchest]

Gladiators

[naturarbo]

gladiators all the way...they are worth the money

[allseasons]

Pay the money gladiators nothing else comes close

[tim361]

Go and try on the trousers rather than buying them in the hope they fit you well. I’ve got a pair of Pfanner arborist trousers, the gladiators are a funny cut for me and don’t fit me well at all. Really nice trousers, but the ones that fit me the best and are the most comfortable for me are the breathflex so I have a pair of those as well

[Dan Maynard]

Breathflex do seem to tear from what I've seen.

I have a pair of Breathflex Pro, different material, cost a bit more, holding up well so far. Also available in long leg, which is why I got them.

[Jamie Jones]

2 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Breathflex do seem to tear from what I've seen.

I have a pair of Breathflex Pro, different material, cost a bit more, holding up well so far. Also available in long leg, which is why I got them.

How long have you had the Breathflex Pro compared to the straight Breathflex?

[Dan Maynard]

22 hours ago, Jamie Jones said:

How long have you had the Breathflex Pro compared to the straight Breathflex?

I never owned any of the straight Breathflex, just whenever I saw somebody wearing a pair they were ripped.

Breathflex Pro I've had about 6 months, no rips. Trees 3 or 4 days per week.

[Treetom15]

My breathflex trousers now look like a patchwork blanket, and are about as much use! Pfanner all the way, on my 2nd pair of the arborist trousers (think they are what people are referring to as the gladiators?) and they’re mint. They come up quite big though so I’d try some on before you buy, I went for medium as that’s what I always wear and I’m closer to a small!