Best budget chainsaw safety clothing?

[Arb Alex]

Hi,

 

I'm doing a countryside management course and will be getting my chainsaw license soon.

 

What do you recommend for safety clothing including helmet, gloves, trousers, boots that will all come within a £200 budget.

 

Thanks in advance 

[Dan Maynard]

Oregon, or as an alternative take a look at Englebert Strauss. Think £200 will be a struggle, you'll have the cheapest of the cheap which will not last well.

[Arb Alex]

Yeah oregon seems to be the only brand within budget. Do they make decent gear?.

[Stere]

Cheapest husky brand helmet  & trousers  &  some oregon boots should be about £200.

 

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[Brushcutter]

Two hundred pounds won't get you far these days I'm afraid. if you want to do your chainsaw course and plan to use your PPE on your course and working it's worth spending a bit to be comfortable.

 

I teach a fair few chainsaw courses and one of the things that disadvantages people the most is being uncomfortable in the gear.

 

Screwfix do a good range of Oregon chainsaw PPE. A pair of proper boots can be had for £100 now and a worth that over a pair of wellies. An pair of treehog chainsaw gloves and an Oregon hat and some Oregon trousers would come iñ about 30 quid or so over budget.

 

It's also worth getting proper trousers rather than chaps as these can be problematic on some courses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, Arb Alex said:

Yeah oregon seems to be the only brand within budget. Do they make decent gear?.

Some Oregon stuff is good quality, chains for example. Helmets serviceable , not top notch. Their boots that cost £80 aren't as good as branded at around £2-300 , one of the wardens at my local wood has them though and they last ok on being worn a few times a month.

[Puffingbilly413]

SIP make some good value stuff. I have a couple pairs of their trousers and they're way better than my old arbortecs.

[woody paul]

28 minutes ago, Puffingbilly413 said:

SIP make some good value stuff. I have a couple pairs of their trousers and they're way better than my old arbortecs.

Will agree with you about SIP, picked a reduced pair up at local saw shop a couple of years ago. 

[tim361]

Try Chris forestry. He sells a lot of solidur stuff which isn’t expensive

[pleasant]

Most of my weekend warriors budget chainsaw clothing is jeans, an old t-shirt and flip-flops