Lanyard idea.

[Mick Dempsey]

9 hours ago, Haironyourchest said:

The stowed saw has to be actually clipped to the harness or it will dislodged by branches and stuff. Imagine climbing up three feet and then being stopped by your saw lanyard - your saw has lodged in a fork, your upward motion has overcome the magnet. Now you have to descend to free the saw. If the saw is high clipped with a true clip, you'd notice immediately the saw got stuck.

Well yeah, if occasionally it did get yanked off, it wouldn’t be an issue.

You don’t have to descend to free the saw, just lean back, give it a wiggle and it’s free.

[Mick Dempsey]

Mind you, if the magnets were that strong, pulling the saw free from them might not be easy….

 

Maybe a sensor/switch on the saw that released the magnet when you wanted to.

[Joe Newton]

Are you trolling, Mick?

[Mick Dempsey]

No, just playing around with ideas. 
There’s something inelegant about the whole saw stowing/carrying scene that could use a ‘no look’ solution. 

[Dan Maynard]

Voice activated would be perfect.

 

Alexa, release my saw.

...

Alexa, grab my saw.

[Steve Bullman]

37 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Maybe a sensor/switch on the saw that released the magnet when you wanted to.

Well that just added a couple grand to your £200 device 😀

[Mick Dempsey]

4 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Well that just added a couple grand to your £200 device 😀

This sort of tech is very commonplace, similar to my smart key for my truck. 
I can have it in my pocket, and on the second tug of the door handle it opens. 
Does not have to be a switch on the saw. 
Open to ideas?

 

[Steve Bullman]

9 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

This sort of tech is very commonplace, similar to my smart key for my truck. 
I can have it in my pocket, and on the second tug of the door handle it opens. 
Does not have to be a switch on the saw. 
Open to ideas?

 

You have to remember we are a small industry and stick the word ‘Arb’ in front of anything and it automatically trebles the cost. Oh except websites which seem to be the reverse 😀

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, Steve Bullman said:

You have to remember we are a small industry and stick the word ‘Arb’ in front of anything and it automatically trebles the cost. Oh except websites which seem to be the reverse 😀

Tell me about it! Still making the payments for my Arborella!

 

I’m assuming the everyone turns off their petrol saws when they’re high clipping them?

[Steve Bullman]

9 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I’m assuming the everyone turns off their petrol saws when they’re high clipping them?

Anyone with any sense! This is actually one thing I dislike about the battery saws, it being theoretically possible to knock off the chainbrake and rev the motor with the saw at your side. I suppose the husky model at least had an off off button