Boots, best value for an occasional user.

[Treenelly]

Elltons are the low end they will last you for 1 to 2 years if looked after for use every now and then, I think about 90 to 100 quid the do hurt abit in the top part of the leg for a while but will wear in, trousers, and gloves timberland do a nice pair. no jacket mate will make you really hot, saw by law with chain catcher.

[rorymoon]

Elten hydrofells I love em on my third pair in a row now.

[J.D]

IMO you are going well over the top worrying about what you need for these courses. Just take what they tell you to in the info. Apart from that, clothes you usually wear for work will be cool.

 

First day will be filing a saw all day and taking it apart and putting it back together, not much more than that. All you then have to do is cross cut a couple of logs, knock over and sned a couple of very small trees and your done.

 

Chill mate. It wont be the ordeal you are expecting. I personally dont know a single person who has failed any NPTC ticket.

 

Cheers for that, I'm fairly comfortable about the whole thing, I just don't want to turn up short of kit is all mate.

[Mark J]

I started out with some Elten Fellsman, they were a PITA to break in but did me almost a year of occasional use. Now I'm using HAIX Blue Mountain, they're a bit more to buy but way, way comfier and have a goretex membrane which helps. I found that the soles on the eltens wore out pretty quick. They did do the job though.