stein trousers

[Steve Bullman]

No i havent used hiflex.

 

You are wearing the wrong size, and you are complaining they are too baggy.....yes your opinion is flawed based on that

 

From Moron

[el war machine]

Wrong size?? I never complained about the waist sizing on the steins. Actually it another positive, number3 I think, there did come up nice on the waist. They are just I'll fitting baggy heavy and too hot to be used.

 

Final thought and conclution

If you are looking for a new pair of chainsaw trousers and you want any of the below steins are for you

Heavy

Baggy

Hot (great insulation)

Zips that saw dust can't get in too (I know, wow)

Accurate waist sizing

No back pocket (who needs one)

Only one heat pad, have one on each leg would have been silly

A big crotch zip, as big is best

Large seams to poke in to your legs when sitting down, not annoying at all

 

No didn't think so

[Ian F]

I haven't had this much fun reading a thread in along time.

 

:lol::lol:

[Old Mill Tree Care]

This really is the most comical thread.

 

El war machine, to try and put a logical slant on your tirade, you keep moaning about the heat protection panel being on only one leg then complain about the trousers being too hot. Surely panels on both legs would make the trousers even hotter!?

Priceless

 

Your wrong about Velcro on Hiflex being good. The end.

 

I've had Sipps (cardboard tubes on the legs), two pairs of Hilfex (lasting 12mths each), one pair of Stretch Air (lasting 21mths).

 

I bought Hiflex again in April, nice and comfy, wrecked all ready. RUBBISH!

 

I'll be getting Steins next.

 

el war machine, is your user name on account of the aggressive attitude? Dive for cover chaps :lol:

[el war machine]

Heat pad makes no difference in making the pants any hotter. So your comment "priceless" is one from someone with no knowledge about this product. Why have you brought 2x hiflex when your stretch airs last twice as long??

I wouldn't fight you your hand bag is too big?

Dive for cover chaps, typo

Did you mean you get under the covers with chaps?

Rager

[Johny Walker]

Heat pad makes no difference in making the pants any hotter. So your comment "priceless" is one from someone with no knowledge about this product. Why have you brought 2x hiflex when your stretch airs last twice as long??

I wouldn't fight you your hand bag is too big?

Dive for cover chaps, typo

Did you mean you get under the covers with chaps?

Rager

 

go get your horlicks & get your sen to bed ,boyo sleep tight mind your stiens dont bite

[combined tree services]

To be perfectly honest i cant see how the heat pad does not make and difference in how hot the trousers get - clearly it does - it does not allow heat throught the trouser thus meaning it does not let too much heat out either .

 

they look like a good pair of trousers but im happy with my stretch air glads and cant see me changing for a while now

[Taupotreeman]

none of the last chainsaw trousers ive had have had a back pocket, i dont see how this is an issue.

The zips are upside down for a very good(and obvious) reason, if you think about it it'll come to you.

Heat proof pad on wrong leg - i'm not sure how you can possibly come to this conclusion. You are obviously left handed and hang your saw on the left hand side, but regardless of that i'm not sure when the first left handed chainsaw was released but im sure plenty of lefties will be interested if you've found one. They are designed to be used right handed and so the vast majority of people hang them right side. i'm not sure it would be financially feasible to do the trousers with the option of having a heatpad on the left for the 1% of users who might want this!

Regarding the other comments, have you considered that perhaps you have just bought the wrong size?

 

Sorry but nothing you have posted warrants labelling these the worse chainsaw trouser ever made by any stretch of the imagination

 

Can't comment on the trousers as such as I haven't even seen them but just reading your post Steve, this must make me kak handed. I'm a right hander but hang the saw on the left, always have. Using the new treemotion I'm starting to be a bit more ambidextrous but still favour the left. As for heat resistant pads on the legs? I'm the same as some of the others on here. When I first got back in to climbing I burnt a couple of holes in my trousers but haven't done it for ages now. not sure if my positioning or technique has improved or what. Maybe it's just the thought of burning a hole in another $500 pair of pants.

 

Personally I'll be sticking with my SiP progress for now as they seem to be holding up better than the HiFlex. I found the Stihls a little bit flimsy around the arse and they rip easily. The progress are pretty comfy but maybe I just finally got my sizing correct. Sizing in chainsaw pants makes all the difference to comfort. Just one size too small make all the difference when it gets hot. Next pair of trou will be stretch airs after all the good comments I've heard.

[Mark Bolam]

Can't comment on the trousers as such as I haven't even seen them but just reading your post Steve, this must make me kak handed. I'm a right hander but hang the saw on the left, always have. Using the new treemotion I'm starting to be a bit more ambidextrous but still favour the left. As for heat resistant pads on the legs? I'm the same as some of the others on here. When I first got back in to climbing I burnt a couple of holes in my trousers but haven't done it for ages now. not sure if my positioning or technique has improved or what. Maybe it's just the thought of burning a hole in another $500 pair of pants.

 

Personally I'll be sticking with my SiP progress for now as they seem to be holding up better than the HiFlex. I found the Stihls a little bit flimsy around the arse and they rip easily. The progress are pretty comfy but maybe I just finally got my sizing correct. Sizing in chainsaw pants makes all the difference to comfort. Just one size too small make all the difference when it gets hot. Next pair of trou will be stretch airs after all the good comments I've heard.

 

I doubt you'll be disappointed Ian, but they must cost about 1 million NZ dollars out there!

[Taupotreeman]

You're not far off the ball park Mark and that doesn't include GST. To be fair though they aren't cheap. A pair of strech airs clock in at $540 which is about $100 more than the SiPs. Doesn't sound much but in the grand scheme of things a $100 is a $100, especially when the SiPs so far are pretty good. I've had my HiFlex repaired several times now and they have more patches than a mongrel mob member (kiwi joke).

 

Apart from that I can't understand how a pair of chainsaw trou can be so much more baggy, heavy etc than any other pair. Sure, there are some differences and everybody has preferences (I like a back pocket for putting my MP3 in and zip pockets are excellent for keeping it there) but I'm having a hard time thinking that there is THAT much difference between brands. Really, who notices that much up a tree if you have your sizes correct.