Pfanner stretch air - failure :-(

[Jamie]

8 months is pretty good, but not brilliant. was the fault through workmanship or general wear and tear?

 

I like my stretch airs, after 18 months the fly went (the zip itself broke) so i cut the metal off and stitched the fly half shut. when i had some old huskies the crotch always went and this happened quicker when i was just belted up. I'm a braces kinda chap.

 

oh and i always take the buttons off and re stitch them using whipping twine, it's stronger stuff and less likely to rip apart

 

Jamie

[Mark Bolam]

For the older members, can you elaborate on, or merely just explain what you meant by "Keks, Fiddy Cent style". Being a "young gun" myself, I am fully aware of the rudeboy slang you are spitting, hombre. However I fear the worst for our older generations as they may struggle with your gangsta verses. Brap Brap. Pop Pop.

 

Word up mo fo. How ya pickaniny gwan?

 

Welcome back mate.

 

Apparently Marky Mark was wearing Stretch Airs for the Calvin Klein ads back in the 90's, and is wholely responsible for the current spate of crotch failures...

[climbingpete]

well I dont think the fault was wear or tear as the rest of the trousers are in very good condition (unlike my stihls at the same age). It appears that the bottom of the zip failed. As I was 60ft up a tree on spurs at the time, it was hard to do anything about it. Next min, rip :-(

If this was mountaineering equipment, from say mountain equipment, im sure it would be under some gaurantee. Are people seriously saying I should only expect 8 months from a pair of £210 trousers? Apart from the split crotch theres nothing wrong with them.

[josharb87]

take up the dealers offer and have them repaired then, simples!

[combined tree services]

i was asking my self the same thing with the hi-viz stretch airs that i dought in feb , the fabric on the inside of the thigh to the zip area has worn through right beside the stitching all i have ever worn with them is braces as well , the proble i have is that they get used alot in winter on night time work so do i buy another pair or do i compomise on being able to be seen at night ???

[MattyF]

I Think the problem exists on the type c's??? own two pairs of type As 1 pair is 3 years old and never had that problem but on a pair of c's i had they went on the first branch i rolled!

[climbingpete]

I will, and its very good of them to do this. I think what im annoyed about is how shoddy some of the equipment we get sold is. I know its a hard working environment but stuff should last longer? I mean, my elten pro boots fell apart after about three months when the silly soft padding bit ripped out the back of the heal. Can the manufacturers not see this sort of thing coming. Sorry Fletcher Steward, not blaming you, more like poor initial testing on the manufactures part, or poor material choice/quality control. Rant over. *draws deep breath*

[Alex bedie]

its a joke how expensive ppe can be and how little life it has

[Mesterh]

its a joke how expensive ppe can be and how little life it has

 

Well the manufactures wouldnt want them to last for too long now would they

 

If they did the stretch air zip problem would have been sorted ages ago, and all makes of trousers would have better material that doesnt melt the second it see's an exhaust! or at least cover the most vulnerable areas.

[Clark Forest]

It's that old Ford Escort or a Ferrari scenario again though isn't it? Nobody is forced to buy the most expensive PPE kit there is, but to get the benefits of, for example in this case, Stretch-Airs, you have to pay more for it. Simple!

 

A cheap pair of Windsor Chainsaw Trousers would essentially do the same job, i.e. protect the user from chainsaw cuts, but you pay more for the comfort and design with Stretch-Airs (and the other premium brands).

 

Just in the same way that a Ferrari will get you from A to B in the same way that a Ford Escort will, but if you want the bells & whistles, you gotta pay for them!