Mick the Tree

The trousers shown in the video are my spares, which have been replaced,and I only wear when my best pair are out of action - for example when theyre still wet from working in the rain, as was the case here Agreed, the boots were well worn - very well worn; I wouldnt go cutting up a half decent pair! I am also fully aware that Class 1 protection is only designed to stop chains travelling at up to 20m/s, and that a Stihl 026 can achieve speeds of up to 30m/s The securing system I used was a very cheap work bench, and was, indeed, not very stable at all. All in all there was nothing scientific about this test, it was just a way of putting a pair of boots which were not even any good as spares to use, as I was interested to see how they would fare, and thought others might be too. I am by no means of any opinion in which we should rely on PPE to compensate for carelessness. This is the first time that any item of my PPE (or body) has come into contact with a moving chain, and I consider myself to be a safe and careful worker.

This was, infact the first test I did but the camera didnt record :sneaky2:I cut straight across the front, just behind where the toecap ends. The results were just the same as when cut from the heel. Admittedly these boots were 10 months old and well past their best. Would be interesting to see how well new boots fair.

That was a Stihl 026. I was not trying to suggest that that is the sort of cut you might inflict on yourself, just to demonstrate that the kevlar itself offers little or no protection when arranged in this manner.

I was not really that surprised by what I found, but it seems to me - certainly with the Haix boots, that the kevlar made no difference whatsoever, in which case it's only there to tick a box and not to protect people at all

I honestly think you would be just as safe with decent leather workboots - at a fraction of the cost

I have just tested the cut protection on 2 pairs of chainsaw boots. Neither managed to stop, or even significantly slow the chain; the kevlar on the Haix boots did not wrap round the sprocket at all, and on the Alico it wrapped slightly (see picture), but nowhere near enough to produce resistance. Infact the leather seemed to produce far more resistance than the kevlar! See the videos here: Chainsaw Boot Test - YouTube - Haix Protector Lights Chainsaw Boot Test - YouTube - Alico

Haha how embarrasing! Laughed out loud even after watching it 3 times