Stretch Air Chainsaw Trousers

ern_last

I bought the Pfanner Quickstop pants for 350$ can. dollars back in oct. 2008. I am a forester here in British Columbia and I am out in the field everyday come rain sun snow and anything in between. These pants are excellent, they have excellent tear resistance and decent water repellancy, I can go walking through anytype of brush without worrying about snags and rips. I highly recommend these pants to anyone who works in the bush. The only thing is these pants do tend to get cold in anything past -10'c, I just wear thermal underwear with them and have worn them in -35'c and up to +29'c

Garry Brockley

so how are they at higher temperatures? how much movement do you have in them? is the crotch reinforced? how thick is the protection compared to say the husky pants or the stihl forrest wear?
sorry for all the questions but a comfy pair of trousers is essential to be able to work all day.

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ern_last

I found i have quite a range of movement in them, the crotch is unfortunately not reinforced and i have never worn them over 29'c, however the front of the pants are quite thick im not sure how thick they are compared to stihls, but the front does tend to get sweaty. The back of the pants is uninsulated to it keeps cool back there and the ripstop fabric does a nice job keeping the tears away.

phill ellison

does anybody has any photos of them as I was wondering what they do look like
cheers

fog2fg

I used to have the blue husky ones they basically fell to bits from crappy stitching then i got the stihl hi flex ( much better )

Since i've been living in brisbane i can only wear shorts now too bloody hot

Garry Brockley

i work in brissy every day and wear stihl hiflex every day yes its warm but shorts? come on even jeans would give you some protection even if its from sharp pieces of wood.

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Cole

stretch air are the bizz i love them for climbing i prefer the hi-flex for ground or tower work tho

Nooga

I'm in Southern USA. Jim you mentioned that I could get "better" deals on Stretch Air pants. I don't assume that you'd know anything about buying them in the USA, would you? Over here, Sherrill Tree wants to charge $395 for the Pfanner Gladiator pants.

devo

Ive got the Pfanner Climbing trousers without protection for general climbing and then for removals and chainsaw work the Pfanner Combi which is an overall type thing. been using Pfanner for 5 years and very happy with them my firts pair are still in use and only once or twice sewed, so i think its worth the money.

TrevMcRev

TREEGEAR Arborist Supplies now have the SIP Protection range, including the new Progress models.

At better than US prices too

Announcement & details here.