FORESTER Chainsaw Chaps for Men - Adjustable Belt - Chain Saw Chaps for Men, Apron Style W/Pocket, Chainsaw Safety Equipment

This is 2nd pair of Forester chainsaw apron chaps I'm using. The first ones (green color) are a few years old and still in good shape, but I wanted a backup pair in case my son comes to help around the property using his saw (he doesn't have chaps of his own). I got the bright orange ones so we could tell them apart. Since he is about 4 inches taller than me I got the medium length, but they still fit me too by flopping the belt part over itself and using the snaps to shorten the length slightly (nice feature).I like the fit, easy to put on and take off with the 4 snaps around your jeans, as opposed to the full wraparound legging style. These cover most of your leg, especially all of the part that is exposed to a saw cut from the front. So more comfortable and a little cooler than than wearing 2 layers (full wraparound style plus jeans underneath).Comfortable for a full day of chain-sawing, and also provides some extra protection to my legs while rolling big bucked log rounds on the ground.

As an arborist in the PNW, I can say that I, like most other tree workers, work my equipment pretty hard. Finding cheap alternatives without sacrificing safety is a wallet saver. When it comes to chaps though you get into some murky water, cheap chaps usually means less of the protective Kevlar, which means using bigger saws is risky business. Put these chaps next to a pair of stihl pro mark chaps and fairly quickly you will know which one you want to wear. The pro marks offer far more protection and if I'm being honest, are a little more comfortable(as comfortable as a pair of chaps can be anyways). However, as I am on my second pair of these foresters chaps, there must be some advantage to them, right? To understand the advantages, one has to understand that, at least in the PNW, we use chainsaw chaps for more than cutting. Wading through brambles and blackberry bushes? Put on your chaps. Doing anything with hawthorn or locust? Put on your chaps. Is it raining, snowing.? Maybe your legs are a little cold. Put on your chaps. Mind you, these are also good ways to trick the newbies into getting comfortable with chaps, as nobody likes wearing them. But the point is made, if I am running anything bigger than a stihl 362, I'm probably cutting some big wood and that is all I will be doing, so I slip on the pro marks and go. For everything else I throw on foresters. I could buy 3 to 4 pairs of foresters, for the price of a pair of pro marks, would I trust them to stop a stihl 660 from running full bore through my leg? My physical and emotional attachment to my legs says no, but they perform remarkably well with everything else I ask of them. In the end, buy these if you are doing light saw work and for anything where you might need or want to protect your legs, plus they are an economical way to take the wear and tear off of your more expensive and more protective chaps.

I read many reviews before deciding to purchase these, including some that complained about a poor fit, discomfort in wearing, etc. As I use a chainsaw only occasionally, I decided to go for a moderately priced pair of chaps rather than those in the $70 - $100 range. although occasional use might be the best argument to get the best quality.Any true review of this product could only be made after an incident and the chaps perform as advertised. I can't offer that insight, as so far my chainsaw and chaps haven't made contact. That said, I found none of the complaints about fit or comfort to be valid. The one waist and four leg closure straps (two for each leg) adjust easily and stay where I put them, at least for the first few hours of use. I would describe the fit as perfect, but it did take a bit of trial and error to get there. I thought moving in them would be at least a little awkward, but if there is any restriction of movement, I didn't notice it.For the sake of reference, I'm 6'2", and the chaps covered my shoe tops. Anyone under 6' might find them too long. I'm not sure if there is a smaller size or an easy adjustment of these for a shorter user.I came to understand before I bought these that they are a one incident product. If your saw and your chaps do make contact, your chaps will be ruined. At first I thought that it was silly to pay this much for a product that could be ruined so readily, but I then realized that the contact that ruined the chaps would have done far more painful and costly damage to my leg.The moral of this story is these chaps are like insurance. You buy it but hope never to need it. However, when the time comes and you do need it, you forget all about what you've paid for it. If you are on the fence about buying chaps or not, be smart and get a pair.

This is a very good product, good design, nice protection. Having said that, I'd recommend suspenders because the chaps are not light and, as some others have mentioned, the belt needs to be overtightened at times. I found this the case cutting firewood with a chainsaw...there are times when one needs to kneel, bend, etc. The chaps will lose their position. I think the manufacturer should consider selling matching suspenders...that way the chaps do not have to be overtightened, which is uncomfortable, and the chaps fit comfortably. I bought matching suspenders (Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VPS6WNC?). The suspenders have very good clamps [clamp to the belt, rear and front).