what boots do you recommend?

[northwoods18]

ok so after a close scrape involving my left foot and my husky 350 i am in the market for chain proof boots (i know, it shoulda been done years ago!) so i was wondering what you "saw-pros" recommend are the rubber saw boots im finding "saw-proof", or should i spend a little more and go with the matterhorns...thanks

 

[nmurph]

My opinion-

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/234133.htm

 

[MechanicMatt]

Wow Neil, I did something similar to that to my favorite pair of boots. Im 32 and a bit of a cheap ass, my pops is 59 and has NO problem spending money on quality. Sadly a 346 ruined the nicest boots he ever bought me. Luckily the material (kevlar) saved my right foots toes. I showed him the boots, and he shook his head, gave me the "Safety Speech".

 

[holeycow]

people wear so much PPE running saws these days that it has made many of them very sloppy. I can't believe how many brand new boots have hits on them at the end of the first day.:msp_scared:

I agree with the PPE, but it is not there to make up for sloppy technique.....

Good operators' PPE generally shows no impacts for a very long time, unless there is some kind of genuine accident.

We all would have died 30 years ago if we were sloppy wearing NO ppe for days/weeks/years on end. We weren't crazy, we were careful. Always.

Rant over.

 

[chainsawnut460]

I do line clearance tree trimming and have worn just about every major brand as well as a few cheaper brands and have to say when it comes to boots you get what you pay for, that being said my personal favorite are the matterhrorns

 

[gulity1]

I agree with everything above, You get what you pay for this applies to prettty much everything in life " the quality of the product still remains long after the price of the tool is gone" boots, tools, etc. I dont wear the chainsaw boots so I have to rely on someones elses opionion and from what I have read here Matterhorns seem like the way to go. Rant over