Chainsaw Helmet shopping

[s219]

I also like that classic look but in all my helmet searching I haven't noticed any of those old aluminum dome helmets, I think I'd like one. How old is that helmet? cant imagine aluminum corroding like that unless your to close to the salt water or eat to many chips, then the salt get in your sweat works up on the helmet, maybe it's time for some JB Weld. That's one reason I dont live down in Va, I sweat enough here.

My aluminum helmet is about 10 years old I'd say. I also have a Stihl helmet with face shield and muffs that I use in certain scenarios, but for tricky felling I like the aluminum helmet, safety glasses, and ear plugs since it's easier looking up and around.

I grew up in CT and VT, and haven't stopped sweating since I moved to VA in 1991. Never get used to it.

 

[tree farmer]

Are the newer plastic helmets brittle after a few years? I have a Stihl forestry helmet that is probably 5 or 6 years old and still feels strong. My son grabbed an old plastic hard hat out of the barn and it literally fell apart in his hand. I know all my motorcycle helmets came with a note in the box stating they should be replaced every 5 yrs or so. I know the sun degrades most plastics, but the sun doesn't shine here on the Oregon coast:confused3:....Dan.

 

[two_bit_score]

How about in a thunder storm.................

That’s another good reason to stick with my plastic Stihl!

 

[dragoneggs]

Wont start a saw without helmet and safety gear on, I have a few decades pro use with them and although I have never cut my chainsaw pants or chaps, I have beaten 10 types of crap out of at least a dozen helmets over the years. I doubt I would be still alive without them. Seen to many good guys ruined by head injuries, its just not worth the risk

I wear a petzl vertex vents with peltor work tunes muffs and face screen. Keep a celox trauma bandage tucked up in the helmet. Very comfortable and worth every penny.

I am an occasional user and I admit that my safety habits for many years with many tools were seriously lacking and I have been lucky. Age/wisdom has me being much more careful these days.

On your Petzl Vertex Vents... I don't see any that come with a face screen. Do you know the model number you have?

 

[goeduck]

Are the newer plastic helmets brittle after a few years? I have a Stihl forestry helmet that is probably 5 or 6 years old and still feels strong. My son grabbed an old plastic hard hat out of the barn and it literally fell apart in his hand. I know all my motorcycle helmets came with a note in the box stating they should be replaced every 5 yrs or so. I know the sun degrades most plastics, but the sun doesn't shine here on the Oregon coast:confused3:....Dan.

Construction plastic hard hats have a manufacture date molded in them and I would hope forestry helmets would as well. General rule of thumb on Constrution hard hats is 2 to 5 years. Why they cannot just stamp the date in simple MM/DD/YEAR I do not know. Here is the key.

 

[Wagtail]

Why they cannot just stamp the date in simple MM/DD/YEAR I do not know.

Because of international sales. Not everyone follows the same dating convention as the U.S.A. and the helmet could easily have been manufactured somewhere else in the world.

I'm writing this post on 21/04/2019.

 

[Timbersawz]

I am an occasional user and I admit that my safety habits for many years with many tools were seriously lacking and I have been lucky. Age/wisdom has me being much more careful these days.

On your Petzl Vertex Vents... I don't see any that come with a face screen. Do you know the model number you have?

As it happens over easter I have been giving it a birthday and have a new peltor 3m screen for it. Model is Visor V1A and the serial XH-0016-5152-6 it clips into the standard peltor muffs mount.

 

[Timbersawz]

Because of international sales. Not everyone follows the same dating convention as the U.S.A. and the helmet could easily have been manufactured somewhere else in the world.

I'm writing this post on 21/04/2019.

what other nations use month day year?

 

[Ford850]

Those Petzel Vertex Vents helmets look very nice. Here's one as a combo with face shield and Peltor muffs. TreeStuff - Petzl Vertex Vent Mesh Visor Kit

 

[jjp8182]

Bought a 3M one a couple years ago primarily because I'm not cutting on a daily basis and the UV indicator they put in some of their models gives the indication of when it needs to be replaced due to UV exposure. Which from my understanding is the reason for replacing helmets that haven't otherwise been compromised or just worn out. It was a H-706RFK-UV from: 3M Lumberjack Hard Hat 59371, 6-Point Ratchet Suspension, Orange | RSHughes.com - it may be cheaper elsewhere at any given time, but at the time they were the best price I found.

...and I wear it consistently when doing any overhead or other major cutting on trees (with any type of saw) because I've been whacked over/across the head enough during my life that I've learned I really don't enjoy being hit in the head and I can't always control if/when it may happen.

The only "complaint" I've ever had is that while it does have the screen mesh, small shavings can and will get through (especially if you're using a pole saw and looking up) which really isn't an issue since after learning that I just starting wearing my shooting/ballistic protection glasses as well ---- which oddly enough is something I think the helmet guidance/manual/instructions actually recommended....