Chainsaw pants

Really depends on what standard you are required to follow. For us in NB it's 16.3m/s (we use the ASTM standard). This may help:

Regulatory excerpt
Section 8.21(2) of the OHS Regulation ("Regulation") states:

(2) Leg protective devices referred to in subsection (1) must meet or exceed

(a) the general requirements of section 4 of the WorkSafeBC Standard - Leg Protective Devices, as set out in Schedule 8-A of this Part, and

(b) the performance requirements of one of the following standards, using the cut-resistance testing protocol set out in that standard except as varied in subparagraph (ii):

(i) WorkSafeBC Standard - Leg Protective Devices, as set out in section 5 of Schedule 8-A of this Part, applying a threshold chain speed of 18.3 metres per second or 3 600 feet per minute;

(ii) ASTM F 1414-04 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Cut Resistance to Chain Saw in Lower Body (Legs) Protective Clothing, but applying a threshold chain speed of 16.8 metres per second or 3 300 feet per minute;

(iii) ISO 11393-2 Protective clothing for users of hand-held chain-saws - Part 2: Test methods and performance requirements for leg protectors, applying a Class 2 threshold chain speed of 24 metres per second or 4 724 feet per minute;

(iv) BS EN 381-5:1995 Protective clothing for users of hand-held chain saws - Part 5: Requirements for leg protectors, applying a Class 2 threshold chain speed of 24 metres per second or 4 724 feet per minute.
 
American standard;

ASTM Standard for Leg Protection for Chain Saw Users (F-1897-98). This standard requires that the chaps can stop a chain saw running at 2,500 feet/minute under controlled laboratory conditions. (There are no longer two classes of chaps as previously required by the American Pulpwood Association Standard, APA 92-A-12.) The performance requirements remain unchanged at 2500 feet per minute chain speed, tested at both 45 degrees and 90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the test sample. Compliance tests are performed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in accordance with ASTM F-1414, Measurement of Cut Resistanceto Chain Saw Lower Body Protective Clothing.


I think ontario's standards are 3200 ft. Per minute.
 
I am waiting to see if and how they update all the standards. It was just brought up at a recent event that many of the battery powered saws will cut right though since the torque is so high and the speed is so low that the fibers don't have achance to become embedded. No proof of that but it was brought up by a reliable guy.
 
Lol, I just emailed Dave over Wesspur and asked him about it actually. He has not got to me yet but knowing Dave I would expect a great response and possibly even s video of doing just that.
 
Yeah electric motors are all torque. I asked about this at the expo last year at one of the booths and was told that I was nuts. I was then told that the chaps would protect me long enough to release the trigger.
 
I want a saw that can cut 3600fps!

Realistically, any pants you buy from a retailer in Canada today SHOULD meets the minimum required standards.
 
I just watched a bunch of YouBoob videos of them testing them.. all at full throttle. Stopped the saw instantly every time. Stopped the Husky battery saws, too. Couldn't find one of the Stihl electric. One of them did have a text overlay that said they stop all gas saws and most electric saws. So, who knows? I'd test them with a corded, 120VAC saw, but I'm not willing to ruin a perfectly good pair of chaps or chainsaw pants. Maybe if they faded to titty pink, or something...
 
What I was told is that it's because the clutch system is different on the electric saws. An electric motor has more torque than a similar gas motor as well.
 
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