Does the high torque of electric saws preclude the use of chaps? I heard that somewhere and have not been wearing chaps with my 60v 16" bar greenworks. But a friend says bad Kris. Ed at the saw shop says wear chaps and the torque issue only applies to corded saws, not the crap battery saws -- his colorful language. Ed is a bit of a two-cycle man. The battery saw is handy, but my Stihl saws still are beasts. Oh, did a Web search for chaps that claim protection from electric saws, but no go kris
My understanding of chainsaw chaps is the kevlar material inside the chaps gets pulled out like fiber in a sleeping bag and jams the saw no matter how much torque your saw has. But I've had a tree pruning career for 30+ years and use my corded electric saw only every few years because I've owned about a dozen of these Corona saws since 1989 and I can cut through a 12 inch log in about 5 minutes with it. Handsaws are not only great exercise, but mistakes happen after that many decades of work and my hand saw mistakes don't cut me open enough to require stitches. Also you can still hear the birds singing while you're sawing if you use these instead. Sadly, these saws were discontinued by Corona, so next I need to buy a new one I'll buy one of these: No. K24
