Chainsaw carrying bag review
Its been almost a year since I
started using the new chainsaw
protective carrying bag,
and I'm ready to report that it's definitely worth 20 dollars.
The zipper is less than
perfect, but not really needed as long as you don't hold your bag in an
upside down fashion.
I like the feeling of having
all my chainsaw gear in one place, and it's nice to just grab the bag
and know you've got most of your safety gear ready to go. Which reminds
me that I need to get around to ordering a pair of chainsaw chaps.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Dave --- A hard plastic case sounds like it might be heavier. But on the plus side, I'd bet it's water resistant, which this bag isn't. (Not that we accidentally leave our tools out in the rain --- never!
) I think Mark's bag might be an official Stihl bag.
Heath --- Mark didn't mention in his post, but he likes the way the bag makes the saw easier to carry too. Since we're often lugging it to remote locations, it makes a difference to have the heaviest piece of equipment attached to a shoulder instead of a hand! If you don't have to do that, though, I can see how putting the saw in the bag wouldn't be worth it.
I think a plastic case would be more durable, and a short google search shows that Northern Tool has a nice looking one for 25 dollars. Ours is showing some wear, but I think its got a lot of life left in it, and if it gets too bad I'll break out some heavier fabric and beef it up.
What the soft case has over the plastic is a built in shoulder strap, which is important for me as it helps when I need to also carry a shovel for digging around stumps. It also has extra space for gear and a small fuel tank, and from looking at the pictures I don't think you can carry a small gas can in any of the plastic ones, but I have not done an exhaustive search.