Oregon Waipoua Professional Chainsaw Safety Helmet with Protective Ear Muff and Mesh Visor, Impact Resistant Comfortable Hard Hat Safety Protection Equipment (562413)

This helmet is an excellent one for the serious DIY chainsaw user. It strikes a good compromise between quality, fitness for purpose and cost. There are much better helmets available for use by professionals in the trade but these are much more expensive. The Waip helmet is described as 'professional' but probably will not be sufficiently robust enough for every day use. That said, it is strong enough for the most demanding DIY work but the helmet will require care in use to avoid damaging the visor mountings which are a bit flimsy. The helmet is comfortable in prolonged use and the air vents work well to prevent overheating in hot weather. The helmet fits securely on the head because of the well designed head band and size adjuster. The ear defenders are also very comfortable and appear to provide sufficient sound attenuation. I couldn't get the optional neck guard to fit because no holes were provided in the face screen to take the press in studs. With care, this helmet should provide the enthusiastic DIY'er with many years of use.

Have a large potato shaped head and this fitted no problem, feels comfortable for wearing for an hour or so at least.Downsides are the instructions make absolutely no sense, literally none at all, and the protective mesh doesn't sit straight.Aside from that it'll do the job for us amateurs.

neat perfect piece of kit

Helmet seems fine but no better than the cheap one it's replacing after 10 years good service. The helmet itself seems pretty good but the visor is very flimsy and it's fitment to the frame and hinge mechanism is very poor, there aren't any locking bits to it just a couple of slots in the rim that fit over a couple of bumps in the frame unit. The dust type guard that fits onto the base of the visor is also hard to fit. The instructions are non existent and the pictures lack any detail. After trying to find 3 specific holes for the 3 white pegs to go into and failing I finally worked out that the 3 little white plastic pegs with 2 small legs on each one actually do push into the mesh holes on the visor. You need to have very strong fingers/thumbs to push the pegs into the mesh holes without bending the mesh out of shape even when you have fully aligned the 2 little legs with 2 holes in the mesh. If you're not strong then maybe use pliers or carefully tap them home with a small hammer. I also couldn't get the adjusting strap to work to start with. I had to pull the knob out and then after trying twisting it in both directions and nothing happening I worked out you needed to pull the straps apart with the knob pulled out then it finally seemed to engage with the knob and now twisting the knob does loosen/tighten the strap on your head. You push the knob back in to lock it in place. Not sure if mine was unique or if they all need a bit of brute force to pull the straps apart to begin with. Hopefully it will give me a few years good service, time will tell.

comfortable to wear, good sound and face protection.I think paying slightly more for a branded one payed off as not sure of the quality of the real cheap ones,, after all it's your eyes and ears your looking after ...

I bought this helmet as I use chainsaws and I have found it very comfortable to wear and the materials used I would be confident in them protecting my head. It was easy to assemble, it has some air vents in the top and the neck protector come in useful.

Got this one as it was good value compared to the other branded ones. It's a bit cheap looking but does the job, some of the adjustments are a bit flimsy but no real problems with it.The one issue was the neck guard fitting. It comes with plastic anchors that attach to the grill. The instruction for this is rubbish. Basically you have to force the buttons through the grill (almost impossible) I found it tricky but got there in the end.All in all a reasonable budget option.

Good materials, design, construction. Easy to assemble. Plenty of easy adjustment for comfortable fit.