NoCry 6-in-1 Industrial Chainsaw Helmet With Face Shield

Having just completed my first hour of chainsawing wearing the NoCry forestry helmet, I am of the opinion it is a solid, comfortable, and economical product.
It is heavy plastic, but lightweight on the head. The headband expands to accommodate my large cranium — 24 1/2”, about a 7 ¾ hat size—and there might be another ¼” to its capacity. The headband knob doesn’t slip – it holds the helmet firm on the head. The face-screen is great – better protection than safety glasses, and no more fogging up. The face-screen clicks cleanly between the up and down positions. The ear muffs fit my ears snugly and comfortably, and mitigate sound as well as any I have ever used.
I see no reason to spend more money than this on a helmet for chainsawing and similar activities.
Steps 2 and 3 of the assembling the helmet — attaching the screen and ear muffs — are straightforward, as shown in the No Cry’s printed instructions and YouTube video, and from eyeballing the parts. Step 1 – installing the suspension system – not so much. I struggled with it for 90 minutes, finding not much help in the video or in close-up looks at photographs. Those materials were not quite idiot-proof. On a Sunday afternoon, my daughter, who is a professional engineer with a mathematics degree, came to visit. She attacked the problem for 30 minutes, and solved it.
What I wasn’t able to visualize was that at the front of the helmet, the strap needs to be looped around the business end of the key, so that a portion of the strap goes into the slot when the key is inserted. In my photo, my fingers are holding back the headband so that the key and slot are more easily visible. (The rear keys and slots work differently, at least the way my helmet ended up.)
NoCry was very quick to respond to my e-mails and to offer satisfaction (for what turned out to be my obtuseness, which probably included the inadequacy of my description and photographs of what seemed to be the problem).
Raino from NoCry told me other customers have experienced difficulty installing the suspension (and Amazon reviews bear this out). He said NoCry has identified a gap in their instructional materials, and was working to update those materials.
I recommend the helmet.
I also recommend having safety gear before you start chainsawing, as a general matter. I should not have been chainsawing without it. It appeared to me that maybe half the Amazon reviewers of this and similar products had decided to purchase safety gear (helmet with face shield, and chaps, and maybe forearm and hand protection) only after experiencing a near miss or an actual injury (including an eye injury) due to lack of adequate gear.

I bought this to wear while using my heavy duty push behind wheel trimmer. I have a rural property that gets high brush growth and there is a lot of hidden small rocks/gravel. Occasionally I get a splattering of this on my face. I always used safety glasses and a mask but my face would get stung by the debris and I worried about getting a bad hit. SO… I invested in this item for protection.

It’s a good quality hardhat and comfortable to wear. Easy to adjust the band for fitting. I like that you have the option to use the screen or clear mask for protection. I’m working out in the hot sun so I choose to use the wire mesh as it gives me a little ventilation. It gives me the protection and peace of mind that I needed. Also… I really didn’t want to use the earmuffs and I found that they are really easy to remove.

The screen or clear mask is easy to put on or remove. Occasionally I use an electric grinder that produces a lot of sparks. Although I use safety glasses, I will also use the clear mask for additional protection/safety.

I replaced my old helmet with this one and it was a good choice. Sturdy and comfortable. I like that it gives you a choice of a clear shield or a mesh. My old one was metal but nowadays, it’s plastic.

Works best with the ear muffs down

I use it as a professional Hydrovac Operator. Blasting earth with water pressure of up to 3000psi can send a ton of debris flying your way…trust me I learned the hard way.
I have not tried the plastic face shield (nor will I, as I do not like solid face shields for my work), but the face screen is perfect for what I do.
The adjustable ear protection muffles the intense sound of my Truck, without completely deafening me. I can still hear other sounds around me, which is perfect for maintaining auditory sense awareness of my surroundings…a good thing in busy and dangerous construction yards.
The plastic for the helmet itself feels a little flimsy, but is ANSI approved. The adjustable strap is completely adjustable and the overall comfort of the set is impressive. Not heavy or cumbersome.
Great Product. I’m glad I bought it.

UPDATE:
The ‘rachets’ which control the height setting of the face shield are made of cheaper plastic. They wear quite quickly causing the mask to fall in front of your face. Quite annoying when I didn’t want it down. I replaced the helmet after 1 year of use. Not horrible, but not great either.

Have not been able to use yes due to weather but wanted an “all in one” protection for heavy brush clearing with a brush cutter. Useubwear a hat to block the sun, ear plugs and safety glasses and longtime a gaiter to keep debris from flying into my face. I’m excited bc this will solve multiple items i usually lug around. Well built, snaps right together, and has the 2 different face shields. Win win.

Very nice and inexpensive helmet with all necessary features. Fits well even over winter hat which is convenient in cold weather. Headphones block noise well. I am satisfied with this purchase.