Tool belts .....anyone a fan??

[Tes369]

Toolbelts are for house bashers, cowboys, shopfitters, kitchen fitters, woodbutchers and diyers.

Not a fan and I feel slightly uneasy working with somebody wearing one.

An older electrician than myself pointed that out to our foreman a while ago who was wearing one and we all agreed.

 

[Pete E]

Very common with electricians in the States and from what I've read, with some Bosses they are actually compulsoryfor the electricians working for them as they are perceived to increase productivity...

I have used them in the past carrying clips and hammer when running cable externally and still have one...I also like smaller ones to hold a few tools and other bits when working up steps or ladders..

When I was climbing poles ect, I had a "nail pouch" I threaded onto my climbing safety belt. It held a few small selection of tools plus my amp ect and would not have been without that...

With regard work trousers, I don't particularly like the current fashion to have 79 flappy pockets all stuffed with various crap but on the other hand, I don't like the large tool belts that hold two dozen tools when you actually only need two or three for a particular job...

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Gavin, could you please alter your font size. my eyes can't cope.

Ah apologies, it depends on whether i use my phone or laptop to access the forum, it seems to prefer the smaller font/size on my laptop but phone is bigger like this, i will endeavour to manually change it in future!

 

[Rpa07]

I use a Kunys EL1503 (£20 ish) belt when needing to be up a ladder with fixings. Good to have tools to hand you just have to be selective so it doesn’t get too heavy.
I don’t like flappy pockets, i always wear a belt so it works for me.

 

[Pete E]

I use a Kunys EL1503 (£20 ish) belt when needing to be up a ladder with fixings. Good to have tools to hand you just have to be selective so it doesn’t get too heavy.
I don’t like flappy pockets, i always wear a belt so it works for me.

These days I use a Stanley nail pouch and/or the EL1503 depending what I am doing.

For the folks who find a tool belt tends to fall down, you can either add a harness, or a simple 1" wide web strap over one shoulder like the old military Sam Browne belts.

 

[Rpa07]

For the folks who find a tool belt tends to fall down, you can either add a harness, or a simple 1" wide web strap over one shoulder like the old military Sam Browne belts.

Or grow some hips to hold their belts up!

 

[Pete E]

Or grow some hips to hold their belts up!

Had hips and a waist when I was younger, but these days they seem to have "disappeared" !

 

[electric al]

I have a tool vest that I wear now and again - very useful when working up steps or ladders

 

[PEG]

I have a tool balaclava,and have fitted self-adhesive velcro patches,to all my tools...it frees the hands,and i can work in trunks...

My latest enhanced check,is a bit slow in arriving...

 

[HandySparks]

I'll occasionally use a toolbelt. Currently using the Toughbuilt system. Loads of different sizes of pouch to choose from. They clip on and off the belt as required so, for example, if you've finished drilling for a while, you can just unclip the drill holster with the drill in it and put it to one side for later.

ClipTech Tool Belts, Pouches & Bags - http://www.toughbuilt.com/cliptech/

 

[sparkdog]

Never used a tool belt, too much weight.

 

[stuarth]

I have never seen a kitchen fitter using a tool belt and if I did it make alarm bells go off, small spaces with clunky sharp tools bashing into the nice new cabinets normally makes the custard cross, I would use a tool belt only if working off a ladder.

 

[Squid]

I used to live in Earls Court and the Dominatrix in the flat below used to wear a tool belt, nice girl in the pub to chat to but I'll leave the rest to your imagination.........

I don't think the latex would have damaged any kitchen cabinets though......

 

[Pete999]

As title suggests , what’s everyone’s opinion on them?
May have to consider buying one as the company has supplied new ppe and although nice quality snickers trousers and tee shirts have been provided, the trousers have come without the flappy pockets as most of the lads have tool belts so didn’t want the extra pockets.
I’m not a fan of the tool belt but may consider buying one as having no flappy pockets to store screws, tools and the like while say doing 1st and 2nd fixing etc will become annoying to me I’m sure.

Oh and for the fans out there any recommendations?
Ta

No recommendations just a funny story, worked in Canada fo about 3 months, and we got most of our timber, electrics and tooling from either "The Home Depot" (B&Q) or a local
Indepentent wholesaler, most of the locals be they Sparks, Chippies or what ever sported the biggest tool belts I have ever seen, the best one was worn by a carpenter, and on one of the many pockets, were the words, I kid you not, "MAKE THE NAILS BLEED" only in the Americas. Oh we all had to get "Robertson Scewrdriver" they were square headed, best driver I ever used no slippage, brilliant bit of kit. Sorry for going off piste.

 

[Rpa07]

Used self tap Robinson head screws on commercial job and I agree, no slip, nice kit.