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

[telectrix]

was subbing to Initial (alarms) some years ago. i used up a small stock of them on installations. really pi$$ed off their in house "engineers" as they hadn't got the tools for them.

 

[MDJ]

You can keep your Volt stick in your top pocket.

 

[telectrix]

You can keep your Volt stick in your top pocket.

no room.i keep my dog there.

 

[pirate]

I do like a tool belt when up a ladder...keeps the Wagos and strippers handy, a Stanley knife to cut the silicone, and still room for 20 Rothmans and a lighter...
otherwise...I prefer to keep everything on the ground in a bag or box

 

[satori]

was considering snickers, but i don't like nuts.

Don't like nuts? Then why do you spend so much time here?

 

[Nobbin]

I do like a tool belt when up a ladder...keeps the Wagos and strippers handy, a Stanley knife to cut the silicone, and still room for 20 Rothmans and a lighter...
otherwise...I prefer to keep everything on the ground in a bag or box

I have room enough in my pockets and pouches for all my wago's and tools etc.
Before I go up a ladder or into a loft I take a few moments to consider exactly what tools I will need (and some contingencies) then empty my pockets and take just what I need.
I had a friend in the army some (many many) years back who was doing a resettlement course with some DIY firm and he bought a tool belt. In his first of a four week course he fell from a step ladder and scewered himself in the leg with a screwdriver in his belt. Never even considered a belt myself since.
Not saying the same can't happen with pockets and pouches, but I know for sure it can with a belt.

 

[fox eleven]

I am a regular try to reading post about tool bag, and I found a good tool belt. it is DEWALT DG5617 20-Pocket Pro Tool Belt, the bag's are very comfortable for our regular construction work and makes it easy.

I've had a lot of variety in demands for a tool bag. I'm HUGE on the organization, just makes life easier when you know where everything's supposed to be. That being said,

I have both the large and small version of this bag and LOVE them.

DEWALT DG5617 20-Pocket Pro Too. Belt

Basically, the small one is great for your basic tools and is easy and comfortable to actually carry around a lot. The large one doesn't seem THAT much bigger, but it really is, you can load that thing up so much that you are totally stocked with every tool you might need, but it's so heavy that it's ridiculous to carry. It's the ultimate T cart tool belt. Carries everything but has a very small footprint and requires minimal real estate.

The downside to those bags is weather resistance and the fact that all of your tools will fall out if you put them in a truck bed, or in a gang box and someone knocks them over. I'll eventually buy one that is better suited for my needs, which would solve the stuff falling out and weather resistance problems but at 4x the cost of a CLC, it will have to wait.

basically, you're gonna end up with a lot of bags in the end for various job circumstances. Where I lives it rains a lot, so if you're working outside, no kind of bag will do, and only a waterproof box will suffice, the clc belts I like so much are perfect for indoor and T cart use, but overall, the only thing I've seen that looks like it would perform in almost all situations is the veto pro Pac.

 

[Pete999]

useful to hang on the steps though when fixing lights. all tools and bits within hands reach.

Never really liked them unless you were doing a repetitive task, like fixing trunking etc, even then the got in the way.

 

[BruvDunk]

Odd occasion they are useful . Repetitive up ladder work . Majority of time never really bothered. Always ended up getting filled with crap.

 

[Dickymint]

I'm the same as many others on here, only use one when it I am up a leader or similar, where I need to keep both hands free and it helps to have a few things handy. I don't keep anything in it, I just take the few items I need from my tool box each time.

 

[the pict]

I use one with a drill holster and side snip pouch, but most are crap as they are not designed by folk who use them if they were the pouches etc would actually be functional as is they are no good to man nor beast

 

[Powellm]

At work I love it. Enough room for my hex keys mid spanner terminal and pen. At home though. Would I heck want one. I enjoy trying to find everything too much. You could always buy wera tools and cover yourself in Velcro then every pouch will stick to you then.... winner

 

[the Dreamer]

This reminds of 29 years ago, the attire for the spark on a construction
site was simply a pair of jeans or a boiler suit. Having to stuff tools in pockets ,but we just got on with it. Then one day a fella turned up wearing a leather tool belt and God did we take the proverbial. We nicknamed him Hollywood because he thought he was a "Star", but if we saw what we are wearing nowadays. Who would have the last laugh. Personally I have used in the past and certainly came in handy, so I believe they still can useful.