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

[Ian1981]

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

 

[Midwest]

Don't the Yanks call them fanny belts or is that something else?

 

[telectrix]

if i want my trousers pulling down, i get 'er indoors to do it.

 

[Ian1981]

Don't the Yanks call them fanny belts or is that something else?

Probably, they over complicate everything

 

[Madocks]

Buy your own trousers

 

[telectrix]

 

[rapparee]

CK do a tool pouch, I won one in a raffle once.

 

[Adam W]

I'm not a fan either. If I need to keep fixings to hand I'll either use the box they are supplied in or use a screw box, then when I've finished I can save the rest for later.
If you put too many tools in a tool belt it puts a lot of strain on your back.

I used to work with a guy who wore a tool belt like a costume accessory - he'd huff and puff around like a steam train with this empty leather tool belt slung over his shoulder as if to say "look at me, I'm a rufty tufty salt of the earth builder type" while everyone else thought he just looked a ****.

 

[telectrix]

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

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

They have there uses if say up a ladder so you can store on your hip various tools etc without going up and down. but can get heavy and in the way when working low and kneeling, I always remember when in the forces you would get the gucci GI's as we called them, mainly private contractor/mercenary sorts .. yanks with belts and leg holders for every type of weapon and shiny tool you could imagine. thought they were a one man army... funny thing was after a few contacts it soon went as it slowed them down and stopped them working aswell as they could have done if they were not weighed down. You can have all the weapons in the world but it doesnt make you invincible from a bullet or ied, likewise a new toolbelt full of tools dont make you a good tradesman either.

 

[telectrix]

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

 

[Midwest]

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

Here are try these

 

[telectrix]

deleted.

 

[Ian1981]

Buy your own trousers

I bought my own snickers trousers about 6 month ago, normally retail at £65-75 but they where on offer for about £45 I think.
Anyway company supply them so why should i?
Let me have my moan please

 

[telectrix]

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

 

[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.

 

[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.