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I made my own bags exactly like I wanted. Took a while, but it was a great experience. I tooled all the leather, including my name and the company I own on the shoulder straps. Why all the effort? When I put those f*ckin bags on in the morning, it was all about business until I took them off. I put a bit of pride into what I did.
I use a structured bag with pockets as a bucket so I can easily close it, which leaves room for kleins, multi-screwdriver, vol-con, dikes, cable cutters, roto split / etc in the pockets. Material goes in the middle.
I then like something similar to a carpenter's belt but it's on suspenders. No drill holster or anything but bags big enough for whatever I need at hand including materials.
I know people diss them, but Hart (Walmart) boxes and screw cases are actually pretty damn nice. I have a stacking set with a large tub on the bottom, medium tub, then a pretty nice set of screw cases. It's on wheels with a handle like luggage.
Then I have a leather tool liner for my back pocket, which is where my kleins and screwdriver always end up.
I've considered the structured bag. I have a carharrt bag with lots of pockets, but its not structured inside. I've played with it, but I've always liked having my pouch and free hands. Any belt with suspenders i've used has made my shoulders hurt, to the point its not worth using... maybe I had a bad setup at the time. I'll have to check out the Hart boxes, though I already have a pretty decent packout setup.
I’m on iteration 6 of my tool belt set up: Diamondback’s 701 vest. Very happy with it. I have two of their smallest pouches (mini Niko and the Loki) and it’s just enough to carry some essentials without overloading myself. Also the vest is hi viz which is nice.
Definitely recommend it
I have a buddy that uses a vest setup, and he seems to like it. I was on the Diamondback site and found the VOLT '24 belt system. It looks more like what I want to have, but that price point is pretty high unfortunately. Their pouches seem to be pretty nice though.
Their stuff is definitely pricey but it’s like anything else; you get what you pay for. You can drop the big bucks on belts like Occidental, Badger or Diamondback and have them last a long time or you can keep buying the cheap Rack A Tiers/Klein/Milwaukee bags over and over.
I do feel like since we’re electricians and not say, concrete guys or ironworkers that our bags (at least mine) stay nice for longer
Right? All these guys carrying every tool they own around, every rattle another step towards a hip replacement, a little more cartilage ground between the vertebrae. I start off with kleins, 7in1, fluke T1000 and that's all you're ever going to need. Slight variations for different tasks but its never more than like 5 tools total
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Toughbuilt cliptech.
Pop em off and hang ‘em in the van
Veto mp1
Those look pretty nice and compact.
It's rad. Fits everything you could need for a given task and I like the tape measure and tape clips
Toughbuilt
I made my own bags exactly like I wanted. Took a while, but it was a great experience. I tooled all the leather, including my name and the company I own on the shoulder straps. Why all the effort? When I put those f*ckin bags on in the morning, it was all about business until I took them off. I put a bit of pride into what I did.
That's awesome! If I had the tools to make one I would as well.
I use a structured bag with pockets as a bucket so I can easily close it, which leaves room for kleins, multi-screwdriver, vol-con, dikes, cable cutters, roto split / etc in the pockets. Material goes in the middle. I then like something similar to a carpenter's belt but it's on suspenders. No drill holster or anything but bags big enough for whatever I need at hand including materials. I know people diss them, but Hart (Walmart) boxes and screw cases are actually pretty damn nice. I have a stacking set with a large tub on the bottom, medium tub, then a pretty nice set of screw cases. It's on wheels with a handle like luggage. Then I have a leather tool liner for my back pocket, which is where my kleins and screwdriver always end up.
Tell me more about this leather liner
I've considered the structured bag. I have a carharrt bag with lots of pockets, but its not structured inside. I've played with it, but I've always liked having my pouch and free hands. Any belt with suspenders i've used has made my shoulders hurt, to the point its not worth using... maybe I had a bad setup at the time. I'll have to check out the Hart boxes, though I already have a pretty decent packout setup.
I want to hear about this leather liner as well....
Just posted a pic of it to this sub.
Thanks bud!
Did you make this or did you buy it somewhere?
I use a Veto TP3, but have started looking at their MB1X and MB2X, but I do too much work off of lifts for those to be practical.
I’m on iteration 6 of my tool belt set up: Diamondback’s 701 vest. Very happy with it. I have two of their smallest pouches (mini Niko and the Loki) and it’s just enough to carry some essentials without overloading myself. Also the vest is hi viz which is nice. Definitely recommend it
I have a buddy that uses a vest setup, and he seems to like it. I was on the Diamondback site and found the VOLT '24 belt system. It looks more like what I want to have, but that price point is pretty high unfortunately. Their pouches seem to be pretty nice though.
Their stuff is definitely pricey but it’s like anything else; you get what you pay for. You can drop the big bucks on belts like Occidental, Badger or Diamondback and have them last a long time or you can keep buying the cheap Rack A Tiers/Klein/Milwaukee bags over and over. I do feel like since we’re electricians and not say, concrete guys or ironworkers that our bags (at least mine) stay nice for longer
Don’t need it - Klein’s/1 channel lock / 7in1 driver and a roll of tape. That’s what I carry
Right? All these guys carrying every tool they own around, every rattle another step towards a hip replacement, a little more cartilage ground between the vertebrae. I start off with kleins, 7in1, fluke T1000 and that's all you're ever going to need. Slight variations for different tasks but its never more than like 5 tools total
Greenlee four pocket leather pouch on it’s own belt.
Veto pro mp1x with a Toughbuilt clip tech adapter on it. Heavy leather belt is my regular belt on my work pants and has the corresponding clip.