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This is a fantastic work vest. I'm a finish carpenter and this is my second one. The first lasted a good 5 years. It is comfortable to wear, spreads the weight of your tools out. Also hold a lot of tools and keeps your most used items handy. I love it and couldn't do my job as efficiently without it.
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This vest is great, but not perfect. I am a Union Journeyman Wireman for the local 43. I purchased this vest because I can't stand when my tool pulls on my pants essentially forcing me to constantly tight my belt. I get, I'm ecstatic!! So you adjust to fit your body, you will sweat in this be warned if this is something you can't handle. Start putting my tools in and notice immediately that the 2 higher pockets, essentially block your view of your tools, which until you get them where your used to, is annoying because you have push the pockets in to see the lower pouches. Also, if you put ANYTHING in them (i.e. Wire nuts, screws, flashlight, panel keys, etc) and bend over, 90% chance everything will dump. I am going to sew (yes sew, thank you USMC) some Velcro in side each of them to alleviate boyh issues, something I feel the should have done. The lower pockets are deep, but this vest stated it would be great for Electricians, but the pockets are not divided. So my screwdrivers always end up laying on top of each with the one I need conveniently located at the bottom.. I was thinking, like how a camera bag had Velcro dividers... I may try something like that. Also, one thing to keep in mind is, your brain sees empty pockets and wants to put things in there so be mindful of the tools you are using, it gets heavy quick. So as I have been using it more, my tools used most find their spots and seeing them becomes less important, but those pockets in front.. $160.00 should at least get me a button, something.... lol The hammer loop on the back, I use all Milwaukee Battery drills that have a little belt clip on them. I used Limemans pliers oper and put a slight inward bend, essentially rounding out the outside piece of the clip to wrap around the hammer loop bar. At first the clip didn't sit all the way down due to thickness, that actually works good. Clip your weapon back there for easy access. I don't snap the bottom as it the pockets to tight to your side and you bend sometimes the tools dump. And getting it to fit just right is a pain. You will do this at home, get to work, load it up, and find out you want to adjust again. Do yourself a favor and remove all the tools from the pouch, this will save slot of frustration. All in all, I'd buy it again, but if their reading this, hint hint wink wink on my changes. You can reimburse me by sending the prototype.... lol Joe DeJesesRead full review
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I have been a carpenter all my working life and have always used a traditional belt and tool/nail pouch system which has been fine mostly up until fairly recently. Major draw back for me is the weight on my hip is now getting painful , so I thought braces would help( well i know they would really ) but another problem is access through ladder hatches are getting smaller so my pouches ( saddle bags i call em ) keep getting caught up , well actually they get caught up in all sorts . After researching for hours of looking at different products i came across the 2575 oxy pro work vest by occidental leather. It's got loads of reinforced pockets two of which are similar pouch sized to what I normally wear ( at last i thought ) and a velcrowed top pocket for my large iPhone. I can get everything in this i need for the day and I don't get caught up on anything anymore because the vest and pockets hang close to me. comfortable shoulder straps take all the weight. Read full review
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The material is superb, gives you confidence it will last for years. I use it in HVAC, the design is well enough thought out. Main pockets a little deep perhaps, not exactly a con but if you have small tools it might be annoying. My main tools are tin snips. I decided to modify mine in the following way: - Sewed the extra strap length: really cleans up the look of the vest -Sewed the chest pockets in such a way that they rest in a slight diagonal position: this clears up the line of sight to your main pockets. You can achieve the same result with heavy duty velcro -Sewed a white tag on the nape/neck near the hanging loop: Makes its super easy to see where you have to grab it from so the tools don't fall out There aren't much options as far as hammer loops go. The built in ones are in okay positions, but they cannot be moved/removed. The design of the straps don't allow for belt mounted accessories to be mounted on, since you have no way of opening up the rear strap to slide an accessory in. If you are creative and can work with a sewing needle, the main front pockets have a stitched-on strap that you can use to hang a few accessories, i.e a screw pouch.Read full review
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Hands down best vest I have purchased, very impressed. Great work.
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