Anybody Use Tool Belts Here?

metomeya

I'm thinking about getting a tool belt.

For like holding my screwdriver, blades, philips, flathead, tape, etc.


Anybody use them? Any suggestions on what to get? I'm looking for lightweight, so leather is out of the question.

Murphy

Hey I just got out of the chat room with this same type of question and got advice about the bucket boss mullet buster. I just bought one minutes ago. Might be too heavy if you are really considering weight but I took one look at it and bought it. toosplus.com If you want to check it out. Murph

Woz the Painter

Tool belts for painting, you've got to be joking, why not get a Kotex belt?

slickshift

Not a belt per say, but I use one of these



Very handy for the prep/drywall/small-repair type stuff

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metomeya

Why are there always dumb responses to about every thread here?

trumps101

I always wear a belt..Not to hold pants but to attach knife' tape and other things of use. I have seen other trades that will hang just about everything on there belt.

Don't know why every thread turns into a joke.

JNLP

I have one but rarely use it. Most of the time at work I'm doing monkey crap hanging every which way, sliding across floors, ect. Would be anoying to pick everything up that fell out every few minutes along with being uncomfortable. Besides that I have enough pockets to hold what I all need for the most part.

I do wear one when working in other fields besides painting though in the off season.

Woz the Painter

When I play Batman, I always wear a belt...

Joewho

Just get the tie on cloth aprons from Home Depot. Hell, you have two or more back pockets and two or more pockets under the hammerloop. The aprons are also good for holding screws along with your hand tools.

Wearing a tool belt reminds me of the carpenters, who's toolbelts bang the walls........

Although slickshifts' idea looks good too.

Danahy

I hate the thought of wearing a belt. I don't even like carrying my wallet or phone when I'm painting... If I need to cart anything around with me, I just throw what I need in a paint box, then slide it along with me.

Not a fan of lugging a 3 in 1 around with me, or a 9 in 1 in my pocket either, that's an accident waiting to happen...

Just my opinion.

Richard

I have 2 scars from having a 5 in 1 in my pocket--ugg, I dont put one in my pockets anymore...and I take my wallet and keys out of my pockets...it annoys me to sit on them all day--

So, I guess I'm definitely against any kind of belt...I usually just find the tool I need and keep it in the same room with me

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smokeator

For prep always, for paint never.

JNLP

I've cut my right hand so many d*mn times from my 5. Cut the top of a tattoo off on my left this summer too from it.

Teetorbilt

Never owned one, not a 'prestige' item here. I did let a guy go a few months ago, in part, due to one. Every day it would take him about 20 mins. to chose all of the correct tools, load the belt, yada, yada. I finally just couldn't take it anymore. He had a few other problems too.

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Joewho

scars all over my right hand, forearm from the 5 in 1 or whatever you call it these days. I still keep it in the side pocket. S/W has their own brand, the steel is thicker than others. It's the single most useful tool.

I draw it like a 45, pry a nail, scrape the excess and pound a dent in a split second flash of silver. Then, the ninja pole spins, dips rolls and dips, rolls again before you can blink an eye, another spin, and it's a guitar.

boman47k

I usually keep a 5 in 1 inmy back pocket of my whites with the blade down usually between my billfold and my ..self. And I keep the utility knife in the small pocket below the hammer loop with a rag in the other hammer loop. I can place a rag over the 5 in in 1 blade to wipe paint off top of baseboards and such if I need to.

Joewho

And you never lose your wallet? I used to do that and every pair of whites winds up with the pocket cut out. And people telling me my wallet is going to fall out.

Miniroller

I keep my 5 n 1 so sharp I can whittle fish hooks or carve up an unruly carpenter who gets sawdust on my freshly painted windows

ProWallGuy

I'm so used to wearing a toolbelt when I'm hanging vinyl that it doesn't bother me at all. When I arrive on site, I strap it on and go to town prepping the room. I get so tired of seeing guys walk to the shop area, and pick up a slothead screw driver. Go do a couple things, then wander back over to find a phillipshead screwdriver. Next, they wander back to find the pliers to pull out some nails. Now they go back for the slot because they forgot a switchplate. Soon, they'll wander over for a putty knife to scrape some rough walls. Oop, 6" knife won't fit in the quart of spackle. Better go find a 1" putty knife. Bull5hit. All that stuff is in my tool pouch, and I'm already done prepping the room.

So yeah, I got no problem with tool belts for certain stages of work. In fact, I know a couple very profitable paint companys that use almost the exact one Slickshift posted, and its mandatory to strap it on before you walk in the house in the A.M. It comes off when a brush/roller gets wet.

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Woz the Painter

Get your guys one of those multi tools and a 5 in 1 and have them stick it in their side pockets on their painters pants...