Okay, I confess. I am a complete sucker for zippered tool bags. It started with the Duluth Trading Company's "Gatemouth Jr." bags about ten years ago. I just can't seem to quit looking at them, and buying a few since. I have never been completely satisfied with them because they have typically been aimed at more general purpose or carpentry trades. Nothing wrong with that. When you start putting electricians or telecom tech tools in them however, you soon find out their short comings. The most irritating one of all is outside and inside pockets that are simply too short. You guessed it, stuff falls out of them all the time. Like $40 pairs of Knipex linesman pliers. The skinnier pockets for stuff like screwdrivers are typically way too short as well. Try chucking a Klein rubber handled screwdriver with a six or eight inch shaft into one of them. You almost invariably wind up with a number of them spilled in the bag when you open it. As it stands now I have my tools segregated into two bags. One larger model that has my electrical tools in it and an old Gatemouth jr. that has my meager collection of telecom tools in it. This started me thinking and a couple of years ago I stumbled upon this company and their Veto Propac bags. I entered a very generic "ultimate tool bags" in a Google search engine and found them pretty fast. Owners are typically very happy with them. They are quite pricey and fairly heavy but I am seriously thinking of getting the LC model. Short of that I am considering have someone make one for me. I don't know how hard it would be to find someone who could sew the fabrics these bags are made from. But I could get one made with my requirements for the longer handled tools. I have included a photo from Veto Propac's website with the model I am considering. Is there anyone else here from the electro-mechanical trades who has tried one of these or knows someone who has?
Regards ,Todd
Regards ,Todd
