Pro Tool Reviews: Tool storage and transportation can sometimes be a bit of a bear. Selecting the right tool to carry your tools can be challenging; with so many tool bags, tool chests, tool boxes, and backpacks on the market, we’ve got a lot of options to consider. Different trades will have different demands, and a “one-size-fits-all” approach might not work the best for your needs. That’s why Ideal Industries, known for their electrician’s tools, has put together a solution with HVAC technicians and electricians in mind. The Ideal Tool Backpack offers a durable and organized storage solution for a wide variety of electrician’s tools and equipment.
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I love backpacks. I have more than I need especially for using on a regular basis but this is mainly because there isn’t a backpack that fits my own criteria. This backpack is specifically designed for electricians and technicians. Although I don’t intend on becoming one of those and thus not needing all the same tools and such, this is the kind of backpack I am looking for. A backpack tailored to the kind of work that one does. I tend to have to switch between backpacks for what I am doing and thus moving my tools and what not. This also causes a lot of wear because they aren’t also the sturdiest of backpacks but they best ones I have found as of yet. My ideal backpack would be versatile just as this one yet still specialized so you can carry all your tools and other needed equipment in one place, for the most part. Overall it looks like a good backpack, now I just hope they can expand and create more for other professions.
I’m in the market for a new tool bag. I am going to keep this one in mind. The article gave me a lot to think about in terms of functionality and storage options. Where I immediately find a problem with this bag is the water bottle pouch. Have designers never seen a regular size Naglene water bottle? I might be able to fit my pepsi in there, or a small bottle of water, but I carry a big water bottle for a reason. I want my tool bag to accommodate that. I also don’t like that this bag doesn’t have a deep inner pocket for things like drills. I get that it’s a bag designed for electricians, but come on, even electricians need some deep storage. Overall, I will consider it in the running only for the fact that it has all those loops for tools. I like height in the bag, especially for my hammers and mallets. Something to consider, but not at the top of the list.
Wow this backpack has a lot of pockets. The construction looks solid and durable. It did make me less confident about the backpack when the article also used working like “the stitching on this pack looks solid”. Does it look solid, or is it solid? I would have liked to see them have more confident wording for the quality. Especially with the small rip on the front strap. But the storage is extensive. I like how it has plenty of space for your tools as well as the personal things that you carry around all the time. Sometimes you have to retrofit your tool carrier to have space for your laptop, hard hat, keys, phone, etc. But this backpack has specific spaces for al these things. It’s interesting that it has a chest strap before a hip strap. I feel like a hip strap is better at supporting the weight than just a chest strap. It looks like a backpack that is worth testing out.
I love my CLC tool backpack, and while I wouldn’t trade it for this backpack, there are a lot of traits in this Ideal backpack that I like a lot. My CLC bag has these flaps over some of the pockets which make it hard to put taller tools in. They are good pouches for small hardware, but an open pouch is better for what I use the bag for. This bag doesn’t have any elastic, but I kind of wish that it did. My bag doesn’t have elastic either for the pouches, but I feel as though that would benefit the tool holding capabilities of the bag. It is possible that elastic is not as durable and isn’t used for that reason, but there must be durable elastic that would be perfect for these tool bags. The Ideal bag also has an exterior side pouch. It doesn’t look like a water bottle would fit in it, but I would love to carry my water bottle around like that.
This tool backpack looks like it could be a winner for me. I have been looking at changing up my current solution of a gig bag, from my welding backpack and my carpentry pelican case to more of a slimmed down overall gig bag. The main idea is to get rid of the power tools that I carry around in the case not using but once in a blue moon now that most of the places I work provide all the power tools I could ever need. I only wish they would get into a little more detail about the main two pockets that this bag has. Only one view is shown in that provides the precise detail that allows me to accurately envision which tools would go where in the pockets provided. Overall I think this is an excellent addition to the tool backpack market and would even consider buying one myself one day soon.
I think that this backpack seems like a really well made tool bag. I personally don’t particularly like backpacks to store my tools; I prefer a hand held bag, or a one with a shoulder strap. If I want to get very nit picky about my preferences, I think that texture of the bag is going to trap a lot of dirt compared with a bag that has a smoother surface. The only other high end tool bag that I have recently looked at is Adam Savage’s new EDC bag which is made of recycled sail cloth which has the texture that I prefer. I think the best argument the article brings up is how useful it is when you have to bring tools to work at height. I’m interested to know just how comfortable it is to carry tools in the slots that would be adjacent to your back. In the past when I’ve kept weird shaped things in my backpack without some kind of barrier it has been very uncomfortable.
I am amazed. At the beginning of the article, I thought this would just be a normal back pack with a couple extra pockets. But when I saw the picture of just how many pockets it has I understood why it was receiving so much praise. It is crazy to me the attention to detail that was put into creating this backpack as it accounted for everything from tape measure placement to water bottle location. I cannot imagine being able to carry around so many tools all at once but I can see how this would be useful for the traveling technician. However, it does make me wonder how useful this bag is at the cite of construction and load in. Its great for travel and moving from place to place but won't it be hard to gain access to tools that are on your back as you are working? Along the same grain, I wonder if there might be a detachable tool belt that could be used by the technician when they arrive onsite or if their is a specific compartment for your own personal tool belt.
This does seem like a pretty standard tool backpack for someone who has to carry around a lot of stuff but it also offer some fun bells and whistles just for fun consideration. I particularly like the water bottle holder and straps for carrying longer tools as it promotes hydration and also makes sure you do not have to put your giant framing hammer in the way of your tiny allen keys. The waterproof pocket is another interesting feature of this design as I would have thought the manufacturer would have just made the whole backpack out of a waterproof material. I also like the ABS feet on the bottom of the pack as the worst spots for wear on a backpack are the bottom four corners from resting on the ground and materials poking into the bottom causing more strain, but these feet will relieve the ground aspect and all the designated pockets should keep the bottom relatively stress free.
I am currently in the market for a new tool bag and this is definitely one that will make it onto the list after reading this article. In the past i have always used tool chests or shoulder carry bags to tote my tools around in but this traditional back pack style is something that I really think would do wonders for my back in particular and it definitely has the storage capacity to carry all of what I would need it to. One thing I don't like about it but i find hard to get in most tool bags is the ability to custom make your bag to your specs kind of an adjustability is missing in most tool bags which I find strange. Because we all like different tools and carry different things for different jobs with us but all of these bags seem to try and make you in the same couple of holes and hope your tools stay in organized and together.
While I do love the classic tool belt for moving tools around on the small scale but I often try to use a tool box to move my larger tools. This backpack for tools does raise some interesting ideas for me because this may be a interesting choice for carry tools. I was never much in mind for the backpack tool bag in the past but the past year of having to carry around multiple cases and bags along with my tool belt and I have begun to rethink my position on this. And honestly I think that this might just be the ticket for me, I like the amount of thought that was put into the idea of making sure that all the tools are nice and well organized. Well now to browse the internet for tool bags to help transport my tools about for the next couple of hours.
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