Archives: Workwear

Brunt Costello Work Pants Review

Brunt Costello Work Pants A hot topic that is trending in our industry is workwear.   In order to find the best workwear to fit your unique demands, we are continually interacting with workwear manufacturers. We are teaming up with Brunt on this review to cover their just-released Costello Work Pants. Eric Girouard established the […]

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Milwaukee M12 QUIETSHELL Jacket Review

Milwaukee Men’s M12 QUIETSHELL RealTree-Pattern Jacket I am a big fan of being warm, especially being a New England Native and dealing with the winter weather that comes with it. So when I got a chance to test out the new Milwaukee M12 QUIETSHELL Jacket it was a pretty easy yes! I wore it on […]

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Work Pants With Knee Pads

Work Pants With Built-In Knee Pads We ended up looking at 8 manufacturers of work pants with knee pads and wore them to our job sites to test and compare them. Below are the pant models we compared: Armed 12 Ounce Cotton Canvas Work Pant Blaklader 1690 Rip Stop Work Pants CAT Trademark Work Pant […]

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Diamondback GRRande Tool Bag System Review

DiamondBack GRRande Tool Bag System What is more important to a contractor? A better fitting, evenly weight distributed tool belt or a set of bags that you can load up and not have to make a bunch of trips to the reload fasteners or tools? Well, now you do not have to pick one or […]

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Milwaukee Job Site Clothing

Milwaukee Job Site Clothing Review There is nothing worse than working in clothes that easily tear, wear out or just do not perform well in the elements. When you work in the elements you tend to choose tools and clothing that can stand up to the harsh environments and test of time.   Once you find […]

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Milwaukee’s New Work Gear Products for 2019

Milwaukee Tools Offers New Additons and Improved Versions of Work Gear Products Line A preview of Milwaukee’s new work gear from NPS19. Milwaukee is not just an innovator in the tools we use, but also in the gear we wear to make ourselves more comfortable on the job site. NPS19 brought us some exciting new […]

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Keen Utility Roadshow

Keen Utility Roadshow Keen Utility are great boots. As far as work boots go, it’s all I wear. Before I got my first pair I was really leery of them. They weren’t carried in any local stores and while they looked great online, it was impossible to tell how they fit without getting them on […]

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Milwaukee GRIDIRON Zip-to-Thigh Bib Overalls

Milwaukee Insulated, Weather Resistant Work Bibs  Contractor clothing trends can be interesting to say the least, especially when it gets cold. Tradesmen, including myself, traditionally layer like crazy, and mostly choose clothing that gives us warmth and mobility. It doesn’t always look pretty but it works – well, a little. Finding Durable Clothing When you […]

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Milwaukee WORKSKIN Performance Shirts

Milwaukee WORKSKIN Performance Shirts Review I often wonder if there was an “Aha moment” at Milwaukee when they were discussing getting into heated gear, base layers and now lightweight clothing gear. To us at ToolBoxBuzz.com, it was a no-brainer. Milwaukee recently came out with a next to skin layer called Workskin. This new product is […]

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Milwaukee 3-in-1 Heated Jacket Review

Milwaukee 3-in-1 Heated Jacket Review Back in June of 2015 we got our first look at the next generation of jobsite heated gear. Milwaukee has been in this game for awhile now, 6 years, and they have more experience than anyone. This experience was very apparent when we got our first look at the 3-in-1 […]

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