STANLEY FATMAX Tool Vest For Construction (FMST530201)

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Update: 3-1/2 years of constant use in my wood shop. I build furniture as a retirement hobby.I can't believe that I am still using this tool vest after 3-1/2 years! I have two (2) other brand new ones that I purchased at the same time and they are still in their original packaging, getting dusty on the shelf. Before using the Stanley, my tool aprons would usually be done within a year. I just keep using the Stanley. It is comfortable, durable and holds all the tools I use in the wood shop. The $36 cost was worth it based on how long it has lasted. If this one ever stops performing, I will just purchase another one. There are no holes in the pockets, the zipper still works, all my daily use tools are in the pockets, etc. Every couple of months, I take all the tools out and shake the vest upside down to get the sawdust out of the bottom pockets. I just put the tools back in and go back to work.I did finally figure out that the roughness I felt on my neck when I would wear a collarless shirt was the Velcro adjustment on the shoulders. Once I adjusted it properly, the vest became very comfortable on my neck.I can easily recommend the Stanley Fat Max Tool Vest for working in the wood shop.Original review:This is a very expensive replacement for a $15 woodworking apron. At four (4) times the price, I would expect four (4) times the performance...HA! HA! Well, it doesn't do that, but it is very good. After using it for the last week in the shop, here are a couple of observations:1. The neck is very rough. I have been wearing it with no-collar T-Shirts. It is better suited to be worn with a collared shirt.2. There are a lot of very strategic-ly placed pockets. They appear to be the correct size, depth and location for the tools I carry around in the wood shop. (NOTE: This vest is NOT a replacement for a good leather waist tool belt used in construction!) I store a couple of squares, tape measure, 6" rule, pencils, pens, knives, small writing pad and a 6" combination square. It has some room for screwdrivers and wrenches also, but I do not carry those in the shop on a regular basis.3. The main reason I purchased this vest is because none of the tools are stored above your groin area. So when I squat down to work at the floor level, none of the tools in this vest poke me in the groin. The past three (3) shop aprons that I have used over the last five (5) years, all had tools stored above the groin area. You get the idea...... The tools in this vest will automatically move to the side as I squat down to floor level! Very nice design!I hesitate to recommend this product to anyone that is "on a budget". If you aren't on a budget and are tired of getting poked in the groin when you squat down, then this would be a good alternative to a standard woodworking apron for you.

I am a handyman contractor and always used a tool belt with pouches. The problem I have with that setup is for whatever reason I have to tighten the belt up midway though the day and it is uncomfortable. The Stanley tool vest is comfortable and seems pretty durable. All the hand tools I use fit perfectly in the pouches along with my cell phone. The only complaint I have is the hammer loop is in the rear of the vest and hard to get to. I ended up moving it to the right side attached to the cinch straps....works fine.

I wanted to love this but when I bend over everything falls out of the pockets. I trained myself to stop bending over just to have the pockets fall apart the first year.

You can even detach the pockets from the Velcro that hold them so when you bend the tools that you have on the pockets don’t fall down. Fully Adjustable for your body type. The only downside that I found is when you have ( with this vest you didn’t suppose to put heavy tools) something heavy in front it lifts a little bit the back side of the vest and is rubbing against your neck … but you can adjust the straps and you are fine. It worth the money specially for a handyman

I wore out my blakladder and there were so many vests to choose from that I just bought the Fat Max because they seem to have some well designed items. Not this time. I can live with the zipper on the woman's side but the vest is so short (I checked, I did not order a woman's, small) that I can't lift my hand high enough behind me to get the hammer in the loop without using my other hand to tilt the loop sideways. And I do yoga and my torso sizes for a small, men's backpack. The lower pouches only extend onto my thighs enough so that when I stoop or kneel the bags get pushed up by my thighs and dump. There is also no place for a cat's paw or speed square or a pouch for fasteners (could be in the unused back). Oh well, maybe I can a short electrician to give it to.

Lots of pockets to hold things from screw driver to pliers. Adjustment is easy with shoulder Velcro and rear straps.

The more I use it the more I like it and modify it. I got this vest about 6 months ago and used it a few times and it was ok. I have used it these last 2 times replacing the springs on my garage doors. There are a tons of pockets especially on your upper chest.. I can fill it with sockets and a ratchet, screwdriver, pliers, hammer etc. Most of the other vests have very few pockets on top and lots on the bottom.I made a few modifications which make it even better. The bottom lower pocket are held to the mesh by velcro. I undid the velcro and now when I mend over the lower pocket swings away instead of staying on the vest. Nothing falls out of them now. I have a i phone 6s . It fit but stuck out of the cell phone pocket and fell out. I super glued a velcro strap to the flap top and it velcros to the fuzzy velcro above the pocket. Now the velco strap holds my phone without falling out. The last thing O did was to glue some small magnets to a piece of thin metal, the size of a business card. I slipped this into the business card holder and now a have a magnetic area that I can stick my screws or nuts when I'm working.I only wish the neck area was more comfortable had some padding. and that I could add, or if it came with a holster for a small compact impact driver. (still figuring a modifcation for this) . I would recommend this vest