Carhartt Legacy Tool Bag, Brown

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Bonus points if you’re evaluating the pros and cons of different tool bags — advantages and disadvantages of open and closed styles, size requirements, how many pockets you need and why etc. The carrying handle is an under-appreciated part of a solid tool pouch: when you’re not wearing your bags, it’s way better to carry them with handles than to pick them up by the belt. When bucket bags get overfilled, they can be uncomfortable to carry (think of carrying a bucket full of sand by its narrow wire handle).

Carhartt Legacy Tool Bag 16-Inch w/ Molded Base, Carhartt

Like the constructed zipper pocket and removable tool wall, Husky’s masterstrokes are unmatched in the industry, and its bags reliably display durability and versatile performance. The concept of a bucket-style tool bag is simple: take any 5-gallon bucket and turn it into a tool bag. With 23 outer pockets and 11 inner pockets, there’s plenty of potential to organize a basic home tool kit. A great tool bag organizes every tool you need for a job, provides easy access to each one, and handles any job site conditions you subject it to.Various pockets and loops hold all kinds of tools, but let’s be honest: you only need a place for your tape, your knife, your square, your pencil, and some extra racks of nails. Rubber feet keep the bottom safe and stable, and 1680 denier ballistic nylon fabric resists abrasion all around. Its open-top design means storing and retrieving tools is always easy, and overfilling it is no problem. But one of the exterior pockets has a small puncture, and the metal frame is starting to poke through the nylon trim at the bag’s opening. My main principle is to choose a specific pocket for each tool and always put only that tool in that pocket.

16-INCH 30 POCKET HEAVYWEIGHT TOOL BAG | Carhartt®

A quick-release handle allows easy access to the main tool bay and (somehow) reduces strain on the shoulder straps — which is another genius idea. Personally, I seldom cleaned mine because odds and ends floating around in the bottom often came in handy in situations I could never have anticipated. Milwaukee designs a carpenter’s tool pouch with 1680 denier ballistic nylon, a tunnel-style belt loop, and a carry handle to get the job done. It may not be built to handle rough conditions over the long haul, but if you’re in the market for cheap tool bags, the Voyager 15” bag should be on your list.Padded Support — Padding and support can matter for backpack-style bags or any bag you’re going to carry a long way. Each trade requires a specific tool bag, and anyone who does it every day knows their tool bag is critical to their job performance and enjoyment.