"universal" hard hat

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Yorkshire Andy
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"universal" hard hat

Post by Yorkshire Andy »

Needed a new hat for work and stumbled on this one at screwfix on offer


https://www.screwfix.com/p/jsp-evolite- ... hite/8960f

Reduced from £46.99 to £29.99


Complies with both building site hard hat regulations but also mountaineering standards so offers falling object protection and fall impact protection via a polystyrene liner


Ok why a hard hat?????

High winds where stuff is coming off the roof/ tornado protection

Washing the windows via ladder

DIY where there's a risk of smacking your head or stuff falling on you

Civil unrest riots = flying bricks / bottles

They keep the rain off your head



Burglary = risk of being smacked over the head

Bugging out over rocky terrain slip and bang your head with a heavy Bob making your meeting the floor faster and harder

Likewise if on a bike will offer some protection

If all your family have a helmet of the same colour during a big evaluation makes it easier to see family members in a crowd (you can get reflective decals to suit )

You can also add things like built in safety glasses or if you use a chainsaw add visors and ear protectors

https://www.screwfix.com/p/jsp-evo3-evo ... _container


They even come in blank now which don't stand out unlike the usual builders yellow or white hat


https://www.screwfix.com/p/jsp-evo2-saf ... lack/6683t









And starting at under £5 for the most basic lid they won't bust the bank (more expensive usually = more features or protection,)
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
metatron
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Re: "universal" hard hat

Post by metatron »

It's not a bad deal, I'm not really down with the health and safety police, common sense wins out and often having too many protective layers breeds inattention. If people are in an earthquake zone hard hats aren't a bad idea when aftershocks are an issue.
Yorkshire Andy
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Re: "universal" hard hat

Post by Yorkshire Andy »

Mate of my dad's life was saved by his hard hat a good few years ago on a power station someone dropped a big scaffold pole from a great height it dropped like a dart hit his lid which deflected it and it went down his back removing the skin exiting the backside of his overalls and staking him to the ground other than the grazed back and a stiff neck he walked away once the on site FLOR team had taken a pair of scissors to his overalls


In a shtf situation where emergency health care might be none existant or overwhelmed no-one will keep you safe other than yourself

And from my youth spent mountain biking and potholing concussion is better than a fractured skull ;) I've seen both and helped load the latter into the back of the Yorkshire air ambulance
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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Re: "universal" hard hat

Post by sniper 55 »

I carry something very similar to this in the car. Never know whan it'll come in handy.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ambulance-HE ... OjH2lkUPGg