Just wondering what work pants you guys use? im sick of paying 60 pound for snickers, wondered if there where any other brands you guys recommend? winters coming so i guess the boiler suit will be coming out soon!
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Hybrid
The cheapest ones I can find. Would never pay £60 for regular clothes let alone for an item of workwear
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gaspastemania
dickies from wickes tenner !!
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tamz
Try some of this
engelbert strauss Ltd.
or this
HELLY HANSEN WORKWEAR
and some of these are decent too
Dickies Workwear, Legendary Workwear since 1922, Overalls, Hi-Vis Jackets, Waterproofs and Safety Boots
engelbert strauss Ltd.
or this
HELLY HANSEN WORKWEAR
and some of these are decent too
Dickies Workwear, Legendary Workwear since 1922, Overalls, Hi-Vis Jackets, Waterproofs and Safety Boots
I know, but i just cant give up my snickers. the ones on that englebert strauss look quite good though, i might give them a try
snickers all day long mate i have tried a few diffrent pairs and gone back to snickers! the only ones that hold my knee pads in right place and stop em slipping around or being shin pads lol..
3 new pairs last week and caught one pair with my wood saw 2"inch rip lol got the mrs to cut a square out of old ones no have a school boy patch on em! 🙂
3 new pairs last week and caught one pair with my wood saw 2"inch rip lol got the mrs to cut a square out of old ones no have a school boy patch on em! 🙂
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dontknowitall
£12 jeans from wherever for me!
Helps me keep my cowboy status ...
Helps me keep my cowboy status ...
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gaspastemania
snickers are the best its like going to work trying to look cool lol
does any one elses knee pads look like shin pads or is it just me having stupid legs..............
or trying to be a rapper wearing my trousers half way down my bum lol ... jokes!
or trying to be a rapper wearing my trousers half way down my bum lol ... jokes!
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dontknowitall
Only used it once or twice but I have a old gardening kneel pad.
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P J F PLUMBING
FRISTADS!!
Fristads are much better than Snickers. Same money but they're the best trousers on the market. There's a particular model number I like. (Its their best selling one) they're the nuts. and not like wearing a nylon sack on your legs. I'd never spend £50 on jeans for the weekend, but I live in my work trousers, so I figure its money well spent.
Fristads are much better than Snickers. Same money but they're the best trousers on the market. There's a particular model number I like. (Its their best selling one) they're the nuts. and not like wearing a nylon sack on your legs. I'd never spend £50 on jeans for the weekend, but I live in my work trousers, so I figure its money well spent.
got a link to some mate would be interested in anything that beats snickers 🙂 and im the same 60 hours a week sometimes i want something decent
[DLMURL="http://www.performanceworkclothing.co.uk/product/All_Purpose_Multi-Functional_Work_Trousers_PS25-241_Black_PS25-241-90-C52"]Fristads work trousers with kneepads and cordura[/DLMURL]
This is where I buy mine from.
Please ignore my sad review at the end. I just love these trousers. Easy to move around in, and not too hot.
On the right hand leg is a slot that perfectly fits my stanley knife (in a way that doesn't fall out), the left leg has a mobile phone holder that perfectly fits my iPhone. The knee pads are fitted from behind and they stay put.
The biggest thing is comfort though. Snickers are too heavy, CAT has an annoying rubber waistline (designed to hold them in place), and Dickies always break at the button or zip.
The zip on the Fristads is brass not plastic.
I can't praise them enough.
They don't look as cool as the Snickers though. With all the fancy stictching and contrasting colours....I can handle that. I never was cool!!
This is where I buy mine from.
Please ignore my sad review at the end. I just love these trousers. Easy to move around in, and not too hot.
On the right hand leg is a slot that perfectly fits my stanley knife (in a way that doesn't fall out), the left leg has a mobile phone holder that perfectly fits my iPhone. The knee pads are fitted from behind and they stay put.
The biggest thing is comfort though. Snickers are too heavy, CAT has an annoying rubber waistline (designed to hold them in place), and Dickies always break at the button or zip.
The zip on the Fristads is brass not plastic.
I can't praise them enough.
They don't look as cool as the Snickers though. With all the fancy stictching and contrasting colours....I can handle that. I never was cool!!
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Guest123
Goad we're all wearing designer clothing for work! Sixty quid for the privelege of covering your trousers in silicon. Anyway can't see past Durakit from Toolstation, hard wearing, plenty of pockets and is well priced. Otherwise a 3 quid pair of Asda jeans and a tenner pair of overalls.
Plenty of guys on this thread seem to be spending a fortune on mulitple pairs of £60 trousers, I have one pair only and they are the CAT ones. I take them off when I get in and they last all week without being washed unless I'm unblocking toilets etc.
I have the same problem with them as I have with all trousers in that you stand up, tuck yourself in, pull them so far up that you have one of those ball v.......a's and tighten them so tight you look like an egg timer but as soon as you kneel down they are round your ankels faster than you can say... "they've taken my boxer's down with them". :banghead:
I have the same problem with them as I have with all trousers in that you stand up, tuck yourself in, pull them so far up that you have one of those ball v.......a's and tighten them so tight you look like an egg timer but as soon as you kneel down they are round your ankels faster than you can say... "they've taken my boxer's down with them". :banghead:
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Snickers all the way for me. I know they are £60 a pair but the knee pads that go in them are fantastic. I don't get sore knees doing my job any more. This for me is worth £60 a pair as it means I will be able to keep my knees in good shape when I get older!
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secret squirrel
Mmmmmm Snickers.... Oooops wrong post!
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double d
£12 camo trousers from tesco for me, would never pay £60 for work clothes..........would rather use the money on new tools, and a must have is either knee pads or foam mat for me, 3 knee ops in 3 years and im only 27!
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Resolute
Is that because you haven't spent £60 on a decent pair of trousers with knee pads?
Kansas prostretch. Last me about 2 years! [DLMURL="http://www.lpclothing.co.uk/newshop/product_info.php?products_id=890"]Longton Protective Clothing Discount Workwear Kansas Prostretch Color Trousers Grey/Black[/DLMURL]
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double d
Nope allways wear knee pads, irwin ones, ive had 3 pair in 10 year + foam mats:coolgleamA:
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