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An important element of hardhats on site is cultural. If you're a supervisor, you wear the brown phenolic one. $80-100, but you walk into a meeting, and everyon
by CapitalistCartr 4y ago
An important element of hardhats on site is cultural. If you're a supervisor, you wear the brown phenolic one. $80-100, but you walk into a meeting, and everyone at the table sets one down.
If you're an electrician, a Klein one is a desirable choice. With the right stickers on it, such as "Electrician, king of trades".
And so on. What hardhat you wear matters, completely outside of safety.
- er4hn 4y agoAre there engineering differences between the hats that make them more suited for a particular trade? Or is this an aesthetics thing?
- CapitalistCartr 4y agoAs far as I can tell, any $50+ hat protects equally well. Some breathe better, or have built-in headlamp.
- bluGill 4y agoIf you are in a trade you buy your tools from whoever makes the good tools, and that includes the hardhat. Odds are the hats are all made on the same assembly line with a different name.