[ ABOUT // WHY THIS VEST EXISTS ]
Not a carpenter vest with a new label.
Carpenter vests are built to carry 20 pounds of nail bags on your hips. Inspectors carry light, dense instruments and read reports on a tablet. That is a different job, and it needs a different vest.
See the prototype
[ ORIGIN // THE PROBLEM WE KEPT HEARING ]
Inspectors were carrying the wrong solution.
Every solo inspector we talked to had rigged something. A carpenter vest with half the pockets empty. A belt sagging with an NCVT, a moisture meter, a borescope and a phone. A tablet jammed into a back pocket. The kit was light. The way it hung was not.
So we mapped the actual load-out, instrument by instrument, and built a pocket for each one. Then we moved the weight off the lumbar and onto the shoulders and torso, where the body carries it without complaint.
See how each pocket maps[ PROTO-03 // ACTUAL PROTOTYPE ]
What we changed from a carpenter vest.
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Weight moved to the shoulders
Load-spread shoulder straps carry dense instruments off the hips and lumbar, the opposite of a nail-bag belt line.
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A pocket mapped to each instrument
NCVT, tester, moisture meter, borescope, thermal, awl, pens and camera each get a home, so nothing floats loose.
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A padded sleeve for the tablet
Your report screen rides flat against the torso, up to 11 inches, protected and reachable.
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Full mesh back and quick-release
Breathable for attic and crawlspace heat, with a one-pull waist strap that plays well with a fall-protection harness.
[ BUILD PRINCIPLES // HOW WE DECIDE ]
Field-gear rules, documented.
Phase 1 run
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units, capped
Map the real load-out
Design around the instruments inspectors actually carry, not a generic tool list.
Load off the lumbar
Every gram we can move to the shoulders and torso, we move.
Nothing rattles loose
Retention on ladders, roofs and crawlspaces beats raw pocket count.
Season-proof build
Heavy canvas and mesh that hold up across a full inspection season.
Reserve the vest built for your load-out.
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