Gatorback B240 Electricians Combo With Pro-Comfort Back Support Belt. Heavy Duty Work Belt (Medium 31-35 Inches)

I just started doing electrical work as an apprentice. After doing some research I decided on this belt. So far I like it. As far as I can tell the quality is good in relation to the price. Ive only been using it for 3 weeks so time will tell more about it.

Amazing product and amazing customer service. We ordered the wrong size initially and getting it exchanged was so easy! Keeps all your tools right at your finger tips. Perfect for electricians.

This is by far the best tool belt I have owned. Very comfortable and well made. It’s better than even my Klein belt.

Very light but kinda bulky compared to My old Klein leather pouches. Better for new construction.

best bags I have had worth every dollar

My old tool belt needed to be retired because the plastic buckle starting giving way (it would periodically just unclip resulting in my whole tool belt just falling off) and my utility knife, over time, eventually put a rather large hole in one of the pouches and now everything falls out in that pouch. After a bit of searching, I settled on the Gatorback brand of belts for the ratings of comfort and ability to swap out or customize locations of the pouches. I had 3 requirements I was looking for. 1. Easy adjustability of the buckle for spring/fall work for wearing a jacket and taking it off (I don’t want to spend 5 mins adjusting the belt width after taking off my jacket when it warms up in the day). 2. Minimum 3 pouches for parts (screws, staples, marrettes, etc.). 3. Enough space to accommodate a rigid utility knife sheath. I purchased the Electrician’s combo belt (right and left pouches on the pro-comfort back support belt). I finally had some time over the Covid lockdown to transfer my tools out of my old tool belt into this new one and test it out for a while. Some of the positives: COMFORT: Out of the box and used as-is, I noticed right away it was VERY comfortable. I tend to carry about 10-15 lbs of tools in the belt (including cordless drill) which always felt heavy with my old ‘front pouches’ belt and thin belt strap, and I would always need to adjust it. Going an entire day with this belt was not an issue regarding tool weight. Sure, I adjusted the way the belt sat every so often, but not due to pain or heaviness. I was very impressed with it. The waist strap is wide and padded which dissipates the force from the weight nicely. POUCH LOCATIONS: I really like having the pouches on the sides of your body instead of across the front of your waist (like my old belt had). Having the tools on my sides allows me to be able to bend down and work close to the ground without having the tool pouches get in the way. The tape measure clip can also be slid to the side enough to be clear of my stomach while I’m bent over to work on plugs :) SPACE: On the right side, there’s plenty of storage for all my frequently used hand tools and screwdrivers, and there was also enough space that I could add a sheath/holder for my utility knife. For electrical work, I use the utility knife so frequently when cutting in boxes that I don’t like retracting the blade before putting it back into my tool belt (hence why I got the hole in my old belt, my fault). In this new belt, there’s ample space for me to add a sheath for the knife to store it vertically and prevent the blade from hitting the bottom of the sack. I took a cut-off piece of irrigation ABS pipe, cut it to length, heated up one of the sides with a torch, and compressed it in a vise until it cooled so that the knife handle would sit into it and rest on the notch. I also like using a square for box installation, but I cut my square off at 3-1/2 (hard to explain why...but I just usually NEVER use my square beyond 3). There’s a pocket at the top of both the left and right pouches that is 3-1/2” deep, so my square fits perfectly into this pocket and tucks away. A full size square WILL stick out if you put it into this pocket. I also made a holder for my drill bits out of a 2x4 cutoff, some spare 1/2 EMT conduit, and 3/8” rubber grommets (Gardner Bender). ADJUSTABILITY: Adjusting the buckle position to change the diameter of the belt is very fast. My waist size is about 38 and I got the Large version of the tool belt (36-40). I wear it at the 2nd smallest belt clip but there’s still an extra 3 or 4 holes above that which I can use while wearing a jacket. There’s also the ability to fine tune the position of the pouches and hammer clip around the belt, which is nice if you want to “wear the tools” more towards the front or back on your sides. They are held up primarily by the fabric belt loop, but are prevented from moving/sliding from a very sturdy strip of Velcro on the inside. Some of the negatives: These negatives are more specific just to my personal taste of tool location, but shouldn’t be used as a reason to not buy this. HAMMER CLIP: The hammer clip is positioned at your back (you can choose right or left of your back, depending on your handedness), but it’s a position which I just can’t get used to. I like having it on the side of the right pouch which makes for easier access for drawing and replacing. I saw some of the other versions of pouches (Carpenters pouch) has the hammer clip natively on the right side, but the pouch doesn’t have the same screwdriver/hand tool storage which is critical to have for electrical tools. So instead, I removed one of the external pockets for pliers on the right pouch, and riveted the hammer clip onto that spot. I kept the fabric backing that the hammer clip is attached to and it created a pseudo-pocket behind it which I can slip in a small tool. I used Arrow aluminum rivets from Home Depot (the long ones which are ½” long and 3/16” wide). They fit perfectly through the hammer clip hole. I also used a leather/fabric punch to create holes in the fabric (drilling through kind of works but the fabric just shreds instead of leaving a clean hole). I also used a #10 washer on the inside (blind end of the rivet) to allow for better hold of the rivet. I attached it in 4 corners, and so far I’ve had no problems with it coming off or moving. NUMBER OF POUCHES: Unfortunately the electrician’s belt combo only comes with 2 pouches for miscellaneous parts on the left side bag. I trained on my old belt with 3 pouches to individually hold staples, screws, and marrettes, and found it difficult using only 2 pouches when I tested out this new one. I tried for about a week, but I ended up needing to add an extra pouch. To do this, I purchased the B302 Foundations Tie Pouch (also from Gatorback) which has 2 of the small pouches hanging off the big one. I cut the stitching and 2 double-cap rivets that were holding each pouch in place, and attached them to the 2 existing pouches on the left side. I rolled the fabric header (where the stitching used to be) to make it look clean and used 2 rivets underneath in the top corners (per pouch) to hold the pouches. I added a third rivet in the middle to hold the new pouch down and prevent it from bouncing. Yes, it increases the overall “width” of my gear a bit, but I’ll take it so that I can have my extra pouches for space! I could have added them maybe on the front and back sides instead, but hindsight is 20/20. Overall, there’s no way I’m going back to my old belt. I’m impressed with the quality and comfort of the Gatorback design. Even though it’s a bit steep in price on the bell curve for tool belts, I’m not even thinking about that since I can wear this for 8 hours straight without hurting! It took me one evening of customizing the belt to get the modifications done, but anyone who is fairly handy should be able handle it (if you want to do anything of the sort). Who knows, maybe Gatorback will offer different pouch feature combos in the future?? :)

These bags are great. I like the size of the none dominant side pouches. I can actually get a wire nut out of them not like my other ones that I replaced with these. One thing the disturbs me is when I take off the bags they start to separate from the velcro of the belt. UGGGH! I will find a way to eliminate this issue. I just need to stop the heavy nylon webbed belt from sliding... anyways Id buy these bags again. Upon further review and almost a year of use out of these bags I’ve come to dislike them. The hook and loop fastening on the padded belt has become almost useless on holding the belt together long enough for me to tighten the leather belt. Also the hook and loop which should be holding the tool pouches to the support belt has failed as well. The left side pouch which holds staples and wire nuts in the outermost pockets needs to be more box like and not so gathered at the bottom. Getting a wire nut out when pouch is near empty is almost impossible for someone with larger hands and the same goes for the other smaller pouch which is behind that first pouch I mentioned above. Then there are the next two deeper pouches which have the webbed topped pockets in which I carry my torpedo level and small Knipex adjustable pliers. At the bottom of those two pouches there are random screws tossed in which I can seldom retrieve any of them. The pocket at belt height which should hold random driver bits or such have bent in away that retrieving any bit or service van keys a difficult task as well. Here’s one for you… were do you store your Inksall and/or sharpies and pencils. Yep that’s it… no where. There is no where to carry any writing tool. The right side pouch is meh... ok.. I like having most of my tools in the dominant side but I’d like to find them there in the pocket in which I placed them the next time I reach for them and not find them on the ground somewhere on the job sight or the path to and from the van. The tools fall out often enough for me to start using a random pouch of the same brand I found at the shop. It’s the green webbed pouch that seems right now to be much better at containing my tools and keeping them. One more thing. Who actually makes these bags? The same makers as the Rack It Tier bags one would assume. Those two bags are quite the same. I will not be buying another bag set from either of the two and will not be recommending these bags to anyone. I wish I could find a textile company that would make me a custom made set of bags. Whatever the cost.

I have only owned the tool belt for a few days but from the feel and sturdiness I can tell you they will last much longer than my previous Klein bags which were full of holes and held together by zip ties a year and a half later. Very comfortable and breathable. The material is pretty thick and appears durable. The stitching and riveting around all the side pockets is well done and not just some thin canvas with a plastic insert behind for support. 4 pouches on the left for material and plenty of pockets on the right for hand tools. It came with a tape measure holder on the belt along with the hammer holder. I was surprised to see that the top portion of each pouch with the gator logo was also another slim pocket I use for miscellaneous bits, sockets or pens. I am 6’2” with a 31” waist. I like my bags above the hips and for me I had the medium size belt maxed all the way to the smallest holes and it still felt like once I put a screwdriver in them they would fall right off. I contacted the company to let them know of the issue. The next business day they sent me a tracking number for a new belt the next size down without hesitation. Unbelievable customer service this is the type of company I want to buy from again in the future.

highly recommend! These tool bags are excellent! Great quality and fit and layout. Medium fit my 32 inch waste perfectly. I tried the Milwaukee electricians belt and the one size fits all does not fit my waste. It is too big and cant be adjusted to fit well. The layout of the bags was very poor too.

Looks to be a quality product from initial use. Will revise after a couple months on the job.