Best hard hat accessories according to redditors
We found 13 Reddit comments discussing the best hard hat accessories. We ranked the 11 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 13 Reddit comments discussing the best hard hat accessories. We ranked the 11 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I started a business. I can't really be specific because it's reddit and I say wild shit on this account. I got fired from this illustrating job and I thought fuck this guy I'm gonna do it on my own. We make specialized stickers for like engineering purposes. I probably make a little less now and got maybe 4k in debt, but I own my own LLC. I found a way to undercut my old boss and spend my days rocking him on social media and trying to steal his google top spot. It feels really nice too, I work from home, I have a partner who used to work with me at the place I got fired from. We put a lot of time into it and learned a lot - I would suggest everyone try to start their own business if they have a good idea and the risk tolerance to try it out. I am out here invoicing on paypal, running my money through quickbooks, finding new customers, hitting up youtubers to sponsor them with free shit for a review of my product, bombing twitter with memes that my target audience would like because fuck it I can.
It was hopeless as fuck for a long time. I learned photoshop at 15 and I'm 30 now. That whole time I was selling pot to survive and doing jobs where I got fucked and exploited and underpaid. I started this biz 6 months ago and we are finally turning a profit with nice margins. I had shit credit and my business experience before this is selling drugs. This is why I can't be specific here lol.
If you are an illustrator I can give you some advice. Learn branding and marketing, get yourself a youtube, a website, and get on communities. Learn how to make long-tail content, like behind-the-scenes stuff, documentary stuff, "news" articles, to promote. Network and make friends irl and online, they will come in handy. My old custies all have uncles or cousins in industries that I can cater to and I got a lot of great clients that way.
Fuck with Amazon FBA, there's people making dumb ass stickers on there and bagging them up for Amazon to ship and sell and making thousands of bucks off fake supreme meme shit. Get some money together and design a shirt and hit up a smalltime screenprinter and get them to print you 50 hoodies.
Make a website that flips 3 hoodies at a time and only make them when you get an order. Just doing this shit will get you lifted mentally to start doing other shit. I was the laziest piece of shit and now I can still be that lazy piece of shit, but I'm only fucking myself. Working for myself felt like the only way to make me feel ambitious. Whenever I got ambitious at a job I got fucked for it because of office politics or interpersonal shit or just cheap fucking bosses. Fuck that. Go on Legalzoom, 500 bucks, make an LLC, DON'T take out a loan, you're idea might be shit, but if you are legit talented and think you can find a way to market yourself and contract your work, do it.
Learn the shit that intimidates you, but know what your weaknesses are too. I hate talking on the phone and chasing down unpaid invoices, so my girlfriend does it now. You gotta figure out what you are bad at and how much value you can get with help. I'm a firm believer 2 heads are better than one. Me and my partner have it all split 50/50 and if it was 60/40 I think it would cause fucked up tension, make sure your shit is fair and be generous because it's almost always better for business than being stingy.
I'mma edit this and clean it up and answer whatever else you guys want. I'm not rich, I'm actually broke as fuck and live frugally, but I do get to live a life that makes me happier than I ever was working for someone else. I'm blasting Gucci Mane as I'm finishing projects. We take breaks to watch rockets land and talk about the future. I bought a microphone and webcam for the business so we can make video commercials aka I stream video games. I got a mechanical keyboard because we needed it for the products, obviously. I could go on.
> They do not strap on your head
they can, it depends on the hard hat. some have them builtin the hard hat or you can buy clips for it like these https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Chin-Strap-ERB-Hats/dp/B001LYAQ5I
It kinda depends on the size/mount of your headlamp, but there are a couple different rubber headlamp straps (both fabric with rubber and full rubber) that you can find. "rubber headlamp strap" seems to turn up good results.
Streamlight strap
Princeton Tec strap
J Harlen strap
Replace the elastic band with a rubber helmet strap. Streamlight and Princeton Tec both make one.
It's a hard hat brim. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G58DYKY
>do all the armytek headbands work on hard hats?
As is, maybe not the best (including other brands of headlamps) since the fabric probably doesn't have the best grip on the smooth surface and could slide up. There's multiple ways to prevent that including velcro, double sided tape, and hooks. There's also these upside-down triangle that hook over and prevent the strap from sliding up. Typically they're found on climbing helmet but I've seen them sold separately somewhere before, just can't seem to find the link now. {Edit: Closest thing I can find atm.}
An even better option would be a dedicated mounting bracket although it might not be the best option around electricity.
>What are the pro's of the magnetic tail cap?
The ability to stick to any magnetic surface of course. Car hood, vents, fridge, electrical panels and many more.
>Are these two the same other than the magnetic tail?
No, they have different LEDs in them. There's quite a few different Wizard headlamps although their modes and user interface are all pretty similar. There's two different LEDs that Armytek is using, the XP-L and the XHP50. Even though the beam pattern would be the same because of the honeycomb lens, the XHP50 is a little more efficient so that would be the better choice of the two although the $10 difference probably isn't worth the upgrade in the different LED.
I don't own the Wizard but I do have experience with it. I do own two different Armytek Pro version lights and love the magnetic tailcap.
As a fellow heavy sweater I feel your pain. I have used [these](No Sweat Hard NSOD-12PK Hat Liner - Sweatband for Headgear and Headwear (Pack of 12) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HFS21YI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_FNW6wbJ13WMFA) in the past that worked pretty good. For me they would get too soaked and fall out. I make sure to get helmets they are well ventilated and I take my helmet off when I'm on the bench and constantly dry it and my hair off with a towel. That works for me
I'm sorry that happened to you. It's terrible. We're here for you. The most important thing to do is to be as kind as possible to yourself. Do you usually do something related to construction for work?
From what I understand, you have cranial and chest hyperhidrosis. If you’re looking for treatments, there was a discussion in the group with dermatologists a little while back. If you plan on doing construction again, maybe take a look at some of the items below to keep your body a little cooler.
Having a Camelback may make it easier to consume water throughout the day to keep the body cool. I could only find 3L versions.
Cooling Helmet Liner
Cooling Pad for Hard Helmets
Hard Helmet with fan
Neck Sun Shield
Cooling Jacket
Cooling Vest
You could get a leather sweat band. The kind generally used on welding helmets or hard hats.
Not sure where you'd get it. Check Gregg's or Acklands maybe.
Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Fibre-Metal-Hard-Hat-FM67-Sweatband/dp/B000VUI5GK
Other than the tool operating the tool....
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00867HTKS
Just as an example: https://www.amazon.com/McDavid-Cooling-Headwear-Helmet-Protection/dp/B01BD0DFCU.
You can find many more on line. Watch out for the seams; they can irritate after a while.