Work Gear 1530 Electrical and Maintenance Tool Carrier, 43 Pocket, Black

A bit smaller than I expected but holds all my hand tools pretty well. Strap seems like it will get in the way more than anything else. I've no idea how long it will last yet so I'll hold back on the fifth star until it's been in service for a while. Certainly does a better job of organising all my tools than the usual open totes and it appears to be very well constructed and thought out. I've had quite a few different tool boxes in my time but this one on first impressions looks to be the best by far.. but was also the most expensive by far!

Bought this to replace my work bag excellent piece of kit use it every day loads of pouches for tools and the middle is great for screw boxes

As an Appliance repairman for over 35 years I have gathered a lot of essential tools. this bag is a little bigger than my last one but its full to the brim. the layout is good but the nut box is small and had to go from the side as it is not that important to have it front and centre, (they should put it under the bottom like they did before) but there is room for everything I need and thats my first priority. it would be nice if the screwdriver slots had a second band at the handle end to keep them from flopping around but I used a small bungee cord to do it. the shoulder strap keeps slipping and getting longer but at least it has one. the quality is good though pricey. I bring this bag into every house 10 times a day and I’m not worried that it will bump or damage a wall or floor. I don’t think it will last more than 3-5 years unfortunately as the material is a little thin and the corners are already getting a little ratty after 3 months but compared to what I have found out there after a month of looking this is the best quality for the best price.

I purchased this bag on the 8th of October 2020 and the Frist problem started within 3/6months, The handle metal bars came out of the fabric, it was still usable just had metal sticking out, aswell as that the fabric at the bottom/underneath feels like fabric wrapped around cardboard. I've now got hole in one of the pockets and tools fall out all the time. I've had the shoulder strap come off while I was walking in a clients house. She had floor boards luckily I caught the bag in time before it hits the floor. I'm a little bit confused to why they put a lite plastic material for a pouch for tool bits. I usually put fixing bits and drill bits in there. Eventually something sharp as pierced the plastic. But other than that I haven't seen a bag with a little plastic box, this box is a game changer. Keeping a few fixing screws and electrical joining equipment was amazing. Sometime I would only need a screw and would need to walk back to the work van. Hopefully this review helps with your final purchase.

As another reviewer noted, this holds everything necessary for low-voltage work. The (smaller, square) electrician's tool bag would probably have worked but would not have had any room to spare once I crammed everything in there. I decided to try this bag and am quite pleased. It took me a while to figure out which pockets fit which tools best, but by the end all the tools from my similar-sized tool box had were loaded into this bag and I had several pockets left over for new/extra tools as well as plenty of space in the main compartment for adding job-specific parts and tools. It was a little smaller overall (narrower) than I expected, but that is great because it doesn't eat up a ton of space in my car. Any larger and it would be awkward to carry with the shoulder strap, so they really got the size of this bag just right. Quality of materials and construction seems to be VERY good, but only time will tell. One exception - the clips for the shoulder strap are cheap. They do not swivel and are spring clip instead of sliding pin clip, which is harder to disconnect and will scratch up the loops if removed frequently. A minor annoyance, but the rest of the bag is so nice... What could be improved? Parts/screw organizer tray is too small, but far better than nothing. It is cheaply made, and the dividers are very loose. I used a drop of hot glue on the bottom edge to secure them in place. Probably will get replaced with the largest one I can cram into that pocket, once I find time to do some shopping. The smaller electrician's bag has a larger organizer hidden in the bottom of the bag. Using that design on this bag would make it the mercedes of tool bags. Ditch the side organizer but keep the big pocket, and add two 7" x 11" organizers underneath the bag, allowing for a center support to keep the bottom stable. I'm sure that would increase the price a bit, but I'd gladly pay another $10 for that feature. Instead, I will have to carry a secondary screw case in the main compartment, which eats up tool storage. On one end of a long side are 6 very small pockets that are 3 wide and 2 deep. I am not sure what tools would fit these pockets well, except possibly regular-sized screwdrivers or pens/pencils/markers? I have a ratcheting driver that takes hex bits (stored elsewhere) so tried putting my small screwdrivers or pick-set in there but that didn't work because the handles were too close to the bag and to each other. I ended up flattening the rear pocket and stuffing 2 each into the front pockets. Either slightly larger or much larger pockets here would be more helpful and not limit my choices.

Recently, I had a very long day installing period interior doors in a 100 year old home and when I got back home, I opened my tailgate on my truck. My 5 gallon pail with a "bucket bag" filled with hand tools rolled out the back of the truck and continued to spin 20 feet down the driveway and turned my driveway into what looked like a hand tool yard sale. That was it for the bucket set up. It had been a pain for a long time - don't waste your $$ on those things. I surveyed proper "tool bags' for months in person and online and finally bought this CLC model. I went with CLC because I still own a leather tool belt from CLC I bought in college (the 1970's) when I was working my way through school rebuilding burned out houses. That belt is bleached out and beat to death but it's still 100% functional, it still fits and I like the 45 years of "patina" it displays. The good and the bad with this new CLC tool bag - Pro: -Good size, not too large but big enough to carry my most commonly used hand tools. I'm getting too old to make 30 trips up and down stairs - I need to have all my most common hand tools next to me. -Non-tip. This bag definitely solves my "bucket bag tipping issues" -Wide, comfortable handle, lost of accessory pockets and pocket folds for all manner of pliers, cutters, wire strippers and utility knives. -One large pocket with a small plastic compartment box that I use for wire nuts and small hardware which is really handy -Surprising capacity - I'm amazed how much I can get into this bag Con -The shoulder strap is absolute cheesy junk. I'd pay an extra $10 for a bag with a real shoulder strap. I replaced it with an old heavy duty luggage shoulder strap I had from when I used to fly 200,000 miles a year. CLC dropped the ball on the shoulder strap. Overall this bag has been a welcome improvement over my bucket bag, it stays put in the back of my truck, saves me 1000 steps a day and it's well made. Hope that helps!

I've tried many different tool pouches and carriers but most are not sturdy enough or they don't have enough tool slots. This bag has both of those features, has a decent handle for carrying by hand and the strap has a good length that feels comfortable. Overall, great product, would buy again.