Proban Overalls/Boilersuits ??

[Engineer1964]

Do you use proban (FLAME RETARDANT) overalls?? Just wanted to get peoples ideas of a decent set, as mine only seem to last about 6 months if i'm lucky, i've been using some made by "Click" but i thinks i'll change for something else??

I hear dickies are pretty good

 

[Hitch]

6 months?
Do you only work part time?

Mine last about 3months tops, dickies ones.

 

[chunkolini]

I have used Nato tank drivers suits for years.
They must cost a bomb to buy for the original purchaser, are flame retardant (do you work inside a tin box that has artillery shells fired at it?) comfy and last me about 12 months. These guys have a supply http://www.cissburyleathers.co.uk/german-army-issue-tank-suitoveralls-with-thermal-liner-i8220.html and they come with a quilted liner great for the colder times of year, or can be flogged on fleabay for most of the cost of a new suit. i just bought two of them.
They even come with a shoulder holster, very useful these days.
A bit warm in the current climes but a good buy for the csh.

 

[penfold]

Most of the fire retardant ones only last 50 washes; well the fire retarding qualities do, the overalls are probably shot by that point anyway.

 

[Engineer1964]

6 months?
Do you only work part time?

Mine last about 3 months tops, dickies ones.

I have 3, and use one a week, 1 clean and one in the wash, so i guess i have to buy 3 more by christmas

 

[Rrunnach]

Pioneer Arc Masters. Swear by this brand!!

 

[bpcoryton]

Pioneer Arc Masters. Swear by this brand!!

pioneer or wenaas are the ones to wear!!

 

[Drains]

Pioneer Arc Masters. Swear by this brand!!

They are good, although it helps if you work somewhere cold (like the North Sea) as the material is right thick. For summertime use, a small set of fans around the ankles helps to keep the air moving past the sweaty regions and up towards the neckline. Pat pending


I use Roots Arcbuster from Arco. They're pretty good but go in the knee, like all my overalls seem to. And they shrink like billy-oh so you have to buy them a size or two too big or you end up with your voice an octave high.

 

[pedrobedro]

Most of the fire retardant ones only last 50 washes; well the fire retarding qualities do, the overalls are probably shot by that point anyway.

Overalls and wash, not two words I usually associate with each other

 

[Rrunnach]

They are good, although it helps if you work somewhere cold (like the North Sea) as the material is right thick. For summertime use, a small set of fans around the ankles helps to keep the air moving past the sweaty regions and up towards the neckline. Pat pending


I use Roots Arcbuster from Arco. They're pretty good but go in the knee, like all my overalls seem to. And they shrink like billy-oh so you have to buy them a size or two too big or you end up with your voice an octave high.

Sweaty baws are far better than burn't baws

 

[chunkolini]

Wash?
What is that?
When mine start to disintegrate they get chucked.
Usually start to fail above the right hip.
I wondered if this might be UV light and asked here.
Seems to be the case.
The tank suits also have a useful man gas vent in the sit upon area.
the last set of Nato ones even had a free ten euro note in the inner pocket.

 

[Dev]

Are those german tanks suits definitely fire retardant? Seems very good value if they are. The removable liner sounds like a grown up romper suit to me. Which is a bonus.

 

[Drains]

Are those german tanks suits definitely fire retardant? Seems very good value if they are. The removable liner sounds like a grown up romper suit to me. Which is a bonus.

They are exactly like a grown up romper suit. The whole affair also comes with a velcro slit across the shoulders c/w concealed carry handle (for hauling dead or injured crew out of tank hatches) and if you're really lucky they come with a leather chest pistol holster! (as well as money)

 

[Weldinator]

Or maybe you could wear leather instead.

 

[stew]

i find that i dont look past bizweld boilersuits. they are fire retardant, and last well. much better than dickies proban etc. click are worth avoiding unless for hobby use.

 

[norsa]

Or maybe you could wear leather instead.

Can we stick to the subject in hand please

 

[outofthefire]

I hate wearing overalls, at home I have an old leather coat that I put on when i'm welding or cutting in the summer and in the winter I usually have a padded shirt on which I find are fine for welding. We had proban overalls at work but it didn't take long before the galv sparks burnt there way through so we had to wear leather or kevlar sleeves especially if we were welding overhead.

 

[Dev]

Bought ze german suit. Glad I got it in large, even that's a bit snug.

no free money tho.

 

[chunkolini]

Did you get the shoulder holster?
Useful for those moments when you want to pack a rod discretely.

 

[penfold]

Overalls and wash, not two words I usually associate with each other

In order to avoid industrial dermatitis/various cancers/smelling of sweat/grease/etc. washing them is essential; I spend my working hours in overalls and they can get covered in various unpleasant liquids and general filth. I accept that my occupation exposes me to a certain level of noxious stuff, but minimising the exposure seems commonsense to me, and even after a week of relatively clean work they still begin to pong a bit, especially in summer when the engine room gets fairly hot.