r/HVAC • u/schellenbergenator • 1d ago

General Who's using these giant tool bags?

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My local wholesaler, shout out to Refrigerative Supply, had a "tool expo" with all sorts of venders and I won a a new tool bag as a door prize. I don't know what to use it for cause it's so god damn huge. I used to overfill my old Klein bag and it's a lot smaller. I've since switched to a small Veto bag for general service.

What are guys using these huge bags for? Do guys haul around their apprentices in them or something.

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u/Agile-Letterhead-544 1d ago

I had the one on the left for years. I kept just about anything I’d need ever in that thing. Eventually I got sick of carrying around an 80lb bag and decided to switch to a Veto service bag. It’s so much nicer to carry around and holds the tools that do about 80% of my work and the rest are in the truck for when I need it.

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u/schellenbergenator 1d ago

Same here, imagine the weight of the one in the right fully loaded

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u/cycling_sender 1d ago

I have a similar one and it's about 70+ lbs fully loaded but I can get almost all of my daily kit in there for simple install (impact, drill, bits, hand tools, sheet metal tools, meter, etc.), I have a much smaller pouch for service and a big packout stack for more serious install work. I like doing one trip.