PRODUCT REVIEW
Tool lanyards from MUKA: safety first
I HAVE had the experience of dropping tools from scaffolding, down a cavity wall and into deep water. The latter two were not too dangerous, but the 120cm long level I dropped from a gutter level scaffolding stage had my heart in my mouth, as it fortunately missed my workmate but smashed end down onto a concrete path. So, for safety and saving money reasons, it’s not a bad idea to think about tool tethering, especially when working at height.
New ideas from Norman New to the tool-tethering scene and the brainchild of Norman Kazaks, a tradesman with many years’ experience, is the MUKA tool tether. Norman’s new, patent pending design incorporates a few ideas that may have some considerable appeal to some users.
The biggest difference from other tethers I have used is that the MUKA design has a retractable cable. It is quite possible with
By PETER BRETT
other tethers that the user can end up with a nice tangle of elasticated tethers hanging from pockets or a tool belt. By using a strong, but fine, retractable steel cable housed in a plastic casing that can hold tool weights of up to 3kgs, tangles in the tool pouch or pockets are avoided.
The look The MUKA tool tether looks a lot like a 5m tape measure in size and shape. But attached to the ‘tape shape’ is a back plate that incorporates a slot through which a belt can be fed.
Because the back plate is held on with four screws it is possible to mount the tethers in a number of different ways. The simplest is to slide a belt through the loop and put it round your waist and go to work. But on a standard builder’s tool belt this is not possible because of the buckle ends. By taking off the back plate the tether can be slipped over the belt and then the back plate can be reattached. One could also add a tether to a tool belt pouch by feeding the screws through the material and refitting the back plate.
Clearly Norman has tried his device out in a number of scenarios and ensured that users can get flexible applications with a minimum of hassle.
By using a strong, but fine, retractable steel cable housed in a plastic casing that can hold tool weights of up to 3kgs, tangles in the tool pouch or pockets are avoided."
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