Can PP ever be interesting? No of course not but if your work involves kneeling
it's essential to have the right knee pads to prevent pain and injury so
don't go anywhere because I'm going to show you some popular choices that are
on the market today to help you decide which ones could be best for you [Music]
hello and welcome back kneeling and crawling around the workplace is something not uncommon
to us trades and over the years I've developed the scientist which is also known as housemate's knee
which is a common problem for needing too much for us trade knee pads are vital here
are some different knee press that I put to the test during my times on the tools
and a few new ones so to start with I'm just going to go for a bulk standard in trouser knee pad
they're basically a tough polystyrene but they're nice and light very flexible very
very cheap and you can cut them to size if you need to and if you've got work trousers on such
as what I've got you get the knee Pockets built into them and they simply just slide straight in
I say simply they can be a little bit tight depending on the type of trousers
you have and the type of knee pads you get what they do essentially go all the way in
it's gonna be pretty quick for this and then you fold over the top
make sure they don't fall out and then that gives you the flexibility to move around your workplace
as you can see the difference with no knee pad in there we can just move around we can
punch them down a little bit um and they're just very very manoeuvrable
downsides to these are because it's her name a thin material a very soft material nail nail
screws as splinters easily punctured these they're very very lightweight from that point of view
they also once you've had them on for a little while starts making knee sweat which I find is
pretty good and from time to time you get back in your bank start driving home and as I've done
before you go halfway home and you've got crease your knees are hot and then you realize you've
still got the miniature trousers anyway on to the next PATH the tough build knee pad it is exactly
what it is it's tough It's almost a two-piece it's got a hinge in the middle there so you
strap on just below the knee and then and above the knee to give you more flexibility and I think
it's designed like that so you can wear it for longer periods of time it gives you less movement
it's a one size fits all it's got a very hard robust outer you can see probably on the camera
that it's obviously something I've been wearing a lot it's all quite badly scuffed up I use these a
lot if I'm working outside or if I'm on a new build and there's lots of concrete around on
the floor and there's no no carpet for example um I tend to use these for my Mucky work so to speak
their gel lined on the inside which does make them very soft makes them a lot more comfortable
to kneel on I actually prefer the Comfort level of these to the soft pass that the trouser ones
a couple of pointers with these these are a one size fit tool
and one issue I do have with these is that they do say it's one size fits all
but the elastic that I've got on here I've taken as tight as I can possibly get it
without it going off the Velcro the um here we go so probably you see I've got in there because
I've had to tighten them up so much the edge of the material gets in the way of the clip so when
I put it on after just put it out of the way so I'm Gonna Leave the of the lower one as well you
can see because because I've got it so tight again pull that over the top of the clip there so there
we go we've got the light there as you can see it's quite a snug fit to me it could be tighter
um if you've got legs the size of a tree you would be fine with these you could wear them all day one
issue I do find with these is that as you go go out throughout your day your trousers or your
shorts they tend to get snagged between the two layers and this for me is a little bit low and
you get a bit of pinching in the back of the leg so for me these are very good robust hard wearing
and if I recall correctly you can actually buy different attachments which I can't remember if
you change the panel when we stick it on top but you can change them for different environments
so it does make a much more user-friendly from that point of view but for me because of the
pinching in the back and because they don't actually tighten enough of the size of my legs
they're only a short term I only wear them for maybe half hour at a time at our tops because
they just become too uncomfortable because of the pinching around the back but that said
they do take a beating you can hit them with a hammer you could I've caught nails and screws
underneath these and not forced anything of it and come away without any damage onto my knees
these are possibly a a cheaper more lightweight version of the tough build different manufacturer
nothing to do with that company whatsoever but I say that because they've got a very
hard outer surface the gel padded they're very flexible and what they've done here
is they've gone around the edge to protect the outside of the leg and they've cut over the top
the idea of that is that when it's on your knee and you're walking around it stays in
place it doesn't fall off again these are a one size fits all I bought these purely so I could
just try them out because they were Dirt Cheap I think they cost me like five quid something
something ridiculously low like that but once again the one size fits all as you will see
will let you down these are not handed whereas the top Bill ones are left and right
handed these are ambidextrous to an either side so we know we put the top Velcro on
all right so a minute these are cheap so you can get what you pay for really
and if I come around you see to get to get that nice and tight on my leg
you can see that the Velcro strip here is already exceeded
the gripper on there so if I were to just just put that on to the other side again very quickly
again you see I haven't even put much tension on there at all and I've worked the foam the
Velcro here sorry it has exceeded the gripper on the Velcro there so
within minutes of when actually first trying these on walking around moving around a bit you can see
they're already starting to slip and come off my knee and I think if I walk from one side of a site
to the other side maybe down down on my ankles but that's not to say they won't be good for you
um I got fairly small legs perhaps maybe they're just over over exaggerated the amount of Velcro
Comfort white way you've seen that that's that's an issue straight away with that
because the Velcro is not in the right place it's not tight enough I've just gone to kneel
on it and it's completely slipped into the wrong place so let's just try that again I
mean that is very comfortable um I could probably put a load of nails on the floor underneath there
and I wouldn't know that they were there other than the norwegs for example um but
we're moving back and forth that's fine left to right that's all good as well so if you're
on your knees a lot say for a carpet fitter or a carpenter put in the skirting in around
the edge of the room these would probably be more than adequate until you stand up
and we'll just start moving around I've just done a few steps there and it's already slipping these
are my most recent acquisition I just bought them because I thought I'd give them a try
they fall into the same kind of price bracket as the turf built knee pads and oddly enough
to actually a little bit heavier there's a lot of science apparently that's gone into making
these I'll let you go online to research that yourself if you want to go that far with these
but one of the things with these is that they've got metal clasps to to hold your straps on with
they've got a nice big pad on them and I was thinking and across it's all very very similar
to these in the way that they're designed to hold on but let's just try them out these are
left and right handed because of the points to hold them all and they are also adjustable
there's a lot of these pads are these days
so again you can see straight away that's one quite loose but you can just tighten them up
to your heart's content on these these these to me are much better than the Velcro style because
it's got a like a a buckle on there which does tighten up the strap a lot more efficiently and to
me it will last longer than Velcro because Velcro wears over time it gets full of muck and rubbish
again I mean that's holding on very well when I bend my leg it's kind of moving itself into
position now um it sits over the top of the knee because again it's got the the knee support in
the top there to just sit on the top similar to the blue pair over there these are white because
they are non-staining uh these are perfect for places like um if you don't work on The Mod or
if you're doing work for the NHS where you're not allowed to wear clothes that leave marks
um or PPE that leave marks because they've got the sanitary things to deal with in those areas
so these are perfect for that um but they are hard they're rated at the same level as the tough built
ones so this should be good for impact and for nails and screws and that is really comfortable
um they got gel in there as well I really like these ones I have to admit but I've not used
these in Anger yet sorry we'll just have to see how they cope with the test of time
we've all knee pads I've highly highly recommend you don't just buy them online so many of them say
one size fits all you've really got to try them on you've got to have a chance you've got to walk
around them for a little bit try them in the store you need to be able to fully adjust them just to
make sure that they do actually fit because one size fits all unfortunately in my experience
that they don't so the obvious Contender to all your knee pads is the kneeling pad
again from garden centres getting from your wholesaler they're readily available almost
anywhere very similar to the trouser version made of similar materials this one's quite
thick it's very spongy this was also a freebie from a wholesaler from two or three years ago
but you can see that I've used it quite a lot it's already rubbing off of my fingers the filth on it
I wear shorts a lot this time of year I was probably yourselves do as well and I'd probably
be in church to make February next year the way the weather's going but I just find these a lot
simpler and a lot easier to use while I'm using shorts simply because it just goes on the floor
you do what you need to do you can move around on it
within the space that you're in you can have your tools all around you but therein lies the downside
to having this knee pad because you can't just step off to the next side carry on with your job
or move over to where you want to go because you've always got to pick it up and move it
that is one of the downsides to it also a lot great when they get wet they tend to get a bit
slimy but for me it's always in the back of the van it's a simple solution to uh to a quick job
so if I'm changing a double socket for example or maybe a plumber's just changing a tap under a sink
it goes in one place it's not going to move around very much um and it's just very comfortable so
to quickly summarize got the in trouser and knee pads great durable lightweight put them
in forget about them on the opposite end of the scale we've got the tough build ones commercial
industrial but like I said obviously there's a lot for outdoor work the port West's carpets
um putting in skirtings so you can just crawl around one spacer to the other very durable
the white ones when sanitary is a priority and they're not allowed to leave Marx also very robust
and of course you get out of jail free card Chuck it in the back of the van forget about it
but it's always there if and when you need it
which knee pads do you use and do you have any knee injuries that influence your choice I'd love
to hear from you so let me know your thoughts in the comments below thank you very much for
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