it's got Brown here and today's exciting episode we review the artisan Diamondback tool belt all
right this episode was meant to be a Q&A but I've been getting a lot of questions about this tool
belt so I thought why not do the review now so this is the artisan complete system that I'm
wearing here got the Occidental shoulder straps on it now Diamondback got in touch with me and
asked if I wanted to try this tool about I told them I've got Occidental talk about I'm happy
with that and they simple send it out anyway no obligations so that's it okay my favorite thing
about this tool belt is all the different pouches and places to put tools so many options you're all
the regular pouches for now punches pencils and I guess suppose you can put chisels down there
different knives in there sandpaper nails and of course your speed square just slots nicely
in there as well it's a similar story on the other side I have this add-on pouch here that they sent
out with the tool belt because there's so many areas that you can hold the different tools you
can set it up exactly how you want it they also have these extra pouches with the clips on the
back so you can clip it onto your tool belt nice and quick just like that this is another one of
the clip-on about options you fill it up with nails or screws and just clip it onto a regular
boat you don't even have to wear a tool belt so if you want to slow this up with nails clip it on and
where you go I actually wish there was more clips and if they introduced it for the pouch at the
bottom here this one here that could unclip I feel like that there would be enough of a tool belt for
the majority of people one of the things that put me off trying the diamondback talked about in the
past was every picture I saw the belt had like five or six pouch was running down the leg on
each side so when they send me this one in the mail I was pretty stoked to realize it wasn't
that much bigger than my occidental tool Bell the boat itself is super comfortable actually nylon
lightweight and it has a good good width to it so it feels stable it doesn't sort of warp to suit
you know the load that's on it and possibly the best thing about the bow is a clip I think they
call it a Cobra clip to suit a satisfying way to clip and unclip your tool belt so this tool belt
really shines in the details that kirbeh clip the way they've done this hammer holster is super cool
I was concerned that having the holster between the pouch and your leg would be uncomfortable I
thought maybe the pouch would push the hammer into your leg all the time but everything sits
out enough for it to really not be an issue and it's super handy having your hammer right there
it also has this loop on the back if you don't want to carry your hammer there but I for me
I found the loop a little bit out of the way a little bit uncomfortable to reach around and put
in but it is an alternative if you don't want to use that hammer holster and I found myself
trying to use that loop at the back when I wanted to hang like a drill or a now gonna something at
the front to have a holster kind of got in the way of that this is a small detail but again the
details the nail bar holder on the back I really like that now about something that I don't carry
around as much as I should because I never find a comfortable place to hang it I forget him even
carrying on this one so price the occidental to about itself cost me around about five or six
hundred dollars I was looking it up online for the purpose of this video and this pulled out
here that I'm wearing the Diamondback is 350 us and the oxygen was around about the same price
I saw it for 380 us obviously it depends where you go bottom line is you're actually gonna be
this better so that the pot is still alive don't worry the bottom line is you'll be spending a
lot of money for a tool belt in this day and age there's so much equality to about cost
to be honest you can't go wrong either way Occidental or Diamondback now obviously I've
only been using the spout for just over a month which is no time at all to try out anything in
the building trade you've really got to test things over years and I will not be testing
this one over the next few years because I'm gonna put my Occidental back hot and it's not
because they're spouts bad more of a sentimental thing I bought that Occidental tool belt in Canada
I carried it with me to Edinburgh Scotland and worked there and then I carried it all the way
back home again so it's travelled the world with me that's talked about I kind of want to keep keep
wearing it see this feels more familiar so I'm giving the diamond back to Potter he's more in
need of a tool belt than I am we'll get an idea from him how he feels about the diamond back
over a longer period of time one of the things I like about the Occidental that I missed was how
open all the pouches are I can see exactly what I've got at all times whereas the Diamondback has
all these sleeves and pouches which is a good thing because it makes it easier to hold all
all sorts of different tools but you can't see exactly what you got at all times I might keep
this Pilar hope you don't mind so super handy check on my nails in there Wow so what's your
philosophy on tool belts bigger the better small lightweight I didn't talk about weight that over
the comparisons just putting this back on it feels kind of the same because it's a solid
layer it probably isn't but yeah what do you guys look for in a talk about comment below