Did You Know You Can Customize Your Klein Tools Hard Hat?

Safety is a non-negotiable aspect to every job site. While most professionals know that hard hat colors have meanings, some manufacturers have taken things a step further by offering more options to customize safety equipment, such as Klein Tools. It has different helmet styles up for grabs, which include its Type 1 and 2 Safety Helmet, Standard Full Brim and Cap Style (vented and non-vented), hydro-dipped Karbn Hard Hat, lightweight K12 Carbon Fiber Hats with adjustable vents, and Konstruct Full Brim Hard Hat that can withstand up to 350°F of radiant heat.

Klein Tools also offers multiple face and eye protection options. Apart from possessing ANSI safety certifications, they carry useful features like scratch and impact resistance, UV protection, machine washable sweatbands, and anti-fog capabilities. Depending on what materials and tools you're working with, you can opt for safety glasses with clear, colored, or polarized lenses, along with clear and tinted helmet visors and goggles. On top of its standard face shields, the company offers a lightweight mesh variant for optimal airflow, as well as additional accessories like hard cases and lanyards. But while many companies manufacture hard hats with compatible eye and face protection, Klein Tools goes beyond with products that make life on the job more enjoyable.

If you work in hot locations, Klein Tools lets you add cooling fans to your hard hat. Not only can this manage discomfort, but it also prevents issues like heat stroke. The company lets you choose from several modular cooling fans, as well as swappable batteries. Its Lightweight Cooling Fan lasts between 8 to 16 hours, depending on the speed setting.

For those working into the night, Klein provides multiple ways to add lighting via headlamps. Aside from hard hats, you can also use its headlamps in conjunction with safety helmets and straps. If you're looking for a battery-powered option, the LED Headlamp with Silicone Hard Hat Strap, which has both spot and floodlight mode, runs on 3 AAA batteries. 

On the other hand, if you want something that can be mounted directly on your hard hat, the rechargeable Wide-Beam Headlamp can reach up to 770 lumens of brightness with a 1,300 foot beam distance. Aside from functioning as a work light, this model also has a pencil holder. However, for more extreme needs, there are plenty of better headlamps, oftentimes used for camping, that are significantly brighter, like the Fenix HM61R V2.0 Rechargeable Headlamp's high setting of 1,600 lumens.

Similar to the jobsite earbuds often used by mechanics and construction workers, Klein Tools' earmuffs are ideal accessories for power tool users. Despite sharing likewise workplace-ready characteristics, Klein's option goes step further by seamlessly integrating with its head protection offerings. The brand carries various models for its hard hat earmuffs designed to work with different helmet styles. 

Among them, the Situational Awareness Bluetooth Earmuffs is the highest-rated option with a 4.6 star rating, although only from 5 customers as of this writing. Its situational awareness technology makes hearing colleagues easier while compressing loud sounds down to 85 decibels, thanks to a noise reduction rating (NRR) of 23 decibels. In addition, its Bluetooth capabilities let you to listen to music, with a 25-hour runtime well-suited for all-day work.

The company also offers non-earmuff noise management options, like earplugs. Depending on how quickly you go through them, you can opt into a 10 or 50 pair pack of Klein Tools disposable foam earplugs, all of which have a NRR of 33 dB. There are also corded, triple flanged earplugs, available in a pack of six or 50. While benefiting from being reusable and more difficult to lose thanks to their 24-inch flexible cord, these do have a lower NRR of 25 dB.