When it comes to working at height, safety and efficiency are paramount. A key factor in achieving this is selecting the right tool bag for tethering your tools. An ideal tool bag not only keeps your equipment secure and within reach but also significantly reduces the risk of accidents, fostering a safer work environment. With a variety of styles, sizes, and features available, it’s crucial to assess the specific needs of your job.
Whether you are an electrician, a construction worker, or engaged in maintenance. Your chosen tool bag should be designed to endure the demands of your tasks, offer sufficient storage for your tools, and support effective tethering of your equipment. Making a well-informed choice will boost your productivity and enhance your safety while working at heights. Leading Edge tool bags are recognised as some of the most innovative in the industry. Discover what distinguishes us from other brands.
You might not see it from looking at them, but these are no ordinary bags. Through ongoing field tests and customer interactions, they have evolved into the world’s most advanced range of professional PPE bags. Every design decision has been painstakingly scrutinised for extreme durability and performance. Here are some of the technologies we employ to give you maximum safety and service life.
Every single bag has been optimised with 2 to 6 layers of structural mesh and high-grade PVC, achieving the perfect balance of raw internal strength and surface resilience. PVC is a mildew resistant, UV stabilized protective layer, while the mesh forms a lightweight and breathable structure. It allows natural light, ventilation and vastly increases working load capacity. With this clever combination, it is virtually impossible to puncture the bag.
We don’t just stick D-rings on our bags! Structural tethering points are combined with high-strength webbing and sewn onto areas with internal reinforcements in the multi-layer fabrics. This means forces are dissipated through the structure of the bag. Each D-ring is repeatedly tested to achieve a 47x safety factor. We also offer three different fixing points!
The weakest point of any bag is the seams. And 99% of all tool bags today have their seams in the weakest areas. We engineered our range to reduce seams. Where possible the bags are now made from 1 panel of material that is folded into shape, completely removing any unnecessary seams.
The multi-layer fabrics and binding are stitched with 3 to 5 rows of sewing that are correctly spaced to prevent overlap and kept within 5mm of the edge. This creates incredibly strong joins and prevents them being pulled out under heavy loads.
Traditionally, bags are made with right angle joins. These can become a point of failure due to localised focused loading, especially where the front meets the back. To avoid this we have curved joins. This transfers the load more evenly over a greater area and support the front of the bags, giving them more durability for a hard service life.
Wherever we identify areas susceptible to point-loading, we add structural reinforcements. This commonly occurs on main openings. Placing structural webbing straps around the circumference helps transfer the load. Higher capacity bags go one step further with a continuous rigid loop, which prevents them from collapsing under heavy stress. Overall these reinforcements count towards a much longer service life.
Edges are where bags experience the most wear and tear. To protect them we cover every edge with an advanced tight-weave coated binding material, providing maximum resilience to the rigours of daily use.
All Leading Edge tool bags come with a ‘Certificate of Conformity’ UKCA label, subject to REGULATION (EU) 2016/425. Our labels are printed onto fibreless PVC and encased in a heat-shrink plastic pocket. This guarantees they will never degrade, keeping them readable beyond the products full service life.
We’ve come a long way since we started developing PPE tool bags. We had no shoulders to stand on, nowhere to draw inspiration from. But from the very beginning we listened to our customers’ needs and began closely monitoring how our first attempts performed in the field. With each generation we continue to make improvements as we learnt and gained experience.
The bags we sell today are the result of years of customer feedback, testing and design refinement. This advancement of our bags has allowed us to create the most sophisticated PPE tool bags for working at heights.
Leading Edge is a UK based height safety training provider and PPE manufacturer. From small teams to multinational blue-chips, we empower people to work safely at height across a wide range of industries. Copyright 2025 Leading Edge Safety. Devloped by Czargroup Technologies
