After two solid days of struggling to keep my pants up while wearing a tool belt, I finally gave in and purchased my first set of overalls. First impression: they're actually pretty comfortable and they have lots of pockets.

That is all.

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[–] 75 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I thought this was leading to suspenders. Also very comfortable, and keep your pants up.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I wish pants still came with buttons for braces.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Good news, buttons are super easy to sew on yourself.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Or use bachelor buttons. I install them with an ice pick to punch a hole in the denim then a pair of channel locks.

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  • [–] 31 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    Cargo shorts/trousers. People joke but the pocket options are amazing

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Cargo trousers made me chuckle.

    Business cargoes

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  • Someday I'll be rich enough to make a tailor make that for me, a black tie fishing getup, with cargo pants and a waistcoat with pockets from shoulder to waist.

    The flaps shall be secured with your finest of velcros, my good man, mmmm? hawhehawhehaw. Now I shall be off to the haberdashery for a bucket hat to match.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I often see old people walking with their hands behind their back, and I'm sure this too is some kind of realization of a walking style that takes 70 years to fully appreciate the superiority of.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago

    I'm always climbing in and out of trucks and heavy equipment and could never find reliable pants that realiably prevented plumbers crack without hiking them up all the time. Overalls are the shit. Comfortable and practical.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago

    Don't you guys have workpants or vests with pockets and loops that allow you to carry way too much stuff around?

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    Love overalls and use them often. I also have a couple sets of suspenders that work very well with normal trousers. Big fan of suspenders.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    Woodworking apron is even better. Pockets? Check. Easy to take off? Check. Sturdy? Check. Make you look cool? Double check

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    It's really hot when my wife wears just overalls

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Please consult us first before you cut the legs off for Summer.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    Suspenders, my guy.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    I have memories of stuff falling down in the gap where your arms go through because they’re not exactly snug against the hips. But my work tends to be dirty.

    I just wear work pants. Suspenders are my next move.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Suspenders are great for tool belts - the waist is not near as good as the shoulders at carrying weight. The head is even better but that is for much larger loads and probably doesn't apply to what you are doing.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I love these. The only type i buy these last years

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Does your tool belt not have shoulder straps?

    That's the key - let the belt be loose around the waist and use the shoulder straps to keep it up.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    I wore overalls for years,

    One day I really had to take a shit and struggled to get out of my overalls.

    Long story short I shit all over the toilet as I was sitting down it had taken me to long to get out of them due to my shoulders

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Do you not wear a regular belt to keep your pants up? I actually found a bit of paracord works well, since there is no buckle to punch your gut when you bend over weird. I use a riff on a truckers hitch - bowline on one end, pass through with the other, tighten, then lock with a slippery half hitch.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I do but the performance of a belt is heavily dependent on whats below it being wider than what's above it. 🤷‍♂️

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