Hard Hat vs. Climbing Helmet 

I wear a wide brim hard hat. I work as a traffic control flagger. Climbing helmets does not protect you from the weather. All this guy is doing is promoting the climbing helmet.

Since this video came out, Milwaukee has introduced a climbing style hard hat. Full “OSHA” certification, with side impact protection too. With or without the brim. With vents or not. Attachment points for multiple accessories. Only downside? Price. True, it won’t keep rain from going down your neck - but the harness holds it on when you’re crawling about or the wind is gusting. Personally, I’d love to see more variety in hard hats. How about styles modeled on the French Adrian helmet, or the British pith helmets in “Zulu?”

I tried climbing with a climbing helmet because it was recommended by an experienced climber & said to be more stream line. The fit was SO MUCH more uncomfortable than my work hard hat. I much prefer my hard hat & plan on adding a chin strap to it.

Climbing helmets without a brim are not very protective while working on the ground under potential overhead hazards or struck-by incidents. The primary concern should not be comfort. Comfort is a beneficial feature that should be considered by manufacturers to help motivate workers to wear the Proper protection for the environment or task requiring it. Find a helmet that protects from the hazards you face; overhead, flying debris, and impact hazards should be considered. Then, find options that protect from identified hazards. Then, find options within those that will fit the wearer well. Brims increase protection from dropped items to the face and neck and better prevent struck-by impacts. These videos are sales pitches focusing on comfort and convenience. While those are great things to have in your PPE, they are not the starting point for PPE selection. Saying, for example, "Vents are convenient, and by the way, less electrically protective...", is backwards. Always begin assessment needs with the environment and potential hazards included with tasks being performed.

There is no neck protection if i was wearing one of these years ago i would have died.

Sounds like the climbing hat has more advantages than hard hat. The chin straps, the suspension feature , that’s what workers really need in real life.

I have not found a SINGLE climbing helmet that claims meeting OSHA or ANSI safety standards.

I sometimes work as an offshore welding inspector and one of the main reasons I want to change my helmet is that I find the generic peaked hats obstruct your (upper) vision much more than you might expect. I was looking at the Petzl Vent to replace my generic MSA. I need the chinstrap and unrestricted periphery in vision, because although I'm not on the ropes, I'm always clambering about under structures or going into vessels, or inspecting the root in a pipe, etc. But aside from this, most of the time I don't need a chinstrap. Can it clip together over the top when not in use, or be stowed or detached, or something?

Thanks for the information and extra tips !! looking around for a climbing style had that can take a variety of attachments for my line of work !!

I do drywall. Anybody tell me the most comfortable ... I'm thinking vents for airflow ... which one? Get the safety nerd off my back.

Can you tell me if it’s possible to get a welding helmet adapter for a climbing hard hat?

Climbing style helmets absolutely suck in the rain. They have no drainage gutters and the water will run right down your neck. If you buy a climbing style hard hat you will need to buy another one just for rainy days. And they are a hundred + dollars each. Ridiculous.

Great video. What you recomended Petz Vertex or MSA V-Gard H1?

Climbing helmet atleast 5degrees hotter

well said, thank you.

Couple of things.. for constructive criticism. Your host here just takes me right out of the message being conveyed. If I'm seeing right he has a man bun type knot. No self respecting man has that.. so I'm immediately thinking "ok, actor basically. So the chin stubble..the thomas magnum stache..the cap is all a uniform. To project the hey I'm a hard hat wearing man you should trust my info. Sorry. Just cant "unsee" it now and poof your info is useless. It may be the best Info and most correct out there. Not disputing that.. just the conveyance of it by putting a man knot on your screen. Opinion of course..thx.