Weight off your back.
The first tool vest engineered for inspectors to wear on site. Every instrument in the same spot on every job, so you reach without looking, close the file faster, and never walk back to the truck for the one thing you left there.
Made in the USA // built by American workers
Not a retro-fitted carpenter's vest with a new label.
Load spread // padded shoulders + torso
Inspectors carry light, dense instruments. The fix is not less gear. It is spreading the load evenly across padded shoulders and the torso — lightweight, breathable, balanced, and off your lumbar spine — instead of hanging it off your belt.
All day,
not all at once
An inspector is on their feet from the first stop to the last. The kit is not carried for a minute. It is carried for the whole shift.
Light gear,
wrong place
Meters, optics, a camera, a tablet. Each one light on its own, and all of it hung off the narrowest part of you.
The belt is
the problem
A belt puts the whole load on the hips and the lower back. Padded shoulders and a torso harness spread the same kit across the parts built to carry it.
The same vest, whoever is wearing it.
One size, one unisex cut that adjusts to fit every body on the crew. The load path does not change with the wearer — padded shoulders, the weight carried across the torso, nothing on the lumbar spine. Every vest is the same vest, so the whole crew reaches the same instrument in the same spot.
Unisex cut // same load path
The other half is what it does for your income.
Inspectors and adjusters get paid per inspection, not per hour. Every minute spent digging through a bag — or driving back for the flashlight you left on a roof — comes straight off your paycheck.
A tool belt fails exactly where you spend your day. It shifts on a roof, snags in a crawlspace, so you unclip it and set your tools down — and that is how they get left behind. The vest gives every tool one spot that never changes. You reach without looking and put it back without thinking.
Same storm // same street // two inspectors
Parks. Straps the harness on, loads the belt, checks the pouches, stages the camera and the meter. Gets on the roof and unclips the belt because it is snagging. Comes back down. Walks to the truck for the light that is still sitting on the tailgate. Then does the whole thing again in reverse before pulling away.
Parks. Opens the door and starts. It is all already on, in the same pocket it lives in on every job, and it is still there at the end. Closes the file and drives to the next address while the other truck is still in the driveway.
By the last house on the list, those minutes add up to a whole stop.
- Walk back to the truck for gearAlready on you
- Harness on, buckles adjusted, straps setGoes on once
- Tool belt loaded, pouches checkedLoaded at dawn
- Camera, tablet, meters stagedNever unloaded
- Ladder gear stagedIn its own pocket
- Reverse all of it at the end of the jobNothing to reverse
- Re-trips for what got left in the truckNothing left behind
- Seven touchpoints, every stop, both endsGone
None of it is dramatic on its own. That is exactly the problem: it is small enough to stop noticing, and it happens at every stop, on both ends of every job.
Run it on your own numbers
Illustrative // nothing here is a promise
A normal week is a handful of stops a day, every day, and the same few minutes lost at every one of them. Nobody notices a few minutes. Everybody notices the week they add up to.
Small enough to ignore
on a Monday.
Big enough to feel
by December.
Lightweight to wear, fast to work out of, and the last inspection of the day gets the same attention as the first.
Every pocket, mapped to an instrument.
01 Padded mesh shoulders
> Padded, breathable, load-bearing
Padded and breathable, so it never cooks. The shoulder and torso harness spreads the load evenly rather than stacking it on one point, which is exactly why it stays comfortable through the last inspection of the day.
Tap a node to read the pocket
The Field vest.
- 01Two mirrored chest pockets. Pens, chalk, camera, ID. The same set either side, so left and right hands both win.
- 02Flat document sleeve. Clipboard, tablet or report pad up to 11 inches, riding flat.
- 03Two deep tool pockets. Measuring devices and the bulky instruments. The lid tucks in for speed.
- 04Tape measure pouch. On the front, where your hand already is. Never on your belt.
- 05Two back mesh glove pockets. Shove wet gloves in and keep going. They stay breathable.
- 06Padded mesh shoulders, full mesh back. Load spread evenly, airflow for attic and crawlspace heat.
- 07Quick-release waist strap. One pull to drop it. Harness-friendly.
- 08Made in the USA. American-sourced materials, cut and sewn domestically, supporting American workers.
Hi-Vis version coming soon.
Buy VestThe actual build.
One vest. Every job.
A belt built for roof work is the wrong tool in a crawl space, so adjusters end up owning three or four setups and burning time swapping between them at every stop. InspectorVest makes the vest the platform: it goes on at 7 a.m. and comes off at 5 p.m. What changes is the rig attached to it.
It carries the load across your shoulders and torso instead of hanging it off your lumbar spine. It identifies you as the professional the moment a homeowner opens the door. It is comfortable enough to drive in, so it never has to come off between sites. And it is the same recognisable silhouette whether you are on a roof, in an attic, or on your belly under a floor joist.
- Chalk line
- Shingle gauge and shingle lifter
- Marking crayon
- Pitch gauge, tethered
- Tape measure
- Phone or camera, chest position
Low profile by design, so nothing catches a ladder rung or a rake edge. Harness-compatible, with attachment points that sit clear of a D-ring. Tethered tool loops so a pitch gauge or a shingle lifter does not roll off a valley. Sized so the camera sits in a chest position you can reach without changing your stance.
- Moisture meter
- Thermal camera
- Borescope
- High-output light
- Glove and respirator storage
Everything sits flat or rides high so you can belly-crawl without pockets digging into your ribs. Wipeable, hose-off materials, because this rig is coming out of a wet crawl space covered in whatever was down there. Nothing dangles and nothing snags on a vapour barrier.
- Tablet or clipboard carry, front
- Flashlight
- Tape measure
- Laser measure
- Card storage
Trimmer and quieter than the field rigs, because this one is worn standing three feet from a homeowner in their living room. Everything you need for a contents walk-through and nothing that reads as heavy equipment.
- Non-contact voltage tester
- Multimeter
- Inspection mirror
- Driver set
- Receptacle tester
Laid out so you can work one-handed while the other hand holds a panel cover. Every item lands in the same place every time, which matters most when you are not looking at what you are reaching for.
The lineup can grow. The platform does not change.
A full gear change costs five to ten minutes on each end — strip the last rig off, dig the right one out of the back, put it on, check it, then reverse all of it when you leave. Run seven stops and you have lost close to an hour standing in driveways. With swappable rigs it is one change at the tailgate.
- Faster in and out at every stopMore files per day
- Fewer trips back to the vehicleTool is already on you
- No lost tools between setupsRig lives in a known place
- Less fatigue at the end of the dayFile quality holds
- Swap time, at the tailgateUnder a minute
The seventh inspection gets the same attention as the first, which matters for accuracy and for the quality of the file you turn in.
The ROI of a field team that travels light.
For carriers and inspection firms outfitting adjusters and staff inspectors. Volume pricing, carrier co-branding embroidered across the back panel, harness compatibility, and American materials and manufacturing.
Load off the belt line
The same kit, carried across padded shoulders and the torso instead of hung off the hips.
Faster workflow
A mapped pocket per instrument means less fumbling and fewer re-trips per inspection.
Harness compatible
Cut clearance for fall-protection harnesses on steep and roof work.
Carrier co-branding
Your firm or carrier mark embroidered across the back panel. Preview it in the form below.
Season-proof supply
Secure units ahead of CAT surges so staffing spikes never wait on gear.
Volume tiered pricing
Per-unit pricing steps down by team size. Request a fleet quote for 100 or more.
Made in the USA // American materials, domestic cut and sew
Before you buy.
What size do I order?
One size. The vest is one unisex cut that adjusts across the size range, so a crew of different builds all wear the same vest, with every pocket in the same place.
How much is it, and what does shipping cost?
$175 per vest. Shipping is free to any US address.
Do you ship outside the US?
No. The vest ships to US addresses only.
Where is it made?
In the USA, from American-sourced materials, cut and sewn domestically.
Can I put my company name on it?
Yes, on fleet orders of 100 or more. Back-panel embroidery takes up to 28 characters. Chest embroidery is quoted separately. Send vector logo files after you request a quote, and the stitch file is proofed before the run.
How do I pay?
Checkout runs on Stripe and takes all major cards. Stripe emails the receipt.
Is a Hi-Vis version coming?
Yes. The Hi-Vis vest is coming soon. The Field vest ships now.
Buy yours.
$175 per vest. One size fits every body on the crew. Ships free to any US address.