Stay Safe This Winter with High Visibility Outerwear

October 11, 2010 by Austin Cushing.

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As the cold season approaches, construction workers, station attendants, highway patrol officers, utility servicemen, public safety personnel, and practically any profession that needs to spend large amounts of time near high-traffic areas starts looking for solutions to keep them easily visible while still remaining safe and warm. Fortunately, a wide variety of high-visibility outerwear exists to fill this important niche.

If you work in an area where wind and rain are more likely problems than sleet and snow, or you just need a good jacket that will withstand reasonably cool days, you can’t go wrong with a high visibility three-season jacket such as the Lakeland C3SA. As the title suggests, it is recommended for use from fall to spring, and it fulfills ANSI Class III high-visibility requirements. Zippered front pockets protect important supplies while keeping them close at reach. This is a good entry-level jacket for someone who needs a year-round solution, doesn’t want to wear an awkward vest over a bulkier coat, and wants to ensure full ANSI compliance. Depending on the materials, a three-season jacket can run up to $120 or more (such as for this Carhartt jacket); our Lakeland model, on the other hand, runs a modest $74.85 - a bargain for you or the whole team.

Of course, colder winters call for warmer high visibility coats, and this is where the Occunomix LUX-TJFS Five In One Coat and Bodywarmer excels. It consists of an outer two-layer coat (independently certified to ANSI Class III specifications, weatherproof, and including its own hood) and an inner three-layer Bodywarmer that itself qualifies as a class II garment, and also has an outer layer of 100% weatherproof PVC-coated polyester. They can be worn separately or together as the situation fits, while comfortably protecting the wearer in practically any weather condition. This OccuLux High Visibility Fluorescent Yellow 5-In-1 Coat And Bodywarmerretails on Amazon.com for $174.74; our price of $134.85 means you save almost $40 per coat.

Of course, if you happen to be working in extremely cold conditions, a normal coat or jacket simply won’t do. For times like these, you need something like our Refrigiwear 344L2 High-Visibility Thermal Coverall, a full-body protective solution rated to keep you warm and dry down to temperatures of -50° Fahrenheit, while providing maximum visibility in any situation. Of course, for those of you who work in the utilities or petrochemical industries in cold-weather climates, who have just as much to fear from both fire and ice, the Refrigiwear 7030THV Tecasafe Plus High-Visibility Flame Resistant Coverall comes with an ATPV arc rating of 41 cal/cm2 (NFPA 70E Hazard Risk Category 4), while still protecting you from the cold down to -20° Fahrenheit.

While jackets and coats will protect your body, you also need a good pair of gloves to protect your hands. Thinsulate gloves set the standard for hand protection in cold weather, andLakeland’s High-Visibility Thinsulate Reflective Gloves set the standard for high-visibility gloves, combining a bright lime-yellow exterior with reflective striping for the ultimate in high-visibility while keeping your hands warm and dry.

Now that you’re all bundled up for the winter, don’t neglect your head! High visibility knit caps like the Lakeland Hi-Vis Knit Cap provide an extra level of warmth and protection - and an extra level of visibilty and reflectivity, for those times when every square inch counts.

We at Anchortex Corporation salute the men and women who spend every day outdoors keeping our nation’s infrastructure running, no matter what the weather, and we are proud to do our part to ensure that these people get the high-visibility apparel they need for every season of the year. Looking to outfit an entire department, team, or crew at once? Contact us for information about volume pricing on these and other high-visibility items and lock in your price today while supplies last.

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