Fall 2012

Issue No. 9

TOOL BAG NEWS FEATURED ARTICLES A Special Fall Offer For You Fall Is Perfect Tool Care Time Tales From The Field Ideas From The Field In The News Photo Contest - Win a Veto T-Shirt Greetings!



For a season that marks the end of the summer and the last quarter before the end of the year, Fall is also a time of beginnings. School is back, and so is football. And there's a renewed sense of focus we all have coming out of the hazy, lazy summer. With that in mind, Veto Pro Pac gives you some new beginnings this Fall - a new way to save, a chance to pull together the best tool bag system for your tools, some advice on tool care for the season and a few great new ideas from our legion of Veto Pro Pac fans. So, relax and enjoy this edition of Tool Bag News. And make a commitment this Fall to start getting the most out of your tools with the one tool they depend on - Veto Pro Pac Tool Bags. The Veto Pro Pac Team





It is, simply put, the best system to help you maximize your hand and larger tools while protecting the investment you have made in them - the Tech Series. And now, this Fall, we are giving you the opportunity to save big on it .



The TECH Series was developed from extensive customer feedback and in-the-field research. It is a system of tool bags that work together to store, organize and protect commonly used technician oriented tools; increase your productivity and efficiency and enhance professional image and appearance. Beginning this October, get a free TP3 or MB bag when you buy a TECH-LC. To take advantage of this great deal, visit your local Veto dealer or visit our website. Fall is Perfect Tool Care Time While you are busy organizing the garage and winterizing your home, make time for another task that will put you in good stead as the cooler weather approaches - make fall the time for tool bag care and repair. Every season is tough on your tools, but winter especially takes its toll. So take some time now to take care of the tools that take care of you - your tool bags. Here are some helpful hints: A major clean sweep of your tool bag will reward BIG in feelings of well being the following Monday morning. Start by setting your tool bag on a good sized bench or sheet of plywood on sawhorses to empty out and line up all your tools. After you have removed all of your tools, upend your bag over a tarp or another sheet of plywood to bang out all the dust and debris. Along with the dust and debris will be some straggling tools like small bits and screw drivers that went unnoticed in the first clean out. These can now be either kept or tossed based on inspection, as they are much easier to retrieve from a pile of grit setting on a sheet of plywood or old tarp rather than from a garbage bucket or a dumpster; no dumpster diving here. Once the bag is emptied of the bulk of debris, this is a good time for zipper attention. A dedicated tooth brush makes a good cleaning tool to dislodge any dirt, dust or grit stuck between the zipper coils. After the coils are brushed out, either an air hose or gas blower will do a good job getting the rest of the fine stuff blown out of the coils and the rest of the interior bag and pockets portions too. A dust mask keeps it out of your lungs.In our next edition of Tool Bag News, we will go into more detail about zippers and their care, but for now this would be a good time to apply a good quality zipper lubricant such as McNett Zip Tech: www.mcnett.com. Follow the instructions and this should become a routine every couple of months depending on how dirt born your work environment is. Once the bag is clean and the zipper lubed, it is time to go through your tools and decide what is needed and what is not. Over time there is a tendency to jam the bag full of tools with some that are never used. And, with the tools spread out this is a good time to decide what you need and what you don't. A jam packed tool bag adds unnecessary weight and strains the zippers when you crank the zipper pulls around an over stuffed bag. A second bag for tool over flow is a good solution to keeping the bag lighter and better organized for easy access and work efficiency. Once you have figured out what you need and what you do not need, you can put your tools back according to how you might use them, making note of which tools go where. On Veto Pro Pac bags, the logo is on one side to differentiate which side is which. A clean and reorganized bag gets you on the right foot to start the job and gets you through your work day. TALES from the field By Jason Harris, Electrician. Owns Veto Pro Pac LC, Tech LC, XL and XXL-F. When I first started with the company I am currently with, one of the guys who works here kept all of his tools, including his drills, in those really large gate mouth bags. When we would get to a job, he would proceed to dump his tools on the floor to find what ever the hell he was looking for. Drove me nuts. So one day we were wiring a new home and he dumped his tools and went to work. While he was in the basement, I drove about 25 romex staples through the bottom. When he returned to leave for the day, I thought he would notice...nope. Filled it right back up. When he went to lunge forward to leave the bag, it didn't move and proceeded to cause him to fall backwards. Laughed so hard I cried. Needless to say that was the last time I remember seeing that bag. Fyi......figured this out the other day. My boss wanted me to do something that was unsafe and not smart. I argued with him until I got so frustrated with him that I threw my Veto loaded with all my hand tools at him. Didn't lose a thing. Oh and scared the crap out of him. Just thought you might like to know. IDEAS from the field

We are so very fortunate and grateful to have the most loyal and passionate fans. Veto Pro Pac customers are always sending us their photos and thoughts as how to best use the first tool they reach for on every job - their Veto Pro Pac bag. Here are some of the best ideas we received this summer: 1. TP3 Video Review 2. TECH LC: HVAC Service Technician 3. TECH LC: Power Plant and Diesel Generator Tech 4. LC and TP3: Electrician: in the NEWS Veto Pro Pac is changing the way tool bags are viewed - from just a bag to carry your tools in to "the tool that your tools depend on." And the nation's media is catching on. Here is some of the great coverage we received over the summer, in case you missed it while you were out hauling tuna!

Facebook Photo Contest Please take a minute to post a picture(s) of you and your Veto tool bag. Anyone who posts a photo(s) of themselves and their Veto bag in the field, will receive a Veto Pro Pac T-shirt designed by Roger Brouard, Veto's founder.



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Name: Mike Mahoney Profession: Lead HVAC Technician Location: North Salem, NY Model(s) Used: XL, Tech LC

" Well I have been in HVAC my whole life. My Father was first a mechanic and then an owner of a HVAC company. Since I was little I've been around it. When I was old enough I started as an installer and like my Dad I had to get used to the tried and true tool belt!



After knocking tin for a few years I moved on to service. And I quickly realized that my old friend the tool belt had some serious draw backs in a finished home and on rainy roof tops. So many times a tool would fall out and ding a wall or scratch a hardwood floor. So I changed to tool bags. And since then I must have had at least 20 bags in 15 years. Most of my bags were destroyed in months and others lacked organization.

Then my father in law (an electrician) gave me a Duluth trading co big mouth bag. It held 53 tools and had enough organization to make me happy, but one year into its use I was lowering it down by rope off a 3 story building when the handle ripped off and my tools made it to the ground at 2 feet per second! So, my opinion of that bag dropped just as fast. One day I was in a hardware store looking to replace the tools I had demolished by the express ride to the ground, I saw what would be my best tool bag I ever bought. It was a Veto XL on an end cap display. I liked the storage capacity , beefy handle and thick plastic bottom Though it shared some features of the Duluth bag I decided to take the chance and buy it. What I really had trouble with in my Duluth bag was the zippers, in about six months I broke nearly all of them. But the Vetro bag had big tough looking zippers. My bag just turned six years old and I finally broke one zipper and that's because I caught it on a piece of rebar as I lowered my bag down a few months ago! When I transferred my tools over I found the Vetro was roomier. I could carry more tools. What's more enduring for me is after six years of abuse its pockets have not ripped or stretched, they hold my tools like when it was new. This bag is like an old B-17 bomber it just absorbs all the punishment I dish out and brings my tools home!



What more could I ask for the money I spent . Im the kind of person who buys my tools for life. I finally have a bag to go with them. Even though I can't close that one side anymore this bag is not getting trashed, I will move it from the front line to reserve when I get my new Tech LC. To all the Guys at Veto who designed and built this bag, Thanks and again I say GOOD JOB!

Mike Mahoney



PS.

Just an inventory of all the tools my XL PROTECTS

5) assorted Philips drivers

8) assorted flat heads

2) 5/16 nut drivers

2) 1/4 nut driver

1) 1/2 in drive socket set

2) sets of open end wrenches 8 pcs each

2) sets Allen keys 1 met. 1eng

2)snips

Magnet bowl

1) fluke 289 meter

1) fluke 199 meter

1) linesman pliers

1) wire stripper

1) strap cutter

2) pipe cutters

1) PVC cutter

20) shrader valve caps

Stickers and biz cards

Jumpers

Needle nose pliers

2)adjustable wrenches

1) pair channel locks large

1) set of speed wrenches

5/16 to 7/8

Pack of wire caps

Zip ties

Stake ons

Small buss fuses

Zip tie cutter And a whole lot of saved t ime!!! Customer Feedback



Unsolicited comments from our customers: "I continue to tell other trade people I meet about how good Veto tool bags are." "purchased the mb to lighten my load and it has worked--carries two meters and a few select main hand tools--exactly what i was looking for." "your product kicks you know what.....there is no going back to anything else, thank you!" "I've just purchased two LC's one for my Dad (joiner/multi-trade) and one for my Brother (builder). They Both have totes at the moment, and both are sick of routing through there bags." "Everyone that see the bag love it and want to know where I purchased it. Greatest tool bag ever made!" "This is the best product I've ever purchased to carry my tools." "keep up the good work . Veto is the best tool bag in the business by far." "keep up the good work, I take pride in my job an when companies take pride in their products like you guys, people like me search for products like yours! "work smarter not harder". "Love the bags! I've got 3 and am always looking for an excuse to buy another." "I love the bag. I bought it before I realized that other sizes where available. I am a cable technician and use this bag every day and love it. I cannot wait for the little pouch to be available so I can try that." "Thanks for taking tool bag construction seriously." "You guys rock and you're bags are the beast. I have not yet seen another company that offers the same quality as you guys." "My coworker had the bag on a job site and was bragging how great the bag was after working for the day I had to have one I had him pick it up for me at the parts house and paid him back. It has to be the best bag I have ever used!" "I think this is the most intuitive tool bag I have ever seen. Not to mention the most functional. I have been showing it off to my co-workers and I think they are jealous!! I'm sure they will get a Veto Pro Pac when their current tool bags wear out, which probably won't be long!" "These are the best tool bags I've had the pleasure of using." "Impressive product, exceeded my expectations." "I am so appreciative that someone made a tool bag for real workers. I work in the Water and Wastewater maintenance field and this bag has stood up to some very extreme conditions." "I can't complain and love to grab my tool bag now. No matter how much the job may suck, as soon as I grab that bag it makes me happy and feel like I can get the job done." "your bags and employees are the best would not even consider a different bag" "My Tech L/C bag is by far the best organized tool bag I could ask for. Everything at my fingertips. I was not worried about the price as much as just not searching for my tools all the time. The little trinket items such as schraeder valves, fuses, pocket screw drivers and such I know exactly where they are now." Visit Our Website:







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