Safety Vests

Safety vests are essential in helping ensure safety for each user. They help to keep users, such as cyclists, joggers, and motorists, safe by increasing their visibility. They also identify and locate different personnel like parking attendants, public safety officers, construction workers, and security workers easily. Staples carries a wide selection of safety vests in different colors, sizes, and designs. Browse through this wide selection in the safety supplies section.

Location and type of use
There are four different designs of safety vests suitable for different uses. Class 2 vests come in various colors like yellow, fluorescent lime, and orange. They serve uniformed personnel such as emergency response, law enforcement, and construction workers. Some come with the company logos or department name for easier identification. Class 3 vests serve users who work in the dark, extreme weather conditions or high-traffic regions. Like Class 2 vests, they also come in various colors. Police, firefighters, and paramedics wear public safety vests to ensure high visibility during accidents or disasters. Different colors help identify the personnel. For example, police officers wear blue, firefighters wear red, and paramedics wear green. Staff providing security or directing traffic at an event wear economy vests.

Material and comfort
Safety vests come in light and breathable material to ensure maximum comfort and the least interference. They come in materials like mesh, base cloth, and other light fabrics. Safety vests are light enough to wear over a uniform or outfit for long periods of time without causing any discomfort. However, there are heavier options suitable for extremely cold weather conditions like snow. The mesh material helps prevent waterlogging during rainy weather, which would make the vest heavier. The mesh also ensures the vests dry fast when wet.

Additional unique features
Some designs come with unique features, such as clips on each shoulder, that allow users such as traffic officers to clip radio receivers. Other designs come with pockets that help hold small supplies, such as pens and pencils, notepads, whistles, and simple tools, useful to the job at hand. Additionally, some designs come with accessories like Velcro and zippers for easier wearing, adjustments, and removal.

What color is best?
Safety vests come in bright, reflective, and fluorescent colors that are easily visible and glow in the dark. The choice of color depends on the one that offers the most contrast against its environment. Regular cleaning is essential to ensure the colors remain bright and do not darken due to dirt. 

Do they come in various sizes?
Safety vests come in standard large and medium sizes. However, most designs come in a size that fits all with additional Velcro, zippers, and strips to allow adjustments.

Are there unique designs?
Safety vests come in a basic vest design that allows quick and easy wearing. Some designs come with short sleeves or full-length sleeves similar to a shirt. Certain designs can come with company logos or personnel identification for easier visibility. They serve to ensure a user is visible even in low lighting.