Knee pads - Which n how???

[theoriginalfatcat]

From my bricklaying days I can say that the old style soft rubber pads are the best - not the gel type ones that are prevalent now.

The rubber ones were quite large and fit round the back of your leg with Velcro straps. The straps would wear but could then be tied.

These pads (look in builders merchants or similar) look quite big and ungainly but they are comfy, warm and do the biz when you kneel on them. I’ve never worn them detecting but I used to wear them a lot for work.

[examph]

From my bricklaying days I can say that the old style soft rubber pads are the best - not the gel type ones that are prevalent now.

The rubber ones were quite large and fit round the back of your leg with Velcro straps. The straps would wear but could then be tied.

These pads (look in builders merchants or similar) look quite big and ungainly but they are comfy, warm and do the biz when you kneel on them. I’ve never worn them detecting but I used to wear them a lot for work.

Thanks for that. Do they stay in place or slide down your shins when walking?

[theoriginalfatcat]

Thanks for that. Do they stay in place or slide down your shins when walking?

Well you do have to fiddle about a bit from time to time - but it's not too bad. In later years I used to pretty much wear them all the time as I found that if your knees are warm, pumped up and protected you can turn your attention to your back, which arguable is more important.

[ROCK HOPPER]

I just use the work trousers from Lidl or Aldi and their knee pads which slot in to the pouches in the trousers, I have had my current pair for a couple of years and find them very comfortable.

[ManOnTheMoon]

A few companies produce work trousers which have pockets designed to facilitate knee pads.

Tried a few of them as well Haggz, pads either fall out or are way to big and bulky and I end up waddling rather than walking

Perhaps you have tried a variety of trousers that have the opening of the kneepad pocket at the bottom (though a velcro, or similar, fastening should prevent pads falling out)? Some trousers have the kneepad pocket opening at the top - perhaps they would be better for you?

In any event, Screwfix and Toolstation are good places to look for reasonable value work trousers, and kneepads (be they the trouser kneepad pocket, or strapped, variety). The bonus of work trousers is they usually have plenty of roomy pockets, intended for small tools and the like, but obviously useful for all sorts of bits and bobs that a detectorist will want to have to hand.

Handily, both Screwfix and Toolstation are usually open 7 days a week, so I consider myself darn lucky to have both outlets in the town just 4 miles away from where I live.

https://www.screwfix.com/search?search=work+trousers
https://www.screwfix.com/c/safety-workw ... e_size=100

https://www.toolstation.com/search?q=work+trousers
https://www.toolstation.com/search?q=knee+pads

I was fortunate enough enough to get two pairs of work trousers from Aldi, on sale for not a lot, each a slightly different design, with plenty of pockets, and kneepad pockets too. However, I have been using Stanley Fatmax hard shell strapped kneepads as well.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-fatm ... pads/320jj

[Kefyn]

Kneel down in the wet grass with my sixty year old arthritic knees!?!
I dig pasture and never kneel down . I dig out the plug , check the hole then dig out more if required, then just pinpoint the plug or soil.
I use my spade as a support to bend and rise after four or five hours or I'd never get back up!
My mate (who's even older!) Uses the same technique.
Kneeling is strictly for them millenniums!

[ROCK HOPPER]

Kneel down in the wet grass with my sixty year old arthritic knees!?!
I dig pasture and never kneel down . I dig out the plug , check the hole then dig out more if required, then just pinpoint the plug or soil.
I use my spade as a support to bend and rise after four or five hours or I'd never get back up!
My mate (who's even older!) Uses the same technique.
Kneeling is strictly for them millenniums!

Must be nice to be so young. Most of my detecting is done on beaches mostly on the rocks if the sand is too deep so I am kneeling down lots of times during the day.
By the way I am 74.

[theoriginalfatcat]

Must be nice to be so young. Most of my detecting is done on beaches mostly on the rocks if the sand is too deep so I am kneeling down lots of times during the day.
By the way I am 74.

The same age as Francis Rossi from Status Quo and he's still rocking.

[Phil2401]

The same age as Francis Rossi from Status Quo and he's still rocking.

Minus the pony tail

[theoriginalfatcat]

Minus the pony tail

And minus Alan and Rick.

[Phil2401]

And minus Alan and Rick.

But they'll rock on forever

Phil

bit off topic now.....not sure that Status Quo are strictly related to metal detecting... apart from the metal bit...

[bodvoc]

I have a really decent pair of work dungarees by Strauss that are superb. They have large knee pockets for knee pads and they are very comfortable. Not cheap, but they are highly recommended… By me!!!

[ManOnTheMoon]

I have a really decent pair of work dungarees by Strauss that are superb. They have large knee pockets for knee pads and they are very comfortable. Not cheap, but they are highly recommended… By me!!!

These are the dungarees that bodvoc is recommending.

https://www.engelbert-strauss.co.uk/s/s ... =dungarees

[Ricky965]

[f8met]

I have a pair that are DeWalt branded which I got from B&Q about 6 years ago and are still going strong. They were around £11 (£18 now) then I have seen the same ones in B&M with a different name on for half the price. Bottom strap is webbing and the top is elastic. They do move a little but generally stay in place.

https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/pro ... ads-375543

https://www.diy.com/departments/dewalt- ... 603_BQ.prd

I do kneel as I don't bend that far and it would kill my back. Having a mini digger helps getting back up.