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Tool and Equipment Lanyards

Tool Lanyards

Keep your equipment close and prevent accidental drops.

Wrist Tool Lanyards

Tethered to your wrist, your tools will always be within reach.

Tool-Holding Heat-Shrink Attachments

Also known as tether loops, these have a heat-shrink sleeve for gripping your tool and a D-ring for attaching to a tool lanyard.

Hard-Hat Lanyards

Attach to your hard hat to prevent accidental drops.

Tool Tethering Kits

Everything you need to keep tools close to you while you work at height. These kits prevent tools from accidentally falling and hurting someone or damaging equipment below.

Tool Tethering Anchor Points

Clip your tool’s lanyard to these anchors while working at height—they prevent tools from falling and hurting someone or damaging equipment below.

Lifting and Pulling

Manual-Return Hanging Retractors

Lift your tool until the cable retracts into the housing.

Automatic-Return Hanging Retractors

Let go of your tool and the cable pulls it back up.

Bolt-Mount Retractors

Housings have holes for mounting.

Bolt-Mount Retractors with Stem

Drill through the stem to mount.

Portable Retractors

Attach to your belt or belt loop.

Shaft-Mount Retractors

Secure to a square arbor.

Counterbalancers

A spring controls the tension.

Air-Controlled Counterbalancers

Cable tension is controlled by an air regulator for precise, constant tool positioning.

Counterbalancers with Air Hose

Support the weight of your tool with air hose instead of a separate cable.