Most tools are made out of ferrous metals. Mechanical engineer and inventor Joshua Hartung exploited this truth to design the MagMaster, a better design for a tool holder.
Tradespeople who carry a lot of tools often wear toolbelts and/or suspender rigs. These are typically kitted out with tool-specific leather holsters, hammer loops, fastener pouches, et cetera. Hartung took a different approach, drawing on his own experiences working in construction. His chief observation was that not every task requires the same set of tools—for instance, if transitioning from rough framing to finer trim work, sheetrocking or painting—and that a universal tool holder would be better than dedicated object-specific ones.
Thus the MagMaster. It’s a super-strong magnet that clips to a belt, and can be used to hold virtually any tool. This makes it easy to swap tasks without having to reconfigure one’s tool belt.
The MagMaster is in production by Hartung’s company, Holstery. And it has stablemates. Hartung has re-thought tool belts entirely, developing a modular tool carry system based on a series of simple, clever and lightweight belt designs:
The MagMaster and Holstery’s gear draws rave reviews from tradespeople.