Hi Vis Workwear

Short for high visibility, Hi-Vis Workwear is designed to keep you safe on-site. Often made from reflective material hi-vis workwear is incredibly bright and easy to spot. This helps in areas where there are a lot of moving parts or low visibility such as in a warehouse or construction site. 

Hi-vis workwear is mandatory in places such as warehouses where heavy machinery is operated, not being seen could cause major injury or worse yet loss of life and staying visible is of the upmost importance. Even if Hi-vis clothing isn't mandatory in your line of work it is always better to be safe than sorry, we recommend wearing hi-vis in any “fast-paced” working condition or anywhere with low lighting.

At ITS we offer a wide range of hi-vis workwear ranging in different colours for different use cases:

Orange Hi-Vis Clothing

Orange is one of the most recognisable colours to the human eye, it is also sticks out like a saw thumb against your background whilst working. This means that bright orange clothing do a great job of keeping you visible and safe whilst working. 

Yellow Hi-Vis Clothing

Yellow is also one of the brightest and easiest colours to spot. This is especially true in Low light. Like Orange, yellow hi-vis workwear is a great way to keep safe on-site and in a warehouse. 

You could argue that yellow is more effective in low light situations - and you’d be right as long as its “Yellow Green” with a florescence of over 70%

Why Orange Hi-vis over Yellow Hi-vis?

You could argue that yellow is more effective in low light situations - and you’d be right as long as its “Yellow Green” with a florescence of over 70%. This is why you see more people in “yellow green” than orange.

Expanding on that, Depending on your line of work you may be required to wear a specific colour of Hi-vis. Some companies have rules set up to make key workers (or job roles) stand out. For example, if you’re working as an engineer on the trains you’ll likely wear orange hi-vis gear as train signalers use yellow hi-vis, this is so that train drivers don't get construction workers mixed up as signalers. 

You could also use different colours to single out health and safety trained staff or team leaders/shift leaders on a shit.

Hi-Vis Jackets

At ITS we stock a wide range of Hi-vis clothing, hi-vis jackets being one of our most popular products. We stock brands such as Leo workwear who’ve over time have become trusted in the industry as the go-to hi-vis standard.

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