Hey, everyone-- Allie Thunstrom here, Field Product Manager at Ergodyne and I am here to walk you through our bump cap line and explain where you would use these.

0:00 Intro
0:10 Difference Between Hard Hats & Bump Caps
1:43 Bump Caps Do NOT Replace Hard Hats
2:25 8950/8960 Bump Caps
3:17 8945 Universal Insert
3:35 8955/8965 Lightweight Bump Caps
4:22 8945Fx Universal Insert
4:42 8944 Foam Universal Insert
5:28 8943Fx Hinged Insert
6:26 Winter/Thermal Options
7:23 To Learn More

So as everybody is probably very aware, hard hats are a very common, if not the most common piece of PPE used on job sites across the world. Hard hats are what we refer to as “object generated impact”. On the flip side, bump caps help to mitigate what we refer to as “worker generated impact”. So the difference is here being with hard hats, we're trying to protect workers from objects, equipment, structure, whatever it may be, from falling onto them at potentially high speeds.

When it comes to worker generated impact, that's the everyday bumps and bruises, lacerations that any of us could impact via lifting our head up too quickly on a low shelf or walking into a pole. These are things that people (at home, technicians, food processing) these are things that they will experience on the daily. And a hard hat doesn't necessarily make sense. In fact, sometimes a hard hat could actually make that situation a little bit worse, especially as we're talking about working in potentially confined spaces. So that's where bump caps come into play to help create that barrier for when a worker themselves initiates impact on structure, shelving, walls, whatever it may be.

So in 2012, the EN came out with EN812, which started to recognize bump caps as a form of head protection in these situations. Now, let's be very clear, bump caps do not replace hard hats. If you are on a job site that does require hard hats, a bump cap is not something that you can substitute for.

These are instead for those situations where hard hats aren't warranted but can help reduce those head injuries that may be occurring from bumping into things again in home service providers like plumbers, HVAC, people working in confined spaces, mechanics, below wing employees in aviation. That's where these are going to come into play.

So to walk you through what we currently have available within our line, we're going to start at the beginning when that EN812 standard first came out, and that is our O.G. model, the 8950 and then the lighted version is the 8960.

So these come in three different brim lengths, micro, short and long brim. Micro brims are very good for situations, especially with mechanics where they're needing to look up and that brim can potentially get in the way. So we have them in three different colors Navy, lime and black. Fully embroiderable, you can logo them in whatever way you see fit and they have this nice shell on the inside.

From there we developed a universal insert because not everybody needed the hat. So we have this very first model, the 8945, that does have a trim-to-fit feature so that it had flexibility to fit within all hat styles.

From there, as people started wearing these more, the feedback was that these options were a little bit heavy and bulky and they wanted something a little bit more lightweight. So we came out with our lightweight models, the 8955 and 8965.

Now, again, I mentioned that they do have a light component, so that's really great for working again in confined spaces. Think of mechanics where they're looking at dark areas that light can help illuminate their workspace.

And that's where the FX model comes in. Still has that trim-to-fit feature for flexibility within different hat styles and sizes, but it adds a lot more venting so that you get that breathability, that comfort. Especially as people are wearing these in hotter situations.

From there we developed two more shells that are very exciting and new within this space.

The first one being a foam insert. So this hat is actually our 8946 uniform hat. So again, these are made to work with the universal inserts so that end users can have that uniformity on their job site instead of allowing people to wear whichever hat they want.

The next shell that we added to the line is going to be our hinged insert, and there's a few different hat styles that are coming in the pipeline for this.

As we get into working in thermal settings, we do have options available for that as well. A trapper hat, a thermal knit beanie, and a balaclava option.

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