How To Handy Hook

They hold up well! They begin to fail after several min in over 400f. I haven’t had fail yet except with testing. Also, Being mounted on your pants, lower to the ground helps with high temp situations.

The New Dog Ear backplates hold the Handy Hooks so well to your bunkers that in order to remove them from your gear you would have to either tear your gear or break the Hooks. Both options are very difficult. I suggest training on simply running your gloved hand in a downward motion over the top of the Handy Hook to remove any entanglement that has possibly become wedged in the Hook.

I’ve mounted them on bailout pockets but might have to mount to the side instead of the front.

Handy Hook works to grab the rolled sewn cuff of the leather glove. If you have cotton or nomex gauntlets, you can roll the gauntlet inside your glove so the Handy Hook can grab the rolled sewn leather cuff.

Exactly!

The locks keep the gloves in place very well and the addition of the C-Lock has been a game changer in the reliability of Handy Hook securely holding your gloves until you are ready to don quickly.

The C-Lock acts like a safety on your gun. Leave the C-Lock in place during your everyday ordinary calls and remove when you're enroute to a structure fire where you know you'll be needing them. The regular lock will still hold the gloves securely until you're ready to don either in the rig, while walking towards the fire or right after masking up.

The extra long gauntlets will not work well with Handy Hook.

They land just below the bottom of my coat when mounted on the bunker pant pocket. The gear is designed to not cover your pants pockets. As long as you don’t mount above the pocket they will work.

Yes they will hold firm during calls, the implementation of the New C-Locks ensuring your gloves will Never Unlock prematurely has made Handy Hook the MOST reliable glove holding option on the market today.

I have yet to break one on the job. I asked a bear that I work with to try and break them and he had to adjust his grip three times before he could.

If you’re talking about the pocket being completely lined with leather, then I’ve personally mounted them to the pocket. It’s tight but works well and you may have to adjust the exact placement so they won't interfere with your bail out gear.

The "Don/Doff Firefighter" was Handy Hooks first design at 6" long which mounts securely to your bunker pants or coat, holds your gloves extremely well, allows you to "Don" each glove single-handedly and will also offer the option to "Doff" each glove single-handedly. The longer base offers a more secure glove don as well.

After using the "Don/Doff Firefighter" in the field during the prototyping process, we decided to see if we could make it shorter and still be able to function for donning your gloves quickly.

We came up with the "Compact Firefighter"! At only 3.5" in length the "Compact Firefighter" will mount anywhere on your bunker material, hold your gloves securely and allow you to "Don" single-handedly at anytime in the pre fire process. You will only lose the ability to "Doff" your fire gloves. The shorter stature makes the "Compact Firefighter" less cumbersome during your fire-ground activities as well.

They have a melting temp over 400F, they will have to be in that temp rang consistently for several minutes before they start to fail. Handy Hook was tested to NFPA 1970 standards revealing that they will stay mounted on your gear and only minimal drip will occur. Being mounted at your knee height means we confirmed your SCBA mask will fail prior to Handy Hook failing.

The injection molding and new stainless steel back plates are made right here in Wichita, Kansas.

Handy Hook will work better with gloves that have a rolled sewn cuff that makes for a stronger hold and allows the Handy Hook to work more consistently. They will not grab the cotton or nomex gauntlet extensions unless you roll them inside the glove so the Handy Hook will grab the rolled sewn cuff.

Both the "Don/Doff Firefighter" and the " Compact Firefighter" are designed the same in the way the hold your gloves, ready to don at a moments notice. The difference is that the "Don/Doff Firefighter" is 6” long to enable you to doff your gloves single-handedly as well. The "Compact Firefighter" is 3.5” long and will hold your gloves securely until you’re ready to don them single-handedly.

While donning your glove, make sure you put pressure towards your thigh which makes the Hook grab. My Hooks mimic the use of your Thumb and Index finger grabbing the cuff of your glove. Then as soon as you have your hand fully inserted, pull down and out at around a 45 degree angle away from the Hook to allow the glove to remove easily.

When mounting your Hooks for the first time, you'll have to recheck the tension after general use. Your bunker gear will conform to the shape of the Handy Hook mounting style and tend to loosen. A few quick turns of your Phillips head screwdriver will fix it.