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If you're a regular visitor to the SafetyLiftinGear website, you may have noticed a new feature on our product pages.

That's right - our vast range of lifting equipment and safety gear is now available to hire as well as to buy! This is great news if:

• Your current brief requires a specific piece of equipment that you're unlikely to use again
• Your project's budget does not allow you to purchase the necessary equipment outright
• You don't have room to store your work equipment long-term

We get a lot of enquiries from people looking to hire our products, and so, to make our equipment hire service as straightforward and as accessible as possible, SafetyLiftinGear customers can now specify products and request an equipment hire quotation through our website. Here's what to do:

1. Find the product you wish to hire. Try starting in our Lifting Equipment department, or perhaps our Height Safety section.
   
   
2. Instead of clicking 'Add to Basket' on the product page, click 'Hire Me' instead. This will add the item to your Hire Basket, which is separate from the normal shopping basket.
   
   
3. Go back to step 1 and repeat until all the products you need are in your Hire Basket.
   
   
4. Once you've found everything you need, go to the Basket page and check that everything's present and correct.
   
   
5. Click the 'Enquire' button and enter your details on the enquiry form.
   
   
6. Click 'Proceed' to send your request to the SLG team.

Once we've received your equipment hire enquiry, we'll get back to you ASAP with a quotation. After that, you'll be able to collect the specified equipment at your nearest SafetyLiftinGear depot - we have locations in Bristol, Bridgwater, Cardiff, Leeds, and both East and West London, so no matter where you're based, you shouldn't have too far to travel!

Got any questions about our equipment hire service? Contact us now!

We sell a huge range of lifting equipment here at SafetyLiftinGear - after all, we didn't choose our name for nothing!

It can be quite difficult to navigate a product list that's several hundred items long, so rather than leaving you to scour our extensive collection on your own, we thought we'd put our most popular lifting products right here to make your life a little easier. Here are five of the best-selling product ranges from our Lifting Equipment department:

Polyester Webbing Slings

 As far as lifting equipment is concerned, these sturdy lifting slings are our top sellers by quite some distance. Polyester webbing is a tough yet lightweight material that's ideal for all sorts of heavy lifting tasks; our slings are also very shock-absorbent, minimising the risk of damage.

Chainblocks

 Our block and tackle section is full of robust, reliable chainblocks that make heavy lifting a quick, easy, and - above all - safe endeavour. Maximum weight capacity ranges from 500kg to 7.5 tonnes.

Beam Trolleys

SafetyLiftinGear's beam trolleys are fully adjustable, allowing you to use them with practically any beam. Many of these products come with a 2 year warranty as standard, so you know that you're getting outstanding quality for your cash!

Polyester Round Slings

 While not quite as popular as the webbing slings (see above), our polyester round slings still sell very well, and no wonder - these high-endurance lifting slings are strong, versatile, and can lift loads of up to 30 tonnes in some cases!

Lever Hoists

Last but not least is SLG's world-class collection of lever hoists. Said collection is very versatile indeed; whether you need a heavy-duty lifting solution or something lightweight and cost-effective that gets the job done at the lowest cost possible, our Lever Hoist department has something to suit you!

Browse our full range of lifting equipment here.

Big news: the SafetyLiftinGear website has had a makeover! Our design has been updated, which we hope will make it easier for you to find and purchase the equipment you need, but more importantly, SafetyLiftinGear.com is now fully responsive!

This means that our website now 'responds' to the screen on which you're viewing it. If you're using a smartphone, for example, we now look like this:

This new functionality should make it significantly easier for mobile and tablet users to browse our range and place orders online. You can still shop in three different currencies (GBP, EUR or AED), and you've still got hundreds of different items to choose from - we've just made it a bit simpler for those viewing the site on small, touch-activated screens.

The other major change is the addition of a 'Hire' option. Most of our gear is now available to hire as well as to buy; this means that, when you're looking at a product on our website, you may well see this underneath the usual 'Add to Basket' button:

Clicking the 'Hire Me' button will add the product in question to your 'Hire Basket'. This new feature allows you to select as many products as you like for hire, then send an enquiry to the SafetyLifitnGear team, who will respond with a price quotation as quickly as we can.

So what are you waiting for? Click here to return to the SafetyLiftinGear homepage and try our new website for yourself; alternatively, use the following links to navigate to a specific department:

• Lifting Equipment
• Height Safety
• Material Handling
• Event Rigging
• Rope Access
• Chains & Rigging Equipment

Thanks very much to ecommerce web design specialists Designer Websites for their work on our new and improved site.

Big news: the SafetyLiftinGear website has had a makeover! Our design has been updated, which we hope will make it easier for you to find and purchase the equipment you need, but more importantly, SafetyLiftinGear.com is now fully responsive!

This means that our website now 'responds' to the screen on which you're viewing it. If you're using a smartphone, for example, we now look like this:

This new functionality should make it significantly easier for mobile and tablet users to browse our range and place orders online. You can still shop in three different currencies (GBP, EUR or AED), and you've still got hundreds of different items to choose from - we've just made it a bit simpler for those viewing the site on small, touch-activated screens.

The other major change is the addition of a 'Hire' option. Most of our gear is now available to hire as well as to buy; this means that, when you're looking at a product on our website, you may well see this underneath the usual 'Add to Basket' button:

Clicking the 'Hire Me' button will add the product in question to your 'Hire Basket'. This new feature allows you to select as many products as you like for hire, then send an enquiry to the SafetyLifitnGear team, who will respond with a price quotation as quickly as we can.

So what are you waiting for? Click here to return to the SafetyLiftinGear homepage and try our new website for yourself; alternatively, use the following links to navigate to a specific department:

• Lifting Equipment
• Height Safety
• Material Handling
• Event Rigging
• Rope Access
• Chains & Rigging Equipment

Yesterday, we told you all about our new Ergodyne tool lanyards; today, we'd like to show you a video that Ergodyne made to promote their products and encourage people to stay safe whilst working at height:

The video above is all about what Ergodyne call 'The Three Ts': Tethering, Topping, and Tagging. Don't worry if you haven't the time to watch the whole thing - here are The Three Ts in a nutshell:

The Three Ts of Height Safety

The following considerations are absolutely critical for anyone who works at height:

• Tethering. This means ensuring that your tools are securely tethered, either to your person or to a secure fixing that will not allow them to fall. This is what SafetyLiftinGear's tool lanyards are for.
  
  
• Topping. When working at height, do you carry tools, fittings, or other equipment in a work bag? If so, you need to make sure that the bag in question is properly topped; ask yourself what will stop your equipment from falling out if the bag is upturned or inverted, and if the answer is 'nothing', consider buying yourself a new, safer tool bag.

As these unfortunate watermelons found out, even small items (such as nuts and bolts) can do a lot of damage when dropped from height!

• Tagging. The third and final 'T' refers to the proper labelling of tool lanyards and other height safety products. Such items should always be clearly marked to identify the weight capacity of the product in question - exceeding the stated weight capacity can be very dangerous, and clear tagging/labelling ensures that workers will be able check the maximum capacity of their equipment at a glance.

Click here for more information about working at height, or visit SafetyLiftinGear's Height Safety section to find out how we can help you to stay safe at work.