Summer has arrived! School's out, and if the sun comes out too, Britain's beaches are sure to be swarming with smiling families for the next six weeks or so.

If you and your family are heading to the seaside this summer, there's one accessory that you simply can't be without: a beach cart!

As you can see, SafetyLiftinGear's garden carts are ideal for a trip to the beach - they can be used to carry all of your gear (towels, swimming costumes, buckets, spades, etc.) to and from the sea, and their chunky, heavy-duty tyres will have no problem with the bumpy, sandy terrain!

The beach cart featured in the photos above is our Garden Dump Cart, which can carry loads of up to 300kg and costs just £51.58 (inc. VAT). Once you've bought your beach cart, it'll last for years and years - every summer outing will be easier if you keep a cart in your boot!

As we've mentioned previously, our garden carts are also perfect for festivals. Why carry your tent and camping gear on your back when you could just pop it in a cart and roll it from car park to campsite with ease?

Visit our Garden Carts department to see our full range of handy, high-endurance utility carts!

Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we love versatile products with multiple uses, and one of the best examples from our own range is our four-panel safety barrier. With a high-visibility design and a lightweight folding frame that makes it easy to transport, this product is a superb all-purpose safety solution that can be used practically anywhere.

Here are some examples of situations in which our safety barrier might come in handy:

• Working underground? Use our safety barrier to cordon off the entrance and prevent others from falling in or dropping items down the hole.
  
  
• Working at height? The safety barrier can be used to prevent people from entering the area directly beneath you (where they may be at risk from falling objects).
  
  
• Working on a road? Our safety barrier is ideal for roadwork zones - its hi-viz design will ensure that everyone sees it right away!
  
  
• Cleaning up a spill hazard? Prevent the public from slips and falls by erecting a barrier between them and the spill while you clean it up.

Our safety barrier has the words "DANGER - NO ENTRY" printed on each panel, and multiple barriers can be connected to form a single, extra-long barrier if necessary. Click here to see more information and purchase your safety barrier now!

If there's one quality that all height safety equipment should have, it's reliability. When you put on a safety harness or attach yourself to a fall arrest block, you're effectively entrusting your life to that bit of gear, so it's really not a good idea to skimp on quality.

With that in mind, we'd like to introduce the latest addition to SafetyLiftinGear's height safety range: Petzl Fall Protection & Rope Access Equipment! French manufacturers Petzl are among the most trusted in the industry, and the products we've sourced from them truly are the best of the best. Fall protection equipment doesn't get any more top-of-the-range than this!

Browse our Petzl range now >

Our Petzl collection is made up of many different products, including safety harnesses, headtorches, helmets, karabiners, tool bags, descenders, progress capture pulleys, and more. We also have a selection of fall protection gear for children, so if your little ones frequently engage in risky activities, you know who to call!

Click here to browse our Petzl fall protection products, or visit SLG's Height Safety department to see our full range.

We sell a variety of lifting slings here at SafetyLiftinGear, but our polyester webbing slings are, without a doubt, our most popular range. Today, we're going to take an in-depth look at why that is.

Material

Polyester is the most common choice of material for lifting slings, and with good reason: it's flexible, it's lightweight, and yet it's capable of bearing exceptionally heavy loads without any difficulty whatsoever. It's also very shock-absorbent, which is good news if you don't want your goods to get damaged while they're being lifted and transported!

Cost

Our webbing slings are very cost-effective, starting from just £1.85 each (and that's including VAT!) The more heavy-duty slings are slightly dearer, of course, but no matter what kind of load you're lifting, you're guaranteed to get great value for money with our polyester slings.

Weight Capacity

Another reason for the popularity of our webbing slings is the fact that we really do have one for any task. Maximum weight capacity ranges from 1 tonne to 20 tonnes; better still, we also sell sling hooks, which are colour-coded to help you get the right hook for your webbing sling!

For example, both this sling and the matching hook are capable of lifting up to 1 tonne.

To see more of our polyester webbing slings, visit our Webbing Slings department.

Last week, the SafetyLiftinGear team attended the ABTT Theatre Show at Alexandra Palace in London. We think it's safe to say that the event went terrifically well - not only did we meet lots of new clients and interesting people, we actually came away from Alexandra Palace with a new trophy for the SLG cabinet!

Our Duke DCH battery-powered chain hoist was chosen as ABTT's Widget of the Year 2015, which is an award for the most useful product at the show. The trophy we received is pictured above alongside the prize-winning hoist itself (thanks to Meg and Lucy for their modelling skills!)

Here's what the ABTT judges had to say about the Duke DCH:

"The judges were very impressed with this product, and expect to see them in numerous applications and in the hands of many technicians soon, especially considering the budget conscious price tag. The benefits of a lightweight battery-powered motor capable of lifting 250kg or 500kg are huge. This is exactly the type of tool that will help solve many of the problems that working technicians have to deal with daily, offering a safe way to haul without needing large power and control infrastructure."

We were thrilled to receive this award from the Association of British Theatre Technicians, and we hope that everyone else enjoyed this year's show as much as we did!

Buy the Duke DCH battery-powered electric chain hoist here:

• 250kg hoist
• 500kg hoist

We sell a variety of ratchet lashings here at SafetyLiftinGear; today, we're going to take a look at the finer details of the products we offer, helping you to select the right ratchet strap for your requirements.

• Materials: Our ratchet straps are made of high-quality, hard-wearing polyester yarn. This makes them very strong and inherently shock absorbent.

• Hooks: The majority of our ratchet lashings come with hooks for attachment, and the type of hook varies from product to product. Some have rave hooks, while others have claw hooks or delta links; we also supply several endless ratchet straps with no hooks fitted.
  
  
• Strength: One of the most important things to look for when purchasing a ratchet lashing is the minimum breaking strength (MBS), which denotes how much force the strap can withstand without snapping. Each of the ratchet straps we sell has a different MBS, ranging from 500kg to 10 tonnes - before making a purchase, please ensure that your chosen product has a suitable MBS for your requirements, as exceeding the minimum breaking strength can be very dangerous.
  
  
• Length: Our range is very flexible in terms of length - most of our ratchet straps come in several different sizes, so you can select a length that suits your needs. Available lengths range from 4 metres to 20 metres in some cases.
  
  
• Accessories: In addition to the ratchet straps themselves, we also sell a variety of additional products, including wear sleeves (designed to extend the lifespan of ratchet lashings) and corner protectors (ideal for protecting your straps from sharp corners).

Click here to see our full range of ratchet straps, or watch the video below to see how they are used.