Snickers Workwear’s new range of lightweight mid-layers are a fusion of style and performance, built for active work in the Autumn.

Crafted for optimal comfort and built for active work, they’re fully flexible and can be worn as an outer layer when it’s warmer or a mid-layer when it’s a bit cooler.

They’re full of handy technical features and innovative fabrics to tame the wind, plus brand new energising colours to brighten your spring-time workday.

Choose from new street-smart styles such as the Windblocker half-zip hoodie or the lightweight flexiwork mid-layer Jacket, both are creative workwear solutions designed to make your job easier.

Whatever Snickers Workwear mid-layer you choose, you can be sure that they all have body-mapping designs for a great fit, outstanding functionality and long-lasting comfort all day, every day.

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Snickers Workwear’s Kneeguard is a fully certified system for protecting knees against kneeling injuries and knocks at work.

Combining trademarked Kneeguard pads with Kneeguard PRO positioning system in Snickers Workwear trousers is one of the most ergonomic solutions for effective knee protection.

Snickers Workwear has a range of 8 Kneepads to fit different types of trousers to suit different jobs on site, such as the specialist Squarefit Kneepads for the Floorlayer trousers and the slim-fit kneepads for street-smart slim-fit trousers. The D30 Ergo kneepads mould around your knee to provide enhanced impact protection. They are great for tradesmen and women who spend a lot of time working on and off their knees and who want to ensure maximum long-term comfort and wellbeing.

Snickers Workwear trousers come in 5 different leg lengths as standard and what’s more, the design of the kneepad pocket allows you to adjust the kneepads to different heights to ensure the correct positioning to maximise protection.

The long-term effects of working on your knees could cause a lifetime of discomfort and restricted movement without proper protection. Check out our Snickers Workwear’s Kneeguard PRO system that helps to prevent long-term discomfort.

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Ben Stacey, Snickers Workwear Product Specialist, discusses the risks surrounding an invisible hazard – UV exposure on site.

Dressing right for the working environment you’re in is very important – not only for working efficiency, but also for UV protection in the summer.

The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health estimates that outdoor workers can be exposed to over 80% more UV radiation than indoor workers and, if the UV index reaches three or above, sun protection measures should be taken. It may come as a surprise to some that the UV index regularly exceeds this level during the summer months in the UK and, according to the Met Office, UV rays can be strong enough to cause sunburn here between April and September with 80% of UVA rays passing through cloud.

 The link between skin cancer and sun exposure is now more widely understood and workers who regularly work outdoors are most definitely at increased risk from overexposure to UV radiation. With one in three cancers diagnosed as a skin cancer, each episode of sunburn, however small, increases the risk of getting it. So why do some people who work outdoors in the UK not use sun protection cream and other sun protection measures – such as proper working clothes?

Hard work in hot and humid conditions can not only be uncomfortable, but hazardous. So, when the heat is on, it’s important that you take the necessary precautions to stay cool, dry, and well-covered. That’s where Snickers Workwear’s moisture-wicking, and UV-protective workwear can play an important part in your personal protection and wellbeing. When you’re choosing the right working clothes up for a hard day’s work outside in the summer, there are three important factors to consider.

Fabric technology and UV protection

For summer working, choose workwear that is designed to create a kind of climate control system for your body. Snickers Workwear does just that. Designed to help you stay cool, the summer collection has garments that provide UPV40+ protection to make getting the job done as comfortable and safe as possible. Breathable fabrics deliver better ventilation and dry faster once they’re wet from perspiration. Even though cotton is thought to be a lightweight fabric, its high absorbency makes it dry very slowly. Cotton garments drenched in sweat are uncomfortable.

Your body temperature

In warm, sunny working conditions, you need clothes with exceptional breathability and ventilation to avoid heat stress. With that in mind, Snickers Workwear uses stretchable fabrics with 37.5 Fabric Technology. Patented particles in the fabric help your body maintain an ideal core temperature – a process of thermoregulation – by removing perspiration vapours before they can turn into liquid sweat. That means you can stay both cool and dry no matter how hot it gets.

Personal as well as environmental protection

Sustainability is a key part of Snickers Workwear’s design and development philosophy. It’s not just functionality, practicality and the physical demands on the body when working hard which are key drivers in the brand’s product development, it’s the physical demands that product manufacturing places on the environment that matter too.

So, if you’re thinking about what’s most practical and beneficial to wear this summer and, if it’s performance and protection you need, check out the upgraded lightweight and breathable 37.5 fabric in Snickers Workwear’s mid- and base-layer clothes. With superb cooling technology, they’re great for demanding tasks on site as well as UV protection.

Style, comfort, functionality and performance have always been key drivers in Snickers Workwear clothing development over the years. But now, modern day concerns about sustainability and personal protection from the invisible hazards have brought a new dimension into the technical design of Snickers Workwear for this summer.

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Unique, Tested and Certified to Exacting International Standards

Snickers Workwear has been inventing and reinventing Work Trousers with Kneepads since 1975.

Renowned for continual innovation, the process continues with the launch of the world’s first built-in, certified kneepads which are completely integrated into a pair of Snickers Workwear’s premium stretch Work Trousers.

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Whichever Snickers Workwear Jacket you choose, you can count on comfort and protection from rain and foul weather.

Stay dry, warm and comfortable by choosing from a range of water-repellent jackets with welded seams that will keep you dry in light showers and deliver great breathability to ventilate your body when you’re active on site.

If you need 100% waterproofness for long periods, check out the GORE-TEX jackets. These highly technical garments are waterproof to keep you dry, windproof to keep you warm, and breathable to keep you comfortable all day long.

There’s a host of AllroundWork and FlexiWork jacket styles and extensive size options available for tradesmen and women, so you can layer your working clothes properly to ensure that your energy and performance levels are as weatherproofed as you need to be.

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Being seen instantly in dim or dark light conditions is a lifesaver – so stay visible to stay safe.

In Snickers Workwear’s ISO-compliant High-Vis clothing, fluorescent colours make you easier to see at dawn, dusk and during the day, while reflective stripes make it easier to see you in dim and dark conditions.

With a choice of garments in fluorescent yellow or orange, the latest additions to the Snickers Workwear High-Vis collection are partly made from bio-based Sorona fabrics in which 37% of the fibres use renewable plant-based materials.

In addition to offering a sustainable solution, Sorona fabrics also provide superb colourfastness, long-lasting elasticity, and optimal comfort.

Snickers Workwear’s new winter High-vis collection includes trousers, tops and jackets in classes 1, 2 and 3. They’re the stand-out choice for tradesmen and women in hazardous working environments with a diverse choice of functionality, comfort and hard-working durability for longer-lasting sustainability and wellbeing.

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