Best knee pads if you have sore knees
WillieWonka
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Has anyone found what they feel is the best knee pad out there for those who have sore knees? I have a set of pads that seem to have worked a while, but my knee problem has worsened some over time and they don’t always offer the same protection. In fact, sometimes I think they aggravate the condition. I was in a crawspace the other day with them on and the floor is a bed of lumpy hardened cement and loose 2B stones and after I got out my knees were more sore than ever.
If at first you don’t succeed, try using a hammer next time…everything needs some extra persuasion from time to time. -ME
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I have pair of the gel center type, balliatic nylon face instead of the heard face.
You might want to have those knees looked at by a doctor. I had my left one drained about three weeks ago. No sign of infection in the fluid, but it was bloody, like from trauma.
I had been using an older set of foam pads with the hard shell face. They had apprently worn out over the years, as well as my boney old knees just getting older.
Dave
Thanks, I did go to the Dr. he just said I have sore knees, that's it. I was thinking of a second opinion, as something must be making them hurt. It's both of them.If at first you don't succeed, try using a hammer next time...everything needs some extra persuasion from time to time. -ME
Must be the excessive amount of time spent down on your knees kissing up to a customer trying his best to screw you out of your bucks. Get up off your knees and take charge of your situation.
I have found the knee pads that are built into the pants to be the best. They are always on and very comfortable.
That is what what works for me anyway.
Skillers is one brand.
I saw some a carpetlayer was wearing. Looked like flat shinguards. He said they were so good, if he left them at home, he would turn around and get them before starting work. He said they cost about $160, but were custom fitted. He got them off the internet.
I was crawling around in an attic the other day, had my knee pads on, but they kept shifting. Then I started thinking about those mentioned above, and though maybe I'd look into a pair of catcher's shin guards. Crawling around in an attic, on all the ceiling joists, the knees don't always land on one (but shins seem to find them no problem.)
Gonna talk to my baseball neighbor to see if they are going to upgrade their equipment anytime soon, and maybe get some old shinguards cheap.
Pete Duffy, Handyman
Pete,
What he's talking about sounds a lot like ProKnee --
http://www.proknee.com
-- J.S.
Soccer shin guards are good, too.
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Just finished building a house over 14 months, wearing my usual knee pads, and the knees got to killing me towards the end. So I thought I better upgrade before the knees gave out. Tried on all the knee pads at Lowe's and what worked best for me was a gel pad with a flat front face kinda like a wide column base. I think the front spread the load to the sides and kept it away from my kneecaps. Seemed to work best for me. Anyway, they were $30, but I don't see them on the Lowe's website now.
The only kneepads that work for me are the leather ones used by cement finishers.
The hardcaps slip,I threw a new pair off a roof the first day I tried them.I haven't seen the leather ones sold in box stores, not sure where to get them.Mine were given to me 20 years ago,repaired a couple of times by a shoemaker and still work fine.
mike
I have the plastic foam gel ones I do roofing and cannot use the hard ones, Believe it or not i carry a big foam pad from a couch and use that a lot of times.
bobby,
same here on the couch cushions.
I bet it's been over 10 years since I got on a roof WITHOUT the couch cushions!
I usually bring 3 or 4--even working solo----put one down on the heaviest foot traffic area-- stepping on and off ladders,--put them on both sides of a chimney when re-flashing----just a bunch of uses--EVERY work day.
Knee pads??????? used the leather ones for years--strap hurts the back of my leg.
bought some pricier,flat rubber ones from lowes--real comfortable-- but won't stay on my leggs-work ok on level ground--but not on pitched roofs
what is working best-------is actually the cheapest $5/pair foam rubber throw-aways with elastic leg straps-- they stay positioned ok---and I can actually climb ladders without them snagging each rung---------can't beat the price either,
stephen
I have some offered by Snap-On. They weren't cheap at $50, but they are the best I have tried so far.
I have a pair of leather kneepads with thick wool felt linings that I have had for 5 years they have started to wear out so my wife bought me a pair of pads from the peeps that make the Croc clogs - they are super lite and feel like pillows on your knees. Today I was organizing my toolshed,and tool bags and doing general cleanup and used the Croc ones with the leather pads on the outside of them -I didnt want to get them dirty, they are dayglow orange to match my clogs- and man o live they worked like a charm.You can get the leather ones at industial saftey supply houses.
Where can I find the ones you said worked so well, the Croc ones?If at first you don't succeed, try using a hammer next time...everything needs some extra persuasion from time to time. -ME
My wife just said she ordered them from crocs .com --hey the shoes are ugly -made out of their proprietary foam rubber material but after 30 years wearing steeltoed boots I love them I have 3 pairs plus two pairs of kneepads -makes me feel like a hippy kid again. A lot of nurses and medical professionals wear the shoes because they are comphee and allow them to remain on their feet a lot, now if the kneepads work out like their shoes do --I be one happy ole dude.
My problem with kneepads wasn't protecting my knees as much as the way they fastened in back. The back of my knees would chafe from the straps or the straps wouldn't hold them in place or bunch up behind my knees. I found some at Lowe's that are nylon with gel and big wide straps that Velcro on the side of my knee. I have used the same pair for 1 1/2 years and still work great. I also have put them in the washing machine 4 times now with no problem.Do everything you do to the very best of your ability, or don't bother doing it at all.
I also only like the leather knee pads like mike4244.
The other knee pads feel like my knees are rolling around on top of a ball, where the leather pads are flat and have a nice thick felt cushion.
mike4244, you can find the leather kneepads at a roofing supply store. Or look online for Custom LeatherCraft 309 or 313 knee pads. The 309's have a single layer of 1/2" felt, and the 313's have a double layer of 1/2" felt.
Willie
I've had a pair of these for about 3yrs. now, work great!...won't bind at knees , don't slip down when you stand and walk....excellent pads......try looking for them at your local plumbing supply house or HVAC supply house
Geoff
http://www.proknee.com/
I have used the same pair for two years and have never seen them in the store again. They are blue rubber with rubber straps ( the kind of silicone rubber used in dive mask straps) they have a fabric inside with a gel middle. The words Gel Comfort System and the manufacturers mark is CLC. I bought them at The Home Depot and have done everything with them. I have painfull knees also and have tried other types but nothing has worked as well as these. I have had them up in attic crawl spaces and I lay tile with them. the only down side is sometimes the straps pull the hair out of the back of my legs.
I haven't found a pad yet that doesn't shift, or slip down, or hurt when your pants bunch up underneath, or need to be strapped so tight that they hurt or.........
I've considered the http://www.proknee.com/index.html but think that I would just beat them to death because I am not just on carpet all day. And for the price of a pair and a replacement pad, I can buy a lot of the $20-$50 pads.
The ones I use now are http://www.patella-t.com/buy/pp/pers_product.jsp?pid=66
these and they are spongy enough but slip down like all the rest. It's a tough deal because my knees hurt, too. And I want protection to allow me to continue to work for another 10 years at least.
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As shoeman noted, knee pads in the pants are great.
Not for working continuously on the floor, tiling or whatnot...
But, I wear the carhartt double front work pants mostly, and I've taken to shoving a couple of pieces of lam floor underlay, the thick blue kind, up into the pocket of the double front for knee padding.
I have it there any time I have to kneel, crawling into the back of the truck, diggin' something, whatever, and it's great. My knees thank me.
The padding just stays in there, washings and all and I don't really notice it otherwise.
I always put in a plug for Skillers work pants when this topic comes up.
These are my favorites:
http://tinyurl.com/32z3rn
Pads are always there when you need them, no binding straps around the back of your knee, and the pads don't shift when you're crawling around.
I've been wearing them for 20 years, and I shudder to think what kind of shape my knees would be in now if I hadn't.
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