ProKnee question

[kylenelson]

I am considering getting a pair of Pro Knees and am wondering what thickness of pads you all prefer. They seem to be a popular choice with people who have spent many years on the floor and I figure a couple hundred dollars is about the price of one doctors visit these days.

[bim]

howdy kyle, I have an original pair of proknee pads that I still use everyday. they are in need of some reconditioning again but worth every penny. I have been checking into replacing them with the new model. I would recommend the one inch thick padding. the old style only had the 5/8 pad and I wished they were thicker.

[Daris Mulkin]

I have the originals also. If you are a carpet installer I think think the 1" would raise you up to high if left on. If you get a set give them a couple weeks to get used to them. Also don't kneel on your thumb or finger it hurts like hell.
They are worth every penny and then some.

Daris

[kylenelson]

I guess I should have mentioned that I mostly install carpet and vinyl

[Barry Carlton]

Your back will love you!!!!!!

[Kman]

I've got the one inch pads. They do take getting used to, but they are well worth the money. I used to spend a day recovering from two days of work, but no more. I might be tired at the end of the day, but I don't have the knee pain like I used to.

[DJ]

if i was playing hockey sure i don't though i love my crain gels i saw a few installers wearing those wasn't impressed too bulky

[Barry Carlton]

DJ said if i was playing hockey sure i don't though i love my crain gels i saw a few installers wearing those wasn't impressed too bulky

I agree they are bulky. Especially the work I do, residential remodel. In small bathrooms they are not very practical.

I have 2 pair. One older model that I use on large pull up jobs where it is rather messy. And a pair of the newer model for installing the job.

What I have noticed is not the benefit for the knees (although that is definitely a 'pro') but the benefit to the back. This is the primary reason I wear them, for my back. They force you to kneel differently, thus minimizing the strain on your back.

I believe they are worth every penny of the $220 +- they cost!!

This being said, I also have 2 pair of gel type pads, and 3 pair of suede type pads. all for different install circumstances. The suede type are for the dark solid color Marmo. The suede minimizes the minor surface scratches when I am patterning, and fitting.

[davegarden]

I cannot or will not work witthout them. I am 6'5" 280lbs. with the wear and tear to my body I come home from a hundred yards soar everywhere, BUT MY KNEES FEEL GREAT. Believe that about your back also. They help.

[pblnslee]

get the thicker ones. I install carpet and hard surface. The are on from the start of the day untill the end of the day. Unless I am doing stairs.

[rusty baker]

They sound good, but doubt that I could wear them. I sit "indian style" a lot when I'm working. You know, with my legs crossed under my body.

[duneslider]

Rusty I too sit Indian style when I don't have my proknees on. Proknees are worth every penny. I won't even put on any other kind of pad now. Custom makes their platinum pad that are okay. You get used to the size really quick and learn to keep your fingers out of the way too.

[kylenelson]

I had a pair of regular sized knee pads on with a hard shell exterior this week and knelt on my finger...yeeeoooowww. First time I've done that. haha. Yeah, I'm still on the fence...mostly over the price. Are crain gels any good?

[Jim McClain]

kylenelson said ... Are crain gels any good?

I'm not familiar with any gel pads Crain might make, but I loved these:



They're called Crain Comfort Pads - and they really were. But they do make the back of my knees wet. I used them when I did the Konecto in my apartment last month. I ended up with some terrible rash like symptoms, with lesions and scabbing - it was bad and I still have a couple small bumps or scars (I can't see the back of my knees). That never happened when I was working all the time.

Jim

[kylenelson]

Yeah, those were the pads I was thinking of Jim