Engine room / deck crew, what would your ideal workwear look like?
Hey everyone,
This might honestly be a dumb idea, but I’ve been thinking a lot about workwear for seafarers lately.
From what I’ve seen and heard, a lot of clothes onboard are either uncomfortable, too heavy, badly designed, or just clearly made by people who never actually worked at sea.
I’m not a company and I’m not trying to act like some startup founder. Right now I’m mostly just curious and trying to understand if it’s possible to make genuinely good and practical clothing for people working onboard.
Before spending money on prototypes or production, I wanted to hear from actual seafarers first.
What annoys you the most about your workwear?
What usually gets destroyed first?
Do you modify your clothes yourself sometimes?
What would your ideal coverall or jacket actually look like?
Are there any brands you actually like and trust?
Eventually I’d love to send prototypes to real seafarers for honest feedback, especially engine room, deck, or offshore guys.
Not looking for people to be nice. Honest criticism would genuinely help a lot.
Would really appreciate hearing your thoughts or experiences.
Upd: Appreciate all the replies honestly, this is super helpful.
The comments about fit, heat, stretch, and knee wear are especially interesting because those are exactly the kinds of things I was wondering about.
Also didn’t realize how many people are tired of badly fitting coveralls until now.
Some of these replies genuinely made me laugh too.
Upd2:
Genuine question for you guys.
If a small unknown brand actually made workwear that fixed a lot of the problems mentioned here better fit, stretch, airflow, reinforced knees, practical pockets, better materials etc would you personally give it a chance?
Or when it comes to workwear onboard, do most people just stick to known brands no matter what?
Trying to understand whether people care more about the name or the actual comfort/functionality.