Favourite Labcoat?

[Cathal Garvey]

Straw-poll time, ignore if disinterested.

I'm planning to order logo-branded labcoats for every team taking part
in IndieBio Cork, and aside from the task of ensuring that each team
gets a good logo (possibly including facilitating with a design team),
the decision around *which type of coat* needs to happen.

Personally, I'm a Howie man. I like elasticated cuffs and the
side-buttoning design, and I like the supervillain look of the hanging
collar.

However, the "classic" labcoat appeals to many for its easily forgotten
feel when worn, the quick shrug-on-and-button-once, and the open cuffs.

As I'll likely be ordering them all at once, I'd like an idea for which
style is more popular and "fashionable". :)

Thanks
Cathal

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[Koeng]

At UCI we have these really nice blue classic lab coats. They fit well, are comfortable, and fireproof (Yes, as scientists we tested that). So far that's been my favorite, but then again I've never tried the the howie or any others other than cheap lab coats from educational websites

-Koeng

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I like the classic lapelled collar style open cuff. I have an antimicrobial silver lined coat but not sure where I got it from since I make it a habit to remove tags due to scratchiness. Its a heavier weight and went a bit too far and got it fitted at my tailor. Recently, I've completely abandoned the lab coat in my personal lab since I do tissue culture so often. Those coat sleeves collect so much dirt debris and fungal spores. Its a liability every time I open a dish in the hood....but that's off topic. At work I wear a simple Medman coat. Its a bit thin for my liking but it dies the job. I do like buttons over snaps though. 

Sebastian S. Cocioba
CEO & Founder
New York Botanics, LLC
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[John Griessen]

On 02/04/2015 10:37 AM, Koeng wrote:
> then again I've never tried the the howie or any others other than cheap lab coats from educational websites

Oh my! Look what comes up when you google "howie lab coat fashion" under images!

It's like Edward Scissor Hands meets mad scientist and Frankenstein's helper -- with welding googles.

And then this:

http://www.therpf.com/f24/looking-vintage-lab-coat-hugo-strange-costume-107712/

At the bottom. I think after the novelty wore off you could get to business in it too...
the one of the right at least...

[Nathan McCorkle]

I'm using school-provided labcoats in a class now, they've got elastic
cuffs which I never wore before but they are OK... I guess they could
make for safer times. Otherwise I've only used one labcoat for the
last 7 or 8 years, and just something from the campus bookstore. The
one difference I noticed in my current class is that the lab coats
lack the two front hip-area pockets, and also lacks a breast pocket
(the lab coat has no pockets). This is pretty weird, as I'm used to
carrying an extra pair of fresh gloves in a pocket, maybe a pipet
pump, a sharpie and/or pen clipped into the breast pocket. At least
one other person in class mentioned the lack of pockets seemed
weird... I don't know if the school cheaped-out (less pockets, less
material cost?) or if there's some legit chem-lab safety reason for
example.

My lab partner years ago had a silver-thread-added lab coat that gave
it a snazzy pinstripe look, not sure how much it contributed to
antibacterial action, but I've also wondered if he was generally less
electrostatically-charged.

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[SC]

Personally, I like the classic, white, open cuff, button-in-front variety.  Long enough to cover your butt, otherwise it looks like you work in a deli.

 

[Cathal Garvey]

Silver threads is likely to be some compromise of the two. Are you sure
it was silver? Because anti-static seems like a really good idea and
well worth it. Of course, even silver threads are *metal* threads and
would have added a lot of tensile strength to the fabric, but what kinda
lab calls for a bulletproof coat? :)

Silver in that and Sebastian's coat sounds really pimp, I'll look into
that. In principal, a nice hack to reduce cross-contamination.. although
in practise, I'd worry that it'd all wash out in the first few washes,
cause a bit of pollution, and revert to overpriced labcoat. To take a
somewhat mercenary attitude, silver threaded/impregnated labware is
unlikely to save me regulatory burden, so sterilising coats in the usual
way is still likely to be a must.

In an ideal world, I'd be buying these for everyone:
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Lab_Coat_Men.shtml

..but that's stupidly expensive. However, the idea of tablet-sized
pockets has caught on:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Landau-Labcoat-With-Pocket-sized-to-fit-computer-tablet-Style-3174-All-Sizes-/251285981992?rmvSB=true

$30 per team member is still pretty steep for a "gift" but I could
subsidise with teams; make a package offer, but not a requirement. The
logos-on-coats is non-negotiable, though. :)