For the first few months I worked out of whatever bag I already owned — an old gym holdall, if I'm honest. It worked until it didn't: pliers scratching a tester, a voltage detector buried under a spare consumer unit, ten minutes lost on every job just finding the right tool.
Switching to the DEWALT Electrician Tote sounds like a small thing, but it changed how I work. Everything has a slot. I know before I open the van whether I've got what I need for the job, because I can see it at a glance instead of digging.
It's not the cheapest option out there, and it doesn't need to be the fanciest — it needs to survive being thrown around a van for a few years and keep your kit organised without you thinking about it. That's the whole test I apply to anything in the Bags collection: would I trust this on a bad day, when I'm tired and just need to grab the right thing first time.
If you're still working out of a loose bag, this is genuinely one of the cheapest upgrades you can make to how your day actually runs.