Hi folks,
I’m in the process of getting a custom high-visibility safety vest printed for myself, for OSM surveying work, as I do most of my surveying on-foot and sometimes find myself near busy roads, etc. It’s also a great way to raise the profile of OSM, whilst offering a real health and safety advantage for both pedestrian and bike surveyors. These high-visibility orange vests can be warn over the top of your normal clothing, so are suitable for all types of weather conditions. If you’re wondering what these vests are, see the following picture (you’ve no doubt seen highway maintenance crews, or airport ground crews wearing these):
I’m wondering if anybody else might be interested in purchasing one of these with a custom OSM print on the back? I’m trying to gauge the level of interest before I think about submitting a bulk order for printing. The following are mock-ups of the design I’ve come up with (showing the back of the vest), based on the OSM logo:
Depending on numbers, the vests are likely to sell for around £9.00 each + P&P (P&P will probably be a few pounds for the UK, maybe more to Europe/rest of world). I will donate any profit made after covering my expenses, back to OSM. The price is likely to come down if I can get sufficient numbers of interested purchasers to reach price-break points for printing.
If you are interested in purchasing one of these printed hi-vis vests, could you please reply to this thread or e-mail me at “osm at sonicresolutions.com” and include “Vest” in the subject line. In your reply/e-mail, please state the size and quantity of vests you would be interested in purchasing, and your country if you’re outside the UK (so I can get together accurate postage costs). Available sizes are (sizes quoted are chest sizes in inches):
Small 33-38
Medium 38-41
Large 41-44
X Large 44-47
XX Large 47-50
XXX Large 50-54
XXXX Large 54-56
The vests are fully certified to EN471, class 2 standards and have double 5cm HiVis reflective banding.
At this stage I’m just trying to gauge interest and your e-mail to me will of course not commit you to purchase. Once I’ve got a list of interested parties, if the numbers are sufficient, I’ll e-mail everyone individually with the final costings and payment will probably be via PayPal. I won’t call for payment until I’ve actually got the vests in front of me, ready to dispatch.
Any questions, please feel free to drop me an e-mail. There is a parallel thread going on about this on the OSM Talk mailing list also:
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-May/025909.html
Kind regards,
Graham Smith