Custom Hi-Vis Full-Zip Sweatshirts and Safety Hoodies

A roadway crew and a yard crew can both ask us for "the hi-vis zip-up" and end up needing two different sweatshirts. So we sort our custom hi-vis full-zip sweatshirts by where the crew works first. Three brands make the eight styles here, Kishigo, Berne Apparel and Bayside, and each listing's ANSI line (or the lack of one) tells you which job setting it was built for. Quick decoder: high-visibility work clothes in the US get rated under ANSI/ISEA 107. Its Type letter is the setting, O for off-road and R for roadway work near traffic. Its Class number, 1 to 3, is how much bright and reflective fabric sits on the body, with Class 3 carrying the most.

Know the job site first. Then read down.

Custom Hi-Vis Full-Zip Sweatshirts by Job Setting: Roadway, Off-Road or Unrated

Kishigo alone covers both ends here: the JS150 lists Class 3, the B310-313 lists Class 1. Same brand, same zip front, different job. A question we hear: "They're all Kishigo, so any of the three will do?" Not on this page.

Type R, Class 3: JS150, HVF021 and HVF021T

Three listings print the full line, Type R and Class 3. The Kishigo JS150 Premium Series lists ANSI/ISEA 107 2015 and 2020. It's 8.55 oz./yd² polyester sweatshirt material (oz./yd² is ounces of fabric in each square yard; higher means heavier cloth), with 2" wide reflective material, reflective piping, black accents and a hood lined in jersey mesh. Lime only, M to 5XL. The listing also says it's designed to zip into Kishigo's B300 and JS135 jackets, which are sold separately.

The Berne Apparel HVF021 says it's certified to the 2015 edition of ANSI/ISEA 107, Type R, Class 3. 9 oz./yd² 100% polyester fleece, a 5 oz./yd² polyester mesh lining, a double-lined three-piece hood, nylon front zipper and oversized front pockets. Its tall twin, the HVF021T, carries the same label line in sizes MT to 3XLT.

Class 3, no Type letter on the listing: JS102-103 and HVF023

The Kishigo JS102-103 lists ANSI/ISEA 107 2015 and 2020 Class 3 but shows no Type. It's 9 oz./yd² polyester with a black lower body and black sleeves, a black plastic zipper and lower slash pockets, in Lime (JS102) or Orange (JS103). That's the only listing in this group with an orange option and a Class 3 line together.

The Berne Apparel HVF023 listing just says "ANSI Class 3 certified." Its fabric line reads 9 oz./yd² blended fleece, medium-weight fleece lined, and its hood is listed as double-layered, three-piece. Color is Hi Vis Yellow.

If your safety plan names a Type, check the label inside these two when they arrive.

Type O, Class 1: Kishigo B310-313

The Kishigo B310-313 EV lists ANSI/ISEA 107 2015 and 2020 Type O, Class 1. The body is black, 8.5 oz./yd² polyester fleece, with 2" wide reflective material and a 3 1/2" lime contrast. Our listing carries Black/ Lime only, M to 5XL. Off-road work that asks for Type O could look here; a roadway job that calls for Class 3 should not.

No ANSI line: Bayside 3790 and 3737

Bayside's gap on this page: neither the Bayside 3790 nor the Bayside 3737 segmented tape listing shows an ANSI line at all. Both are 9.5 oz./yd² 80/20 cotton/polyester, made in the United States, with 2" silver 3M laminate striping front and back and a double-lined hood. The 3790 is also listed as pre-shrunk and has a split pouch pocket. Their color lists run wide: Lime Green and an orange on each, but also Navy, Purple, Cardinal, Charcoal and more. Fine for custom hi vis sweatshirts that match a company color. Not something to hand out where a rated garment is required, unless your safety lead clears it.

Will the Size Chart Tell You Which Hoodie Fits?

Yes, within one brand: Kishigo charts chest circumference, Berne and Bayside chart chest laid flat (the garment measured across while it lies flat), so compare a custom hi vis hoodie order brand by brand. Holding a circumference up against a laid-flat number is like reading one tape in inches and the other in centimeters.

Need talls? Only the HVF021T has them, MT to 3XLT. The Bayside 3737 listing carries the 3790's chart numbers, so we left it out of the table to keep things clean; ask us if you need it.

No minimum, by the way. Order one sweatshirt if that's all you need, or put several styles and colors on one order.

Logo Spots on Custom Safety Sweatshirts: What's Allowed?

Every listing here treats the reflective material as off-limits, and so do we. The Berne listings say compact embroidery, a sew-on emblem or compatible printing may be considered, but only on a clear area that doesn't interrupt the reflective coverage. The Kishigo listings say a company logo, employee name or short ID may go on a clear non-reflective area, with the method picked once we see the actual panel.

The Bayside listings name left or right chest, sleeves and full back as logo areas, kept clear of the striping, and consider embroidery, printing or a patch. On the Berne styles and the Kishigo JS102-103, the fluorescent background counts as protected too, not only the reflective tape, so the clear spot may be smaller than it looks.

We'd start every one of these with a single compact chest logo and nothing else, then add a name or a back mark only where the listing and the proof both show a clear area. On a full-zip the chest is already split in two by the zipper, so the logo sits on one side, never across it.

Want a hi vis hoodie with logo on the chest and a crew name on the sleeve? The Bayside listings name sleeves as a logo area. On the others we check the sleeve panel first and tell you straight.

Proof-day tip: make sure the mockup shows the tape lines, not just your logo on a plain body. If the tape isn't drawn in, ask us to add it before you say yes.

Stitched logos get digitized before anything else, meaning our team redraws the art as a machine-readable stitch file. The embroidery services page covers that. One firm rule: a logo adds no rating, and we can't promise a decorated hoodie still meets its class. That answer belongs to the maker. Decorating safety fleece also falls under our Spoilage Policy, so give it a read before you order.

Before you order, ask whoever writes your site's safety plan which Class and Type it requires, and hold the label of each delivered hoodie up against that answer.

Timing: two to three working days for the mockup (our picture of your finished hoodie). After your yes, figure seven to ten working days of production on a smaller order. Big run? Ask, and we’ll give it a timeline of its own. Price swings with the sweatshirt itself, logo size, stitch count (the total stitches a design takes), the count of logo spots, and order quantity.

Ready? Fill in the quote form with each style number, how many of each size (talls on a separate line), your logo file, and the ANSI line your site asks for. The quote comes back broken out by style, talls included.

Shopping around the rest of the range? More work zip-ups sit under work full-zip sweatshirts, the parent page for this one. Crews that don't want a zipper can check the hi-vis pullover sweatshirts, and an outer layer is in hi-vis work jackets. Need something to go over all of it? See hi-vis work vests, or browse all custom workwear.

So, which line is on your safety plan: Type R Class 3, Type O, or none at all?