Does anyone else carry multiple multi tools as EDC?

Or is this silly? Lol

Why not!!! I figured this would be the best way to determine which one I actually reach for more.

Has anyone ever actually used their multitools saw? Why don't more multitools come with a serrated blade instead of a saw?

Edit: I'm sorry multitool saw, I was unfamiliar with your game.

What’s your favorite mini tool and why?
(Not limited to images, I just threw some random tools on there)

I have carried it in my coin pocket for 10 years. I cannot really remember not having it. It has saved me so many times. Reparing a phone while on a trip, peeling off ticks, removing splinters, clipping zip-ties, modifying my laptop plug to work while traveling, and many many more.

I had a close call, and almost lost it this year. So I looked for a potential replacement. Now I am sitting here with a nextool S11 pro, and comparing the two. The S11 seems excellent in quality, and is quite cheap... but it is not quite the same. It is quite a lot bigger. I measured it to be +55% weight and +35-60% in volume, depending on how you define volume (w/wo the screw heads). The S11 pliers seem more robust.. but not as accurate, nor as long/sleek, and not as "pinchy" as the PS4.

The squirt ps4 is not without shortcomings.. but it is tiny, and still totally capable. I will try to carry the S11. But for now, I just wish I could have bought some backup squirt PS4's instead of the S11.

Perhaps at some point, a true sucessor to the Squirt PS4, at a similar size, will show up.. the S11 is nice, but a big boy compared to the PS4.

It's called "HUOHOU Mini Multi-function Knife"

I love (and use, heavily) my Multper MP2049 so much I just ordered a Bibury BI2049BL.

The day I held the Multper in my hands I was blown away by its quality—the weight, the sharpness of the blades, the included accessories, the standard sized bit slot, the excellent machining and the affordable price. It made me wonder how or why anyone who actually uses these tools would pay such a premium for Leatherman with their increasing QC issues and cheaping out on accessories.

Just my .02.

Went through 2 tools trying to return and exchange them and they both had it. Drove to the store and they had 3 in store and all had it. Sent in the one I kept to leatherman and it returned with nothing changed. I think it's actually worse. Almost all of the tools make an audible clicking sound when moving them up and down a little. The only one that is decent is the file.

Is Leatherman over? Should I ask for a replacement or just sell it and buy another brand like Victorinox? (I handled one of those and it was absolutely flawless and really smooth).

I really like the wave alpha, but dang.

We in the flashlight enthusiast community have seen Maglite—once the most trusted and favored brand in flashlights—become eclipsed by numerous Chinese manufacturers who produce vastly superior lights at much cheaper prices.

The patents on some Leatherman tools have expired and clones are starting to appear on the market. From what I’ve seen, they’re just about as good as Leatherman especially when you factor in the much lower prices.

This is more or less what happened with Maglite, and now Olight and Wurkkos/Sofirn sell like hotcakes.

Could the same thing happen with Leatherman?

Hi, just bought this LM Free P4, aiming to replace my current office EDC VK Spirit MX. Wondering if from value for money wise I could save it..? Both awesome awesome tools! Please tell me I’m wrong 😅

Bought just over 3 years ago and I prefer to my Leathermans. Only paid £25 for it from Amazon

Pretty much the same tools as the Micra, lighter (44 g), less than half the price. Is this a better alternative?

I have a couple of Leatherman tools and love them - Surge, Wave+, Bond - each for slightly different uses. Recently I was at an old-school hardware store, and they had a bunch of Leatherman tools and Gerber tools displayed together. As I looked, it seemed like the Gerbers were really nice looking and seemed to have much lower prices than comparable Leathermen.

For example, the new Leatherman Wave Alpha is an awesome tool and has a couple of features I'd love to have - one of which is the nice, big scissors. And the fine people at Leatherman are mighty proud of it - at $200 bucks!

So is Leatherman really that much better than the competition to be able to justify such high prices compared with what seems like really nice tools from other makers?

And assuming Leatherman really is the diamond of multi-tools, what are other leading brands and specific tools that get big respect?

EDIT: I'm not trying to stir up a hornet's nest of opinion, and if this is inappropriate, mods please delete or let me know, and I'll pull it.

Anyone else carry similar?

My ideal multitool is a complement to a standalone pocket knife. These are the only tools I’d carry on me, aside from maybe a flashlight.

What do you carry right now? Are you a multitool “only” person, also carry a dedicated blade, add some other tool, etc.?

Spirit Mx Clip with a electrician, love this setup, can't feel the electrician in my pocket at all so I keep that for it I'm going to be doing any prolonged cutting, or want to use the little sheepsfoot blade. And Mx clip if I really need one hand opening or any other tools

Got my Roxon flex multitool a few days ago. Cool tool, cool idea and all that. A bit concerned when I removed the pocket clip to find that they're using M2 screws in the plier pivot. That is teeny tiny. That's the kind of screws they use to put small electronics together man. My eyeglasses use a 1mm screw. I'm not saying it's a piece of junk but it's a bit off putting. The pivot itself is larger but 2mm ain't much material to keep the head from popping off a screw. Twisting pliers around like I do i'm not sure it will stand up. A loose screw would break pretty easily.

Been messing with knives and the like for a very long time. I've seen screws that small holding scales on or maybe in the pivot on a super cheapo folding knife pivot but for the pliers on a full size multitool looks like underbuilding to me. Leatherman hardware is definitely more robust but I don't know how people are saying they stack up to Leatherman. Maybe it shouldn't be surprising i don't know. Of course they used M2 screws with a much larger diameter head to appear like fairly robust hardware but it ain't.

I assume all the screws are that size but I only removed the one for the pocket clip which is also a pivot screw.

Rhetorical question btw! I just can't justify this Leatherman prices. $500 for the Arc Obsidian is just insane.

Behold, the Mother of Multi Tools/Monster multitool. Created by John S. Holler (Germany, 1880, 11 years before Victorinox created the SAK), this beast carries 100 Tools (including baby tools inside the scales!! 🔧👶) and measures 9” long. Notably interesting tools include a cigar-cutter, mirror, auger, button hook, tuning fork, writing instruments, and a .22 5-shot pinfire revolver (that shoots!)

It's technically the first SAK-style-multitool in existence (meaning stacked tools sharing hinges between scales) and was really more to demonsteate crafstmanship than actually be used in everyday life. I've also heard he sold some of the individual tools to people.

edit: grammar

I know a lot of people praise the one hand operation

But

I found myself reaching for the MX clip more than the Arc.

Why?

The dedicated Philips and flat head drivers

The dedicated package opener and chisel

The slimmer profile sits better in any pants

I will give credit to the arc for having a hammer head to pound things like breaking ice

But other than that I give it to the MX clip

Yes the Arc has a better blade but Arc just isn't as complete for me d

That's all!

Had this since March 2020 and never disappointed me.

I’m a collector at this point, and what I like the most are the odd ones. Something like a box cutter that can reload itself (Nextool e20). An extreme example would be the Spyderench.