I bought my first charge in 07 in afghanistan. It was a charge alx and it was somewhere around $90. I am an aircraft mechanic and I have used it every work day since. I have abused and neglected it. I've used the bits with the other handle at a 90 degree angle to get more leverage. I've broken torques with the drivers that a regular screw driver couldnt handle (at least not with my strength). I've loosened bolts with the pliers and have done endless amounts of lockwire with it. I've cut metal shipping bands with the wire cutters and many zip ties. I've used the file to sharpen my pocket knives when in a pinch. I've used it as a hammer and a pry bar. I've dropped it, over and over and over. I once dropped it from the tail of an apache and onto concrete. I used the eye glass screw driver as an awl and eventually broke it. I also broke the tabs on the insides of the handles that push the heads of the pliers out. Everything else works great. It works beautifully. The pliers have no more play in them then they did when they were brand new. This multi tool is perfect, in every single way. There isn't a single thing I would change about it. I like it so much I traded for a brand new one even though mine is still perfectly usable in every way. I've had a sog power lock, a leatherman core, a leatherman supertool 300, a leatherman fuse, a skeletool and 2 gerbers. None of them even come close to comparing. Leatherman really got this one right and knew what they were doing. And my new one even has beefier tabs for the plier heads and a more useful eye glass driver. Thank you leatherman for listening to your customers.
