Best Multitool...

ThatOthersMayLive03 said:
Mike how far out is the EDC for them? Their stuff looks well made and Dave said you really like yours.
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No idea but I've talked to Shane about it a few times. Know it's coming.

I do really like the AR Multitasker. Great tool, The best build quality I've seen in a multi, best plier heads I've used, love the full sized screwdriver bit compatability. If the EDC tool is as well done as the AR model it'll be a real winner.
 
Leatherman sideclip for EDC ( one hand ballisong opening and very light but not many tools ) I love it !
Leatherman wave when I go in forest
 
If I am going to the range, I carry a Multitasker Series 2. If I am headed into the woods I like the Victorinox Swisstool Spirit. I have also had great luck with the Leatherman Wave and SOG multitools.
 
For what it's worth, my warbag (carried in personal vehicles and while working as a deputy sheriff) has:

Victorinox Swisschamp (which replaced a 15 year old SC destroyed in Crown Vic car fire in 2006)
Victorinox Swisstool (which replaced a 20 year old Leatherman destroyed in Crown Vic car fire in 2006-bought the Swisstool at the suggestion of the store owner-HAVE NEVER REGRETTED THAT)
Gerber Pruning Shears (NOTHING cuts small limbs for tinder, kindling, traps, shelter, clearing fields of fire, etc. safer/faster/or with less caloric consumption than pruning shears-learned that from a SWAT Sniper buddy several years ago on another forum-he even sewed a pocket on his BDU top sleeve for a pair. Also in the sniper/observer/SERE role, this can be done in a VERY low profile movement, since it doesn't require a "sawing" movement, or a "swinging" movement, and the othe rhand can be holding the branch in question so as not to create a falling movement or sound.)
Gerber Game Shears (just for their "heavy duty scissors" use-not for game)
Medium sized Fiskars quality scissors (okay I like scissors for some tasks!)
Gerber LST saw

For HIKING however I only take the Gerber LST and the Swisschamp.

(Not relevant to this post but I also carry whatever fixed blade I'm big on at the time; something in the 4"-7 1/2" range.)

The LST can make decent firewood if ever needed or shelter pieces but weighs NOTHING. Also, although I like tomahawks personally, I have found that the LST does better work on all almost all "dead and down" wood than hatchets...in my personal opinion after personal experience I have no use for hatchets, even though they are popular in "woodsman" stories and many carry them "just because that's what you are supposed to carry when you camp". Often the wood starts to harden and I've seen hatchets not sever a damn near petrified 6" log after 30 minutes (and I am a BIG boy). Another guy had a larger folding saw (Sierra saw?) that finished it in about 2 minutes.

The Swisschamp is the ultimate multi-tool!

If you don't want to consider it and mean more "conventional" multi-tools, then the SwissTool is my favorite.

I admit to having no firsthand experience with SOG or Gerbers, although I have handled both and liked them. The SwissTool STILL seems more rugged. Many (Gerber, Leatherman, SOG) seem to "flex" ever so slightly in my hand (again I'm a big young-un ;) ) but the SwissTool does NOT flex one bit. The tools also lock in use.
 
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I trust my Leatherman for anything (WAVE and Kick). I like gerbers but understand they aren't as great as quality but find their one hand open pliers very useful. Haven't ever had a SOG or Victorinox. Though for camping I do love a classic Swiss army knife (camper) Takes up less room and weight then a full sized mutlitool.
 
shotgunner11 said:
No idea but I've talked to Shane about it a few times. Know it's coming.

I do really like the AR Multitasker. Great tool, The best build quality I've seen in a multi, best plier heads I've used, love the full sized screwdriver bit compatability. If the EDC tool is as well done as the AR model it'll be a real winner.
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I think I will just go ahead and get the LM TTI for now. I will have to check out your Multitasker if you have it with you at the camp out.
 
I have had 3 Leatherman and had problems with all 3 of them ~~ so I went to Gerber and bought a SOG as a back-up and never have had a problem they could not handle and only have good things to say about both of them. And both are used and even used hard at times when I need them.*
You could literally give me 6 Leathermans and the Waves and I would trade them in for a Gerber and a SOG.!* If I can't trust it to do what I need it to then I don't want it. Leatherman for me is a waste of my money.!
 
Gladiator357 said:
I have had 3 Leatherman and had problems with all 3 of them ~~ so I went to Gerber and bought a SOG as a back-up and never have had a problem they could not handle and only have good things to say about both of them. And both are used and even used hard at times when I need them.*
You could literally give me 6 Leathermans and the Waves and I would trade them in for a Gerber and a SOG.!* If I can't trust it to do what I need it to then I don't want it. Leatherman for me is a waste of my money.!
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What problems did you have?

I've been carrying the Wave style tools since they came out and have never had to send one back. One of them I carried for 10 straight years everyday and I used it at least 100 times a day. (I was working in injection molding). Finally lost it a few months back and if I hadn't, it would still be on my belt.
 
SOG power lock! for years love it! the blade on it kinda sucks everything else is awesome
the compound leverage & the saw are what sets it apart for me.
 
the human brain is the best multitool.

fortunately it comes in a convenient carrying case so it doesn't get all messy while you're dragging it around with you, and some people tend to take theirs out if the case and leave them at home, or shut them down and forget to reboot. and just like knives, some are razor keen, others are rusty and dull from lack of use. :rolleyes:
 
Working construction and power generation maintenance, I've EDC'd the Wave, Supertool 200, and the Vic Swisstool. I like all of them, but If I had to chose one it would be the Swisstool.
 
i still have several Leatherman sideclips. wish i'd bought more. i broke the pliers on the one that was my EDC, sent it in and then sent me something else with a bolt on pocket clip. think it's a surge. it sucks and i've never carried it.

had an early Gerber, it constantly bit my hand, and it's in the barter box now. haven't touched it in years.

have a Leatherman micra on my house keys, gets used frequently for the scissors and nail file. had the first version for about 10 years before the scissors wore out.

currently carry a Leatherman Charge XTi. think that's the only multitool with a titanium frame.

planning on getting a Leatherman MUT for the range bag. perhaps a Spyderco Harp too.

may have to get the new one with the pocket clip to replace my Sideclip. drawing a complete blank on the name.
 
Owned more than a few of most of the different makers. I like the SOG Powerlock the best for all around, and the Power-Assist if you need a quick knife. As for LM, aside from having problems with them being too soft, the owner is a Fudd and I'll pull my toenails out with pliers before I send any of my money his way.
 
stjones said:
I've been using a Leatherman wave since they became available. (late '90's early '00's?)
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Me too (well, probably within a year of first release anyway)

ckaufman55 said:
I'm always using my wave. The changeable bits are my favorite feature.
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No changeable bits on mine, you obviously have a new Wave, 10 years ago when I got mine they didn't have that feature. It doesn't matter so much to me though because I EDC the LM Wave + Victorinox Cybertool (for about 10 years) and the Cybertool has changeable bits. As a computer tech I love that combo and there isn't much that I can't handle between those 2 tools. The Cybertool doesn't have a saw or file, but the Wave does so between them I have just about every tool I ever need to have.

I really like the Leatherman Wave, but I've heard good things about the Victorinox Swisstool so I'd probably check that out if I was needing to buy a new multi-tool so I could decide between them.
 
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Original Leatherman Supertool, must be 15+ years old, next to a newer Leatherman Core I bought a couple of years ago to replace it.
 
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