Good Keychain Multitool?

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GarageBoy

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Something along the lines of a Micra or a Squirt? With the bare essentials only? (CAP LIFTER and CAN OPENERs are musts)
 
The Squirt and Micra both have a cap opener but no can opener. The squirt and micra are both designed for easy everyday tasks, and I don't believe can opening is an easy everyday task. If you want a can opener, you gotta look into bigger multi tools.
 
The only thing I know of that is smallish is a LM Juice S2(or C2) or a short version of a SAK tinker. Of course this is not really keychain-size. I think you may be out of luck there. I doubt you will find a can opener on anything smaller, since openers require a bit of room (for width) and a little more leverage than most other, simpler things...

Smaller than 3.25" is hard to find...

Here are two 3.25" options with solid openers.

http://www.knivesplus.com/VN-53042-Victorinox.HTML

http://www.knivesplus.com/LE-14GY-Leatherman.HTML

more juices

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/leatherman/juice.html

Of course, if someone finds such a gem, please post...
 
GarageBoy said:
Thanks. I got a P38 on my key chain, but it stabs me often
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Wrap a piece of cellophane tape around your P-38. It breaks pretty easy for when you need to use it.

Paul
 
I have had an LM Micra on my key ring for about 5 years now. To me it has al the things I would typically need during the course of a normal day. I particularly like the scissors. I find them to be more useful in an office environment than a small pair of pliers. Just my .02. ;)
 
ckl said:
someone say that the can opener in the mini tool is a joke...it is not sharp and not handy...
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Could be true, I've never seen one. The LM juice line has dull can openers too, but a coarse diamond stone fixes 'em up very nicely, and then they work about as well as most. For a real solid can opener, you really have to go with a bigger tool... or a can opener which is just a can opener (P38).
 
Wrapped a rubber band around the p38. (Emergency rubber band, anyone?) Now I just need a bottle opener.
 
klattman said:
Could be true, I've never seen one. The LM juice line has dull can openers too, but a coarse diamond stone fixes 'em up very nicely, and then they work about as well as most. For a real solid can opener, you really have to go with a bigger tool... or a can opener which is just a can opener (P38).
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yes, u got the point, the can opener in multi tool is never gd,but is better than none.... :)
 
I love my Squirt S4 (scissors). If you prefer pliars get the P4. I did a review of the S4 when I got mine.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=296576

No can opener, but IMO a can opener of a tool that size would be pretty useless. Leatherman can openers are pretty useless anyway, unless you sharpen them (then they're fine). A 91mm, 2 spring V'nox SAK like the Spartan or Tinker (or 3 spring with scissors), is probably better if you need the can opener. Or, the 84mm Waiter model has a blade, corkscrew, and combo cap lifter/can opener all on 1 backspring. If you want pliars, but no scissors, the smallest SAK is the Angler (but it has the probably-useless-for-you fish scaler), or the Delux Tinker, which has both scissors and pliars. Both have the can opener and cap lifter tools (which double as screw drivers). These are stretching the definition of "keychain tool" though. The waiter is probably your best bet if you don't need scissors or pliars (it does have the tweezers of course) since it's as slim as they come.
 
I have a P-38 clone with a built in cap lifter (handle shaped like a SAK screwdriver-cap lifter blade) it´s slightly larger than a regular P-38, I hang a small magnet (from Radio Shack) in the keychain next to it to keep it closed. I should add that I don´t carry it much since I usually have my SAK with me.
 
I have enough Junk in my pocket, so.. I want to keep bulk to a minimum. (wallet, keys, change, Arc AAA, Pen + my big legs= OUCH)
 
For a keychain, I like a swisstech swisskey, gives you phillips, flat, knife and bottle opener, size of an old dodge truck key. That and a p38 would have to be the smallest lightest way to get what you're looking for, or go with the micra/p38.
 
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