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SAK cadet or compact?
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I prefer the Cadet. I'm not a fan of the combo tool on the Compact.
powernoodle
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FWIW, the Compact is $31.69 with free shipping at a large online vendor.
You might want to work backward and try to figure out what tools you need the most, then see what tool or tools covers your needs. At a minimum, I want a blade (usually a folder), real 3D phillips with long shank (for reach), a flat driver which doubles for light prying, tweezer (splinters) and Victorinox scissor (extremely precise for cleaning up scrapes and skin boo boos). I like to have a mini phillips (seems like the whole world is held together with mini phillips screws), magnifier and pin. My "requirements" may be a little more than most folks, as the train wreck between my ears is likely worse than the average guy. I also like to have a plier, but honestly it never gets used much.
So its helpful to figure out what you need, and then decide what fills that need. The Compact is awesome, and a guy could do much worse than carrying a Compact and nothing else. Lots of guys like the Cadet, and though I own several, they just don't do it for me as they have no "real" phillips, tweezer and all the other stuff that comes with a cellidor SAK.
You can also do something like carry a Compact, and then supplement whatever floats your boat, like a County Comm keychain phillips driver or whatever.
But as between the Compact and Cadet, I'm definitely going to carry the Compact. I suspect that if you conducted a poll, though, the Cadet might win because of its thin countenance and durable build.
Compact. (Stock photo)
You might want to work backward and try to figure out what tools you need the most, then see what tool or tools covers your needs. At a minimum, I want a blade (usually a folder), real 3D phillips with long shank (for reach), a flat driver which doubles for light prying, tweezer (splinters) and Victorinox scissor (extremely precise for cleaning up scrapes and skin boo boos). I like to have a mini phillips (seems like the whole world is held together with mini phillips screws), magnifier and pin. My "requirements" may be a little more than most folks, as the train wreck between my ears is likely worse than the average guy. I also like to have a plier, but honestly it never gets used much.
So its helpful to figure out what you need, and then decide what fills that need. The Compact is awesome, and a guy could do much worse than carrying a Compact and nothing else. Lots of guys like the Cadet, and though I own several, they just don't do it for me as they have no "real" phillips, tweezer and all the other stuff that comes with a cellidor SAK.
You can also do something like carry a Compact, and then supplement whatever floats your boat, like a County Comm keychain phillips driver or whatever.
But as between the Compact and Cadet, I'm definitely going to carry the Compact. I suspect that if you conducted a poll, though, the Cadet might win because of its thin countenance and durable build.
Compact. (Stock photo)