Saved the day... kinda

[styx]

OK we know multitools are useful and today I got to prove it to a non believer.
My friend had a few issues with her car. But ofc she didn't have any tools nearby. So that little Vis Spirit X got a workout and a half. Took me maybe 15 mins to get the things done what she wanted to and she was quite amazed, and finally understood why I carry one.

Since English isn't my first language I find it hard to explain what I had to do, but lets jsut say that the pliers, scissors, screwdrivers, pry bar, saw and file got to play.


but that also got me wondering on the best multitool subject that has been going on for whole eternity. The way I see it is that the best one is the one you have on you. It can be praised, expensive or have the best warranty and a 1000 tools but if you leave it at home it's useless.

 

[Iyonk]

Great point and story. Thats a good evangelism of edc a multitools. I dont carry a multitool.just a humble small SAK. But i understand the point of having something with you is all that count.. Seen alot of testimonies about how a small SAK save the day.. Thx for sharing.. Also these kind of story actually get us more addictied hahaha.

 

[jackknife]

Great point and story. Thats a good evangelism of edc a multitools. I dont carry a multitool.just a humble small SAK. But i understand the point of having something with you is all that count.. Seen alot of testimonies about how a small SAK save the day.. Thx for sharing.. Also these kind of story actually get us more addictied hahaha.

I can't count the number of times a small sak has saved my day.

One time some years ago, I was riding my Vespa motorscooter way out on a dirt country road, miles from anywhere. It started to sputter, and miss, and then died completely. Nothing. I looked it over and saw that the headlight was not even coming on with the key over. I started to trace back from the coil to the battery to see if a wire had come off. At the battery, I found the positive cable screw had worked loose, so my sak tinker fixed it good and tight, and I was on my way again.

Another time, my better half Karen and I were out on the lake in our canoe. We had a Minnikota elelctric trolling motor on a side mount, and we were just cruising around looking in all the little coves with our binoculars at the different water fowl. The twist grip control on the 4 forward speeds started to feel very loose, and then it wouldn't work, just slipped past the positions where it was supposed to change speeds. I pulled it up, and saw the one long phillips screw that held the control together, had backed out and was getting ready to fall off and the control would just be gone. The SD tip of my sak classic reached down in the deeply counter sunk hole where the screw was, and tightened it up and everything was fine then on. It would have been a long paddle back if the twist grip had come apart.

I think there has been more times in my life that a small sak has saved the day by being able to tighten up something, or get a cover off of something to poke around and find a loose connection. Sometimes all that takes is a screw driver. And almost all sak's have a screw driver.

 

[styx]

This is exactly what I mean. I carried a small SAK too and that thing did a wonderful job for a long time but more and more there was a need for sth bigger with more tools. So I switched