Swiss Tech Micro Tool, opinions

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manowar669

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I'm thinking that one of these on a keychain would complement my incoming Vic Soldier as a new EDC combo. I like compact and light, and I really only think I need pliers, and maybe a solid phillips bit, above what the Soldier can handle. Is this a quality tool? I realize it won't be as capable as a larger tool. Also, do they make a needlenose version?
 
Personally , I think they are too small to be of any real utility . Other than grabbing , pliers are about torque , just way too small .

A Leatherman Freestyle CX s about the smallest plier I'd take seriously , plus you get a locking S30V blade .

Chris
 
Leatherman squirt P4 has come in very useful to me many times.
I have the swiss tech too and have never found those pliers very useful for anything.
 
After some experience with one, I don't consider this a quality tool. Both PH and slotted drivers are slippy and hard to hold in place because the handles keep wanting to fold. Also the pliers are not a very useful shape for the small things it is only good for. It would probably be allowed on an airplane, but that would be a poor reason to have one if it can perform little useful work. It was fun to play with for a while, though. For some reason I still keep it in my "collection." The only keychain size multitool I know of that is actually useable is the Squirt P4.
 
The Squirt S3 is quite usefull in an electrical /electronic context , the stripper jaws aren't cast , and are quite strong . It will handle nuts in the 1/4 ( 6mm ) range . I wouldn't advise you to use it for cutting nails or coathanger wire etc .

Chris
 
The above posters have made good observations and I agree with them about the drawbacks to the SwissTech. However, I still carry mine and find that with practice it does the intended jobs OK. Not great, but OK. Plus, I like the simplicity of the design.
 
I like mine , the idea of these tools is that you forget about em till you need em.Just sit mostly invisible on your keyring.

nobody would use the utilikey or the microtool , unless the had nothing else or it was just too inconveniant to get a larger more dedicated tool.
You can get a decent amount of leveage with the pliers a long shot beyond bare hands.The wire cutter is also pretty good , I just tested mine on a drawing pin no probs.
the philips & flatscrewdrivers are ok , but I think the screw key type is better.

I bought mine second hand , the microtool is the older version , I snapped my utilikey and shot em off an email ,, and they sent me a new one! no questions from usa to Australia ,, thats pretty good IMO.
 
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