Victorinox vs. Leatherman (in terms of quality)

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Powernoodle's experience mirrors my own here. I EDC a SwissChamp and used to carry a Leatherman Sidekick. I loved the Sidekick because it's a great tool, but the SwissChamp offers more and is better made. The SwissChamp is on my belt as I type this, and I ended up giving the Sidekick to my brother in law.
 
Kwon Kwang said:
Powernoodle's experience mirrors my own here. I EDC a SwissChamp and used to carry a Leatherman Sidekick. I loved the Sidekick because it's a great tool, but the SwissChamp offers more and is better made. The SwissChamp is on my belt as I type this, and I ended up giving the Sidekick to my brother in law.
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One or the other might better fit your lifestyle, and that's fine, but in my opinion, these are two different animals. Swisschamp is a loaded Swiss Army Knife, the Sidekick a pliers based multitool. While the SAK has pliers (barely) in its tool mix, it is more a pocketable knife with extras, while the Leatherman is real pliers, plus. They can't really be compared anymore than a rifle and pistol. Both are firearms, but...
 
I tend to split SAK type knives out as a separate type of need. If you doing much of anything that requires strength, the pliers-based multi-tools win, even the small ones. I can imagine carrying a beastly SAK (more than three layers) in my pocket and I won't do it.
 
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