Favorite Multi-tool Brand

[LD4Life]

I have a Gerber Suspension. Titanium Carbide, one hand open, full bit set, the list goes on. I love it.

[Pip]

Just recently got a brand new Leatherman Core. PERFECT for what I do. I've always been a Leatherman, if you will... Not a Gerber baby. Haha.

I've had Waves, Squirts (I also have a Squirt E4- a brilliant little tool) all sorts of older Leathermen. I love them, and will always stick with them. The only reason I get new ones is because I lose them, not because they break.

People at my school are always like but Gerbers are so cool with the one handed opening... And I just couldn't care less about that. If that is the only reason someone can come up with (it's the only gerber vs leatherman defense I've eve heard) then Leatherman is the clear choice in my mind.
I also prefer the way the tools are layed out in Leathermen... Anyway, it's my personal choice. P.S. I really don't like the idea of that one handed flicking open motion- I often work in the air (duh) and I just don't like the idea of ficking my wrist with a tool in it while I am 20 feet in the air. That just seems irresponsible and dangerous to me and to the people below me. Another reason I'm not a fan of that opening system. (That and it's very difficult to do it with 2 hands, so if you do want to avoid the flicking it open with one hand, it's hard to do)

Anyway, not that's I've written a book.. :P

[SweetBennyFenton]

To start off... a SOG tool once saved my life.

I would have never made it out of a potentially lethal snake bite situation if I wasn't carrying the SOG tool that a friend gave me.

That being said, I prefer my Gerber. The pliers are the tool I use most, so I want to be able to flick them out fast. I combine this with a CRKT knife and I have almost everything I need.

I still feel a bit bad about not wearing the tool that saved my life.

[avkid]

Originally Posted by SweetBennyFenton

a CRKT knife

What model?
The professional models look awesome!

[Pip]

Originally Posted by SweetBennyFenton

I combine this with a CRKT knife and I have almost everything I need.

CRKTs are nice. I have a Carson Design M16-10Z that used to be my everyday carry. It's awesome. (Now my everyday carry is the beautiful Benchmade Osborne design 960-RED)

[mnfreelancer]

I have owned both Gerber and Leatherman multi-tools. I think I had the Gerber first and then got a Leatherman Wave (gen1) when a friend got one and I got to play with it. I liked the full-size external lockback tools. I went back to my Gerber after I basically TOTALED the wave (broken needlenose pliar, every screwdriver other than phillips broken/chipped, cutters mushroomed, scissors dull, knives re-sharpened multiple times, knife points gone, diamond grit on file completely gone, I mean totaled). I came to like the fact that you could flick the pliers out like a switchblade and got really good at that. Then my gerber was stolen and I went back to the totaled leatherman which has worked ok ever since. Sending it in for warranty is on my list of things to do but it's hard to be without a multi. I also have carried a Leatherman micra for a long time and have had 3 of them - mostly for the little tweaker screwdriver.

[bobgaggle]

I had a leatherman wave for 5 years, but it disappeared on a hunting trip. Later that year i got the new, re-vamped version of the wave. I don't like it nearly as much. when closed, the blades located on the outside have sharper ridges, making it less comfortable on the hand. I still say leatherman makes the best product though. Of course, its all personal opinion

[howlingwolf487]

I have the now-discontinued (as far as I know, anyways) Leatherman Supertool 200. I've had it for around 6 years and it still functions perfectly fine. Every tool locks open and the pliers are fantastic. I'm pretty sure it was the most heavy duty multitool Leatherman made.

http://www.leatherman.com/products/t...00/default.asp

[gafftapegreenia]

Hey CB, did you know there is a

multitool.org?

They even have a multitool forum that's worth checking out.

[bobgaggle]

Originally Posted by gafftapegreenia

Hey CB, did you know there is a
multitool.org?
They even have a multitool forum that's worth checking out.

Why would we go there when we can use up CB bandwidth in the never ending debates?