best travel friendly keychain multi tool 2017

#Best travel friendly keychain multi tool 2017 driver

I didn’t have my second squirt long enough to damage it. My first squirt’s pliers got a little loose upon trying to open large bolts with far too much force – if you need two hands, its probably not the best idea to use a squirt! Treat it with some care, and it will last a lifetime (or until you forget its on your keys when you go through airport security!) The Squirt, as the name suggests, is a small tool, and should be treated as such. Over the ten years I’ve owned my PS4’s I’ve never once broken any tool bit – but – I have come close. Leatherman durability is bar none, its why they happily give anyone a near lifetime warranty and frequently repair people’s gear without question. And when you open up the pliers, all the tools are on the inside inorder to not get caught or dig into your palm while you apply pressure in use. For example, the knifeblade, scisors and screwdriver open out on the bottom side of the tool which allows easy use without the square shape impeding on grip or use. The tools are well placed and it shows a lot of thought went into the design. While it is a bit small its round edges don’t dig in (that much) unless you’re really pushing the limits of the pliers. Leatherman Squirt Pliers make for a great potgrabber.

I know a lot of people prefer the victorinox classic over the squirt for backpacking simply for the tweezers – these pliers are actually pointy enough to do most tweezer jobs – only due to the size you get a much better grip on the pesky splinter or thorn. The needlenose section of these pliers are perhaps the most undervalued part of this multitool. I’ve used this to loosen car batteries and other small bolts on cars with moderate to good success – its a small tool, expect it can only handle small jobs. The bolt grip is a sort of triangle shape when closed, this allows it to properly grip multiple sizes well. There is no stripper guage built in but you can easily use these to strip wires by using less pressure. The wirecutter is around 5mm long and can cut most small wires with relative ease. The Pliers are thoughtfully designed, spring loaded these pliers have three main sections, the wirecutter, the bolt gripper, and the flat/flush, almost needle nose pliers. If you remove the keyring you can slide it away so it doesn’t get caught or impede on using the other features. Not much to say on this – it’s a keyring – it’s little and attached to an even smaller ring that slides around the end of the multitool. However due to its length I wouldn’t force it on anything. It’s worth mentioning the end of the fingernail file is shapped so that it can be used for bigger flathead screwdriver jobs than the actual screwdriver bit. I really don’t use this very often, I believe I’ve used it to cut a couple notches in wood before – one of the edges is serated with the file texture. Punching the rivet with a hammer tightened and improved cutting.

I could have easily sent it in for a replacement but I found it was easy enough to fix with a nail and a hammer – there is a small rivet you just need to smash in a bit tighter. They cut paper well and do a decent job opening small packets of food.Īfter around a year I noticed my scissors loosening and not cutting very well anymore. The scissors are springloaded but small and a bit flimsy. I say “ok” because I’d still rather use a lighter or another bottle to open my beer – its just easier.

The bottle opener is under the flathead screwdriver and does an ok job of opening bottles. backpacking sized) will have no issues tightening in the field.

#Best travel friendly keychain multi tool 2017 driver

The Eyeglass driver fits standard glasses screws from my experience, only my slim armed reading glasses have screws that are too small for it. The Eyeglass screwdriver, like the flathead is easy to open without opening the whole thing up.ĭue to being less used it got the unfortunate spot next to the lanyard keyring which means – if you have it on your keys, it will be difficult to use without removing. The flathead is easy to get out without opening up the whole tool and is on the end opposite the lanyard keyring to minimize interference. The Flathead screwdriver is small but not too small, it gets most jobs done and can be used to turn a few phillips screws aswell. Modified knife blade to remove chisel grind, looks awful, cuts evenly! Flathead Screwdriver