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Initially I really like the function and weight of this multitool. However now after a few months of use I've already broken the pliers.
It's quite light, and doesn't take up too much pocket space.The design is really ingenious. And yes, 154CM is better than 420HC. It covers about 95% of the fasteners you're likely to run into.The combination general-purpose/needlenose pliers are really quite good. They said to send them $10 ($9. The Skeletool ships with double-ended flat and Philips bits, and they store in the knife, so you're never without them. I bought the accessory bit set. I carry this everywhere, and it's saved me *many* trips down to my toolbox in the basement. I wrote Leatherman an email.
After a couple of weeks I got a BRAND NEW CX along with my original uncashed check. Not sure how much that matters in real life, though.Yours truly broke off the tip of the knife blade (my fault, not the CX's). I feel almost embarrassed at their generosity.Anyway, I'd buy this again in an instant. It's easier to sharpen. I particularly love the changeable bits. can't remember) for repair and return shipping.
Having the skinny tips has come in handy more than once.In hindsight, I *might* go for the non-CX Skeletool simply because I like its smooth knife blade rather than the CX's semi-serrated. OTOH, the CX is excellent as-is, and the carbon-fiber is sexy. That sounded like a good deal, so I did it. I'm even tempted to squirrel another one away in case Earth is hit by an asteroid and they stop making them.
This has been in my pocket since i bought it. The changeable bits are great, and don't weigh a lot at all. I use it everyday at work, and take it backpacking with me. It doesn't have 300 fold out gadgets, just some basic functions that almost anyone would need. I was skeptical about losing them at first, but I haven't had any trouble at all with them. Great quality for the price, and for those of us who just want things we will actually use day-to-day, this is the tool.
Sharp knife. Really cool looking. Took it camping and only wished for my other leathermen once when I came across a can of blueberries and didn't have a can opener.
I have been keeping this in the car for emergency situations when or if I was not wearing my Leatherman Charge.( which gets a 5 star plus rating).I had to cut some of the wire on a wreath at the cemetary & then bend it & it was a struggle to see if the wire or the Leatherman was going to win out as #1. I wonder how Survivorman or Bear Grylls would rate this cool looking multi-tool. I knew where the best place to cut the wire was on the multi-tool but when I started to bend the wire; I could see the needlenose part was flexing. The multi-tool won out but I know to take my Leatherman Charge when I go camping. I would not want to have to depend on this Leatherman in the mountains camping or way back in a forest somewhere. In my opinion, the Leatherman New Wave would have been a better buy.
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