A staple in the pockets of handy-men everywhere. The Leatherman Multi-Tool is one of the few gadgets that looks and feels rugged, and is effective at whatever it does.
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| The Leatherman |
Most multi-tools are just hodgepodges. An assortment of blades and can-openers that were slapped onto some kind of handle. It is almost as if someone said, "Fit all the things you can into this wrench." Because of this the user can hardly use any of the options in the tool effectively, and they just look like a shabby "super-tool" that a kid put together and function just about as well.
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| A Hodgepodge Multi-tool |
But the Leatherman is a tool that feels and is solid. When it is folded, its steel enclosure protects the blades and puts everything in a nice smooth package that is not un-attractive. When one opens it to use the pliers, the pliers are the only thing you deal with, nothing else is sticking out or dangling. But then if you want to use one of the tools each rotates out firmly, and locks into position and everything else can recede back into the enclosure leaving just a tool and the handle/enclosure.
The Leatherman is an excellent multi-tool because each of its devices feels as if it is the only tool in the multi-tool when you use it. There are few compromises within this gadget. The design was thought out and made to be elegant and effective. When you look at it you can say, "This was thought out with the user in mind."
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