Thanks dude, you just saved me $85 and a potential injury from broken handle. Subscribed 👍

@soloproject99

10 ай бұрын

Glad you’re here brother!! Definitely glad I could help!

@ghostramp8578

5 ай бұрын

It´s 85 bucks??? I just got Condor Jungolo for 95, I´m super happy with it

You are right on point in regards to that wimpy handle

As a Gerber fanboy, you are absolutely right about this crap. Broadcut was my first Gerber and im still using it for 4 yrs. That thing is tough, Well balanced and perfect for chopping and slashing. One of my favorite machete i would say. But when i picked up Gerber gator? I instantly felt something was off. No weight balancing whatsoever, blade dangling every time i swing it. Which is a huge issue for machete because those two problems combined? hard to hit the same spot with impact point repeatedly... To sum it up, the structural disaster you cleared out makes this thing not only fragile and dangerous, it is failure as a tool.

@soloproject99

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I grew up with Gerber and always knew it was a brand you could count on. My father gave me his old Gerber skinner when I became of age and I have no doubts it will last another two or three generations of use and abuse. The thing that really grinds my gears about the Gerber Gator is, these things are being bought by people that knew the brand like I did, to put in “survival packs” or “bug out bags”. They’re being bought by young men and women starting jobs in land surveying, environmental sciences, and other land management fields of work. It’s not okay in my opinion! The customer service is terrible too! I started a return/refund claim over two months ago and I am still waiting for some response.

@arshnewstvusa

Жыл бұрын

lol seeing this thing in the shop today, looking at that handle, felt like it would be a dangly tool

Thank you for the only proper review of this product that I've seen. I wish I knew which model of the gerber gator this is. There is a regular and an outdoor version which I suspect may be different in quality.

@soloproject99

7 ай бұрын

Well, thank you for being here! I’m trying to help people sift through the mountain of trash to find some good stuff!

It sure lookef pretty when I bought it.. THIN hollow ground edge Bends REAL easy hard to straighten.. not enough metal to work your way out of... Might look like a tomato knife by the time you got it all straightened out... But it sure looked pretty

@soloproject99

Ай бұрын

Man, I hate to hear that!

thank you for review

@soloproject99

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Thanks for being here!!

that shit is a quarter tang! Also, love how the thinnest piece of metal on either bolt-pin is on the hole that's going to be taking all the impact from the blade hitting something and is going to shear off the instant the blade starts getting dull during cutting, or you hit a nail ,and it's going to cut your palm up

Yep. I had one of these and the handle broke on the first day. The stitching on the belt loop busted too. If Gerber actually honours their warranty (doubtful) and I get a replacement I wouldn't use it for much more than saplings and weeds.

The brown chicken brown cow part really set this piece apart😂 Two inches inside of it. Wow😅

These kind of stuff, hurts the brand pretty bad. But also, so disrespectful to their customers.

I got mine for $14. Adequate for what i need it for.

@Kova-ow2en

11 ай бұрын

Come on now, I’m sure you can buy a decent machete for a few dollars more that isn’t a liability or something that will risk an injury over

Oh wow. I never knew these weren't full tang. Now I'm even less confident in trying it lol At least I paid $20 for mine and it came with a knife? Yay?

@soloproject99

Жыл бұрын

I just learned a 25$ lesson😂😂 I’ll post the full testing video tonight!

Any thoughts on the Ontario SP8?

Saw this on sale last fall in Home Depot and thought, "Hey cool." Held it and looked it over for about 10 seconds, and even in the poster board shrink wrap I'm thinking this is barely a toy, let alone a tool.

Yeah you'd think gerber would know better. There are certain machete that dont have full tang traditionally such as certain SE asian blades. however the blades werent bolted to plastic either.

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Tiny belt loop? That’s what she said!

I dont know what to do cuz my mom got me this for Christmas and in kinda scared to use it and i dont want to be rude to my mom bye not using it

The reviews are all true the quality of this machete is disappointingly horrible. Like he said I too purchased a piece of crap.

You aren't actually supposed to use it on anything more than plastic bottles 😂

Outsourced to china what do you expect. You find gerber knives now anywhere even gas stations is so sad.

I really like how you screwed around most of the video and wasted a lot of my time. Thumbs down.

@soloproject99

Ай бұрын

The gerber gator machete was my very first video review. I agree that it is long winded and sloppy. Time is a valuable thing these days. Thanks for the feedback.