Gerber saw works great at removing fishhooks or even a line guide kinda like a SAK anglers fork ended "fish-scaler tool" if you want to skip or have 'lost' a costly pliers multitool. The Gerber can more easily do work places like Canada with Robertson bits if you travel for work or even live places that use things like hex bits more and more every day. The orange/black rocks

@hvacbudget8600

3 ай бұрын

Great tips for using the tool! Thanks.

Without locking bit holder no one of these will be in my pocket

Without a locking screwdriver I may as well just stick with my beloved Victorinox

Your thoughts is wright, because of this now there is a Sale on the Gerber Armbar and it costs 15$ :)

You can reconfigure the Swiss tech so the bit driver is locking. Only takes about ten minutes to swap the tools around and you are good to go.

Big fan of the armbar drive. I would love if Gerber would give that one the love it is showing the two new ones. Honestly, I would give neither of the new ones a second glance because gerber split up the drive and removed one of my most used tools from each model…the scissors and the driver! The Swiss tech is a non starter with the detent.

@hvacbudget8600

10 ай бұрын

The Gerber Armbar drive is nice!

I'm thinking of buying the Rocktol version of this Swisstech and I did an experiment to see if I could live with the non-locking bit driver by temporarily sabotaging the lock on the same tool, with a paperclip, but found on the Bibury 19-in-1 multitool pliers. In a sense it does lock in all directions except one critical one: the foldaway direction. But knowing this what you do is choke up on the handle and place your thumb against the bit holder on that side, and then you are pretty much good to go, even on tough to rotate screws. That was my impression at least.

@hvacbudget8600

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like a good explanation!

One reason they didn't make the bit driver lock is because the knife is actually one handle of their leatherman wave clone. They put the bit driver in place of the plier head and it was cheaper to not change the locking mechanism. Probably better off getting the swiss tech wave clone and modding your own one handed knife with your choice of tools

I really wish the scissors on both were better (the other Armbars). The design makes it easy too cut yourself too. The Gerber go on sale a lot...

Having been in war, flood, earthquake, capsized boats, having been hunted, stranded in an island and suffered landslide. The armbar will work better. Its my experience. In war multitool with a saw, hammer and blade will be usefull. The hammer allows you to attack from behind with relatively no sound and less blood. Hammers and saw will also help make shelters faster not because youd drive nails with em but because you can break a branch faster if you cut halfway through then hit em woth some force.Happened while we were being hunted and had to make cover quick. Screw driver is indispensible. Earthquake, typhoon capsized boats you want that its not locking so you can fit in diffenent tight spaces better. Scissors, well you can use a knife. And its black, you dont wanna be chased by someone at night and have a shiny thing in your hand. Size wise its perfect, trust me during war you will have to go througj a checkpoint at some time and having something you can conceal os great. And having the hammer you can go on the offensive even before taking the knife out. Thqts split second makes a diffetence mind you.

I have the trade, the bit holder not locking isn't a huge problem, it's got a good detent hold and you can choke up on it if you need strength. I just wish the knife was a better steel.

I prefer the Chinese model

I would have preferred a larger scissor versus a saw on the Swisstech tool. I think scissors are going to be used more often than a saw.

@hvacbudget8600

10 ай бұрын

I agree!

@freddykruger3320

10 ай бұрын

Get a surge clone and split it apart to make one like that.

@rustybarrel516

4 ай бұрын

Mossy Oak has a similar tool with scissors in place of the saw and an awl in place of the small scissors.

@renviluan2842

Ай бұрын

Si, pero cuando tú estás in un emergencia, la sierra será indispensable.

I’ve got problems with Swiss Tool .. Pliers now having a problem closing.. Love the design but I’m not buying anymore Swiss Tool .. Free P 4 all the way and a Signal for days out and camping..

I like the Swiss Tech, this is something I would carry if a plier multitool didn't exist. I'm a fool for plier based multitools, lol!

@hvacbudget8600

10 ай бұрын

I agree, I definitely like pliers on a tool.

I’d buy the Swiss tech if it had a locking bit driver.

@ruud6899

10 ай бұрын

You can swap sides so the screwdriver becomes locking and the scissors/canopener becomes non-locking.

Why would I even use those tiny scissors to cut paracord? There's a blade. Those scissors (and most multi tool scissors) are not even designed to cut a paracord.

@louis5668

Ай бұрын

It’s called a stress test

@4Sandrix

Ай бұрын

@@louis5668 so, cutting a paracord with nail scissors is a stress test in your opinion. Ok.

@louis5668

Ай бұрын

@@4Sandrix How many times is a car going to slam straight into a solid wall? But they still do that with cars to test the safety features

@4Sandrix

Ай бұрын

@@louis5668 tens of thousands of car's slam into each other and other obstacles everyday. Safety test for a two ton fast moving metal box with people in it is not a stress test - it's again a safety test. Invalid argument.

no awl no deal . would like to see better scissors. wish gerber would make a kit to retrofit a clip for my armbar!

@hvacbudget8600

10 ай бұрын

Etsy has some good retro fit clips. A friend on the channel sent some in and they were pretty cool!

@ramsessilent

10 ай бұрын

@@hvacbudget8600 all i saw was the thick plastic ones but i will look again or just brake down and drill some holes to my a clip fit, kist my armbar but hate it floating in my pocket. thanks for the info stay awesome.

@hvacbudget8600

10 ай бұрын

@@ramsessilent They are plastic. Someone has said the Free series clip can be used with some different hardware.

@rustybarrel516

4 ай бұрын

Mossy Oak has a tool that is very similar to the SwissTech but has an awl in place if the small scissors and large scissors in place of the saw. I like its combination of tools.

@ramsessilent

4 ай бұрын

@@rustybarrel516 the Rocktol one is the best i have found it kile the ST but with better blade steel.

swisstech being so cheap you could buy the one with pliers and split it in half to create a knife just like but this with a locking screw driver ;)

Cowabunga.!

Is that an actual Swiss Tech or a Chinese clone?

@hvacbudget8600

7 ай бұрын

I believe Swisstech was bought out by an overseas company so every Swisstech is now made overseas.

@michaelmcclure9350

7 ай бұрын

The site you bought it from is notorious for selling knock offs, just so you know

Useless scissors.. Useless non-locking screwdriver... SIGH

Its one half of a plier tool. Screwdriver doesnt lock because that is where half of the plier head attaches. They just moved the bit driver there. No designing, just Frankensteining. Both tools are half tool shit. Real men carry Surges.