Gerber multi tools review

Just real, honest, side-by-side testing and comparison. Gerber Multi-Plier Review A truly unique offering in a field in which all the products seem to look the same. In the end, the MP is similar enough to the other products we reviewed. Photo: Gerber. Share this article:. Our Editors independently research, test, and rate the best products.

We only make money if you purchase a product through our links, and we never accept free products from manufacturers. Learn more. The Multi Plier , with its unique plier deployment method, comes out near the top of our testing in the ergonomics category. For many users, easy one-handed pliers deployment will be crucial. Imagine yourself holding a bolt in place and realizing that your wrench is out of reach.

You can pull out the Gerber Multi Plier , engage the pliers, and get the bolt started. All without letting go with the other hand.

You'll let go to finish the job with a "real" wrench, but the Gerber saved you a fair amount of hassle. And this is the essence of multi-tools: they're not as good as dedicated tools, but they'll be handy and accessible far more often. In this way, the Gerber is a great set of pliers to have around.

Almost incidentally, there are other tools included on the Multi-Plier The blades and drivers, however, are small and difficult to engage.

They'll serve the purpose when needed, but other offerings can provide more versatility. If you are looking for a tool that will have blades and saws more readily accessible, check out our Editors' Choice winning Leatherman Charge TTI.

For a well-made budget tool that has a relatively large set of scissors at the ready, check out our Best Buy Leatherman Wingman. This means, however, that all tools are down-sized and must be opened from within the pliers. Our experts test thousands of products each year using thoughtful test plans that bring out key performance differences between competing products.

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Gerber Vise Review A keychain tool with some basic features and two blades; the serrated blade is unique in this sub category. Photo: Gerber.

Share this article:. Our Editors independently research, test, and rate the best products. We only make money if you purchase a product through our links, and we never accept free products from manufacturers. Learn more. We love multi-tools. That's what we're here for. The big ones are the most exciting, but it is the keychain-sized models that go everywhere with us.

The Gerber Vise goes up against a strong field of other keychain multi-tools. In this competitive subcategory, we wish the Vise had scissors, but are thankful for its serrated blade. Basically, if you cut small string, toenails, and fabric with regularity, choose a keychain multi-tool with scissors. If you cut sturdier rope and webbing, choose this Gerber Vise for the serrated blade. There are other minor differences, but the main discerning characteristic of the Vise is its dual-blade design.

Compare to Similar Products. This Product Gerber Vise. Leatherman Wingman. Gerber Dime. Show full specification details Hide full specification details. Performance Comparison The Vise is effective but maybe surpassed by any of a few other options out there. The phillips driver bit of the Vise, as is typical on these tiniest tools, is a flat thing that works for light turning but is overwhelmed by stiffer screws. The small main blade of the Vise is effective for light duty and short tasks.

This is the real appeal of this product. The Vise virtually disappears on your keys. The small pliers of the Vise are better thought of as overgrown tweezers than as downsized pliers. It wasn't a planned purchase. I didn't even know it existed until I saw it in the display case at the Brigade Quartermaster on Ft.

Stewart more than a year and a half ago. I liked the idea of having a small tool to carry on my keys, since the Gerber MP I was issued was too big and bulky to carry out of uniform. It has been on my keys ever since. What kind of people would write collect and review multitools? Quite simple really- we are designers and do-ers, outdoors types and indoor types, mechanics, doctors, problem solvers and problem makers.

As such, we have, as a world spanning community, put every type, size and version of multitool, multifunction knife, pocket knife and all related products to every test we could manage in as many places and environments as there are. Welcome to Multitool. Are you into Swiss Army Knives? Read More.