What Did You Use Your Multitool For Today?

[Blackbeard]

Thought I'd start an ongoing thread to see how our MT's perform in the real world. Hopefully this will aide in buying/carrying decisions. I do HVAC repair and try to carry as few regular tools as possible and suppliment with various MT's/Knifes. My last 2 usages:

Task: Cutting up old sweatshirt for rags
Tool: Leatherman Wave - Serated blade
Performance: Excellent, goes through fabric like a hot knife thru butter.
Rating for task: 9 out of 10

Task: Loosening slotted hex head drill screw holding a "c" clamp to a furnace.
Tool: Leatherman Wave - large slotted screwdriver.
Performance: Fair, screw was drilled in and a bad angle for the wave, took much longer than a 1/4" nutdriver.
Rating for task: 4 out of 10


Note: Sitting on the shelf and looking pretty is not a real world task  

[Swiss Man]

Well let see I carry a Spirit everywhere I go and today I used it for the normal stuff like taking off hubcaps,
cutting wire, picking up objects too many things to really write down.

Actually I use it alot without even thinking about it.

[Mr. Whippy]

Tool: LM Skeletool

Task:  Cutting twine for tying up peppers.

Performance: Excellent

Rating 10 out of 10.


Tool:  Cybertool 41

Task: Slicing tomatoes

Performance: Flawless

Rating: 10 out of 10.  No squishing of the fruit.

[Nikos]

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      Ummm... What's with the new avatar SwissMan?

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[Blackbeard]

Avatar looks good to me 

 

Tool: LM Skeletool

Task:  Cutting twine for tying up peppers.

Performance: Excellent

Rating 10 out of 10.


Tool:  Cybertool 41

Task: Slicing tomatoes

Performance: Flawless

Rating: 10 out of 10.  No squishing of the fruit.

Was gonna buy a Vic paring knife, but maybe one of my SAK's will do just fine

[prime77]

Task: I just finished using my modded beater Kicks awl to start some holes for some hooks under some shelves for my wife to hang some girl stuff on. She has been bugging me forever to do it and I finally got around to it today.

Performance: Worked great

Rating: 8 out of 10

[nuphoria]

I used the blade on my paratool to open a packet of pumpkin seeds.... it didn't struggle with that!

Not much else to report here today 

[ducktapehero]

I used my Vic Spirit to pick up a dead spider, that's it today.

[cliosguy]

freestyle, to help me with a key-ring(i didnt have strong enough nails)

[Leatherman123]

I used my Charge TTi's cutting hook to open two packages I got in the mail.

10/10

[RaptorMan]

I used the trusty Sideclip to unclog the bath tub drain. Then the tool was soaked in oil.

[Pacu]

I used my new old model Wave to put together a LG endcap and Sony Eco endcap today at BestBuy. I had to thread an HDMI cable thru the back of them.

[Travis Autry]

I used my EDC SwissTool as a hammer to persuade some parts of a large projector screen into place.

More appropriately, I used the pliers to unstick some stuck connectors and one of the blades to slit open some parts bags.

No matter how much I use or even slightly abuse the SwissTool it keeps coming back for more.

[Mr. Whippy]

Tool:  Juice CS4

Task:  Dinner preparation.  Peppers sliced, safety seal wraps removed, beer bottles opened

Performance:  Very good.

Rating: 8 of 10.  (2HO subtracts 1 point and lack of pocket clip subtracts 1 more)

[MultiMat]

Work locker PST, to open battery compartment on a tympanic(ear ) thermometer & change dead batteries.
Tools used medium screw driver to undo screw & small screw driver to carefully lever dead batteries out.

10 out of 10  even stayed back 2mins late to do it