What Did You Use Your Multitool For Today?

[Mercury]

I tested several multitools' can openers, by opening 3 cans of food with them.

  and??

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[Lynn LeFey]

What I had for testing was limited, but I'll give you the rundown.

Tested: Husky 14-in-1 Multitool, Sheffield 1200E, SOG Powerlock, Leatherman Wingman

Loser: SOG Powerlock. It works, but badly. I stopped half way through a can and switched to the next, it was so annoying.

Middle of Pack: Husky and Wingman. Both worked as advertised, nothing terrible, but nothing to write home about.

Winner: Sheffield 1200E. It made very swift and easy work of the can, compared to the others listed.

I was only intending to try out the Leatherman, but pulled out a bunch of others for some side-to-side, and... wow, got a bit of a surprise about both the Powerlock and Sheffield.

It should be noted that the Husky and Leatherman have a can opener that look virtually identical. The SOG has one more in the Victorinox style. The Sheffield's looks like this...


I have another Sheffield, a 12010, which is a 2oz keychain version, with a miniature version of this can opener. It still works, but with severely limited function. I would rate it as worse than the Powerlock, but loads better than using a blade and a rock to punch through.

[David]

I used a screwdriver on a Gerber MP400 to pry up the tab on a malice clip on a Benchmade 7 sheath.

[Mercury]

I used the awl on my Vic explorer to ream a hole in an aluminum spacer that mounts on a door latch.  It worked really well, I was actually surprised how well it cut.  Really easy to use too.

[badwolf]

I used the can opener on my Vic Spirit to open a tin of custard, I like custard and it was in a tin very pleased with how well it work. I also used the Spirit to fit a new nylon lock washer to a door handle assembly and later I stuck the Spirit in a log while out with me dogs with a belly full of custard

[Reinier]

I used the awl of one of my SAKs to add a couple of holes in my wife's belt. She has lost a lot of weight and her pants kept dropping to her ankles

[badwolf]

I used the awl of one of my SAKs to add a couple of holes in my wife's belt. She has lost a lot of weight and her pants kept dropping to her ankles

Well done your wife, my partners done the same

[sjian]

Multitool used: Leatherman bit kit

I had a flat on my bicycle tire and I used one of the cards that comes with a leatherman bit kit which holds the bits together as a little plastic pry bar to take off and put on the tire while I changed the tube.  I didn't want to use anything metal because that could damage the tire/tube and the rounded shape of card at the bottom is perfect putting on and taking out tires. 

If anyone else tries to do this though, be careful because the plastic is rather thin and it felt like it could crack at any moment when I was doing it.

[Mercury]

I used my Blast to take apart a nightlatch from the outside in order to get a guest back in their room.  They had thrown the latch and then walked through the adjoining door to the other room and just shut it behind them.  They were thrilled that I could get them in so easily.

[Prof. Gadget]

   I used the phillips on my 91mm tinker to tighten a support bar on the fender mirror on the schoolbus I was driving this morning.    Prof. Gadget

[J Mackrel Jones]

Used the flat phillips on a mini-leatherman to take the cover of old Mom's CD player.  Found nothing wrong mechanically so it must be electric, and self bamboozled.  Radio only, Ma !

[Steinar]

I used the awl of one of my SAKs to add a couple of holes in my wife's belt. She has lost a lot of weight and her pants kept dropping to her ankles

I doubt I would fix my wife's belt if the problem was her pants kept dropping. 

[Reinier]

Sent from an Italian hotel

[N_N_R]

Used the tweezers on the Style CS to take out one plastic "pipe-like thing" which... wraps three button-cell batteries before they go into a flashlight... so I'd taken out that whole thing and tried to put it in another flashlight... but the latter one turned out to be too narrow and the three batteries, together with their plastic tube, got stuck ... so I used the tweezers to catch that plastic thing and pull the batteries out.
Then I had to take the batteries out of the plastic tube itself, but as it's too long & narrow, my fingers couldn't do the job... so I used the philips screwdriver as sth to pull them with Then I used the tweezers for my personal... needs, lol. Then used the scissors to cut the top of an empty carton from milk as I needed sth box-like ... omg, shall I continue? I think I can't live without a multi tool. :D

[edcgear]

 



 

[jerseydevil]

Used my Evo16 and MP600 to fix the sliding door to my mother's deck.

[Thisjk38]

Used my style Cs to cut about 100 zip ties. Wored excellently.

[BIG-TARGET]

Used my Vic OH Sentinal(serrated with clip) to cut a slightly overcooked hamsteak for dinner, not 2 hours ago!!

[Lynn LeFey]

I went to a gathering today. there were a lot of children in a back yard, digging in the dirt. In the process, they dug up about 2 feet of root, that was sticking up; a little dangerous because there were very young children running about, and it was kind of pokey. Saw on my Wave cut it off quickly.

[Ashley]

Used my sideclip to remove nails from the drywall in my room and my rommys as we were rearranging things to list some stuff on the bay.

[Sparky415]

 

 

 

[Zed]

 

 

 

  now where is a water tower   

[Lynn LeFey]

I just used my Sheffield 12010 to replace the wireless card in my laptop.

The Good news: replacement was swift and easy.
The Bad News: it didn't fix the problem. Still no wireless.

[N_N_R]

Today I used the knife on my tool to open one tough nylon package of 12 bottles of coke in the hypermarket and take two for myself... Plus, of course, the scissors later, to open a bottle of.. vinegar... lol. And of course the tweezers... btw, I think the philips screw-driver can work as a nail-cleaner, too...  Anyway, all so girly stuff...

[Sazabi]

I've been using my Spirit X and a Gerber EAB to remodel a Food Lion; we've gotten behind, so tomorrow will be hell.

[sjian]

Found a cabinet that was thrown out on the side of the road.  Didn't need the cabinet, but wanted the magnetic strips that keep door closed.   I used the philips bit driver on my skeletool to take out the magnetic strips and left the cabinet on the side of the road.

[Prof. Gadget]

Used my Vic Tinker to tighten a face guard on a batting helmet for the girls softball team that I took to their game.

[N_N_R]

Unscrewed sth on my bike, screwed sth on my door, managed a tough package... two, actually... managed to cut myself.. (does that count )

[edcgear]

 

 

 

  now where is a water tower   

I'm in landscaping business...  And I can beat David Copperfield... Now you see it, now you don't!! 

Used my Ti and Spirit to change couple of toilette seats...

[badwolf]

I used the saw on my Swiss Spirit to cut a bone in two for my dogs, excellent mt saw