Charge TTi stronger locks and pliers than a New Wave

[zenlunatic]

On Amazons Charge TTi page, it is claimed that the Charge TTi has 133% stronger pliers and 50% stronger locks than "original" pliers and locks.  When they say original are we talking the actual first leatherman or are we talking other current gen locks?  Basically, does the Charge improve on, say, the New Wave in these respective features?  I've got a NW but I'm considering a TTi to get rid of my folder and go fully multitool.

[Charger]

Charge and wave have the same main chassis, so I would say it must be referring to the older LM's

[duckman1975]

I have to agree with charger, I see no difference in the preformance of the pliers of the wave and charge. I also have a SURGE and IMOHO all of them (wave, charge and SURGE) seems to have the same plier metal composition, SURGE seems to have a stronger plier only because it has more mass.

[DaveK]

I'd say that they are comparing to the original tools like the PST, Pulse, original Wave etc. It sounds like the advertising blurb that they used in 2004 when the new range was released.

The claim sounds realistic as the plier head design changed significantly when they released the new range of tools in 2004, as did the locking mechanisms (including the Wave and the Charges).

[Raze]

The marketing-speak could refer to the oval pivot on the plier head, compared with round pivots on other models