The Great Two Dollar Challenge

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #120 on:** August 20, 2015, 05:03:13 PM

I predict nothing but bills today. I'm trying to cut down on bills, so if I win please send them to Kirky

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #121 on:** August 20, 2015, 05:22:54 PM

Nice try Al, but TWO packages came today!

That means TWO winners, so if anyone else wants to take a stab at what they are, this is your last chance!

One guess per person.....

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #122 on:** August 20, 2015, 07:53:30 PM

Extra bonus- there were two tools in one of the packages, so Contenders 10, 11 and 13 are now in!

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #123 on:** August 21, 2015, 03:25:47 PM

Here is a group shot of the contenders that have arrived so far:

No winners yet, but with Contenders 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 out of the way, the odds of winning are getting better!

Def

Corwyn · **Reply #124 on:** August 21, 2015, 05:01:39 PM

Still betting on 8 (because it's the only one I might conceive on ever buying).

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #125 on:** August 21, 2015, 07:13:49 PM

No mail today- looks like we now have all weekend for folks to try to guess!

Def

lichan · **Reply #126 on:** August 26, 2015, 12:20:15 AM

Here's how the entries stand, to make it easier:

Already arrived: 10, 11, 13, 14, 16

Arrive Next Break First
Zoidberg 3
enki_ck 15 13
Corwyn 8
Havoc 1
lichan 6 1

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #127 on:** August 26, 2015, 12:50:46 AM

No winner this time around- two new tools arrived today, Contender #7 and the disqualified tool!

More info on these shortly- I'm currently recovering from testing the hand stab feature of Contender #7...

Def

zoidberg · **Reply #128 on:** August 26, 2015, 01:09:31 AM

Has Arrived: 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16

Arrive Next:

01 - Havoc
03 - zoidberg
06 - lichan
08 - Corwyn
15 - enki_ck

Break First:

01 - lichan
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

Corwyn · **Reply #129 on:** August 26, 2015, 07:02:49 AM

Break first: 9 (closely followed by 5 and 11)

dks · **Reply #130 on:** August 26, 2015, 07:57:08 AM

I do have a few of these cheaper one piece tools and generally use them for opening bottles (cap lifters), prying and opening envelopes. I just leave them in the kitchen, the office etc., but rarely carry them.

The problem is that many are two small, for me, to use, even as a bottle opener.

The classic, for me, is the multitool card (I have a few...). This has a decent bottle opener, and after sharpening the cutting edge can be used to open mail, easily

Grant, the card comes in two sizes, but based on what you wrote you only got the larger one. (see picture)

The small one maintains the cutting and bottle opening capabilities of the larger one, but is small enough to be, easily, carried in a wallet. Their price is about the same.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #131 on:** August 26, 2015, 12:15:24 PM

Quote from: zoidberg on August 26, 2015, 01:09:31 AM

Has Arrived: 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16

Arrive Next:

01 - Havoc
03 - zoidberg
06 - lichan
08 - Corwyn
15 - enki_ck

Break First:

01 - lichan
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

I think we need to reset the game every time a tool arrives or else guys are just laying claim to tools.

Def

Corwyn · **Reply #132 on:** August 26, 2015, 12:21:12 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on August 26, 2015, 12:15:24 PM

Quote from: zoidberg on August 26, 2015, 01:09:31 AM
Has Arrived: 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16

Arrive Next:

01 - Havoc
03 - zoidberg
06 - lichan
08 - Corwyn
15 - enki_ck

Break First:

01 - lichan
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

I think we need to reset the game every time a tool arrives or else guys are just laying claim to tools.

Def

Drats! He figured it out

zoidberg · **Reply #133 on:** August 26, 2015, 12:28:31 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on August 26, 2015, 12:15:24 PM

I think we need to reset the game every time a tool arrives or else guys are just laying claim to tools.

Def

Good idea.

I just want to be a winner. You can keep the tool.

Has Arrived: 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16

Arrive Next:

04 - zoidberg

Break First:

01 - lichan
09 - Corwyn
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

Etherealicer · **Reply #134 on:** August 26, 2015, 01:16:05 PM

Has Arrived: 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16

Arrive Next:

04 - zoidberg
05 - Etherealicer

Break First:

01 - lichan
09 - Corwyn
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

lichan · **Reply #135 on:** August 26, 2015, 09:40:54 PM

Has Arrived: 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16

Arrive Next:

04 - zoidberg
05 - Etherealicer
06 - lichan

Break First:

01 - lichan
09 - Corwyn
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #136 on:** August 26, 2015, 11:23:53 PM

I have been starting the testing with the most important function of any multitool, the bottle opener.

Despite looking almost exactly the same as the CRKT bottle opener, which works quite well, Contender #14 was unable to get a grip in the lip of the bottle cap and was therefore unable to open it. It did however manage to move the cap slightly enough that I heard a Psssshhht of gas escaping, so it wasn't completely useless, just close to it.

Fortunately Contender #7 was able to step in and open the bottle when Contender #14 failed. Score one for Hand Stab....

Contender #16 was also very close to being useless, although did, with some discomfort and effort manage to open a bottle. I first tried hooking the teeth of the skull and lifting the top but that didn't really accomplish much. Then I hooked the bottom jaw instead and pushed down on the top of the skull, and as I said, with some effort the cap finally came free and I was able to sample the sweet ginger ale inside.

I've purchased a bunch of beverages that require bottle openers so I will hopefully get around to testing them all. So far Contender #7 is in the lead, beating out Contenders 14 and 17.

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #137 on:** August 27, 2015, 03:16:21 PM

I have tried a few more bottle openers since last night, and oddly enough, Contender #11 (shoddy Nite Ize DoohicKey copy) is the best of the bunch so far, quickly lifting the cap off quickly and easily- just as easily as Contender #7, but with a fraction of the overall mass, making it more carryable than Contender #7, and therefore better for EDC.

Disappointingly, Contender #10 (aka the Leatherman Brewzer copy) needed to grab and lift the cap in three different places to open it. I hope the real one is better than that, although I did find it reminiscent of how you have to open bottles with the Squirt series.

I have now tested the bottle opener function on all of the tools that have arrived so far, and strangely enough if I had to pick one based on bottle openers alone, it would be Contender #11, which would have been much lower on my list of initial impressions.

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #138 on:** August 28, 2015, 01:33:47 PM

Three packages in today.... any guesses as to what came in?

Def

dks · **Reply #139 on:** August 28, 2015, 01:42:23 PM

N 2?

Money?

a birthday card?

a cow?

a car?

Etherealicer · **Reply #140 on:** August 28, 2015, 02:46:11 PM

A summon to jury duty?

That is something I would like to do once, sadly, we don't have this here.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #141 on:** August 28, 2015, 03:15:41 PM

Contenders #1, 3 and 15 arrived. Still no winners!

Contender #1= double carabiner
Contender #2= pry bar
Contender #3= LM Carabiner copy

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #142 on:** August 28, 2015, 06:22:27 PM

Just to help keep this all straight, here's a spreadsheet I put together listing the details of all the tools.

You'll note that the "Value" category is empty, at least for most. This category will eventually be populated with "Yes" meaning it is worth the price paid or "No" meaning this tool is not worth even the small price tag attached to them. This is my personal estimation based on the use of each tool, and could vary from user to user, as with any tool.

Def

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #143 on:** August 28, 2015, 07:41:44 PM

Good call

It was getting very confusing just with the numbers

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #144 on:** August 28, 2015, 09:33:54 PM

Me too.

Def

zoidberg · **Reply #145 on:** August 30, 2015, 08:39:25 AM

Has Arrived: 1, 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16

Arrive Next:

06 - zoidberg

Break First:

01 - lichan
09 - Corwyn
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #146 on:** August 30, 2015, 11:45:41 AM

We have our first winner!

The fake Ring Tool arrived late on Friday but I haven't posted anything about it yet!

Def

zoidberg · **Reply #147 on:** August 30, 2015, 12:46:55 PM

YES!!

I win all the internets.

lichan · **Reply #148 on:** August 30, 2015, 07:41:36 PM

Drat! Beat to my tool choice by the large crustacean-like one!
If permissable, I'll lead off the next round.

Has Arrived: 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16

Arrive Next:

09 - lichan

Break First:

01 - lichan
09 - Corwyn
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

zoidberg · **Reply #149 on:** August 31, 2015, 04:59:12 AM

Has Arrived: 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16

Arrive Next:

04 - zoidberg
09 - lichan

Break First:

01 - lichan
09 - Corwyn
11 - zoidberg
13 - enki_ck

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