Nice work, fiddy! Great that you've been able to get the scissors in and I like the tool set you've chosen. Shame about the spring popping out - didn't do that to me but always looked like it might. I felt it was a good tool - particularly the size, ease of accessing the pliers and the clip - but the access to the internal tools was difficult and the wire cutters were poor. Great to see something different to the butterfly style folding pliers that's so common too.
I can't wait to get one of my own. Especially after seeing this and the several other awesome photo reports here at MTO. I really hope SOG release the "more tools" version Switchplier 2.0 that you can find prototype pictures of occasionally online.
Thanks for taking your time to write this up, very informative
I will wait for v3.0 .......
Quote from: dks on July 27, 2015, 09:00:51 PMI will wait for v3.0 ....... If the current progression will be followed, it will be made on Mars, the pliers will be the size of the SOG Blacktip and capable of cropping tent pegs and crimping car battery terminals, but will also be fired across the room on the 20th use. When buying it you will have to get "SOG" tatooed on your arm due to limitations of how many times they can get their name on the thing, and the internal tools will be made from cardboard. Carry options will include a pocket clip, lanyard, sheath, and Nepalese Sherpa. Initial sales pitch will suggest it has a 180hp petrol engine and lightsabre, but this will turn out to be incorrect. Chako will buy one of each variation. I will find good and bad things to say about it, and the thread will get less comments than I anticipated
Quote from: rdub934 on July 27, 2015, 05:45:52 PMI can't wait to get one of my own. Especially after seeing this and the several other awesome photo reports here at MTO. I really hope SOG release the "more tools" version Switchplier 2.0 that you can find prototype pictures of occasionally online.Got any links mate?
Quote from: 50ft-trad on July 27, 2015, 06:07:36 PMQuote from: rdub934 on July 27, 2015, 05:45:52 PMI can't wait to get one of my own. Especially after seeing this and the several other awesome photo reports here at MTO. I really hope SOG release the "more tools" version Switchplier 2.0 that you can find prototype pictures of occasionally online.Got any links mate?Sure thing! Check it out:http://mygunculture.com/two-handy-tools-from-sog/See the comments beneath the article. That's me questioning the author on where the image of the tool came from.
Gotta say this is one of the rare times I'm going to disagree with Al on the subject of a Multitool. I got to have a play with the Switchplier at the Meet,and I've got to say I wasn't impressed by it.My honest feeling it was designed to be cool first and useful later. I'll be happy to be proven wrong,but for SOGs,I'll stick to Paratools and PPPs!
Quote from: kirk13 on July 27, 2015, 09:27:28 PMGotta say this is one of the rare times I'm going to disagree with Al on the subject of a Multitool. I got to have a play with the Switchplier at the Meet,and I've got to say I wasn't impressed by it.My honest feeling it was designed to be cool first and useful later. I'll be happy to be proven wrong,but for SOGs,I'll stick to Paratools and PPPs!Need you to expand on that John Which positive elements I've said do you disagree with mate, or what particularly turned you off about the tool? As you know I had a PT510 which I really liked (before it got lost/stolen), but I've never really connected with the floppy headed Paratool. Despite my former affection for the missing PT510, I also think that when not in pliers mode, the Switchplier is a much better "handle" for the internal tools
Quote from: rdub934 on July 27, 2015, 09:16:40 PMQuote from: 50ft-trad on July 27, 2015, 06:07:36 PMQuote from: rdub934 on July 27, 2015, 05:45:52 PMI can't wait to get one of my own. Especially after seeing this and the several other awesome photo reports here at MTO. I really hope SOG release the "more tools" version Switchplier 2.0 that you can find prototype pictures of occasionally online.Got any links mate?Sure thing! Check it out:http://mygunculture.com/two-handy-tools-from-sog/See the comments beneath the article. That's me questioning the author on where the image of the tool came from.Wow! Not seen that before.I can say without reservation that such a tool will ruin much of what is so good about the Switchplier. The scissors will be more awkward to use, and in screwdriver, saw, or file mode, the tool will feel less ergonomic. It's the single tool load, teardrop shape, and centralising nature of the current format that really makes this tool feel good in use. If you are tempted to wait for this totally cocked up version, I would advise against it. I would advise instead that you go for the current model and carry a SAK too. Balance the tools you need between the two items, and you'll find them both a lot better to use than the two tiered version
Quote from: 50ft-trad on July 27, 2015, 09:34:31 PMQuote from: kirk13 on July 27, 2015, 09:27:28 PMGotta say this is one of the rare times I'm going to disagree with Al on the subject of a Multitool. I got to have a play with the Switchplier at the Meet,and I've got to say I wasn't impressed by it.My honest feeling it was designed to be cool first and useful later. I'll be happy to be proven wrong,but for SOGs,I'll stick to Paratools and PPPs!Need you to expand on that John Which positive elements I've said do you disagree with mate, or what particularly turned you off about the tool? As you know I had a PT510 which I really liked (before it got lost/stolen), but I've never really connected with the floppy headed Paratool. Despite my former affection for the missing PT510, I also think that when not in pliers mode, the Switchplier is a much better "handle" for the internal toolsAl,I just didn't like it. It's a pain to get to the tools,I really don't like the style of flicky plier. It kind of made me think of the Recoil. Made because it could be made,not because it offered any real progress.
I agree to a certain extent. With the extra tool handle, it takes it from pocketable tool to more of a heavy-duty tool, at least dimensionally if not otherwise. The ergonomics would be shot, BUT the user would gain the full compliment of implements, instead of having to pick and choose.
Quote from: Kampfer on July 27, 2015, 08:25:23 PMThanks for taking your time to write this up, very informative Quite welcome, and thanks for the comment Are you still using yours, and are you going to put the scissors in?
http://mygunculture.com/two-handy-tools-from-sog/Shopped, or something SOG considered/is considering for the future?
Totally shopped