Who else likes the "clump"?

[LatinoHeat]

I come on here and other sites all the time and hear people complain about the clumping of this multitool, or the clumping of that multitool.... how it needs to be fixed. Honestly, I LIKE the clumping! I mean, I'm looking for a tool, and there they are, all of them on that handle. All I have to do is pull one out and they all make themselves known. It's never been an issue for me. After all, it's not like it's hard to just push the others back in once you've selected the one you want. I understand how it may annoy alot of people, but I personally don't mind. I don't mind a loose multitool either. I like being able to flick it open one handed, as long as the intergrity of the tool isn't compromised. Anyone else like a well used, loose, clumpy, easy to get to tool?

[Grant Lamontagne]

I don't really mind the clumping too much.  I did at first but with it being such a common problem, I just got used to it.

The bit that concerns me most about clumping is the sharp tools that are often in that clump.  If someone needs a tool for something and their attention is fixated on something else, they could quite easily perform some inadvertent surgery.

Def

[J-sews]

I carried an original PST around for so long that I just got used to it too. It's simply not an issue with me.

However, I do tip my hat to the efforts that some companies have put into eliminating the clump. The tabbed washers on Gerber tools is clever engineering. The individual backsprings on Victorinox tools is exquisite manufacturing.

~Bob

[Cheviot]

I am 4 months down the road from my Supertool 200, replaced with a Core after it left a job site?, and I still "miss" folding the blades back in, I don't know why

Rob

[NutSAK]

I'm spoiled.  My first multitool was the Spirit which, as most of you know, doesn't clump.  I can easily see what tool I'm accessing on the Spirit, so there's no need to have them all pull out of the handle at once to choose one.  I don't mind a little looseness, but a tool that continually gets looser is a sign of poor construction, IMO.

[David Bowen]

Clumping is not an issue we me either, but due to complaints from the consumer base companies try and make thier tool unclump. I love my SOG's and older Leathermans Just as much as the new stuff that doesn't clump. How the tools come out doesn't make the tool, it's just part of the overall package. Clumping in my mind can't "make or break" a design. It is ingenius though how some companies are finding ways to counter act the clump....

David

[parnass]

It depends on how much effort it requires to separate the wanted blade from the unwanted one.

Schrade Tough (to Open) Tool: Worst offender.  The blades were too tight to open easily and clumped together badly despite cleaning and lubrication. Riveted construction prevented adjustment.

Original Leatherman SuperTool: clumping is mildly annoying, but I am willing to put up with it because the tool is excellent in most other respects.

SOG PowerLock S60: tools clump slightly after adjustment enabled by the bolted construction.

Victorinox SwissTool and Spirit: no clumping -- pleasure to use.

[damota]

I like the exact oposite to you. For years I sed a Gerber MP600 that I made so loose on the handle that if I slide the Saf-T-Lock back the tool drop to the half way position and then with very little dexterity the one I want canbe moved forward to use while the others are slid back, all done with one hand.
I recently got the Freehand and it does not let me do that so I am after a Diesel now and by the time I am finnished with it, it will. 

Dave

[spunkyruss]

I generally prefer tools on which the implements clump.  In my experience, the alternatives are tools on which the implements are overly difficult to open.