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Gerber Dime broke again

00 Offline haja.maideen.988

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Gerber Dime broke again
on: July 14, 2016, 02:43:45 AM
helo. my Gerber dime broken again. this is my second Dime from USA and it's piliar broken for no reason. My first Dime scissors just broke while pulling out. It was repair under warranty and lost. So I bought another Dime and a  leatherman squirt ps4. But the leatherman squirt ps4  knife seem to be the other way around.  many time I almost cut my finger.


00 Offline haja.maideen.988

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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #1 on: July 14, 2016, 02:56:28 AM


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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #2 on: July 14, 2016, 02:58:35 AM
I love the Dime layout but they don't seem very robust :(


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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #3 on: July 14, 2016, 03:42:43 AM
Sorry to hear that it broke  :-\ They should sort that for you under warranty though :tu:


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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #4 on: July 14, 2016, 03:51:58 AM
Fragile little things, I'v had a replacement under warranty with mine and now I'm almost scared to use it because I have no confidence in it.


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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #5 on: July 14, 2016, 04:18:17 AM
I'm surprised they haven't recalled them, and improve the design. That's a common image for broken Dimes.


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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #6 on: July 14, 2016, 07:12:07 AM
Had two Dimes. Both came flawed NIB (one was a nailbreaker, one had casting errors and was full of scratches and bubbles). Great design and layout but abysmal quality...
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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #7 on: July 14, 2016, 07:21:23 AM
we keep telling people that they are not very reliable, but they just do not listen (same for the powerduo...)   :D :D :D
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00 Offline haja.maideen.988

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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #8 on: July 14, 2016, 10:21:21 AM
I email my local shop they are going to send back to Gerber for repair.


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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #9 on: July 14, 2016, 12:26:13 PM
I email my local shop they are going to send back to Gerber for repair.

Sorry you are having to be without your tool but at least they will fix it under warranty for you :cheers:


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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #10 on: July 14, 2016, 10:17:15 PM
Had my first dime, a Purple one too



Mine broke in a week, too. Pliers don't work now, but I use the other implements



Now I have a black one I purchased before the first one went down, but I really have little faith in this tool



Quality problems seem excessively common with the Dime. So much potential... :facepalm:
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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #11 on: July 16, 2016, 05:10:45 AM
When they start losing too much £ from warranty, will they improve the build, or just pull the model?  :-\



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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #12 on: July 16, 2016, 05:01:33 PM
When they start losing too much £ from warranty, will they improve the build, or just pull the model?  :-\
I doubt they will pull it anytime soon. I'm pretty sure the Dime is a huge seller for Gerber (it's available in almost all the big box stores around here), and I would be willing to bet the number of warranty returns is considerably smaller than the number of sales
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Re: Gerber Dime broke again
Reply #13 on: July 28, 2016, 04:46:04 PM
Giving it another chance this week...



let's see if it's up to the task  If anything relevant happens, I'll update  :salute:

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