Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread

[Raoul Octav]

My2cents.
OHT deployment of tools is better, easyer.
Oht can receive Wave blades/file/saw at a cost (loose the opossite implement or loose the one hand opening for the opposite implement) .
Tool is big yet light in the hand. Pliers have spring, i observed this is a must for some people.
Free P is compact, good size, needs maintenace for ease of deployment of implements and some practicr in the beginning, way handyer while using YET whaaaaayyyy more expensive.
It depends on what you need it for.
Both are good tools.

[basilio]

Contacted Leatherman USA about the missing pocket clip for my P4.
Received it today

[McStitchy]

Contacted Leatherman USA about the missing pocket clip for my P4.
Received it today
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Great service 

[gadgetman7]

Kind of funny they sent a bit for a tool that doesn’t have a bit driver.


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[basilio]

Kind of funny they sent a bit for a tool that doesn’t have a bit driver.


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I think they were very kind, as I asked if they could provide me a wrench to install the pocket clip

[Dutch_Tooler]

Agreed. Question: did you buy the P4 via the LM USA web site?

[gerleatherberman]

Kind of funny they sent a bit for a tool that doesn’t have a bit driver.

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It is funny, because you cannot use the tool you're putting the clip on, to put the clip on it. 
I'm always happy to have spare bits.

Sorry. Couldn't help myself. I'm kidding of course.

[basilio]

Agreed. Question: did you buy the P4 via the LM USA web site?

No, the tool was purchased in a shop here in Italy

[Dutch_Tooler]

  basilio - remarkable. I thought they only honoured US acquisitions...
Time to remind them, my related mail must have gone missing.

[McStitchy]

It is funny, because you cannot use the tool you're putting the clip on, to put the clip on it. 
I'm always happy to have spare bits.

Sorry. Couldn't help myself. I'm kidding of course.

[gerleatherberman]

MTMatt,
That made me laugh. Thank you. 


Going on a tangent of a silly-philosophical nature, Leatherman did miss the point that; claiming a tool that cannot disassemble the tool it is intended to compete with is ridiculous, when the tool that in intended to be competed with can be used to disassemble the aforementioned tool.

[Mike 56]

P2 with bit driver. Leatherman should have made one to go with the tool. I still like the tool a lot its flaws don’t bother me the price does it is over priced and for every one on the other side of the pond I feel your pain it is an crazy amount of money for a multitool. A lot of times when a new tool comes out I wait for the dust to settle and find one at a reduced price the Free is a tool I wanted right a way so I paid the price.


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[balvenie]

No, the tool was purchased in a shop here in Italy

Please tell me where

[gerleatherberman]

P4 for the day.

[genevabuck]

I just got an email. The release of the Leatherman Free T series looks to be imminent.

[Top-Gear-24]

Got an envelope from Portland Oregon today  .





Guess the bit is part of the package, since I didn't ask for it.  But I do think it's nice they send it along, not everyone is like us, with a collection of tools and the right tools to maintain them, I mean.

Thank you Leatherman U. S. A., it's nice to get a taste of that magnificent service we read about from all our American fellow MTO members, thank you .

[genevabuck]

Got an envelope from Portland Oregon today  .

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Guess the bit is part of the package, since I didn't ask for it.  But I do think it's nice they send it along, not everyone is like us, with a collection of tools and the right tools to maintain them, I mean.

Thank you Leatherman U. S. A., it's nice to get a taste of that magnificent service we read about from all our American fellow MTO members, thank you .

Nice. I also contacted them about a clip.  I hope they sent it. I never got a reply.

[gerleatherberman]

Got an envelope from Portland Oregon today  .

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Guess the bit is part of the package, since I didn't ask for it.  But I do think it's nice they send it along, not everyone is like us, with a collection of tools and the right tools to maintain them, I mean.

Thank you Leatherman U. S. A., it's nice to get a taste of that magnificent service we read about from all our American fellow MTO members, thank you .

Very cool that has been rectified.

Same kit I recieved.
I also appreciated the extra screws. They're not as bad as watch screws and such, but if one were to back out in the pocket, you'd probably never find it. And if one fell onto shaggy carpet.

Nice. I also contacted them about a clip.  I hope they sent it. I never got a reply.

I hope they sent one. I got a reply within a few minutes of emailing them, with them asking for my address.

[Dutch_Tooler]

Time to remind them, my related mail must have gone missing.

Well, the world is full of surprises...

Good Day!

I have made the request for the pocket clip to be sent out to you as a courtesy.  You should be receiving that in the mail within the next 2 weeks.

Thanks for contacting Leatherman Tool Group and have a great day!
 
Xxxxx Yyyyyyyyyyy

Leatherman Tool Group

Consumer Support SpeSmurfpillst

 

[shadow78]

Got an envelope from Portland Oregon today  .

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Guess the bit is part of the package, since I didn't ask for it.  But I do think it's nice they send it along, not everyone is like us, with a collection of tools and the right tools to maintain them, I mean.

Thank you Leatherman U. S. A., it's nice to get a taste of that magnificent service we read about from all our American fellow MTO members, thank you .

I tried my luck today and they are sending me one as well Good score Top Gear 

[Poncho65]

Great comparison post with the OHT and the P, glbm

Great job LM with all of those clips as well

[gerleatherberman]

Great comparison post with the OHT and the P, glbm

Great job LM with all of those clips as well

[jorritvS]

Im happy to be able to join this club. I was really excited about it until I saw the price. 140 dollar wasn't a problem for me. But here in the netherlands it cost 200 euro. That was a bit much. Especially since I didn't handled it yet. I travel for an hour just to be able to feel and see the tool in person and woow it felt great.
I always carried a surge on my belt but the P4 has gained that spot ever since. It isn't better then the surge. I don't know if they ever make something better. But it is definitely more beautiful, easier and more fun to use and play with it.

I do miss the bit driver definitely hope the "p6" will have it or that leatherman makes an adapter for it. I did notice that it you take a standard 1/4inch square to 1/4 inch hex it will almost perfectly fit onto the Phillips driver. The come with a lot of bit sets so most of you probably already have one.

The file works great but just like most I would like it bigger too. The best option for me would be to swap it with the serrated knife. First of all I don't use the serrated knife to much and when I use it the size of the file would be enough to be usable.

I think the awl does do it's job. But my personal preference would be to have it just like the surge awl. You will lose the flat screwdriver but I think they could have added it to the can opener just like sog or victorinox does. Especially if it was shaped like the one on the squirt that small 2d Philips and glasses driver combo works really great in my opinion. And has saved me a lot of times when other driver weren't strong or small enough.

Just my opinion on the tool. Overall I'm happy with it.

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[gerleatherberman]

Welcome and congrats on the P4, jorritvS! Thank you for sharing!

Indeed, it is a joy to handle and use. And the file over serrated blade would be awesome.

I am not too far from grinding a little bit off of the phillips shank to make it work better with bit adapters. I just get nervous about fiddling with such an expensive tool.

[jorritvS]

I didn't grind anything off for it to fit. I also wouldn't do that on a tool this expensive. It just fitted without any modification necessary. That is also why I like it and why I did share it.

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[McStitchy]

Welcome and congrats on the P4, jorritvS! Thank you for sharing!
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[gerleatherberman]

I didn't grind anything off for it to fit. I also wouldn't do that on a tool this expensive. It just fitted without any modification necessary. That is also why I like it and why I did share it.

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Thanks for clarifying!

Will have to dig through the spare parts bins this evening.

[Mike 56]

I bed the bit the adapters to fit no mods needed to the tool. Here is an old post on how I do It. https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,20136.0.html

[Raoul Octav]

Bad experience today while using the scissors on the P2. When to close it(one handl) i could not do it, it stuck. What the hell, i was thinking to myself.
The back latch came off position. Inspecting it closer, the sexbolt was reall loose, almost completely unscrew and the handels distanced themselves so the back latch came off position.
I never touched the P2, just the P4 i dissasembled completely. The P4 had loctite on all the sexbolts, yet this P2 seems it just smelled some loctite.

[Raoul Octav]

I was at home, so no stress, i cleaned the bolt and applied new loctite on it, YET WTF LMN, what if this happened in the field and you loose the bolt and maybe other pieces.
For safety reasons i checked the other part. Bolt was in place(not unscrewed) yet with the screwdriver it felt loose. Same thing, this one did not even smelled the loctite in the factory.