Any tools or the pliers rubbing on the handles peeves me off
Putting the can opener too far to the right of the handle, so it can't hook on the tin and actually open it.Making blades shorter than the handle allows.Making washers the thickness of implements, wasting space.Too much handle splay.Not being able to order most stuff to Australia, or trying to, only to see the shipping go through the roof.Not having a reamer in every multi-tool.Having a thousand flatheads on a tool.
1. lack of quality holsters.2. when it bites me!
What are your biggest multitool pet peeves?For me, it has to be when the blade edge smacks against the floor of a handle because of poor design or QC. It enrages me. It is one thing on cheapos. But most SOGs (like the powerlock) and Gerbers (like the MP600) have this issue. These are not cheap tools! To their credit, I have never seen a Victorinox or Leatherman with careless enough design to let the edge get flattened on a handle. It really pisses me off, since it is so easy to fix. What are yours?
We know LM can make really good sheath as some of their older leather ones are terrific.
With the Wave being Leatherman's best selling tool, there will be a lot of people who disagree with me here, but...I've said this before. Probably my very first post on MTO, or within my first 5 posts:I hate, I hate, I hate bits that can fall out, or are removable and can become lost.Yeah, I'm looking at you, 2nd gen through current Wave. I'm looking at you, Surge, and you too, Signal. And there's more where that came from.Just imagine being out in the middle of Podunk, lost, hungry, cold and tired. You remove your (strangely black) Signal emergency survival tool from your pack and try to start a fire. Or attempt to whistle so maybe someone can hear you. What do you discover? Blast! That stupid removable tool must not have secured back in the last time I used it.Or you are high up on scaffolding or perched precariously on the front of a Chevy K5, a$$ in the air, feet on the bumper, back bent at an angle to reach to unscrew something in the engine bay. Your trusty Surge at your side, you whip it out in a flash only to realize the screw driver bit is not there because that little spring that holds it is broken or itself just fell out.By the way, the Surge is among my favorites, despite having bit drivers, not because it has bit drivers.And I get it. These types of modular tools are an improvement to many people's minds because they sort of increase the tool count or types without taking up more space and make the tool even more versatile. I just dont like built in known points of failure.The only good thing to come out of a multitool bit driver was the fact that when I bought my used Surge, the spring was indeed missing and therefore so was the larger bit. I didnt know about Leathermans warrantee so I Googled how to fix it, I wound up here.
Having to pick just ONE to carry.