The official CRKT Zilla-Tool + Guppie waiting room.

[joebw]

Hello,

Both the Guppie and the ZillaTool arrived yesterday from AG Russell.  Hopefully yours will arrive shortly.

Several initial comments.  The Zilla is BIG.  The design is really quite clever, especially the retention of the the bits in the storage slots in the handle.  The Guppie is cute.  bit storage is less secure than I'd like, but I have some ideas on that.  I realize that CRKT is promoting the carabiner as the carrying method, but I would like to see a nylon belt pouch become available.

Joe

[M.TEX]

 yeap I can see the light at the end the tunel now.... :grin:
 
 But why not have another one? Did we have a winner yet ? 

 who's the lucky one ?   

[J-sews]

Um....hello....this is Bob's wife posting. He's lying here on the floor next to me, passed out cold, with a half-opened package from AG Russell in his hand.

The 911 operator is asking me what happened. What should I tell her? 

[Grant Lamontagne]

Tell the 911 operator that Bob has passed out from the shock of getting another note saying his Zilla won't be in until next month!   :grin:

Def

[J-sews]

I jotted down a few of my initial impressions about the Zilla-Tool in this thread here: http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,1971.msg22314.html#new

[Spoonrobot]

It's here! It's here!
 


After months and months and months of anticipation the big brown box dropped of my Zilla-Tool today. I am very impressed with the overall design, kudos to I.D. Works for designing something with such wonderful lines. I really hope they expand outward from the Zilla and Guppie.

There are some interesting things about this tool that I plan to photograph and report over the weeked. I;m going to wait to do a comprehensive report because the rose-tint is still strong with this one. 

FYI: I got mine from knifecenter.com for 24.95$, I ordered it on Friday of last week and it arrived today.

[eodtech]

I just ordered one, should be here Tuesday, looks interesting.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Am I the only one left without one?

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Am I the only one left without one?

Def

nope

[Grant Lamontagne]

That's why I like you Micky- there's at least one person more broke than I am here!

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

That's why I like you Micky- there's at least one person more broke than I am here!

Def

Probably by a tidy margin too ;D

At least until you get divorced anyway

[Grant Lamontagne]

I'm safe in a divorce- my wife makes more money than I do, I left a good job to move here to get married, and I have no assets.  I doubt any court would be silly enough to award her half of my SAKs!   ;D

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I'm safe in a divorce- my wife makes more money than I do, I left a good job to move here to get married, and I have no assets.  I doubt any court would be silly enough to award her half of my SAKs!   ;D

Def

Now why did'nt i do that

[Grant Lamontagne]

You probably did something silly and married someone you thought you liked!

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

You probably did something silly and married someone you thought you liked!

Def

No because I got her pregnant

Doing the right can be a pain in the arse but I did get a wicked little boy out of it, so it's far from all bad

[Grant Lamontagne]

I've heard of rotten apples from a good tree, but till now, never the other way around!  Congratulations on being one in a million!

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I've heard of rotten apples from a good tree, but till now, never the other way around!  Congratulations on being one in a million!

Def

Not me I'm very much a rotten tree myself ;D, But yeah I'm dead proud of my boy, show me a dad who isn't

[Grant Lamontagne]

Lemme find a pic of my Dad...

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Lemme find a pic of my Dad...

Def

[Sparkey]

Wicked Little boys are the best.. ;D

I took him for his first visit to Smoky Mtn. Knife works and Bass Pro when he was 2 months old!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Wicked Little boys are the best.. ;D

I took him for his first visit to Smoky Mtn. Knife works and Bass Pro when he was 2 months old!

Good on ya for starting him young

[Grant Lamontagne]

We'll have a SOSAK membership held in trust for him!

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

We'll have a SOSAK membership held in trust for him!

Def

Maybe we should buy share's in my first vic's?

I've alread got my son a Swiss Tech  MicroTechnician and he love's it, he can help dad fix things now, and best of all it's got no blades for him to hurt himself on 

[Sparkey]

We'll have a SOSAK membership held in trust for him!

Def

Excellent...He'll inherit dad's trusty Standard Issue when he's older!

[Grant Lamontagne]

Get'em while they are young, train'em right!  ;D

Def

[Spoonrobot]

So I used it today and the love has only gotten greater. Apparently my pockets are pretty deep because I have no problem with it's length and can clip it all the way front or back. The magnet for the bits is pretty weak though, I took apart out Norton Tri-Stone for cleaning and the bit stuck in the screw and pulled out a couple times when I was moving to the next screw.

The Pliers are a dream to use though, I forgot how wonderful springs are! The tips are not quite aligned and there is a small amount of play so I'll report after some use to see how they last.

The knife blade is okay, the serrations are odd and don't work as well as a variation pattern but flicking the blade open is easy and so far has been pretty close too 100% engagement. There is some significant side-to-side play that I can't seem to rectify by adjusting the pivot. I may have to take it apart and examine the hidden stop pin.

The on-board bit storage is great, the bits are secure but still easy to get to.

I think this tool may be like a magnet to non-tool users since it is so obviously different than the more common Gerber/Leatherman. A few different people asked about it at work today and the comments were mainly on the style and how nice it felt in the hand, I may yet get a co-worker to buy their own tool!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

So I used it today and the love has only gotten greater. Apparently my pockets are pretty deep because I have no problem with it's length and can clip it all the way front or back. The magnet for the bits is pretty weak though, I took apart out Norton Tri-Stone for cleaning and the bit stuck in the screw and pulled out a couple times when I was moving to the next screw.

The Pliers are a dream to use though, I forgot how wonderful springs are! The tips are not quite aligned and there is a small amount of play so I'll report after some use to see how they last.

The knife blade is okay, the serrations are odd and don't work as well as a variation pattern but flicking the blade open is easy and so far has been pretty close too 100% engagement. There is some significant side-to-side play that I can't seem to rectify by adjusting the pivot. I may have to take it apart and examine the hidden stop pin.

The on-board bit storage is great, the bits are secure but still easy to get to.

I think this tool may be like a magnet to non-tool users since it is so obviously different than the more common Gerber/Leatherman. A few different people asked about it at work today and the comments were mainly on the style and how nice it felt in the hand, I may yet get a co-worker to buy their own tool!

It's a shame your's has a bit of play in the blade and plier's , do you reckon it's a one off, because they must off had to cut corner's somewhere to be able to sell it so cheaply

[Spoonrobot]

I figure it's a first production run and it's a tool that has a MSRP of 39$ so it's not going to be on par with a Leatherman but it performs well and the issues appear to be fixable since the plier and knife pivots are user-accessible. Another hidden bonus, this tool appears to be 100% disassemble-able. If I develop the courage this weekend I may have to break it down.

[Tom Munch]

I finally got my Guppie & Zilla a couple days ago.  Here are my first impressions.

The Guppie seems to be more about the carabiner & less about the tools.  The wrench doesn't open very far, although it's clever that you can use the turning screw to push out the bits in the bit holder.  The blade is very short & can't be one handed because of the pocket clip.  The light is pretty dim, but looks like it has to be with so little room for batteries.  You kind of have to snap the bit holder in place.  On the good side it's fun to play with & looks very cool.

The Zilla is SO huge.  I have a lot of play in my blade too, but at least it flicks open easily, although the first couple times the blade would not lock without jamming it in place.  The bits are hard to get out for the Phillips & too easy for the flat driver.  I agree that the magnet doesn't hold the bits very strongly & the slot is a little wobbly.  The pliers seem good although a little light duty for such a massive tool.  They are better than the X-Tract though.  I keep looking at it & picturing how it could have been made smaller.

Tom

[J-sews]

...I keep looking at it & picturing how it could have been made smaller.....

Tom

....or stayed the same size and a lot more functions added.