Ti2 Para-biner

[detron]

stumbled across this tool, and it looks nice, thought I would share here



http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikebond/ti2-para-biner?ref=category

[Sparky415]

I rather like those, seem to be very well thought out 

[Freudian Frog]

I saw those too but it just seems really bulky for a 'biner, rather have the functions on a tool hanging off of the 'biner so you don't get strange ergonomics and flat-wide-tool-can't-reach syndrom all the time seems to me...

Buuut it might fit someone's purpose somewhere I suppose.

[xt60043f]

hey, this looks cool...

Wait, imperial spanner sizes? WTF is this, the 1950s??

[detron]

hey, this looks cool...

Wait, imperial spanner sizes? WTF is this, the 1950s??

or 2013 in the US!   

[Freudian Frog]

or 2013 in the US!   

Oh yeeeah, we're one of those international forums aren't we?

[AlephZero]

I like the look of that 

[xt60043f]

[enki_ck]

[detron]

I agree with should switch,   but you know,   it is not my call

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[Etherealicer]

I bet a lot of USAmericans (not working for OCC) are really good at fractional arithmetic because of this. And I hope that many of 'em are better at measuring.

More "funny, imperial units stories" from NASA
125 Mio on one Project wasted alone (that would have been enough money to burn all old schoolbooks and reprint them with metric units  ).

[jzmtl]

Looks like another "boutique" tool, bling bling for your keys.

[Cupboard]

Having just come back from a long drive through countries that use kilometres, I wish we did too.
I work in litres, metres, miles and MPG but have a hard time pictures a gallon in my head. A litre is easy, and that's the unit we buy fuel in.
At work some things are in hundredweight per acre, some tonnes per acre, some per hectare, some in (as far as I can tell) made up farming units. All tractors drive at speeds in km/h yet the speed limits are in mph. It's a complete mess, particularly to a newcomer like me. I do, however, like PSI for tyre pressure though 10 metres of water being about 1 bar is also useful.

[sawman]

How much $ are these running for anyway?

[Cupboard]

going by the Kickstarter prices, $43 for the smallest PB-5, $64 for the medium PB-7 (the first with a pulley, I wonder if it has any bearings), $125 for the large PB-9.
The PB-9 is made from 3/8ths plate, that's thick! By my rough measurements I think it will be about 12cm long.

[sawman]

going by the Kickstarter prices, $43 for the smallest PB-5, $64 for the medium PB-7 (the first with a pulley, I wonder if it has any bearings), $125 for the large PB-9.
The PB-9 is made from 3/8ths plate, that's thick! By my rough measurements I think it will be about 12cm long.

I could buy some nice SAKs for $125 or even the cheaper one at $43. They can keep those things!

[Cupboard]

yup. I'd have thought a small adjustable would weigh much the same and be of a similar size but be more useful and a pile cheaper. Hell, a Crunch would be the same size and cheaper (though much heavier I'd guess).

Edit:
derp, I've just noticed they list the dimensions

    PB-9 measures 1.875" x 4.375" (48mm x 111mm) Weight 100 grams
    PB-7 measures 1.625" x 3.625" (41mm x 92mm) Weight 53 grams
    PB-5 measures 1.375" x 3" (35mm x 76mm) Weight 30 grams

So a Crunch would be twice the weight.

[Cupboard]

To give them their due though, they have created a much more interesting and I'd say unique OPMT than most. There must be people out there that are thinking "yes! that's exactly what I was after for my keyring".