Is it normal to have wiggle or blade play on a Swisstool Spirit?

[mrynnr]

Ordered the Swisstool Spirit on Amazon and decided to return it due to wiggle in the tools and blade play. Received a replacement from Amazon and it has the same issue. Is this normal? My RT has always been solid.

[Aloha]

I have 5 Swisstools and none have any play in what you mention.  2 were bought used and those are loose when I open the tool to use pliers but not the blades or other implements.  I have one spirit and its solid all the way around.  Good you sent it in I would have done the same. 

[Lynn LeFey]

I have a Spirit X and every tool locks up rock solid. Sounds maybe like a bad batch?

[enki_ck]

Nope, mine still locks up like a vault after much use.

[NutSAK]

All the Swisstools I've owned (Spirit or otherwise) have had a bit more play in the plier pivot than I would like, but none have had any more than just a minute wiggle in the other tools.  Most of them have been good and tight.

[sticktodrum]

One of my Spirit Xs has a bit of play in the tools as well as the plier pivot. The pivot is fairly wobly, and the rivets on the joints seem a bit loose and I find the entire bunch of tools moving when it wiggle the file or main blade.

If it bothers you, return or exchange it. Vic may or may not fix it for you. I sent back two Spirits (X & RT) for loose pliers and joints, and they sent them back without any fix.

If you keep getting loose tools, it may very well be a bad batch as Lynn said, at which point consider either calling Amazon or buying from a different dealer. If Amazon finds that a batch of items are bad, they'll remove them and send them back.