Another Newbie question..Best full size multi-tool for the tough jobs?

[colubrid]

Sorry about all these newb questions. Everyone has been so helpful and i don't want to wear out my welcome. Hope you all don't mind. Its a lot easier to ask something herethan looking at ads. I get better info from people that actually use them than being sold by an advertisiment.

With a new Vic Spirit along the way I started looking into the full size multitools. I have 2 SOG Powerlocks but I noticed there are some other large size multitools out there worth having..

What I am looking for is something that is tough. Everyday abuse kinda stuff, like hacking through drywall ect

A few I am considering:

1) Victorinox SwissTool RS Multi-Tool or Victorinox Swiss Tool (not sure i know the difference between thesea)

2) LM CORE ( I like the long extension for the philips head.)
3) LM SURGE
4) LM Supertoll 200

I am leaning towards the Core. But only because it seems to be biggest and the extened philips head.

[Grant Lamontagne]

The difference between the SwissTool RS and the standard SwissTool is the bit pouch, wrench and corkcrew that comes with the RS and isn't included with the standard.  The Multi itself is exactly the same.
I can't speak about most of the ones you mentioned as I have SwissTools and an older LM SuperTool, but not the 200 or the others, but I'd say that you probably won't go too wrong with any of them.  Given that you work with dusty drywall though, you might want to keep in mind the "open" design of the SwissTool, making it easy to keep clean.
Def

[David Bowen]

I would go with the surge if you like the one handed stuff like the wave and the charge, they have one hand opening sissors with a saw blade that is replacable....and the core is kinda like the new ST200, doesn't get much bigger than that. If you want robustness though I say go with a swisstool, cause if you already got a SOG then you need a SwissTool.

David

[colubrid]

Does the Core have biigger tools than the surge?

[Dunc]

The difference between the SwissTool RS and the standard SwissTool is the bit pouch, wrench and corkcrew that comes with the RS and isn't included with the standard.  The Multi itself is exactly the same.
I can't speak about most of the ones you mentioned as I have SwissTools and an older LM SuperTool, but not the 200 or the others, but I'd say that you probably won't go too wrong with any of them.  Given that you work with dusty drywall though, you might want to keep in mind the "open" design of the SwissTool, making it easy to keep clean.
Def

Def hope you dont mind but I will have to correct you on the Swisstool info .The Swisstool with the extra bit wrench and corkscrew is a Swisstool CS PLUS , the RS ( RESCUE) is a Swisstool with scissors instead of a serrated blade and a curved belt cutting blade instead of a file , the Swisstool X is the same as a std except for scissors instead of a serrated blade .

Dunc

[Grant Lamontagne]

No problem Duncan- being corrected is what I am here for!
Def

[prime77]

Does the Core have biigger tools than the surge?

  The phillips screwdriver is much longer on the core because the surge uses the stubby LM bit adapter for its's screwdrivers. The saw and file are much longer of the core because the surge t-shank adapter takes up almost an inch of the tool. The flathead screwdriver, bottle/can opener and awl are all the same size. The serrated and straight knives are bigger on the surge but about the same lenght as the cores.  I would choose between the SwissTool and the Core they are both really nice tools and should work well for you.

[Travis Autry]

I have found the SwissTool to be the most user friendly, practical and tough multitool I have ever used.  My Original and X models have been used and abused.  I have cut chain link fencing with the wire cutters, used the closed tool as both a hammer and a block for tapping, and cut through all kinds of things, including sheetrock.

If you want a tool to use every day, get the SwissTool.

[Kapt Kopter]

If you can find one go for the Super Tool 200 or the original Supertool barring that I second the SwissTool......I have the model with the scissors which no Core or Super Tool ever offered.

Kap

[Fred]

I like the Supertool too

[Leatherman123]

Given that you work with dusty drywall though, you might want to keep in mind the "open" design of the SwissTool, making it easy to keep clean.

def, I would have to disagree with you. The core would be easier to keep clean because its an inside openers and when folded using the saw or something you would get less crap in the tool!

[Grant Lamontagne]

Yeah, but the gunk that can and will get in, stays in!

Def

[CQC-7]

I know a way to get the gunk out.  Spray it with simple green let it sit for a few.  Spray it with high pressure hose.  Then spray it with WD-40.  It will probally work.  That is how my friend cleans his AK-47 a multitool cannot be much worse.

[Sparkey]

I like the Supertool too

Same here...I've had mine for going on 10 years and aside from the occasional clean and lube along with a good sharpening...I've had no problems..plus the darn thing is bomb-proof!

[CQC-7]

The supertool is one tool that I wish I had bought when I had the chance. 

[znapschatz]

The supertool is one tool that I wish I had bought when I had the chance. 

But if you had, would your life have turned out significantly different?

Really, although I'm a huge Super Tool fan (lately a Core), that may be due to having got comfortable with one before the Swisstool came onto the market.  If it had been around then and close to the same price, I might have gone for that instead and wound up equally happy.  However, when finally getting around to handling the Vic offering, I had already got used to some of the Leatherman plusses; sharply ground screwdrivers, wider opening needlenose pliers, easier blade access, etc., and was put off by the Swiss Tool blunt nosed, smaller opening pliers, thumbnail punishing blade access, and shorter, rounded drivers.

Still, I can't help but wonder if I had started off with a Swisstool, perhaps I would have learned to live with its limitations and appreciate its advantages.  After all, Leathermen have their drawbacks, too, but somehow I had learned to finesse them.

Of course, collectors have entirely different motivations.   ;D