It's Monday, which means a new Multitool Minute! As if Mondays weren't bad enough already! Def
Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on November 14, 2016, 03:37:12 PMIt's Monday, which means a new Multitool Minute! As if Mondays weren't bad enough already! DefGreat video. I like to pair my Freestyle with an Explorer, I think they complement each other pretty well.Like your hat too, that's a Tilley right? The ones with the snap-up sides are awesome.
I see you've mastered the finish without it "snipping" off unexpectedly Is there a way to measure traffic from the videos?
Nice! This is the sort of thing that the manufacturers ought to be putting on every product page. Sort of unfortunate that YouTube chose "and one of the more useless tools" for the thumbnail, ha. There's gotta be a way to change it, but I don't know diddly about YouTube content creation. Good stuff though!
Quote from: metasyntax on November 15, 2016, 11:16:33 PMNice! This is the sort of thing that the manufacturers ought to be putting on every product page. Sort of unfortunate that YouTube chose "and one of the more useless tools" for the thumbnail, ha. There's gotta be a way to change it, but I don't know diddly about YouTube content creation. Good stuff though!I didn't realize that! thanks for pointing it out! I believe I have fixed it now. That comment was actually there when I was pointing out the folding lanyard ring, which strikes me as one of the most useless things ever developed.Unless it functions as a portable hole in the old Bugs Bunny cartoons, it's a waste of space and metal.Def
SOG did the best for lanyard rings as far as I'm concerned. Look at the PowerLock:(Image removed from quote.)You can see it tucked away on the bottom of the left handle in the above image. It can easily be removed, or as you can see above, tucked away. It can also be brought out and used if lanyard use is your thing. Just fire in a small split ring and you can tie or hook pretty well anything you like to it. It doesn't take up any interior space, it is as strong as any other component on the tool, it's easily added ot removed or tucked away.SOG isn't usually the first manufacturer that comes to mind when you think slick or elegant, and even if it is, the PowerLock is generally not the first tool you think of in that category, but this is perhaps one of the finest solutions to lanyards that I have seen from any manufacturer.That bit of sheet metal with a hole in it that comes on many Leathermans may not take up much space but it is also sharp enough to cut through any lanyard you might try to put in it, And, the thick ones you find on the older Gerber models was a complete waste of space.I would rather have nothing than either of those types of lanyards.I didn't mention it in the film becase of time issues, but one major problem I have with the Sidekick and Wingman is that idiotic decorative hole in the handle. When you pull out the tool, occupied by something else and try to open the knife blade by feel there is just as much chance that you will try to open the handle. I know, I have done it. You have the tool rotated 180 degrees in your hand and you try to open the blade and all you are doing is pushing against the handle. This is frsutrating, and a serious drawback to this tool. IMHO, it defeats the purpose of having a one handed opening blade on a tool.Leatherman designers, if you are reading this, please redesign the fricking SideKick and Wingman to get rid of that idiotic, stupid, useless and misleading hole.Def
Surprisingly, it didn't last long. It seems no one was willing to spend $65 on a tripod with a couple of not so great functions. It's not a super high quality tool, and the handles are all plastic, which is probably a good thing as the plier seems to have been stolen from a cheap dollar store multitool. But, it makes an excellent tabletop tripod....Def
Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on November 17, 2016, 12:10:33 AMSurprisingly, it didn't last long. It seems no one was willing to spend $65 on a tripod with a couple of not so great functions. It's not a super high quality tool, and the handles are all plastic, which is probably a good thing as the plier seems to have been stolen from a cheap dollar store multitool. But, it makes an excellent tabletop tripod....DefYou know, of course...Show contentI just saw this video, on one of the knives in my wanted list. The initial specs listing, in a semi-transparent font, may be a good feature to use in your videos. Don't know if it's too complicated to insert the text or if it works with the subtitles showing at the same time...
Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention, the guy got it wrong too.Def
How about making some in depth videos in addition to the minute ones for tools you feel like talking more about? A "Multitool dual minute"
Ok, it's about a nice knife but you could say everything about it in less than 1min.
Quote from: pfrsantos on November 17, 2016, 05:16:40 PMOk, it's about a nice knife but you could say everything about it in less than 1min.And yet, he didn't even test to see if you could baton with it.
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