Leatherman Tread Tempo and LT

[David Bowen]

Well, after finally getting a Tread and fixing to make it where it's comfortable for me to wear I find this.

http://newatlas.com/leatherman-outdoor-retailer-multitools/50648/

The LT seems like it may fit those who didn't like the original.

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[Outback in Idaho]

  Wore a Tread for over a year after winning a Leatherman Father's Day contest.

  Used it a few times, one time being after several vehicles were hit by deer one night. Most people could not find screw drivers to repair indicator lights that were broken. Used pliers from Charge TTi to bend back metal and the screw driver for the standard bolts, but a few were Jeeps and those required a hex wrench - thus the Tread came into play there. This, fortunately, did not require much depth to replace the screws after bending the metal back.
  Tread has no pliers.

  Then after purchasing a TerraTrike Rover I found that a lot of the hex bolts could be serviced with the Tread to a limited degree. Some hex bolts were situated in bottle holders or other cramped areas making the Tread more aggravating rather than a pleasure to use. Still, I debated about keeping it as a lighter-weight backup. A hex wrench set weighs quite a bit as not found any in a light-weight alloy. Titanium hex wrenches are astronomical in price as well.

  So, passed the Tread onto a long term Leatherman fan, whom for some unknown reason never really won anything from Leatherman's facebook contests yet promoted them all over the place. Tracy uses a Spirit tool a lot, though owns a LM tool of some sort. Now he has the Tread I won a few years ago, from one brother to another.

  Oh, and I wore the Tread through several airports. Most said for me to leave my bracelet on, it was of no concern. Really?!? Went to Smog Angeles and past it's strict security regiment. Then later to Atlanta which had even tighter security. No issues. Not even in Denver. Was rather amazed. And when in a few job interviews the employers saw nothing wrong with carrying the Tread while working - however most were against a normal Leatherman tool cause it had a blade in it. (!) Most did not think an Awl was a blade ... good thing they didn't check how sharp mine was.

  Tread is still too expensive. Unless you're a wealthy individual or get luck on a contest most probably wouldn't invest in one - even it if had a watch. CronoLinks is a joke. Like this new watch you posted in the link, it requires a metal watch with bolts/screws if it's going to withstand the torque. Or have a carriage backplate to circumvent stress on the watch.

  Thanks for the link, good to see a narrower Tread is going to be made available. Good luck to those rich buggers that can afford such luxury!

[Poncho65]

No way they should have released that (the Tread) without the watch design completed I am willing to say that they just didn't have the watch thought of until so many other companies and people started converting them over The LT is also something that should have been ready for SHOT release Well late to the ball game or not I am glad that they finally have a watch to go with it

[Poncho65]

I also agree about the price being to high and hope that the price gets lowered instead of raised

[Mechanickal]

The price might be right, if they can tell us what movement is inside.
If it's a Miyota, then they're just asking you to shake out your wallet for a cookie. Not that it would be a bad movement, just not +$500.

When I saw the Tread advertised here 2 years ago, it was shown with a LM watch face on it, yet couldn't be ordered like that.

I was like "where do I get it?!" Then I saw the price and was like "it's not that awesome after all"