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Does anything beat a leatherman wave?

35 posts & 26 voices | Started 6 months ago by 2unfit2ride | Latest reply from maccruiskeen

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2unfit2ride - Member

Evening all, trying to do a bit of research on multi-tools & I know this is the best place to ask.

I want a quality bit of kit that will last with a fair amount of use, so replaceable parts would be a plus. I use a leatherman wave & it is a great bit of kit, the saw is especially good at quite substantial branches that wont just snap off, and it seems to stay sharp too.

Anyway this isn't for me, but before I run off & buy another wave I thought I would ask here.

Weight is not an issue within reason, it just needs to be a dependable bit of kit with lots of usable gismo's, so that thing to get stones out of horses hooves will not be required

Cheers.

Posted 6 months ago #
Tiger6791 - Member

Rock would beat a 'Leatherman Wave'

Paper would lose

Posted 6 months ago #
2unfit2ride - Member

Reassuring to know, any other pearls of wisdom?

Cheers

Posted 6 months ago #
Lionheart - Member

Not quite but I feel the Gerber Suspension is pretty close and much cheaper so better value

Posted 6 months ago #
greggparker9 - Member

The Leatherman Wave is the best multitool in my opinion. I have used Gerber's and various Leatherman's over the years and always fall back to the wave. The service from Leatherman is great with the lifetime warranty. The spring pieces that hold the handles in the closed positions broke on mine, sent it back and a few days later had a new one in my hand!

My dad has a Leatherman Surge which I think is too big and bulky but does have interchangeable saw blades if that's something you might need?!

Posted 6 months ago #
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR - Member

Yeah, a Leatherman Charge tti - I have one and its lush

Posted 6 months ago #
docstar - Member

SOG EOD Powerlock here have it 3 years and it has pulled me out of a jam many times, was £50 from USA.

Posted 6 months ago #
stevenmenmuir - Member

If price is a consideration you can get a pretty good copy of the Gerber Suspension from Stanley. Screwfix sell them, about £15.

Posted 6 months ago #
prettygreenparrot - Member

My original Leatherman PST is still going strong. Best leaving present I have ever been given.

Posted 6 months ago #
2unfit2ride - Member

Cheers guys, this is a present, so I don't want to be a cheapskate, don't get me wrong I would like to pay less if I can so if anyone can beat google's price of £78 with a leather pouch I would appreciate it, that or a recommendation decent alternative like the gerber of which you have had experience of then that would also be good.

Your thoughts are very much appreciated.

Cheers.

Posted 6 months ago #
landcruiser - Member

I find the main problem with the Gerber Suspension is that one needs a tool (yeah yeah !) to get the blades open !

Posted 6 months ago #
Elfinsafety - Member

Got a little Leatherman Juice CS4, and it's a fantastic little pocket tool, remarkable useful. Beautifully designed and very well made indeed.

Also got an old Super Tool, which a friend found on her friend's allotment. It had bin buried in the earth for years, as it mustuv belonged to the previous allotment owner, but I took it home, gave it a clean up and it's almost as good as new.

Well worth buying imo.

Posted 6 months ago #
bencooper - Member

Leatherman Charge Tti is what I use all day, every day in the shop - but because it has locking blades it's not one you can carry about - so for that a SOG is the best I've found...

Posted 6 months ago #
Ho hum - Member

stevenmenmuir - Member
If price is a consideration you can get a pretty good copy of the Gerber Suspension from Stanley. Screwfix sell them, about £15.

Thanks for that Steve.

I have been doing a bit of googling and found that Amazon have the Stanley down to £8.39, which looks like great value

Posted 6 months ago #
molgrips - Member

I have used both Gerber and Leatherman, and for me Gerber wins hands down. They appear more solid, better quality and they are also cheaper.

Posted 6 months ago #
duntstick - Member

My Mrs takes the piss out of me for saying 'That's a nice bit of kit'

Posted 6 months ago #
nealglover - Member

TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR - Member
Yeah, a Leatherman Charge tti - I have one and its lush

I use the Charge TTi every day at work and it's lasted years.
Great multiple tool.
The wave is also great. I have one of those at home instead of a toolbox

Posted 6 months ago #
schmiken - Member

The Wave is fantastic, love mine.

Posted 6 months ago #
DrP - Member

Charge Ti FTW.....

DrP

Posted 6 months ago #
2unfit2ride - Member

Could anyone elaborate on why the TTi is better than the wave?

My Wave is the original one, & I understand the newer (was it really 2004?) one's are better, I can see that those are better as they have 'innovations' such as bit holders, but I have never held a TTi or indeed a Gerber of any kind & it's hard finding a place that stock lots of top end multitool's that you can play with.

Cheers.

Posted 6 months ago #
cozz - Member

ive got 2 waves - lost one, bought another then found the firtst one !!

, think they are great, bought both from US for about £50 each

Posted 6 months ago #
Elfinsafety - Member

but because it has locking blades it's not one you can carry about

Ooh yeah so's mine actually haddunt thought about that.

Bloody daft that law. I could do more damage with a whole range of 'legal' implements if I really wanted to.

Posted 6 months ago #
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR - Member

The tti is titanium and has the hardest grade stainless blade sv30 iirc, other than that without checking the tinternet I don't know.

Posted 6 months ago #
2unfit2ride - Member

Thanks for that, I'll look in to them.

Cheers.

Posted 6 months ago #
v8ninety - Member

but because it has locking blades it's not one you can carry about

I did not know that... Just done a bit of googling, and found this;

"It is an offence for any person, without lawful authority or good reason, to have with him in a public place, any article which has a blade or is sharply pointed except for a folding pocket-knife which has a cutting edge to its blade not exceeding 3 inches." [CJA 1988 section 139(1)]

But the charges blade locks in place so it is considered a fixed knife for all intents and purposes (weirdly) because of;

A Crown Court case (Harris v DPP), ruled (case law). A lock knife for all legal purposes, is the same as a fixed blade knife. A folding pocket knife must be readily foldable at all times. If it has a mechanism that prevents folding, it's a lock knife (or for legal purposes, a fixed blade) The Court of Appeal (REGINA - v - DESMOND GARCIA DEEGAN 1998) upheld the Harris ruling stating that "folding was held to mean non-locking". No leave to appeal was granted.

I should imagine that a defence would still exist as it's quite believable (and true)that the multitool was being carried for 'good reason' ie you can prove that you regularly have cause to use one or other functions of the tool whilst going about your day to day business. I would NOT like to be the one to test this though.

Apologies if this has been discussed before, it has the whiff of one of 'those' subjects...

EDIT; FWIW, I love my Charge Ti

Posted 6 months ago #
elliott-20 - Member

I got a Wave 13 years ago after a friend wowed me with his tool whilst camping in Yosemite

Seriously, I've used it for everything, flipping brilliant. One of things that has been worth the 'investment'.

Posted 6 months ago #
TurnerGuy - Member

So is it OK if the blade locks in place but is less than 3 inches?

Otherwise some of the topeak aliens are stuffed as well.

Posted 6 months ago #
v8ninety - Member

Any knife with a fixed (or lockable, same in eyes of law) blade is subject to the knife law. But you are still ok so long as you have a 'good reason' to carry it, which I should imagine having a bike multitool whilst riding a bike would be.

Posted 6 months ago #
ianpinder - Member

Hmmm, charge tti ordered! Cheers guys

Posted 6 months ago #
2unfit2ride - Member

ianpinder - Member
Hmmm, charge tti ordered! Cheers guys

If you don't mind me asking where did you get it from & how much did you have to shell out?

Cheers.

Posted 6 months ago #
yunki - Member

Posted 6 months ago #
ianpinder - Member

Amazon £132

Posted 5 months ago #
iDave - Member

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Posted 4 months ago #
maccruiskeen - Member

bloody hell the spammers are out in force this morning

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