[Closed] Does anything beat a leatherman wave?

Rock would beat a 'Leatherman Wave'

Paper would lose

Reassuring to know, any other pearls of wisdom? 😉

Cheers

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

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?!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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...

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 🙂

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.

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

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 🙂

The Wave is fantastic, love mine.

Charge Ti FTW.....

DrP

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.

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

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. 😐

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

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

Cheers.

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)]

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.

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

EDIT; FWIW, I love my Charge Ti

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'.

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.

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.

Hmmm, charge tti ordered! Cheers guys

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.

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Amazon £132

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