The American company Leatherman is known in the market primarily due to the production and sale of its multitilities. These are such small, pocket tools, stuffed with a huge number of functional features and priblud - from knife and screwdriver to sewing and scissors. The distinctive feature of the brand is an excellent quality and long-term warranty. Recently, the model of the LEATHERMAN Free K4 multitula model came to us. About him today and will be discussed.
Get acquainted with Multitul
The tool is packaged into a small corporate black and white box with green inserts. On the reverse side of the packaging, all the contents of the multitole are schematically, as well as its main technical parameters.
In the delivery kit, the multitole itself is provided directly and the instructions for use in the form of a small cardboard liner. The K4 tool model refers to the Leatherman Free series, praising its interesting design and convenience of design. The manufacturer declares the presence in the multitole of the 9-following different components:
- Knife with combined blade (steel 420 HC)
- Scissors
- Awl
- Small screwdriver
- Medium screwdriver
- Cross Slice Philips.
- Packing Reversion Cutter
- Opener for bottles and cans with paint
- Mini-montage
8.4 cm blade blade is made of 420HC corrosion-resistant steel with a high carbon content, which gives the knife the best cutting properties and strength compared to conventional steel grade 420. In the knife blade made a special hole for a comfortable opening with one hand.
The remaining tools are also made of steel, but we could not find more accurate information about her class or brand. On the type of tools, durable, and the brand Leatherman has long been a sign of quality and product reliability.
Inside the massive handle, the multitool is breaking up design with steel liners. From the back of the handle, we can see a special nest in which you have other tools.
A removable clip is attached on the right side of the handle, which will fix the multitool on the belt, the pocket edge or other surface. Thanks to two screws and hole for them, the clip can be removed either to rearrange on the other side of the handle at its discretion.
Knife and all other tools have a magnetic locking of the lock, which in turn ensures the reliability and safety of the use of multitole.
Impressions of use
Let's move on to the direct practical part of the acquaintance and testing of the multitula. We looked at the work of each tool.
First of all, you should pay attention to the well-thought-out ergonomics of the handle of the multitula, the grip is very convenient, the tool lies in the hand comfortably and firmly. The manufacturer has provided a small bevel on the handle to ensure a softer grip. Of the minuses, we could note the existence of clips on the handle, because With long-term use of a multitole without gloves, it can lead to the presence of corns or dotty on hand. If necessary, the clip can be removed using the hexagon corner key by 1.5-2 mm.
We estimated a rather soft work mechanism for opening and closing the blade, the knife can really be opened with one hand. Locking the lock firmly locks the blade, there is no "walking" in the grooves. It is worth noting a good default sharpening of the knife, it is quite high-quality, it is absolutely nothing to complain about. The paper, rope thread, rubber, and without much effort, can be touched by a small peg of a hazel branch. The knife works freely and smoothly, without any complaints or difficulties. The manufacturer stated that the knife can even cut a thin sheet of metal, but we did not try.
Let us turn to the inspection of other tools. In total in the multitole (in addition to the knife) there are 4-massive individual elements represented as steel plates in the back side of the handle:
- Scissors with spring mechanism;
- Cross screwdriver (Slot) Phillips, Bottle Opener;
- Small screwdriver and awl;
- A medium screwdriver, mini-mount and cutter for opening the packaging.
The built-in scissors with a spring mechanism are quite easy and easy to cut paper, dense fabric, calmly coped with a twine rope and cable thread, cut plastic and aluminum clamps.
The cruciform screwdriver of the most well-known and popular type of Phillips Slice, used in many areas, will become the necessary assistant in the assembly of furniture, the implementation of small repair, when fixing various fasteners, as well as with other emerging profile tasks. The screwdriver showed itself from a good side, firmly twists the screws, the quality of steel at the level - after the implementation of test spinings on the metal is not a single scratch. With the opening for bottles, everyone simply, we think, no one needs to explain the principle of use. Everything is clear here and no less qualitatively.
A small ordinary flat screwdriver (2-3 mm) has coped well with the twisting of small screws 3 × 15 mm, and awlings found an application when you do the holes in dense tissue and wooden plinths. Feels like a low density material, for example, the same chipboard will easily be boarded, having done the required recesses.
A medium screwdriver will allow twisting screws with a diameter of 5 mm, mini-mount will be useful, for example, when removing small hardware products or clips, and the cutter for opening the package successfully copes with this task and cuts thick plastic as a canning knife reveals tin cans.
Technical specifications
Color classification: Black length in folded form, cm: 11.5 Weight, gr: 155.9 Blade length, cm: 8.4 Series: Free Tools: Knife with Combined Blade (Steel 420 HC), Scissors, Silo, Small Screwdriver, Medium Screwdriver , Phillips (Cross Slot), Cutter for opening packaging, Bottle openings and cans with paint, Removable clip included: Multitur Free K4, Gift Packaging, Warranty Cartoon Warranty: 25 yearsWho will fit?
Multitole Leatherman Free K4 - no doubt a successful product from a popular brand, which is talking about the impeccable quality of the material, and the presence of a long warranty (25 years). Few of the existing manufacturers boasts such long-term reliability of tools.
Of the small minuses, we could mark the handle clips recorded with one of the sides, which can interfere with long-term use of the multitula. However, this problem is solved - clip is easily removed.
The price of a multitool is estimated by the "Yandex.Market" platform will be 11,500 rubles. For a knife and several pribluda, the price tag is certainly rather big, but it is estimated at the expense of the functional diversity of the instrument, as well as the excellent quality of components.
Source: DroidNews.ru.