The 2″ saw blade is tricky to use since it is so short, but the can opener/bottle cap lifter blade is great! Typical nice Gerber scissors with great leverage, but only 1/2″ long cutting surfaces. The other tools have big thumbnail notches that are easy to use for the most part and open easily enough that it does not threaten to rip off the nail, which sometimes happens in my smaller, tighter Juice. The Juice’s main ‘spear-point’ blade is 2.5″ long in a tool barely an inch longer and feels much larger in proportion. It has a quick-open tab set-up for right-hand use, and uses the same locking mechanism all the tools use. The main blade is a ‘sheeps-foot’ with a straight cutting edge which is a decent general purpose design, especially at this size. You can certainly do this with the Suspension as well, just not as smoothly or comfortably as the Juice.įor a 3.75″ long tool, the knife blades seem rather short with just under 2″ of cutting edge. For example, the internal tools in the Juice are more in-line with the handle and you can use the handle fully open for length, or with the handle in a 90 degree configuration for more torque. In general, ‘external’ tools like this are easier to access, but the handle does not work quite as well with the tools, while ‘internal’ tools are only accessible when the pliers are open, but they usually work with the plier handles better. They are all accessible when the tool is closed, which is sort of a mixed blessing. The tools in the Suspension are all solid and most follow classic Gerber design, like the rather ‘plump’ scissors. My Juice actually has shorter pliers and handles, and opens wider but there is no contest- the Suspension offers the stronger pliers and stronger gripping forces. This may be awkward for someone with smaller hands, but the handles are so smooth and comfortable that this probably would not be a real problem. Even closed, it is 2.5″ from tip to tip of the handle. The Suspension handles are spring-loaded to open to the tool’s max- 5″ at the furthest points. The plier handles can be a problem with multi-tools- comfort, pinching, leverage and more affect the usefulness of the pliers. They seem plenty tough and have worked well for everything I have used them on. The main pliers are the somewhat typical modified needle-nose most multi-tools use now- long skinny tips, a semi-circular grabbing section, and wire cutters at the base. Opening the tool to the main pliers is easy, and can be done one-handed in a pinch. Wiggling the handles reveals a little play, but it does not seem to be a problem.
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