Pocket mini-tools: My favorites

Adam in NYC USA · 01-07-2006, 05:29 AM

Hello all from Adam in NYC

Being in constant trouble (professionally, I am a EMT), you can never tell when you need a tiny portable tool for repair.
Here are my choices for personal pocket mini-tools.

Swiss-tech pliers and utilkey stealth tool:

The utilkey is on the ban list on the airlines, yet they are never confiscated. It looks like a key and it has quite a few uses. It is problably the only one you can use to fix eyeglasses. The pliers are a great surprise: they are strong and go the job well. I fixed many problems with this team. You can also get the pliers with a USB thumbdrive for dirtcheap.

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Leatherman Micra:

I can never own one for long. These always get permanently borrowed by my friends and then they are adopted. Most everything is on this tool, including twisers (sic). I even had one confiscated by a guard (she thought it was dangerous, right).
On ebay, you will see these sold in lots, go get a few. They pay for themselves.

http://images.google.com/images?q=Le...al&sa=N&tab=wi

Gerber solstice:

This is a most excellent tool that built to last. It is only a scissors but has two can openers and both phillips and straight blade drivers. This is one of the few tools I have used in a medical emergency. The cutting surfaces are excellent.

http://images.google.com/images?q=Ge...al&sa=N&tab=wi

Where to buy:

Go to eBay. The prices there are great. Get them in lots and sell off the excess. They make excellent gifts.

Have fun.

Adam in NYC

Lepus · 01-28-2006, 01:02 PM

Nice tools there. I do own a letherman that i got from my work a year ago. I use it almost everyday at work and i dont even work where i would normally have use for those tools..

riskey58 · 12-14-2006, 06:46 PM

I will have too look into some of mini-tools for my husband. I think that they would come in handy for him. Thank you for the great ideas.

tater03 · 12-15-2006, 08:53 PM

Thank you some of these look really unique. All I have had is a swiss army knife. This looks like something that my husband would love to have. Thanks again.

aima123 · 12-21-2006, 09:28 AM

You're such an alert person. Ready for emergency cases and trouble. In my cafe I always have my philips screw drivers, wires scissors and tester. I hate losing one of this tool, because everytime I encouter some trouble on my PC particularly technical problem, those are what I am needed the most to open the cases.