Best Multitool (TOOL KNIVES)? Leatherman vs Gerber, SOG, Victorinox, DeWalt, Mossy Oak, Ozark Trail

in the first test we'll see which knife has the sharpest edge then we'll see which brand has the best wire cutters we'll see which phillips and flathead screwdrivers will outlast the screw and which ones will fail then we'll see which knife blade locks are the strongest we'll compare the corrosion resistance of each brand when i was growing up my favorite tv series was macgyver he could do just about anything with a stick of bubble gum and his swiss army knife but the question is which brand is the best let's find out at a price of only around five dollars the least expensive brand we'll be testing is made by ozark trails 12 in 1 multi-tool long nose pliers standard pliers wire cutters knife bottle opener can opener phillips screwdriver all file saw medium slotted screwdriver and small slotted screwdriver the ozark trails is made in china the ozark trails weighs 158 grams to test the sharpness of the knives i'll be using this best certified sharpness tester the way this test works the sharpness tester measures the downward force required to cut through the test media a double-edged razor blade is between 50 and 75. the utility blades between 150 and 200 high end is between 250 and 375. edges need maintenance around 400. the clips are disposable so i'll be using a new clip with each test and the very affordable ozark trail knife is very sharp at 175. at a price of 15 is this heart brand which is sold at walmart 18 in one capability the heart brand is made in china the heart brand weighs 238 grams and the hard brand performed nearly the same as the ozark trail at 205. at a price of 20 dollars is this rovertac multi-tool lifetime warranty 12 in one capability made of durable stainless steel it claims to be rust proof and corrosion resistant we're gonna test that the rover tack is made in china the rover tech is by far the heaviest yet at 312 grams and the rover tack isn't nearly as sharp as the ozark trail or the heart at 260. at a price of 21 is a stanley brand 12-1 multi-tool stainless steel construction compact and portable limited lifetime warranty the stanley brand is made in china the stanley weighs 221 grams the stanley is slightly sharper than the rover tack at 230. at a price of 24. is this mossy oak outdoor survival portable 21-1 multi-tool set the whole multi-tool is constructed of ultra durable stainless steel prevents corrosion advanced 3d hollow structure and smooth surface and edge all the tools actually lock into position and there's a release that has to be used in order to fold up the knife the mossy oak is made in china the mossy oak is the heaviest yet at 334 grams the mossy oak performed about the same as the rover tack at 255 at a price of 30 dollars is this gerber suspension knife slimmer design and focus tool pack are ideal for the everyday carry user the knife blade locks into position the knife blade release is on the handle the gerber is made in china the gerber suspension is pretty light at 191 grams the gerber suspension is the dullest yet at 270. at a price of 32 dollars is this dewalt mt16 multi tool comfortable handles easy access tool lifetime warranty once the blade is open the blade does not lock into position the dewalt is made in china the dewalt weighs 210 grams the dewalt moves into third place behind the heart at 225 at a price of 50 is this gonzo brand knife hardness hrc 58 the knives and the pliers are replaceable to use a screwdriver it does require some assembly blade release lever the ganzo is made in china the ganzo weighs 275 grams and the ganzo is the dullest yet at 335. at a price of 64. is this havalon brand includes knife holster extra blades and blade remover the blade change removal tool the javelin comes with six replacement blades the havalon does have a belt clip the havalon is made in taiwan the havalon's pretty light at 186 grams the havalon is incredibly sharp at 135 at a price of 80 is this leatherman skeletool cx ultralight full-size multi-tool includes knife blade made with premium 154 cm steel 25-year warranty the leatherman skeletool is made in usa the leatherman skeletal is the lightest yet at only 146 grams the leatherman skeletool performed very well at 190. at a price of 90 is this sog brand sog stands for studies and observation group patented gear driven leverage mechanism features twice the cutting and gripping power of conventional pliers center axis magnetic hex bit driver for enhanced capability the knife blades and tools lock securely in place once open the sog is designed in seattle and made in taiwan the sog weighs 305 grams the sog is pretty sharp at 210. at a price of 105 is this victorinox brand very nice sheath made in switzerland the victorinox weighs 210 grams 270 for the swiss army knife the same as the gerber suspension at a price of 121 dollars is this gerber gear the plier knives on the gerber gear are replaceable blade release lever to retract the pliers just push in the lever and return the pliers to the original position the gerber gear is made in usa the gerber gear weighs 281 grams the gerber gear is slightly sharper than the gerber suspension at 250. at 140 the leatherman charge plus multi-tool is the most expensive brand we'll be testing the blade is made of 154cm the knives on the pliers are replaceable the leatherman comes with 12 different bits blade release lever it also comes with a belt clip the leatherman charge plus is made in usa the leatherman charge plus weighs 237 grams the leatherman charge plus is slightly sharper than the swiss army knife at 265. if multi-tool weight is a factor in your purchasing decision the leatherman skeletool is the lightest at 146 grams ozark trail 158 javelin 186 gerber suspension 191 and dewalt 210 grams the brand with the sharpest blade is the havalon at 135 but the very affordable ozark trail performed well in 175 the leatherman skeletool did very well at 190 heart 205 and sog power access 210. while initial sharpness does matter so does blade edge durability which has a lot to do with the type of metal that's being used blade steel should definitely be a lot harder than aluminum to ensure a fair test the same amount of downward pressure will be applied to all of the blades so let's see how well the blade holds up after we drag the aluminum across each blade 10 times on the left is the blade before coming in contact with aluminum and after aluminum on the right there's definitely quite a bit of wear that's taken place with the ozark trail and the ozark trail went from 175 to 325 which is a 46 percent loss in sharpness the heart actually looks to still be in great condition after exposure to the aluminum and the heart went from 205 to 240 after the aluminum only losing 15 percent sharpness even when the rover tech blade was new it just doesn't look very sharp and the rover tech started out at 260 and doled quite a bit to 370 losing 30 sharpness the new stanley blade is on the left and is visibly sharper than the u stanley blade on the right the stanley started out at 230 and told a 350 a 34 loss in sharpness the new mossy oak blade does look slightly sharper than the used blade and the mossy yolk started off at 255 and dulled 18 to 310. the gerber suspension looks as though the aluminum really dulled the blade quite a bit the gerber suspension started off at 270 and dulled 45 to 495 and moves in the last place the dewalt still looks to be in pretty good condition after coming into contact with the aluminum and the dewalt did a pretty good job of holding its edge going from 225 to 255 a loss of only 12 percent the ganzo both knew and used looked pretty dull and the ganzo started out the dullest of all the brands at 335 and only dropped at 340. the javelin started off the sharpest and the used blade looks very dull and the javelin started off at 135 and is now the dullest blade at 650. the leatherman skeletool looks very sharp before and after exposure to aluminum very sharp at 190 and only experienced a 5 loss to 205 very impressive the new sog looks pretty sharp but there's visible wear on the used blade the sog started off at 210 and dulled the 255 and 18 loss in sharpness the new and the used victoria knox looked to be nearly the same sharpness victorinox started out at 270 and experienced an 11 loss in sharpness to 305 the new and the used gerber looked to be about the same sharpness the gerber started out at 250 and only dropped seven percent to 270. the used leatherman charge plus looks to be about as sharp as when the blade was new the leatherman started out at 265 and experienced a 10 percent loss in sharpness at 295. after knife blade exposure to aluminum the leatherman skeletool has a sharpest blade at 205 however the heart performed well at 240 dewalt and sog 255 in gerber gear 270. the red line indicates sharpness loss and the blue bar indicates the initial sharpness score knives that start off relatively dull such as the gonzo are less likely to experience severe doling compared to knives that start off extremely sharp like the javelin however knives that use premium steel are more likely to hold an edge over knives that use less expensive steel in general more expensive multi-tools held a sharp edge better than less expensive brands so let's test the performance of the wire cutters cutting through a six penny nail i'll first place each multi-tool in this holder i'll then use a hydraulic press and a weight scale to measure the amount of squeezing force required to cut through the nail beginning with the ozark trail brand to keep the nail from becoming a projectile i'll place some locking pliers on the end of the nail the ozark trail needed 59 pounds of squeezing force to cut through the nail the nail did cause a small amount of damage to the cutting knives it took a little bit more effort for the heart to cut through the nail at 67 pounds no visible damage to the cutters on the heart it took a lot more effort to cut through the nail with the rover tack 105 pounds however the cutters did survive without any visible damage the stanley needed 70 pounds of force to cut through the nail the cutter still looked to be as good as new the mossy oak made the cut at 65 pounds and moves into second place behind the ozark trail there's a small amount of wear to the cutters the gerber suspension did slightly better than the mossy oak at 61 pounds and moves into second place no visible damage to the cutters it took 78 pounds of force for the dewalt to cut through the nail no visible damage to the cutting knives on the dewalt and the gonzo really struggled to cut through the six penny nail 129 pounds there's no visible damage to the cutters and the havalon moves in the first place cutting through the nail at only 44 pounds the cutting knives in the javelin are still in great shape it took 91 pounds of force for the leveling skeletool to cut through the nail the cutters are still looking as good as new the sog did very well at only 51 pounds and moves in the second place behind the javelin the cutting knives look as good as new the victoria knox performed very well at 58 pounds no visible damage to the cutting knives the gerber gear made a popping sound at 43 pounds of pressure unfortunately one of the cutting knives on the pliers broke however the cutting knives are replaceable but the gerber gear did not come with an extra set the leatherman charge plus perform very well at 48 pounds and moves into second place behind a javelin no visible damage to the cutters so the havalon came in on top at 44 pounds leatherman charge plus 48 sog 51 victoria knox 58 and ozark trail 59. let's test the strength of the phillips screwdriver next i'll place the phillips screwdriver and a fastener into a socket a torque adapter will keep track of the maximum torque i'll use the drill press which has a wheel attached to the lever arms to apply downward pressure i'll attach a 10-pound weight to a rope that'll go around the wheel and this will apply about 70 pounds of downward force i went ahead and removed the belt on the drill press just to make sure we're getting accurate test results and the very affordable ozark trail actually performed fairly well at 48 inch pounds before it finally came down a very small amount of visible wear to the screwdriver and the heart did quite a bit better than the ozark trail at 59 inch pounds before the screw broke no visible damage to the driver the rover attack made a popping sound and suddenly came out at 45 inch pounds unfortunately the phillips screwdriver was ruined at 45 inch pounds the stanley came out at 51 inch pounds and moves into second place behind the heart brand unfortunately the screwdriver bit on the stanley experienced quite a bit of damage and the mossy oak easily outlasted the screw and the screw finally broke at 95 inch pounds no visible damage to the mossy oak screwdriver bit and the gerber suspension did a great job avoiding cam out but the bit suddenly snapped at 61 inch pounds the phillips bit is definitely ruined and the dewalt camed out at 55 inch pounds but there's no visible damage to the dewalt the gonzo outlasted the screw making it to 70 inch pounds however the gonzo did experience some damage to the flutes the javelin was doing a great job until the rivets that hold the tool together suddenly broke i continued to test until the screw finally broke at 79 inch pounds no damage to the bit but the havlin multi-tool is broken the leatherman skeletool performed very well with a screw finally breaking at 60 inch pounds no visible damage to the screwdriver bit the sog outlasted the screw the screw broke at 59 pounds and there's no visible damage to the screwdriver the victoria knox easily outlasted the screw the screw broke at 58 inch pounds and the screwdriver looks as good as new the gerber gear outlasted the screw and the screw finally broke at 70 inch pounds unfortunately all four flutes on the screwdriver are bent the leatherman charged plus outlasted the screw and the screw finally broke at 59 inch pounds the screwdriver looks as good as new the only brands that outlasted the screw and didn't experience any visible damage to the phillips head screwdriver include the mossy oak javelin leatherman skeletool heart sog leatherman charge plus and victoria knox let's test the flathead screwdriver next beginning with the ozark trail brand and the ozark trail came out at 37 inch pounds and the ozark trail is pretty badly bent the heart came out at 34 inch pounds or three inch pounds less than the mossy oak the heart is pretty badly bent the rover attack did the best yet at 44 inch pounds but the screwdriver is damaged the stanley did the best yet at 55 inch pounds the screwdriver did experience some damage the mossy oak did by far the best yet at 82 inch pounds before camming out there is some damage to the bit but the bit can be easily replaced the gerber suspension performed nearly as well as the mossy oak at 74 inch pounds the screwdriver did experience a small bend the dewalt performed the same as the heart brand at 34 inch pounds before camping out it has some damage to the screwdriver and the gonzo did the best yet at 90 inch pounds before finally giving up there's a small amount of damage to the bit since the havlin multi-tool is broken i'll use two sets of locking pliers to keep the multi-tool intact 75-inch pounds for the havlin and there's no visible damage to the bit unfortunately the leatherman skeletool didn't come with a full-size flat bit and the bit broke at 14 inch pounds the sog came out at 46 inch pounds unfortunately the screwdriver blade is pretty badly bent the victorinox made it to 60 inch pounds before camping out there's a very small bend but it's still in much better condition than most of the other brands and the gerber gear did a terrific job at 79 inch pounds and moves into third place behind the mossy oak unfortunately the leatherman charge plus broke at 53 inch pounds and the gonzo came out on top at 90 inch pounds but the mossy oak performed nearly as well at 82. gerber gear did well at 79 pounds javelin 75 and gerber suspension 74 inch pounds in the next test let's see how much pressure it takes to fold the blade the ozark trail does not have a blade lock and only took four pounds of pressure to fold the blade the heart doesn't have a blade lock and the blade folded at only two pounds the rovertech's blade lock gave up at 29 pounds unfortunately part of the blade lock mechanism for the rover attack broke off during the test without a blade lock the stanley folded at only two pounds the mossy oaks blade lock gave up at 17 pounds no visible damage to the blade lock mechanism on the mossy oak the gerber suspension let go at 26 pounds the blade lock on the gerber suspension still works but it definitely experienced some wear and tear and the dewalt refused to let go and made it to 82 pounds the blade lock mechanism on the dewalt experienced quite a bit of damage and unfortunately the blade lock release is no longer working and the gonzo performed very well at 77 pounds the blade lock on the gonzo is still working but there's definitely some wear and tear i didn't test the headline since the multi-tool is already damaged the leatherman skeletool let go at 22 pounds the bladelock mechanism for the leatherman skeletool unfortunately experienced quite a bit of damage the sog did very well at 57 pounds unfortunately the bladelock mechanism on the sog didn't survive the test the victoria knox performed nearly as well as the sog at 55 pounds the blade lock on the victorinox no longer works the gerber gear let go at 31 pounds the blade lock on the gerber has been damaged the leatherman charge plus gave up at 55 pounds the blade lock on the leatherman charge plus is bent pretty badly the blade is stuck in the open position for knife blade lock failure load the dewalt came in on top at 82 pounds but the gansu performed very well at 77. sog performed well at 57 victoria knox and leatherman charge plus 55 pounds in the next test i'll be applying a very aggressive rusting agent with hydrogen peroxide and vinegar and salt and we'll see which of these brands is the most rust resistant it's been about 12 hours since the test began so let's take a closer look at each of the brands there's quite a bit of rust on the ozark trail and pretty much every tool has rust on it even though the heart has quite a bit of rust it doesn't seem to be quite as bad as the ozark trail the level as well as the intensity of the rust on the mossy oak seems to be about the same as the heart the rover attack also seems to be about the same as the heart brand the gerber gear definitely did better than the ozark trail some of the metal on the dewalt has been painted but the areas that are not painted seem to have done just a little bit better than some of the other brands most of the metal on the gonzo has been painted and that really helped the gonzo avoid corrosion the unpainted areas of the javelin seem to perform about the same as the gerber the amount as well as the intensity of the rust on the leatherman skeletool is a little bit more than it is on the javelin unfortunately the amount as well as the intensity of the rust is pretty significant with the sog the victorinox has quite a bit less rust than average the painted as well as unpainted areas of the gerber gear unfortunately experience quite a bit of rust the leatherman charge plus definitely did better than average ergonomics and comfort are highly subjective but it's definitely something to consider unless you're wearing some gloves when using the pliers the very affordable ozark trail and stanley brand are very uncomfortable on the hands the best brands with the most handle comfort include the leatherman charge plus mossy oak sog and victoria knox the ease of use or the ability to access tools is another factor to consider for example you just about need a screwdriver to access the knife on the ozark trail and all the tools are very stiff on the other hand the gerber gear offers very easy access and all the tools move very freely my subjective assessment is that the ozark trail stanley dewalt and the gonzo will take a lot more effort to deploy the tools and are less ergonomically friendly compared to the leatherman skeletool sog gerber gear and leatherman charge plus for under 10 the ozark trail definitely seems like a pretty good value however the ergonomics as well as the comfort just aren't very good if you're willing to spend a little bit more money i'm really impressed with the mossy oak it performed much better than some of the more expensive brands however if you're not worried about the price tag and it's all about the quality i really like the comfort ergonomics and performance of the leatherman charge plus it's a very nice multi-tool but it's also very expensive all the videos in this channel including this one are viewer suggested so if 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Length: 18min 1sec (1081 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 10 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/Shinob1]

I love this guy's videos.

[u/Bah-Fong-Gool]

I like how scientific he is with the tests, however, as someone who has handled a gazillion multi-tools, a good Multi is more than the sum of its parts. I feel the Spirit should have been higher up on the list because of fit and finish. And anecdotal evidence points towards the Spirit lasting the longest, as I have daily carried one for over a decade and it still functions flawlessly, whereas before I obtained the Spirit, I broke and bent several Letherman products in various ways. And there is no way in hell I am buying any of the no name multitools, which all look similar because they probably all came from the same factory. And we all know the quality of some of those.

[u/thermbug]

I also would have liked to see either the Leatherman Wave or one of the Free tools in this series.

[u/MetalPuzzleheaded755]

Remind me not to buy used tools from this guy.