I would recommend you try the roxon phantom. Simply because of the interchangeable blade feature it has. Another multi tool brand I like also is ruike. The ruike LD-51B one handed blade multi tool is fantastic. It is like the Victorinox work champ, but the blade has a thumb stud for one handed opening.

Pocket knives were not called multitools until recently. In fact the pliers based multitool existed long before Leatherman. And electric tools designed for various different adapters were called multitools. Leatherman did popularize the multitool as pliers based. But no one in my first 55+ years collecting Victorinox Knives called them multitools. Terminology keeps changing on us old timers! Pocket knives--and multitools. Actually big difference. I have about 70 Swiss Army pocket Knives, and 50 name brand multitools. Pliers based -- knife based. The Victorinox pliers are not analogous to larger pliers. The are like super fingertips. All the Wenger line is now 100% Victorinox Delamont line (BTW: Wenger is VENG‐uh.). Historically. Recently. Cheers from Haifa.

I watched your video from beginning to end. You have so much insight about multitools. I love your approach and how you explain the pros and cons of each multitool. And I can tell that you use your tools unlike me) :P It's interesting because your dillema was the same dillema I faced. The key difference being that I'm not a handyman, electrician, plumber, mechanic, etc. I'm just a regular person who works in corp who handles projects at home. For my use-case I found that my rationale was that Leatherman pliers weren't as good as a Knipex XS. And that Leatherman scissors weren't as good as Victorinox scissors (aside maybe from the Micra) but the Micra has drawbacks. So I basically opted for just a Knipex XS+Rambler. Basically imho the functionality of Leatherman at 1/5 the weight. ie better pliers than a Leatherman, better scissors than a Leatherman and all the same 'side-tools'. But you got me thinking about the Leatherman Sideclip. I know the Bond is supposed to be the remake of the Sideclip but is the old Sideclip much better than the Bond?

I love the Swisstool X (big one), sturdy af, unmatched quality, smart design. Since they came out with the clip this thing wont leave my side, its become part of my body now:P Edit: now that i see you got the black one, i also got that but asked victorinox service if they could exchange the serrated blade with scissors and the plierhead for one without capcrimper, they said yes, so i got basically a custom made black swisstool X, cant buy that (maybe the new oho versions) and get the clip, its very good:) and the plastic holder, so so good. they mailed it

I wish you would have touched on the Ruike LD series as an alternative to the SAK (Victorinox) style multitool and the Toler Union just for it's uniqueness. I bought mine for the sole purpose of changing tires on my Bajaboard and it does that flawlessly. I have the Leatherman surge but it's a bit too heavy for EDC and it's tool selection could be better. However I've always been impressed with the SOG Powerpint as a pocket EDC. It has an amazing selection of tools and it's size, price and quality it's pretty good.

Very enjoyable video. Unfortunately, there is no cure for my Goldilocks syndrome when it comes to multitools ;)

The perfect multitool does exist. Its called Victorinox Spirit X 😉

Leatherman Clip....whoever introduced you to that tool knew their stuff...LOL