Multi tool stanley

Email Sign Up Sign up to receive the long and short of it. First Name. Last Name. Country of Residence United States Canada. By signing up you agree to receive emails from STANLEY with news, special offers, promotions and future messages tailored to your interests. You can unsubscribe at any time. See Privacy Policy or Contact Us at stanleytools stanleycustomercare. Joppa Road, Towson, Maryland , for more information. Of these, the Stanley has only pliers and a knife blade. Overall, the Stanley has ten distinct functions.

The Stanley is solidly in the middle of the pack, regarding functions. It also has more features than the Leatherman Skeletool and the Gerber Crucial. When it comes to dollars per function, the Stanley is impressive. For its versatility at this bare-bones price, the Stanley is unmatched. For absolute number of features, though, the more expensive tools surpass it. Multi-tool comfort and usability are functions of the handle shape, the accessibility of the tools, and the tools' position and how it relates to usability.

The Stanley has slightly rounded handles that arc away from one another in pliers mode. This makes for a profile that is easy on the hands without pinching. All the other tools on the Stanley require deploying the pliers, opening the desired feature, then re-closing the pliers. When a knife blade is accessed this way in a multi-tool, the working edge of the blade faces "into" the bulk of the handle. This means that less of the blade is usable than on a tool in which the blade is accessed from the closed pliers.

We prefer multi-tools on which at least the main blade s can be accessed without deploying the pliers. It is both easier to deploy such a blade, and the resulting blade working edge orientation is more conducive to use. The K and the Top Pick Leatherman Crunch are the only tools we tested that have all features "inside" the pliers handle. On all the other tools we reviewed at least one function is accessible without deploying the pliers.

We can forgive this with the Top Pick Crunch because the locking attribute of the pliers narrows their construction and design options. On the Stanley, it seems that only the budget design and construction philosophy has informed the choice. If that is the reason, it is perhaps worth it to you. This is a very inexpensive tool. The more "sophisticated" tools all much more expensive discern themselves primarily regarding ergonomics.

Pay more for something like even the other Best Buy Leatherman Wingman and you get a one-handed, one-step deployed knife blade. Even the otherwise lower scoring Gerber Bear Grylls Ultimate has tools that open from outside the closed pliers handles. Portability is a function, first and foremost, of size and weight.

The Stanley is similar in size to all the full-size tools. Its weight comes in right in the middle. Next, we consider carrying options. For those of you that will carry this tool loose in your pocket, the external corners are relatively smooth, but the open "skeletal" construction of the handles catches pocket lint and loose change. The Stanley has no pocket clip for holding the tool up and out of your pocket detritus. It does, however, come with a nylon belt holster.

Our team had no troubles with this, but plenty of other online reviewers experienced failure of seams under very light use. Perhaps a quality control issue at Stanley? Of course, the smaller tools are going to score higher regarding portability. Sign in below. Email Address. Sign in. This product already exists, do you want to add it again? Yes No. If found to be defective, a replacement will be sent to you. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so these limitations may not apply to you.

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