"A.C.M.E" EDC multitool
Reviewer's Overall Rating: ★★★★☆
Summary:
| Size: | small, EDC capable |
| Lock: | none |
| Modes: | Foldable pliers with various tools in handle |
| Color: | Camouflage brown/green |
| Handle: | Plastic? |
| Tailstands: | nay, comes with a carrying pouch |
| Price Payed: | under 6usd! delivered (coupon ocde floating the net) |
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| Date Ordered: | 12th april 2011 |
Pros:
- Compact sized
- Feels like it would withstand some abuse
- Very inexpensive
- Many tools in handles
- Cute (thats highly subjective)
- comes with a belt carrying pouch
Cons:
- The tools could be made better, the head finsih isn't that great either
- Available in very few colors (do not like particularly both of them)
Features / Value / Design / Build Quality : ★★★★☆
This multitool without any exposed brand (A.C.M.E was the company who sold devices for the famous road runner cartoon, a generic/random brand.) is qute well made. For the askin price that is. Do not think this thing would do 2 years with heavy daily use. Not even 6 months of such tratment... but it is sturdy enough for casual use. Being a computer technician i really like these tiny pocketable tools. Saves me a ton of stuff to carry arround. This multitool is basically a nice fodable mini plier with various tools in the handle. I would rather not try to name the various tools a picture (below) would do more justice. For the occasional use it will see from me i suspect it will last some years for me. It is made of steel. The handles are covered with something i cannot truly asses what it is but it's nice to know it isn't cold. For Electricians i would advise extreme caution since this multitool does not claim and does not provide any usefull electrical insulation. Absolutely do not use it where electrical shock may occur. Another good thing is that the pliers head doubles as a wire cutting tool. Visually the unit came decent no scratched but not the best finish on the pliers head. Machining was a bit sloppy but it is not really that important.
A few pictures...
Summary: ★★★★☆
A generic multitool for 6 usd with such features is a good deal in my book. It has not every tool you might need but it has the most common ones. There is little to no fault in the unit i recieved for what my intended use will be. I can certainly reccomend it to a casual user like myself who needs these tools in a very mini package. If there were no size limitations and heavy duty was required a leatherman would be best suited. For a casual field pc technician or similar that does not depend from these tools on a daily basis i think it's a great thing to have. For me it certainly save me to go back at the office to get a proper toolbox. At least for easy and trivial tasks, which are most annoying if you can fix them in 20sec having anything that resembles a tool at hand.
It would be 5 stars easily changing the handle to a lets say G10 and machining it more accurately.