EDCGEAR carabiner tools, mini prybars, keyring gadgets, etc.

DX have some things maybe of interest:

Oumily pry bar/bottle opener tool, also available in black:

EDCGear pry bar. (Redesign, or a new “ice cream spatula” kind?)

HX Outdoors pivoting magnetic keyring light:

Munkees keyring light, also available in silver (4xLR41):

Just when I’d convinced myself that I didn’t need another pry-bar. :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: I’m still trying to find “the one” (right now the shard seems most appealing).

I saw this Nextool Pegasus tool at Gearbest, reminds me of a Benchmade seatbelt cutter.

Pegasus? Looks like a seahorse to me.

I thought so too. It is apparently called “Glacial Pegasus”. :ghost:

Oh, there is a set of NexTool pry (please excuse the rude one, pic from AliExpress). I can’t help wonder if they are stretching the concept a little:

I was trying to figure out ” the rude one” and then it suddenly appeared :nerd_face:

Here’s an interesting addition:

It’s a clone of a high-end custom utility blade that I’ve seen floating round the past month or so. Of course I want one, and of course there’s no way I’m spending $150+ on a utility holder. It looks like our friends in China feel the same way.

$150+ for a utility blade holder? These people are insane.

But it’s a T.A.D. custom titanium blade holder!

Seriously, the Rexford R.U.T. is a really attractive piece of work and, honestly lightyears beyond the one I posted in terms of fit and finish, but that’s way too much money, even for braggin’ rights.

Sorry, have to disagree on the “braggin’ rights”. Its a utility blade holder, you stick a 50cent blade in it. That $150 thing won’t provide them braggin’ rights, it provides everyone else laughing rights! :smiley:

The “clone” is whats appropriate for utility blade holder imho. I’ll throw the real cash at something else.

But you’d have an excuse to buy Ceramic blades to up the bragging laughing rights even more.

I’m glad someone still has both feet on the ground.

I own the Chinese versions, even though I’ve nearly bought the real tad ones for around 120 or less. I have handled the Rexfords and they ARE phenomenal-as you’d expect from a high quality company. I think they’re prices are pretty over the top for an average joe like me…but for gear whores they might think I’m insane.

I think that around 100 or so bucks isn’t too unreasonable given the endless fiddle-factor of it and of course-necessary tactical bottle opener :wink: (as people would easily spend double that on flathead screwdriver pocket tools that don’t even have a blade) …but I still couldn’t come around to making the jump.

However, for a laughable copy in comparison to the real thing, I’ve found the copies to be much different than clones and can be justified guilt free. They honestly aren’t stealing any revenue from TAD.

I quite like that. Though it wouldn’t be legal here.

I recently got one of these Tiremet prybars from BangGood. I bought it thinking was cheap titanium but it’s magnetic, so may still get one from pouncing cat after all.

I gave him some orange ‘clothing’, which doesn’t match my pink things, but maybe give you some idea anyway. Feels much nicer to hold with the paracord:

Do you really find those small bar-things useful? I can’t figure a way they could be interesting, and I’m an EDC type of guy very much.
Aside from (very light) prying, what is the focus of those portable tools? Not bashing, just trying to better understand the reasons behind the enthusiasm they seem to gather among EDC / prepper folks.

For example, this Powerfix brand thing I got the other day thing does more stuff and is much cheaper than most bar-stuff I’ve encountered so far.


Strong tools like these are always useful. Unfortunately the very poor attitude of CountyComm means that they are very expensive now in the U.K. - £19.95 for the smallest, Pico, bar - so the copy’s are what people buy.
I have the Pocket and the Micro and they are much better than risking a broken tip on a knife blade. Good keyring tools but not as many uses as some have.

I carry a Bahco 2448 or an EOD breacher bar. I see the usefulness of a prying tool, but those “micro multi tools” cut out of a single piece of metal I don’t understand… I see them as very impractical.

I see them as very impractical.
Good for a keyring, I’ve bought a few but I usually leave them at home, the useful ones I take with me, knife, pry bar, torch+spare batteries, 550 paracord, 1300C lighter, pen and paper. Probably more but I can’t remember right now what’s in my EDC bag.

I’ve been EDCing the Navy Cui 2001 for years.
Because of its small size and light weight it’s very convenient for keychain carry. Anything bigger would be awkward for me (I tried to EDC a SwissTech style folding pliers on my keychain).

I found the Navy good for:

- light prying

- opening beer bottles :beer:

- adjusting Strider style pivot screws on my folders

  • removing staples

To be honest, I do debate the utility of them in a EDC sense. But I can see the appeal of thoughtfully machined pieces. I’m not that much of a fan of multi-tools though (handy perhaps but seldom comfortable; I’d place pry-multitool at the far end of that spectrum!).

It was only recently when I was locked out of my home that a semi-legitimate reason to carry one arose (actually my sister saved the day with her ninja lock skills).