Victorinox Spirit X Swiss Tool with Leather Pouch, Silver

Ho una Leatherman Wave da circa 5 anni, che porto sempre con me ma uso saltuariamente, diciamo un paio di volte alla settimana. Niente da dire come funzioni, ottimo prodotto, ma poco a poco sta facendo la ruggine, si sta ossidando (macchie scure quasi scavate) e alcuni inserti faticano ad uscire. Inoltre il filo della lama è rovinato (micro rotture, mai usato per tagliare cose dure, naturalmente). Ho un'altra Leatherman, non ricordo il modello, in macchina, e la uso un paio di volte all'anno: stessa cosa, sta arrugginendo e diventando dura. Un mio amico ha questa Victorinox, fa l'elettricista e la usa tutti i giorni più volte al giorno, da anni. La pinza non ha un graffio o un filo di ruggine, sembra ancora nuova!!! Dopo averla presa anch'io l'ho confrontata con la Wave, e devo dire che siamo li, una vince da una parte una dall'altra, però come funzionalità si equivalgono. Ma i materiali della Victorinox sono un altro mondo, l'acciaio è totalmente superiore. Unico neo la finitura a specchio, è scivolosa. Io avrei fatto il manico con micro zigrinatura, come tutti gli strumenti di lavoro professionali in acciaio. Vi consiglio, se la usate per lavoro, di prendere anche il set di bits con l'adattatore, avrete una piccola officina in tasca. La pinza ha la punta arrotondata e assottigliata, e quindi è comodissima anche per lavori su parti piccole. Utilissimo il fatto che tutti gli utensili contenuti siano saldamente bloccati, e si chiudano solo azionando l'apposito fermo di sicurezza. In questo modo è impossibile farsi male. E si può usare anche con uno dei due manici aperto, in modo da avere una sorta di prolunga che permette di raggiungere punti difficili. Aggiornamento del 8 gennaio 2014. Durante le vacanze di Natale ho avuto modo di stressarla al massimo. Ho tagliato grossi fili di ferro (quelli che tengono i pali di cemento dei filari di vigne, spessi a occhio 3 mm), smontare mezzo scooter di mia figlia, smontare e rimontare una pompa ad immersione industriale. La pinza ha fatto ottimamente il suo lavoro, senza riportare un graffio o un cedimento. Unica "mancanza" un cacciavite Phillips più grande sarebbe stato utilissimo. Ho risolto usando un bit USAG comprato per l'occasione, che si adatta perfettamente al porta bit opzionale Victorinox. Ad oggi, luglio 2019, dopo 6 anni di utilizzo quasi quotidiano, anche per lavori pesanti come smontare parti della moto, è perfetta. Quando è sporca la lavo con acqua calda e sapone, l'asciugo col compressore, una goccia d'olio nei punti di snodo e torna come nuova. La ricomprerei? Si, cento volte. Non è una spesa, è un investimento. Prima di aprire la cassetta degli attrezzi tiro fuori lei, e il più delle volte mi basta!!!

So in my seemingly never-ending quest to find the perfect pocket knife and multitool, I purchased this Swiss tool after much debate. I watched many other reviews and while I initially thought the MX clip version would be nice. I ultimately purchased this one seeing as the price on sale at $119 was an absolute steal. I’ve carried Swiss Army knives for years, going all the way back to my days in the scouts, but in the past few years, I have found the need to have pliers handy, mostly due to the nature of my job and carrying a separate set of pliers, as well as a knife and the other tools just seemed a bit too much. Now I have a few Leatherman‘s as well and while I do like the Leatherman’s, I’ve always been drawn to the quality and the aesthetics of Swiss Army products. This tool it has everything that I could possibly need minus replaceable bits, which is not strictly necessary, but is a nice addition that Leatherman has on their multi tools. For all the tasks that I need a tool for on a daily basis this one fulfills all of them quite well. I really am not too bothered by the lack of replaceable wire cutters as that is one of the few things that I don’t actually do on a daily basis. The plier head, however, is very strong and the tips are quite fine which still allow for some precision work and the more standard plier area works well for gripping onto small nuts and bolts that I have to loose and tighten throughout the day on my machinery. The knife is what you would expect from Swiss Army. It cuts very well and while it doesn’t hold an edge forever, it is incredibly easy to bring back with a few passes on the ceramic rod or on a strop. The scissors as usual are quite wonderful although I do think the ones on the standard Swiss army knives work just a tad bit better. Right out of the box the tool is very easy to operate and I love how easy it is to actuate the pliers as they pretty much move freely right out of the package. The locking mechanism for the tools is very easy to use one handed. Some of the tools when I first purchased it we’re a little stiff opening up, but after a month or so they easily pull out without pulling their neighbors along with them. This is quite the shiny tool, but it is easy to clean and easy to maintain. The flathead and Phillips drivers work very well. Now I don’t have much use for a bottle opener or a can opener day today, but having used them in the past on other Swiss Army knives I have no doubt that if and when the situation arises, they will work quite well. I think this is an absolutely wonderful multitool that will accomplish most tasks just fine. I’ve not done anything. extremely ridiculous with this tool such as hard use prying as in those cases I would feel more comfortable, using a dedicated prybar for that. The fit and finish as usual are fantastic from anything from this company. They included sheath is leather and is very nice. However, I do wish that it had a button instead of the Velcro just as I can see the Velcro wearing out a lot quicker, especially as I take the tool in and out of the pouch several times throughout the day. The other advantage to this is that it is not an overly heavy tool so I really don’t feel it on my hip. I I have debated purchasing the pocket clip, and I may do that in the future however, I generally carry this tool during the week for work purposes, and when I’m not working, it typically sits in its pouch in my man bag, as I typically carry a pocket knife and away a Swiss Army knife in my actual pocket. Now it has a lifetime warranty, although I don’t know that I would want to test that seeing as their warranty is not quite as forgiving as Leathermans. In comparison to Leatherman I would say that overall this is a nicer tool that is more ergonomic in the hand however, I will say that Leatherman does have a wider variety of tools and I would have to say a better selection of tools available. Most of that comes down to what you can do with the replaceable bits and it’s adapters and general and the replaceable wire cutters if that’s something that you use more often than not. I find myself alternating between this and some of my Leatherman tools throughout the week so as usual, I still don’t think I found the perfect one and much like my pocketknives. I tend to just rotate through them. You really cannot go wrong with this tool, especially if you can find it on sale.

ürün muhteşem kaliteli ve çok şık, leatherman ve gerber kullanıyorum bu ürünü kullanmaya kıyamayacağım.

This is an Extremely well built multi tool. I have two other Victorinox SAK's that I have carried and used for decades: the first is an Alox Electrician that I bought back in the late 70's and the other is the Alox Farmer that replaced the Electrician as my EDC, about ten years ago, because of the saw feature that it offered. Both of my SAK's still function as well as the first day that I bought them and I continue to own and use them to this day. My impressions of the Swiss Tool Spirit X from the last three days is that it is of the same pedigree as my SAK's, if not better. ( EDIT: Sept 24/25. What I claimed to be a SAK Electrician is actually a SAK Pioneer - the "Progenitor" of numerous other SAK's, most notably the SAK Soldier and others such as the Electrician and the Farmer etc... etc. Bottom line is: a damned good knife is still a damned good knife regardless of how it's labelled. As you can tell from the photograph, I have dragged this particular SAK all over God's creation for decades and guess what? It's still a damned good knife. ) The Swiss Tool Spirit X is very well thought out, very well designed and extremely well built Multi-tool and I am so very happy that I changed my choice to the Spirit X. Originally, I was set upon acquiring a Leatherman Wave + as I currently have the Leatherman Surge and all of its accessories that I have can be migrated over to the Wave +. However, my recent experiences with Leatherman Customer Services had led me to re-access my choices. I could not bring myself to buy another Leatherman product and continue to support a company that clearly does not want my support. But, in all fairness, I must really thank Leatherman Customer Services for inspiring me to research the alternatives, which led me to my purchase of the Victorinox Swiss Tool Spirit X - a much more refined and much better designed product that comes with a lifetime guarantee. I've been using Victorinox products for 45 plus years now and I've never had a problem with any of them - I cannot say the same for my Leatherman products.

Pewnie wiele osób zastanawia się co wybrać Swisstool czy Spirit X. Swistool bardziej pancerny za to Spirit można normalnie nosić w kieszeni jak EDC