Leatherman 830850 Skeletool CX Multitool
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Leatherman 830850 Skeletool CX Multitool
Customer Review: Awesome, but gets rusty very quickly!
Summary: 4 Stars
I've had mine for a week, and I've used it very little and it's already rusty. Maybe it's because of Panama is very humid, but I wasn't expecting it to happen so quickly!
Anyway, the knife is awesome.
BEWARE!!!! When purchasing it Amazon recommends buying it with the "934870 40 Bit Assortment with Nylon Sheath", well I bought it and the kit is not exactly 100% compatible with this knife.
Still a nice tool to have. It's lightweight, and it doesnt bother me to carry it in my pocket (i hate carying stuff especially my wallet and car keys, but I dont mind this pocket knife). It's so light that I almost walked in a bank with it in my pocket, the security guard told was laughing though.
Customer Review: Battle Tested
Summary: 5 Stars
First off I would like to say I am a Marine and had the Skeletool CX with me through a deployment work-up and a deployment to Afghanistan. I have had many multitools and knives over the years but this one was the first true combination of both. I'll start out with the bad first, the pliers broke in Afghanistan when my buddy was trying to torque a pin out of a .50-Cal cradle and the blade is ground down so both sides are about the same sharpness (granted I never sharpened it and the environment is fairly tough on equipment). For the pros this tool was able to do anything a normal multitool could do and I love the way the knife was situated for ergonomics when cutting, the clip on the end was useful for clipping the tool to my belt loops for fast attach and detaching. Overall this is an excellent tool and I would and do recommend it to anyone who needs a basic multitool or knife.Customer Review: Be Careful
Summary: 3 Stars
this product is very cleverly designed. it's fairly light and rides nicely on its pocket clip. my only complaint is about the effort required to open the blade. if your fingers aren't correctly positioned, you risk cutting yourself. this weekend i poked the dickens out of the fleshy inside of my ring finger.Customer Review: Best Every Day Carry
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this tool. It's lightweight and has all the necessary tools of its larger multitool counterparts. The knife is amazing quality and holds an edge very well. For those debating between the standard Skeletool and the Skeletool CX I would highly recommend spending the extra money simply for the 154CM steel blade. The screwdriver is very nice although the grip takes a little getting used to because when in the screwdriver position, the far end (the end with the bottle opener/carabiner) is curved. The pliers work fine although I would have liked a a little more real estate on the wire cutters. It's the perfect size to fit in my pocket and the one handed access to the knife in incredibly useful. For someone looking for a good, lightweight EDC that can hold it's own against full sized multitools I'd highly recommend the Skeletool CX.Customer Review: Best Leatherman Ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've owned practically every Leatherman and SOG multi-tool produced over the past 15 years; a few Gerbers and Swiss Army brands thrown in there as well. And I've got to just jump in and say, this is arguably the best Leatherman ever. Just a perfect combination of quality tools, lightweight and, as practically every reviewer comments, it's just gorgeous!
Multi-tools have been a real growth area in the knife industry over the past few years and most have followed a 'how-much-more-stuff-can-we throw-in here' model...to a point where the bigger Leathermans and SOGS weigh as much as the toolbox they replace. Not a gripe, I'm sure many use them effectively; I know I do my bigger ones as well. It's just gotten to where the 'convenience' factor seems to have been lost. Witness the amazing array of smaller keychain tools and you can easily see that Leatherman wisely went for the middle ground in this design: just enough tools to get you by and light enough to make certain it's not a burden in your pocket. It's really a home run on being the perfect size.
Out of the deal you get a great set of pliers, interchangeable screw-driver bits (philips and flat-head included) a knife and a bottle opener that doubles as a carbiner.
The bits are interchangeable with other Leatherman tools using the same bits, though Leatherman amped up this design to include a 'locking' feature on the bits; a much needed touch with bits this small. Since I already own a Leatherman Charge Ti, I have a bunch of bits at hand and you can buy bit kits from Leatherman. The bottle opener is just flat-out perfect and in the best place possible; no unfolding the tool and then another unfold to open a bottle opener; just hanging out at the rear where it should be. The knife blade is perhaps the best shaped knife Leatherman has produced; partially serrated and made of 154CM which is an uncharacteristically great steel for a multi-tool blade. And finally, the pliers...this is one area that Leatherman stands completely alone in quality in (sorry SOG and Gerber)...close the pliers and look at them from the end; the jaws mate perfectly. They mate so fine you can use them as tweezers; try it sometime, I have and they work! Other manufacturers pliers work fine as pliers, but none have the alignment that Leathermans do.
The carbon fiber insert is trick for sure but you don't gain anything other than the 'wow' factor.
So, all in all almost perfect; it IS perfect for me, though your mileage may vary. If I had any 'one' thing I'd like to see included it would be scissors but that's just wishful thinking on my part...I honestly don't know how they could pack it in to such a minimalist tool.
One last note: If you pocket carry, as I do, you will need to be aware that the pocket clip is small (it has to be)...and it's also very, very tight. Meaning, you WILL wear an area out on your pockets; just no way around it on this model. Some I've seen have put heat-shrink tubing on their clips to help alleviate this, but I haven't tried it yet.
Great tool, does its intended function. Superb quality. Wow factor off the charts.