Oddbean new post about login | logout @7502a322 I carry one on my belt in a quick draw holster. It is NOT a good tool, but it IS a convenient tool. Many times it makes the difference between "Dang it, I'll tighten the screw on this/cut this tag off/open this/hold onto this . . .etc. right now and get it done with" and "Oh, I need to go grab [a tool] to fix this . . ." and then wind up getting distracted or waylaid and then forgetting what the heck I was doing in the first place. It's useful for Dads with lots of kids.
@c1bd69cb I've given them a chance. Nearly every time the tool available won't do the job. 1/2" nut is a fairly common size and I haven't run across a multitool that will open big enough to turn one. Most of the screwdrivers are wide, flat pieces of metal that won't go into a recessed hole to turn a screw. And scissors? Why a knife *and* scissors. One of those are unnecessary. Can/bottle opener? I don't know who these are for.
@7502a322 I definitely use the bottle opener. Scissors - used to trim bangs on a haircut I messed up and just realized, or cut stray threads off someone's shirt (much harder with a knife), cut out shapes in paper for a kid to trace . . .etc. Screwdrivers - not good, but just they work on the screws of most of the kids' toys battery compartments I would like the pliers to open wider, but have used them to pull a zip tie tight when my fingers were greasy. Not good tools. But on hand tools.
@c1bd69cb I would like them to save me a trip back to the toolbox and they almost never do. I know, intellectually, that they work for a great number of people because they sell like hotcakes, but they're useless to me.