When you need a lot of tools on hand for a variety of tasks but you can’t pack a toolbox, a full-size multitool should be your go to companion. Here’s the best full-size options for any situation or budget.
A good multitool is an invaluable asset whether you’re a computer tech, a rock star roadie, a back packer, a tradesman, or anything and everything in between.
While we’d all love to carry every tool we might need with us, it’s not very practical to bring our favorite hand tools with us. In their stead, however, we can always pack a good multitool (even if we need to cruise through airport security along the way).The following collection of tools includes our picks for the best-in-class, the best budget buy, and a few special uses cases in between. Whether you go with our suggestions or branch out and do your own research, however, we’d urge you to keep a few thing in mind.
Wen it comes to multitools you absolutely get what you pay for. Shop brand name (skip brands you’ve never heard of and definitely skip no-name brands in gas stations and discount stores)—in the case of the Leatherman brand, for example, not only did they outright invent the multitool genre as we now know it but they’ve stood behind their quality products the whole way.
Second only to shopping for quality, shop for (practical) versatility. A good multitool with a range of commonly used tools that will see frequent use in your home, work, or play is always more valuable than a multitool packed with oddball tools you may never get around to using.
Best In Class Multitool: Leatherman Wave ($90)
Despite a bump in price over the years, the Leatherman Wave is still the best dollar-for-dollar value in the full-size multitool market.
It sports 17 tools, all of which, save the pliers, are easily accessed while the tool is still closed. Unlike the early Leatherman models where you had to open the entire assembly to access your tools, the Wave gives you instant one-hand access to all the tools (which all lock for safety, except the pliers). This gives you an experience with the Wave that is more like a beefy pocket knife and less like a cumbersome multitool.
Speaking of knives and cutting, it sports a dual surface wire cutter, a wire stripper, a straight blade and serrated blade knife, a saw, and scissors, on top of the regular battery of multitool accessories like a bottle and can opener, large and small bit driver, file, and screwdriver. — Buy it now.
Best Budget Multitool: Gerber…
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