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Originally Posted by Dan
Used to carry a Gerber in the mid-90's, but later switched to Leatherman because of their bad tool design and bad company relations. Currently a Super Leatherman is the one that is near me at almost all times; carry is a T-2.
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Since someone from Gerber is reading this thread; let me elaborate on my original post.
The Gerber Multi-tool I had was bought circa 1994, was about 2 months old, and broke in the first week of a long deployment in the mountains of a 3rd world country. I was cutting the wires on a standard ammo crate with the wire cutter of the Tool when the jaw hinge exploded apart, making the tool unusable as pliers or wire cutters. Upon return from my trip I let Gerber know what happened and the response was that I must have been mis-using the tool for it to break that way. I didn't reply to Gerber because of the tone of their reply and I wasn't interested in owning a Gerber that may break down range when it was needed most.
I soon after bought a Leatherman Tool and even though the Leatherman back then had a few issues (like pinching your hands at times) I never had it break from use and that Leatherman Tool I thought I actually abused at times. I do understand that Gerber Tools have evolved as have the Leatherman Tools and is why I own and still use the Super Leatherman Tool to this day.