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(More customer reviews)The PT-540 is well-built.For a data person like me it's very handy.There are some things I dislike about it but overall it's a great tool.
Getting to the tools in the handles requires you to open the tool up, swing open a metal door and then extend the tool you wish to you.That metal door is somehow annoying.I wish, like with Leatherman's Surge, that they just beefed up the handles and not bothered with the metal covers.I've popped off one of them a couple times already.
The pliers and in fact the whole opening of the tool is gear driven.That's nice.It feels very solid which is a big plus.It's easier to work one-handed than a Leatherman with articulates in several spots to accomplish the same thing.I haven't gotten the little jaw stop to work quite right yet.I just stick a couple fingers between the handles and let them guide how closed the tool goes, just like I was stripping a small wire with a pair linemens or side cutters.
I have the same gripe about how the case fits on your belt as I did with the Leatherman surge.It sticks up too high about the belt.I wish they'd come up with a way of lower it down so the top of the case, where the flap extends, is no more than an inch above the belt.Making it adjustable would have been a great addition too.
I haven't gotten the 1/4" adapter to slide onto the bit yet.It appears to be too tight.I don't really plan on using it for that anyway so no big loss.I also haven't figured out how to get the adapter out of the elastic pouch under the knife in the sheath without taking off the sheath and slapping the pouch across my hand.Still no big loss for what I want it for.
Finally, to explain the title of my review, understand that the PT-540 is a multi-tool first and a knife second.The knife blade is rather lightweight and hard to use.I like how my Leatherman Surge blade is stronger and tougher.I also wish Paladin had made the knife blade accessible without opening the tool at all.The blade, the most used tool, should be something you can open up and use one-handed without opening the tool, the metal cover, extending the blade, closing the metal cover, and closing the knife to form a solid hand (but an offset handle too).As a knife it's not very good.As a multi-tool it's very nice.
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