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The price difference is not that much, although both are expensive. I have several Swiss army tools that size with the same functionality, but I prefer something like the squirt for the things I run into quite often both at workd and home. So, would I get a Micra instead? I doubt it. I am really disappointed I cannot get a new one with wire stripper, as I have come tor rely on it.
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The included file works as well to modify small metal parts as filing a fingernail.Ī couple of weeks ago, I broke the file.
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The tip of the stripper is fine enough that I can grab a splinter or even a hair. The wire stripper is good from 12-20-gauge. The blade is very sharp and is just the right size to open boxes and cut para cord. The tip end of the stripper serves as needle-nose pliers. It it had wire stripper/cutter instead of pliers (since we are mainly an electrical company). My company gave out Squirts to some customers years ago. Is there a better scissors-based mini tool or multi-tool I should be looking at instead? Is the traditional inner-tool styling an inconvenience? And I know some of you will certainly be aghast at the idea of a $35 multi-tool. I know that some of you have Leatherman Micras in your pockets or tool kits. Now, I find myself more interested in the Micra, but I can’t shake the feeling that part of the reason why is because there it’s the only option anymore. It used to be that I didn’t buy a Micra because I had my heart set on other scissors-based tools that were too pricey. I have yo-yoed about the Micra for a long time now, which I suppose is telling in itself. I get good use out of mini Swiss Army Knives, but have wanted to get a good scissors-based tool again.
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I wonder if the cost has risen too much for them to be sell it for a reasonable price at retailers and dealers. That really irked me, as it’s currently retails for $35 at Leatherman, but I suppose that’s the state of the internet these days.Īs an aside, it seems that you can only buy the Micra direct from Leatherman right now. It could be argued that plenty of keychain-sized tools have mini scissors, but it has been my experience that primary-function scissors, especially spring-action, perform better than scissors as a secondary fold-out tool.Īll this came to mind recently when I saw a mass media website recommend the Leatherman Micra for around $60 at Amazon. But it still seems like a lot for what would be my third-choice scissors-based mini Leatherman tool. $35 isn’t outrageous for a well-regarded multi-tool that’s backed with a 25 year warranty. Leatherman still offers the Squirt with pliers, and the Style PS with pliers, but neither tool features scissors as the primary tool anymore.īecause of this, the Micra is then what, my third choice? According to my order history, I also bought a wire stripper-based Squirt ES4 for a reader giveaway in 2013. Looking at Amazon, I actually bought 7 of the Style CS over the years, one for me and the rest for reader giveaways. I have this problem with keychain-sized multi-tools. I have a Leatherman Style CS multi-tool, or at least it’s around here somewhere. I haven’t quite shaken off the idea that the Micra was not my first-choice tool. The scissors-based Leatherman Squirt was eventually discontinued. The price was a bit high, and so I kept waiting for a good promotion. Leatherman used to have a scissors-based Squirt mini multi-tool, with outside-accessible tools. I tend to avoid inside-accessible tools on full-size multi-tools, or at least I prefer outside-accessible tools where possible. I used to own a Gerber Shortcut scissors-based mini tool, and it had outside-accessible tools.
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