where i come from you need to be ready for anything even a zombie apocalypse
so do you want to survive then you need the right tool something small easy to use and built
to handle any situation we'll look no further because inside this box is the ultimate survival
multi-tool no it's not a chainsaw flame thrower or shotgun but you need this too
i've been using multi-tools for 30 years and let me tell you they have come a long
way since the days where it was just a fork a spoon and a knife today's multi-tools do
just about everything but this multi-tool here does everything so what i'm going to do now
is unwrap this show it off and walk you through all the bits that will get you through everything
from aliens to zombies and show you what everything does like maybe fix a hinge
this is the latest generation of leatherman's surge the apex predator of leatherman multi-tools
before we get to the tool itself i want to get to what else is in the box it comes with a sheath
which is great because you don't want to put this in your pocket the sheath holds the tool itself
plus your other little tiny tidbits like this also included a replaceable file there's a core side
and a side that is embedded with diamonds this is great if you need to take a burr off of something
or maybe even just file your fingernails while the zombies are outside your house but now we're going
to talk about the star itself the surge there have been a few improvements to this generation such as
much thicker jaws they're now stronger also you get replaceable wire cutters if you have to cut
your way through a chain link fence to get home after work well the zombie surge you can do it
with the surge and then replace the teeth if you have to when you get at home the pliers are the
big selling point of any multi-tool and of course what made the leatherman so famous
what i love is the needle nose that lets me get into tight places and the jaws are big enough to
actually grab onto fairly large bolts or screws so if you need to loosen up a bolt that's in your way
that you need to get through something you can actually do it with the surge but a multi-tool
is not just about the pliers it's about all the other stuff the surge has 21 different functions
i'm going to walk you through but let's start from the outside what i like you can actually
open the knives with your thumb and the blades lock into place you have to push this to close it
if you want you can take this duct tape it onto your flame thrower and you have a cartoon
bayonet on this side you get scissors everybody needs scissors in the apocalypse and let me tell
you my kids are always borrowing my leatherman so they can use the scissors to cut open a package
or cut some paper doll that's why you need scissors in the field on this side
the most dangerous blade of all kind straight blades are not great for cutting rope or seat
belts serrated blades do a better job and you get one with leatherman it also of course locks into
place so it is not going to fold up and cut you the last thing is the most versatile thing i love
this this is of course a wood saw in your search it's great for cutting small branches if you need
to make a splint for your arm or maybe start a fire the blade out you put in your file now you
have your file on your surge it gives you a little more strength and purchase on here but check out
this little hack if you go down to the corner store and you buy some jigsaw blades these are
just some plano bosch bi-metal blades finer teeth you can actually put this into the leatherman
the same holder and now you have basically a little miniature
hacksaw let's move to the inside though because there's way more in this tool
on this side you get two different kinds of flat blade screwdrivers
very handy to have i particularly like this thick one because uh it's great for door hinges a lot
of times my doors get a little loose whip out the leatherman i'm not going to go down to the garage
and get a big thick screwdriver i just use this on my surge to do that on my door all the time
they do lock into place so if you fold them open they're not going to open up and fold on you
there's one more tool on this side it's called an awl interestingly these are used to maybe punch
through leather leatherman says you can even use this to start a hole for a wood screw there's a
little hole in here so you can run string and then punch through a belt for some reason
and what i remember my father using awls for was to punch an old pennzoil oil can so you can do
that with this too on the other side you may get the most important thing in the leatherman surge
and that is a combination can opener and beer bottle opener this is a can opener not your fancy
electric one there's no electricity in the zombie apocalypse what are you gonna do with ten thousand
can of beans well you've got your can opener on the leatherman surge and all those bottles of beer
this also will open those bottles of beer so that tool might be the most important one on
this this little bit driver though might be the best part it gives this tool so much versatility
and is one of the reasons i love the leatherman over a lot of other tools i've used looks like a
standard flathead screwdriver reversible gives you a phillips great but if you buy one more
thing you make the surge even more versatile fortunately i already did so let's open it up
this is a leatherman bit kit it's basically an entire tool box in your pocket what is it
it's basically a whole bunch of tools round down so they fit into the bit driver on the surge let's
say you need to break into cyberdyne systems so you can steal the armor of a terminator and get
rid of the zombies sarah connor turns to you and asks if you have a hex driver i said yeah
of course i got one sarah right here now on my leatherman no problem but you know what gordon
i have to get into this laptop i need a torx driver do you have a torch server yes of course
i have a torch driver in my pocket right here here you go sarah so there's one last thing you
really need for the leatherman surge collection one problem i have with the surge when using it
like a screwdriver it's kind of bulky it's hard to get into tight spots even if you open it up so i
got the ratchet driver this really makes things a lot easier it slots right into the leatherman
and it is a reversible ratchet you can go open or close once you do that you now have a screwdriver
that ratchets in your pocket so obviously there's a lot more you need to survive the
zombie apocalypse or trip to the mall but you still need a multi-tool and this is the
ultimate one to get 130 for the tool 30 for the bits and 30 for the ratcheting driver
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