First thing I do when I get a black multitool is soak it in hot water with dawn dish soap to clean off the excess coating so I don't blacken my hand every time I use the thing. As for the Arc, I have two. Both have major frame flex, both won't hold or take an edge worth squat, and both have had wire cutters fail on wire that even Gerber cutters cut like butter. I'll take my Surge, Swiss Tool, or Charge over any other multitool
I’m surprised about that.. maybe I’ve just been lucky with my arc.. no issues at all. And washing the coated versions first is a good idea, I was surprised at how much of it comes off
I wouldn’t necessarily call the surge an “upgrade”, it’s just a bigger platform if you need a more robust tool. The Arc on the other hand I would consider an upgrade, but if blade steel and one hand operation aren’t a priority, there’s definitely nothing wrong with the wave plus. It’s still an excellent tool!
@The_commonman for sure I agree I got the s30v charge blade and rebar pliers off esty and installed in my wave. I just wish I had a better pair of scissors
7:05 - LM grinds have been really crap for a while now indeed, every single product ive gotten from them the last few years have come with huge burrs on the edge and such. Its kind of annoying having to resharpen a knife blade as it comes out of the box. But for the sake of fairness, the recurve is intended though the assymetrical edge is not. I thought it was at first, then I compared 2 of these and theres no consistency between the same product even. One was asymetrical, the other was symmetrical but had a much higher grind angle.
Still the king 9 years in my pocket. I use the Serrated blade like an exacto knife when cutting heavy paper.
Robust, Precise and Reliable 👍
First thing I do when I get a black multitool is soak it in hot water with dawn dish soap to clean off the excess coating so I don't blacken my hand every time I use the thing. As for the Arc, I have two. Both have major frame flex, both won't hold or take an edge worth squat, and both have had wire cutters fail on wire that even Gerber cutters cut like butter. I'll take my Surge, Swiss Tool, or Charge over any other multitool
I’m surprised about that.. maybe I’ve just been lucky with my arc.. no issues at all. And washing the coated versions first is a good idea, I was surprised at how much of it comes off
Excellent review! Look forward to your content. Thanks!
Thank you, glad you enjoy!
Do you have the name and link for that nice pocket clip? 😮🎉
I really wanna upgrade drom my Wave + to either the Arc or Surge but cant justify it cause Wave meets my needs so well
I wouldn’t necessarily call the surge an “upgrade”, it’s just a bigger platform if you need a more robust tool. The Arc on the other hand I would consider an upgrade, but if blade steel and one hand operation aren’t a priority, there’s definitely nothing wrong with the wave plus. It’s still an excellent tool!
@The_commonman for sure I agree I got the s30v charge blade and rebar pliers off esty and installed in my wave. I just wish I had a better pair of scissors
King of multi tools but not king of edc's
Any you would recommend?
@@swanification1 Wave all the way
Just swap your straight and serrated blades 🤷🏼
I’m going to give that a shot, I assume it’s fairly straight forward.
7:05 - LM grinds have been really crap for a while now indeed, every single product ive gotten from them the last few years have come with huge burrs on the edge and such. Its kind of annoying having to resharpen a knife blade as it comes out of the box. But for the sake of fairness, the recurve is intended though the assymetrical edge is not. I thought it was at first, then I compared 2 of these and theres no consistency between the same product even. One was asymetrical, the other was symmetrical but had a much higher grind angle.
Thanks for the info!