Nextool Flagship Mini

“The trouble with keychain pliers is they really don't slot in nicely with Leatherman's warranty program. The average buyer will misuse them, overstress the extremely light-duty pliers, and be entitled to an infinite supply of replacements for just the cost of one keychain tool. I think it'd be pretty bad for Leatherman's reputation if they started a subcategory of tools that are not covered under warranty, or at least not covered under the same type of warranty. But in my opinion that's the only way to make this work business-wise. Or another option I guess could be to design a style of pliers which is difficult to overstress by its design, such as those on 91mm and 111mm Victorinox knives. I wouldn't call the 91mm Deluxe Tinker a keychain tool but it's one of the more reliable compact plier options that's still covered under a good warranty in this age. I really like those pliers as a type of beefed up supercharged tweezers basically, and I think for most people that's all they actually need in their daily carry, not something for turning large bolts. But a lot of people would not be happy to see Leatherman release pliers like that instead of more traditional ones. I would be. I think it's the best outcome we could realistically hope for. The Victorinox ones are deceptively strong for their size, but more importantly it's just difficult to apply more leverage than they're built to withstand. I've seen like two photos of those pliers broken in my lifetime. The Micra probably persists because it has no pliers to break. Though I don't understand why it's become so absurdly expensive. Maybe it costs Leatherman more than I'd guess. Maybe I'm missing something about it but I just can't see how that's a fair price. I quite like the Nextool Mini Sailor, or rather I like Olight's rebrand of it (Otacle P1). It's well constructed, and Olight seems to pay closer attention to quality control than Nextool does because I've seen few defects online. The Nextool branded versions often have visible defects on the pliers but my Otacle P1 came looking perfect..It lacks a file sadly, but I don't think Nextool makes good files anyway (certainly not in my experience) so I guess I prefer a quite serviceable can opener over a non-functional file. Issue with this tool if you're an American is it's probably not going to be a solid option for much longer, given the tariff situation with China.”