Leatherman Surge vs Workpro Multitool

“If you already like the surge but hate the stupid proprietary bits like I do, get the Bibury 2049. It’s a 2nd generation surge clone that uses standard 1/4 bits like the surge should have used from the start. It’s also fairly cheap, the bang for buck is ridiculous. It uses standard torx for the pivots so adjusting it is a breeze I also have a Roxon Flex. It’s a great tool and the customization is awesome, but it’s not as robust As far as pliers go, no multitool is going to have super strong pliers. Get one of the smaller adjustable Knipex pliers like the Cobra, it can go surprisingly wide. If you care about marring things get the wrench style version You can probably buy 4 or 5 of those Bibury’s for the cost of one Arc.”

“I have a painted WorkPro multi tool and the tool itself is great but the paint sucks. Brand new out of the box it had a couple of small chips ( it’s the red version) I got 2 replacements and each one was worse than the original so I kept the original. Lesson learned don’t buy painted multi tools, anodized maybe but not painted. Every time I pull it out of the sheath another little chip of paint fall off and I have barely used this tool for other than breaking down a few boxes.”