Introducing The Tread - A New Leatherman Tool

[Mesquite]

A new tool from Leatherman... and I want one

[video=youtube;gp8xR07rBH4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp8xR07rBH4[/video]

 

[Robbi]

I want one ! no idea why, just want one

 

[sunndog]

Have you seen the prices!

 

[Robbi]

go on, how much ?

 

[Mesquite]

Somewhere between $150-$200 depending on finish etc...

If you want it with the watch it's going to be upwards of $500-$600... That doesn't stop me wanting one though

Here's a pic of the various links

 

[Mesquite]

Here's the watch...

 

[Robbi]

I think that's great

 

[andybysea]

Im trying, but i just cant seem to bring myself to like it. It reminds me of when Harold at Hasting said " hey do ya think its a good idea to stare at that thing coming towards m....

 

[bilmo-p5]

I'd like to have a play with one; see how the links jam up against each other (when you turn it back on itself) to make the tool bits usable. Not sure I could justify the outlay, tho'.

 

[Stew]

I would bet that the bits aren't long enough to be as useful as I would need most of the time.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Check out the vid...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp8xR07rBH4

 

[presterjohn]

As a bit of fun it is fine but I could not take a thing like that seriously.

 

[sunndog]

good for fans of the "survival bracelet" I reckon

 

[crosslandkelly]

Not for me, nice watch though.

 

[Fin]

Im trying, but i just cant seem to bring myself to like it. It reminds me of when Harold at Hasting said " hey do ya think its a good idea to stare at that thing coming towards m....

I wish! I'm the opposite - I started out dismissing it but it's growing on me - I am Harold!.

My Leatherman Charge TTi is won of the most useful ED tools that I own. Sometimes it just isn't practical to carry with me every day and I often reach for it, only to have that 'S**t!' moment when I realise it's in the drawer at home.

This has certainly reached the "must resist... must resist" category (I usually, but not always succumb!).

 

[Tim_B]

Its nice, and certainly sparked the gadet freak in me....but not if its 500 USD!

thanks
Tim

 

[TarHeelBrit]

Call me a traditionalist, or an old stick in the mud, but i prefer my leatherman to look like a leathernan. I think this might just be a fad and can't see it catching on. also the price is ouch!

 

[FGYT]

Pretty sure the airlines wouldn't let it on if they knew you had it Ive had Spanners and Allen keys taken off as I forgot to swap them out of my Dive log book and into hold luggage.

Plus its probably a sharply pointed or bladed artical if they look hard enough

 

[Tiley]

I don't get it. You end up with a bracelet that has some tools on it whose function will be considerably impaired because they're part of a bracelet. The watch is clear but the occasions when this would work helpfully are, to my mind, very few and far between. Carry a proper Leatherman/Swisstool instead and save yourself money and tears.

 

[Tim_B]

The airlines are not so bad as they were - I carry my Gerber Dime most weeks in hand luggage on flights, I also have a small leatherman (the one with scissors instead of pliers) so don't think the bracelet would be a problem. I didn't catch whether its TSA approved - they certainly advertise it as if there isn't a problem. The blade on it is tiny.

I too like multi tools to look like multi tools and would have to handle one of the treads to see if it could live up to being a multi tool (I doubt it for serious work), but for an office boy like me, it might be fine.

Thanks
Tim