Everybody Travis Mike recom, quick review on the Gerber suspension multi-tool. You know this is kind of a budget multi-tool but I feel like for most people. It’s gonna work, just fine, it’s fairly cheap, but you know I think, can get it for as cheap as 20 bucks at times, depending on sells and whatnot, but it works. Well, you know, I got it. This is kind of a throw on a pack multi-tool that I.

Could you know I got a couple of them and throw them a different packs and whatnot, and so I have one I. Don’t I don’t tend to use a multi-tool that often to be honest with you, and so for me this is just fine. Let me grab the carrying case here, so you can see that as well. So that’s that carrying case it comes in right. There little velcro fits in there real nice. Just like that, wash it down.

You know you can easily throw a bail. It’s got a belt loop here. You could go vertical with it or mallet sideways on your belt, like that, if you prefer, but it gives you a few different anchoring points. I guess, there’s my phone: there pull open and show you more of the multi-tool itself. It doesn’t walk in place per say it does. But it’s not like you know it’s just a manual.

It stays shut, pretty! Well, you probably over time have to tighten those I’m sure they’d loosen up a little bit. They said where I don’t use this. That much I don’t have too many problems, but there you have it I mean you can see it’s a it’s a pretty good little tool, though I like that it has a little bit of you know bounce back in the jaw there. It goes back. So that’s nice, it spring kind of a spring action jaw.

It’s got some locking tools in place. You know my only complaint. Maybe is it’s a hair on the bulky side part! That’s maybe because it’s you know not as nice in metals other ones, and so the price had a little bit more to give it some more strength to it and show you some of the different tools here: they’re, not blades, you have so pull these out. Try to do without cutting my hand, so you have a pretty standard, edged blade there.

It’s honest, it’s pretty dull, so you’d probably want to sharpen that up at here. I, don’t know if they all come that way. I haven’t really used that so I’m assuming that’s case, I, remember somebody’s used to come pretty sharp, but you know for cutting basic things. It’s gonna be just fine that works, and then you got a flat head screwdriver edge there. It’s not super I mean it’s.

It’s not gonna work for real fine stuff. As you can see there, it’s it’s gonna work better for bigger screws and went on. Then you got it a little bit of a Phillips screwdriver head there, and so you know I, don’t know how well that would work. I! Think it worked, though, like I said you wouldn’t want to use this. All the time, but if you’re in a pinch you need some dent screw something that’s kind of the idea behind this right.

You got like a bone saw right here. Basically, it’s got. Those edges like that. That’s mostly for like bone and whatnot or softer woods, I would say: I, don’t know that I’d go to town on hardwood with it, but you get the idea there. Let’s flip to the other side, we got start with here. Everybody loves a good pair of scissors. You can see how it was kind of spring out little snippets there I mean to me that’s a lot of these multi tools and and like Swiss, Army type, knives famous rise.

If it had some scissors in it, there’s not a little fine tip, you could use that it’s kind of a flat edge for as well on you know it’s a flat, screwdriver to some extent, I’m, not sure where this part is to be honest with you off to look that out, but I doubt I’ll ever use that you can. You know, do some different things. You got your bottle opener there can open the can of food there to looks like, and then you got.

This is actually pretty sharp here. This is more your traditional serrated edge there that you could use on wooden. Why not? Let me show how this folds down. So, if you use this, so you know obviously- and then it locks in place. So if you were gonna use any one of these tools, you’d want to do it like that lock in place and you have a build handle and that’s where the big handle is nice right, like if you’re sawing or whatever it just gives you a little bit more grip to deal with there.

So that’s kind of handy, let’s put that back here and you can kind of want hand with that. I probably be careful, though, because, like I said, that’s actually pretty sharp, so you don’t want to cut your leg, say: look at the jaw here. It’s got some wire cutters they’re, you know they’re kind of fun, needlenose plier, which I tend to like. So you can see how it kind of has a beveled is the right word, but it’s got kind of a beveled edge here.

That makes it even smaller those jaws to get it into things, but yeah. It’s a good little tool, though, and like I said for for twenty thirty bucks. You can’t really go wrong with this yeah if you’re, using this every day and you’re like an electrician or something like that and you’re gonna have it on your belt every day. This may not be the multi-tool for you, but if you’re hunter outdoorsman, some of it you know just kind of getting into it, doesn’t want to dump a lot of money but still want something fairly.

Reliable, I think it’s gonna work, fine I think some of these I’ve heard some of the jaws cam break. If you do some serious torque, you know on it. When I was reading some reviews, they, the jaws of the pliers, would sometimes break but I, don’t think that’s a common thing and I think Gerber’s pretty good about handling customer service signs so but I think for the most part for most people.

This is gonna work, just fine, you know, for most of things like like said, I can tell you on one hand how often I really pull this out when I’m, camping and stuff like that I just don’t need it that often, but I do like to have it. I, like the peace of mind, I’m just having it with me, so if I ever do need it in the pinch, I can use it. So you know the pliers is probably the most important thing for me.

I, like the scissors -, it was kind of handy, clean up your fingernails or whatever you know. Those saws. Would I realistically use them, probably not too often, but upon it or something like that. You possibly could you know but yeah. So it’s a good tool, though I recommend it if you’re just wanting some basic to get in the door, and then you can always upgrade later or just to throw in several packs.

These are definitely worth it. So in with next ring sound, this is Travis at Mill, Creek com.

Hey guys picked up a new acquisition actually a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been using this and it’s the little gege suspension. Multi-Tool I’ve had Leatherman asad different ones, I, really like this little tool. It was inspired by the suspension bridge bridges in Portland Oregon. As you can see, it’s an open design. It has an aluminum handle here, that’s triple coated with that basic Gerber feel to it, as you know, that slick feel if you’ve handled any Gerber knives and stainless parts inside.

But what I really like about this tool is. It is spring loaded and I really like that said that, because it’s really easy to open the Gerber suspension, multi-tool, okay, we’re going to look at the different features on this tool. There are 12 different components and, of course the first we’re going to look at is the needlenose pliers, and you know a lot of these.

Some of these multi tools have flat edged pliers, which are nice in some ways, but this makes it more functional as far as an overall functioning, because you can really get it into tight places. There’s also the V wire-cutters. There’s an opening here for more rounded things are going to need to grip, but again the spring-loaded mechanism is just as beautiful.

Also one of the things I really like about this, too, is this rubber pad, or this neoprene pad that’s on either side. It makes it for a real comfortable, hold I know many of the multi tools that I’ve had when you grab them, you’re grabbing onto just metal and if you’re really torquing something it can really be somewhat painful. Now it’s the butterfly design opening you close it to access your different tools and again this is a triple coated aluminum.

It’s really neat, because you can see the tools you’re getting to on the first tools, and usually these are the ones that you use the most and then pull from the center. Of course, we’ve seen those now we’re going to look at the standard blade and as this is a very sharp blade, I know some of the earlier ones. I heard one guy reviewing. It said that it was very dull and he had to sharpen his mine was super sharp and I really liked this blade.

Here’s the serration, the blade with the serration great for cutting rope here is the can opener with also a an edge here as a blade, but it has two different settings here. It has a little all that can also be doubled as a very small screwdriver, and this is a neat little tool. This is a lanyard holder and it holds a lanyard, and it’s really great for you know when you’re in the field- and you want to have something attached to it, so you don’t lose it here.

Are the scissors now I really like these little scissors and they function very well? So, as you can see nice little spring, okay, on this side, we have, of course the standard blade here. Then we have a flathead screwdriver, that’s pretty wide. Here we have the Phillips head, that’s made to adapt to a number of different Phillips head sizes. Here we have the saw, and this can be used to cut limbs or cut little vines or whatever you need to cut, and it’s very strong.

Now one of the things about this tool is, you can see. This is what they call the it’s a patented design by Gerber and it’s the safety plus, and it has two places here and you have to first pull down to release the blade and, if you’ve ever had a knife, a pocketknife, especially the old style, pocket knives that when you were cutting something and the blade come down on your fingers.

This is a really good feature. Of course, most of the knives today that are not just in the traditional style usually have some sort of lock on it. But this is a very positive lock. All the tools are exit are accessed by this lock. This is a nice ballistic, nylon sheath with a Velcro tab. You can carry this either vertically or you can carry it with these two straps horizontally.

Whatever your preference is now little fascinating information that I came across when I was getting ready. To do this little review is that Joseph Gerber who started Gerber legendary knives, was, of course in Portland Oregon. He owned an advertising business called Gerber advertising in 1910 and he had a local custom knife maker to Mike to make 25 sets of knives for a lot of his clients, and they were so popular that he decided to go into the knife making business in 1939 and has been in business since that time.

So for 70 years now, Gerber has been a one of the top knife makers and manufacturers in the world made still in the USA in Portland Oregon. These are very quality durable knives and they also carry a lifetime guarantee. This tool is three and a half inches closed six inches in the open position. It weighs nine ounces and of course, all the tools are stainless steel.

The open design frame is an aluminum that has been triple coated to protect it very smooth, Gerber style finish on this very smooth. I really like this tool, now go to Gerber’s website and it has a list of all of their different multi tools and different functions and features that each tool has, and it’s really a great comparison as the Gerber tool guide.

I’ll have the link in the sidebar, but it really helped me when I was deciding on what to buy. For my my next multi-tool purchase. As always thanks for watching. Please subscribe for more fun, gun reviews and sensible survival. God bless america. Long live the Republic ha ha me.

I’m Gabe from his survival. This video will be about the gerber suspension, multi-tool and right off the bat I’m going to tell you I’m, not a fan of Gerber they’ve, really gone downhill in my opinion, but you know I got it anyway. I want to give him another chance, but I failed miserably with this purchase. I would not recommend it. The sheath is ok that it comes with I wish it had a button instead of velcro, and it’s really flimsy velcro that could easily just come off.

It’s not that good. You know, so the sheath is kind of junk. Actually it is junk and the multi-tool itself and then I’ve been using it for the past a week-to-week. Something like that, and the only thing that’s really good about it is the pliers. It’s the only thing, the spring-loaded. So if you want to pay $25 for an okay, a pair of pliers, with some junk tools that I wouldn’t use because they’re not safe, in my opinion, I, like my Leatherman core I’ve, had that living mcore for at least 10 years, so I’m, not a huge fan of bolder knives or multi tools that have a really weak locking mechanism, and this Gerber is, is not only.

It has a weak locking mechanism. It’s really hard to get out, I mean to deploy the stuff. You have to do this, this weird little thing here and I. Don’t know, I get that and then it’s just it’s really chintzy and it’s got a little chintzy spring in there I’m I’m, just not I, don’t know if you can see that in there moving but I’m, just not a huge fan. Now this is a serrated blade, I’m not going to go through what it has in there, because I don’t really care and you shouldn’t either and really do really care about.

It then go look up on the Internet, so here we go. Oh, it’s got these little things on the on the side that can tell you you know: what’s there so I’m going to get the SOB, but you have to get this out to get the freaking saw and then it doesn’t lock properly and I. Just I, just wouldn’t I, wouldn’t trust us you ought to play in it. Huh I’m not going to trust it I mean the saw or the screwdriver you know. Maybe you won’t hurt yourself using it, but definitely I would not use the knife on this thing.

It’s just horrible and let’s see if I can even get it back in there. Okay, it worked this time. Okay, well, I, don’t know it’s just really: chintzy Chinese stuff, not a fan, Gerber’s disappointed me again. I hope this helps in the purchase decision and please like subscribe and have a nice day below paw.

Hey what is up YouTube this? Is we all multi-tool Monday video featuring the Gerber suspension multi-tool. This is the pouch that it came with. It has both vertical and horizontal belt loops. It’s got a Velcro flap. This has been the single most requested multi-tool from my viewers. Now in the United States, these are everywhere. Okay, any sporting goods store right. Any home improvement store any big-box store like Walmart, so yeah there’s got to be tens of thousands of people who own one of these here’s a size and shape comparison with a Leatherman sidekick and then the Gerber suspension and then the let them in charge.

So a Gerber suspension is 3 8 inches in length. Alright, so you see it’s a little shorter than a Leatherman charge. However, the Gerber the shape of the Gerber it flares out right towards the end of the two handles it flares out, so it’s shorter than the charge, but noticeably wider than the charge. It is also a fairly thick multi-tool. You see it’s about. You know it’s almost as thick. If you count those it’s thicker than the charge, definitely a lot thicker than the Leatherman sidekick and, of course it’s got more tools.

So, like most multi tools, this is based around the pliers. You know those are it’s the main tool. It has wire cutters, non-replaceable wire cutters and they are spring-loaded. The other tools are all accessible with the handles closed, they’re, all locking tools and two of them the blades, have one-handed opening via that little well, it’s not a I guess you could call it a thumb stud, but it’s triangular instead of rounded, but there you go if you’re right-handed, there’s a plain, edged blade, I’m left-handed by the way, but I adapt and the serrated blade.

So one ended opening on the blades. This is a piston style lock that goes up and down. But as you open the tool now it’s locked to disengage it. You just slide it down like so now the other tools you can open with a nail Nick all right. You got a screwdriver, a squashed, Phillips screwdriver you’ve got a short wood saw and you’ve got another screwdriver you’ve got a bottle opener and can opener.

You know a dual opener tool. You have a lanyard hole and you’ve got the scissors which open that way and then you fold the handle okay. So this is everything every little tool on the gerber suspension. Now gerber is an american company, but it is owned by fist cars right, which is a company in finland. However, the suspension is actually manufactured in China for Gerber and fist cars and many have wondered what company in China actually is making this for Gerber many people think it might be ganz.

Oh, you can see how similar these two multi-tools are, employing the same locking mechanism and the same overall shape. So how is this plane edge? Blade that they give you? Let us see it’s actually extremely sharp, the julienned french fries with a column. It’s really sharp. It is sharper than you would expect for the price of this multi-tool. It’s actually I would give it an a as in the initial sharpness, Department I, really like the blade that they give you on this for two reasons: one it’s a short blade and it’s a narrow blade.

So it makes sense to have that tip forward of the centerline of the blade for draw cutting, because if this was a conventionally shaped blade with a curved belly, they wouldn’t be able to give you that much of a curve, because it’s so narrow. So in order to fit this in the handle, this type of tip it just makes the most sense, and also because there’s no curve to the blade it’s just the edge.

It’s just completely straight. It’s like the easiest possible edge to resharpen. Another thing: that’s very good about this edge! Look, how wide that relief grind is because that’s so wide the angle is basically more steep. It’s less broad, so to speak. Alright! So because that angle is so steep it just slices through things better like when you compare it to a less sharp blade on the the gonzo multi-tool.

Look how narrow that relief grind is and compare it to how wide that relief grind is. So this has to be a broader angle and it’s just not as sharp it’s just not as good. This is how this is how an edge should be made on most multi tools, yeah, so the blade the plain edge blade on this excellent I would say that is excellent. Now I cannot say the same for the fully serrated blade properly done serrations.

They should be able to saw, of course and rip, but they should also be able to slice through and I’ve demonstrated that many times with serrated Spyderco blades and serrated Victorinox blades. This cannot slice you’re not doing any slicing with these serrations there. There too bro right. If this can rip and sawed and tear- and those are that’s the only type of cutting ripping, sawing and tearing all right so yeah these serrations, not so good, I, think I almost think they should have just left this off, because the plain edge was really good.

If they’re going to give you bad serrations just give a different tool instead and the rest of the tool set. Well, they give you three screwdrivers, which is basically two less than some other multi tools. They give you a small flat-head or slotted and I. Guess that’s a medium yeah, that’s a medium, because I definitely seen larger and XL size than that on multi-tool, so a medium and a small, slotted screwdriver, and then the squashed Phillips.

It’s missing a micro screwdriver and it’s missing like a large and/or extra-large size of screwdriver, and then you got the dual opening tool it seems like they could have fit another screwdriver at the end of this, but they they chose not to- and the saw this is a very short saw. I mean you’re not going to be doing much with this, except maybe making some some little notches in wood. As for the scissors, let’s demonstrate them on some fairly nasty nasty cardboard.

You see what that is. Let’s see one they’re kind of short scissors, but but I mean they do power their way through the cardboard so I have to give that a you know: they’re pretty good scissors and the the spring on them is fairly strong and they’re just fairly wide and stout. For how short they are so I do like the scissors I give that an a I get a lot of questions about the plier head on many multi tools.

You know: is it going to survive? Is it going to hold up I gotta say the pliers on a multi-tool are like definitely not as strong as just regular full-size dedicated players and that’s not just true of Gerber. That’s true of even the best brands. I’ve talked to many people who have busted the pliers on some of the best Leatherman, so you’re just going to have to like understand that multi-tool pliers, you know they have their limitations.

Some of my subscribers have been working with their hands for like 30 years. Their grip strength can break almost any multi-tool. So if you ask you know, will the pliers hold up? You have to use them within their limitations. Remember a multi-tool is like a backup to normal tools, or it’s a compromise for when you can’t carry a toolbox or you’re, not in a garage full of tools. When you do break some multi-tool pliers, if it’s a good company, you can send it in and you can get that replaced and I know people that have broke like three Leatherman ‘s, not from abuse just from heavy use, and they got them.

They got them all replaced. Now these type of wire cutters are usually called anvil style, wire cutters. They do not overlap all right in that gap right there. That’s the wire stripper. Many people do prefer this type of wire cutter because with the overlapping type, if your pivot gets loose, they won’t cut as well just like scissors with a loose pivot. They won’t cut as well. So what is missing from this tool set? Well, let’s see it does not have a reamer.

It does not have a metal file, it does not have a micro, screwdriver or a large or extra large flat-head screwdriver all right. So those would be the main tools that are found on many other multi tools that you have to be willing to give up. If you like, the Gerber suspension now do any of those tools not being present is. Does that make it a no-go? You know the metal file would be of limited use because it’s um it would be, as short as that saw.

As for the reamer of some of the best letterman’s leave out the reamer. So you know it’s definitely not mandatory. Although I like the reamer, as for the the screwdrivers uh yeah, more screwdrivers would be useful, but I mean the the emissions are acceptable for this price point, I would say in fact they could have left more stuff off. They could have left off. That saw because it’s kind of short they could have left off that serrated blade.

You know. Maybe they just should have left off the saw and the serrated blade, and given you a few more sizes of screwdriver right and then put another screwdriver at the end of the dual opener, then you’d have like six different sizes of screwdriver. It might not be as flashy, but it might be a little more practical of a tool set. The high points of this tool set are definitely the plain edged blade and the scissors those make it.

Those put it like over the top for this price point. I mean I’ve, certainly seen stuff around this price point. That was a lot worse. I have to say the tool itself has a good feel and nice weight to it. You know you wouldn’t expect for something: that’s around twenty dollars on sale. You would think it might be flimsy, but this does not feel flimsy. I can tell you it’s got this flow-through construction, so one that makes it lighter too.

That gives you a little bit more traction. However, if you drop this in the mud or the dirt, you know the mud and the dirt can easily get through here, but it’s also easy to you know: take the spray from your sink or whatever and spray through this. So it’s easier to clean, but it’s also gets dirty more easily to the plier handles are fairly comfortable. They even go so far as to put these little rubber pads here.

For you know those rubber pads make it even more comfortable, and even though this is wider than most multi tools when closed the extra contouring on the handle actually does serve a purpose. It just makes it more comfortable. I did notice that the handles on mine do have some a little bit of side-to-side play final conclusions on this Gerber suspension. You know, in my opinion, the most important three tools on this are the plane edge blade, the scissors and the pliers.

The players are decent, the plane edge blade and the scissors are really well done. So, basically, the three most important tools on this are either passable or better than passable. That’s why I like this multi-tool, so my conclusion is that when you consider the price, this is actually a good multi-tool. Now I’ve made fun of some Gerber stuff in the past, Hey. Look who hasn’t okay, some of the Bear Grylls stuff.

How can you resist okay but I’m, giving this multi-tool a fair shake? I got to admit that I was surprised by that blade. I didn’t think it would be that good, so I would say if you can find this on sale for twenty dollars, as many people have, it is a good deal and I would recommend it now. As for the current Amazon price of $30, it’s a pretty good deal. Dude. The nearest Walmart to me is an hour away and it’s not a very pleasant place to be honest with you, I paid the extra ten dollars to to just not have to go there, okay, so even for $30, it’s a pretty decent multi-tool.

So if I had to rate this, like say from one to five, I would rate this around like three and a half or four I will include Amazon links. If you want to pick one up as well as to uh, basically other gerber multi-tools. I hope you enjoyed this multi-tool Monday. This has been. We all juggle knives and multi tools, I’m out.