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By: john nobil

john nobil — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:15:18 +0000

Light it up: I would recommend a look at Niterider Mi-Newt 350 USB or 750 pro (No I’m not sponsored by them but they are a local company I am partial towards). Why not have at 175g, 6hrs at 125 Lumens (instead of the 150g sol-lite’s 2hr at its 100Lu max?) Bonus: you still have the much brighter 200 & 350 settings still at the ready when needed. Am I missing something here?

By: Lou Dawson

Lou Dawson — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:21:26 +0000

John, I’ve tried grinding some bits and they get pretty weak. They still work for lighter applications, but be careful and use water while grinding. A better approach would be to just carry an adapter that makes the Skel work with regular 1/4 insert bits, not sure if Leatherman makes one for the Skeltool but that would be the ticket. Whatever the case, the Skel is a nice tool… Lou

By: john

john — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:51:53 +0000

Well just got a Skeletool in my hot little hands because of this post and a few others. Now to experiment with grinding down Black and Decker bits so that I don’t have to fork out 20 bucks to get a new Posidrive bit when I drop one in the snow.

By: David P

David P — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:25:17 +0000

I was all set to order that Swiss army knife, until I realized that the chain tool won’t work on Campy 11 speed chains .

By: H

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:31:48 +0000

Thinking more about what the RescYou offers… another plus is that it may be advantageous for self-rescue from the hole. Injured leg? Awkward position to use the foot prussik… you may be able to use this to haul yourself out just with one arm…