Leatherman Revisited

Those who know me well understand that I have a special place in my heart for quality tools. Today’s goal was to shop for a multi-tool that will permanently live in my car. It will join a small set of tools already there that will allow me to address any number of repair challenges I may encounter while on the road. After half a day of research, I settled on the Letherman Free P2 and procured one at REI. Once I had a chance to actually use it myself, I have decided to return it in favor of the Letherman Charge+. While the P2 is among the latest and greatest from Letherman, it is optimized for ease of tool deployment rather than the utility of the tools themselves. The Charge+ has better tools and hopefully, it will only be used on rare occasions so a few extra seconds to access the desired tool is of no consequence.