• guazzabuglio@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’ve had an Opinel Carbon at the lower end of the spectrum and a Leatherman Wave at the higher end. Both under 100 bucks and both fantastic in their own right.

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        I bought an Opinel Carbon just last week. I got the size 9. It lives in my work laptop bag and comes with me every day. I also got the Opinel non-Carbon (stainless?) size 7 for my wife, and she has been using it a lot to open packages, food cartons, etc. Its handy just to have a sharp knife at hand when you need it. The Opinel models are very good for the price.

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          They’re excellent for the price. I bought one originally to harvest veggies and mushrooms, but now I carry it everyday.

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        The Leatherman isn’t under 100 bucks, at least not in the Netherlands. My Wave + was 150 bucks. Still massively worth it, though.

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          In the US it’s on sale for $99.95 on the Leatherman website. I’d still pay $150 though because it how useful it is.

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      I was going to say, a Swiss Army Knife. Lifechanging. I use it quite a lot. It’s small for men’s pockets, and you can get smaller ones too (mine is a cybertool, so on the middle-large size of SAKs). I also have a SwissTool that’s huge and just tool porn and fun to use as a fidget device, but way too big for me to EDC, and way overkill for what I’d end up needing it for. Also the SwissTool is over $100. The Cybertool was at $99, and there’s plenty of less specialized SAKs going down to like $30.

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        I have the Swiss Army Rambler as my EDC. I need scissors a lot, and the Phillips head screwdriver comes in handy more than you’d think. Women’s pants have small pockets and the Rambler is perfect.