My Sebertool M4 has broken at the hinge of the pliers. I am bereft. It was an ideal size - small enough to sit in my pocket without being constantly aware it was there. You could use the pliers as a T-shaped handle with other tools such as the screwdrivers.
They don't make it any more. It had a short
blade with a pointy end, but you could use the T-handle with it, which made it pretty darn stabby.
I have got a NexTool S11, but this is thicker and probably twice the mass. It has some scissors, a bit like the one on a Swiss Army penknife. The knife has a straight edge, so it is less shabby.
I am not trying to survive in the wild. I have a bigger multitool in the car. This is for everyday small jobs so I don't have to get back down off the ladder, and go into the basement to get the proper tool, because I have it in my pocket.
Even the Sebertool had things I hardly ever used. I used...
- the pliers most of all
- flat and cross-head screwdrivers a lot
- the knife occasionally until the tip broke off
- the file (rarely, only when I broke a nail)
- the bottle-opener hardly ever
- the tweezers never.
I think the knife could have been split into a pointy thing, and a flat blade. That would have made it less shabby.
I am posting my list of preferences to see whether you agree...
The Sebertool M4 size was perfect. I carried it in my pocket without thinking. I carried it into airports a couple of times, which was not good.
90% of the time I used it for the pliers and the screwdrivers. Using the pliers as a handle was a big bonus when using the screwdrivers. I would have been happy with just that.
The knife could have a straight edge. Better still, the tool could have a handle for a scalpel blade, so you could replace the blade.
There are many ways of opening crown corks on bottles without a tool.
I might use a pointy thing for bodging holes, a file of sorts, and maybe a saw. I suspect I may use the scissors on the S11 when my nails break instead of the file. But I would trade all of these for smallness and lightness.