GERBER DIME - Field Test and Review
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- This review is of the cheapest multitool pocket knife that I could find from a well know brand. The Gerber Dime is a miniature version of Gerber's larger multitools and I put it through its paces and test every aspect and ever feature
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Been carrying it for years.
The tweezers are awesome when you need them.
Don't put a sideways twist on the pliers - they break.
Put a caribiner on the bottle opener for a bulletproof lanyard tool to clip on your beltloop or wherever.
The package opener is awesome.
Nice blade - sharpens easily.
Forget the file.
The flat screwdriver bends pretty easy.
The screwdriver on the file is quite useful on both Philips and Robertson screws.
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Overall - pretty darn handy as an edc.
I'll keep mine.
I’m a Leatherman lover, but I bought the Dime over a year ago. It is a sturdy tool. As you pointed out, the file is useless other than filing finger nails. The tweezers still fit in its slot. The tweezers won’t pull out a splinter so I use it like a toothpick. The pliers are amazing! I keep it in my pocket for EDC. There is not a day that has gone by without me using the tool at least once.
I hope it serves you as well as it has me.
I put the large end of the caribinder at the top.
It makes for instant access.
You don't gave to look.
Just unclip the caribinder from your belt loop and holds your Gerber most securely.
Great review! Red and black are always the right colors! Go Dawgs!
I really appreciate how you had the other tools there as a comparison
I use the tweeser on my victorinox to remove tics when i am in the forest :)
I definitely didnt think of that one. Good call!
Your review pretty much mirror what I thought and found out about my Gerber Dime. I would add that there are a couple of pinch points where my fingers and skin has gotten caught and pinched while using this tool. Thanks for the video. Cheers.
This is a daily carry attached to the keychain. Pretty much get used at least once a day, from opening amazon packages, drinking a cool one, pulling a splinter from sliding hand in wooden railing, the file at work to smooth out a rough plastic edge, the plier for them pesky car fuse or reaching into a crevice. At the price, gerber could have charge more, but hey at the price I don't mind beating this up but it is holding up. Real easy to sharpen box cutter and knife. I do that when I remember watching football
I thought that the knife blade and package opener seemed kind of useless, as I already carry a knife (CRKT Minimalist) and a utility blade (Gerber EAB Lite), so I got the Gerber Dime Travel. It is just slightly different from Dime (no blades at all) but it has made it in with my EDC tools because of what it does offer. It trades the two knives for a full nail file and a zipper pull, which i thought might be useless, but have used it many times on a certain broken duffel bag zipper that previously gave me grief. The pliers, which are the same, work great for small jobs, and the tweezers have pulled many splinters, even though their quality may not be the best. I work a lot with small gauge wires, and the wire cutters work great! When I work with 16 awg or larger, I dont even waste my time pulling these out. Just not what they were made for. Good review!
Great video - I have just got my 2nd dime as the pliers broke on my old one after years of abuse 👍
Fits perfectly in the small pocket aka watch pocket of any pair of pants. Add a short 3.5” length of cord with a small knot at the end. It will just barely stick out of the pocket so you can deploy the tool without fishing for it.
Been carrying a Swiss army multi-tool (Huntsman ecoline). I ordered the Gerber Dime on Amazon today! Waiting for it! Using the Gerber strongarm and the swagger knife! Love the quality! I hope the Gerber Dime is of the same good quality!
Nikhil Naik i owned a Gerber dime ans i can Not recommend it. My bottle Opener and my pliers broke.
Cool review.
Thanks!
I used the tweezers to remove a splinter, worked wonderfully.
Hmm.. fair point. Had not thought of that
I can't even figure out how to get the tweezers out. But I am a fan of this little guy.
Personally I prefer Leatherman over Gerber but this was the first unbiased and realistic review of the Dime. The others I saw liked the knife and package opener so much they gave a pass on all the other tools. Nice review!
Thanks you!
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The only tool that really matters is the bottle opener
Been carrying it for years.
It's useful every day.
I've used the tweezers for many slivers. Awesome.
You're right about the file.
Best way to carry it is a caribinder through a belt loop through the bottle opener. Rock solid.
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I broke the pliers on one but that's because I twisted it hard to the left. My bad.
That package opener is great for getting crap out from under your fingernails.
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I have no complaints with this as an etc.
Interesting. I think I might try the caribiner carry. might like that. Thanks for the feedback!
I cringed when you tried the pliers on a huge bolt. With the obvious high torque that you exerted I thought it was going to give having read so many comments about the pliers breaking on them. Makes me wonder what they were trying to use the tiny pliers for. I'm not going to change a flat tire with those for sure let alone replace car suspension parts. Probably not even bend a thin sheet of metal. I ordered one. Thanks. Nice video.
I have a Matt black dime
I wish there was a ruler on the dime like there is on the Leatherman micro.
I agree
Micra
@@theok5213 autocorrect.
It’s a sheep foot blade on the dime
Gerber Dime fits into the watch pocket of jeans. I clip a mini flashlight to mine, and it still fits in that pocket.
Can you do the victorinox classic or other 58mm Swiss army knives.
Sure, I can do that for you. Stay tuned
@@DEInTheGarage thank
Did you ever end up buying the Gerber Center-Drive?
Leatherman is definitely better quality but the package opener on the dime is what keeps it in my pocket. If Leatherman had one on a microtool I'd pick it up in a minute. I think I paid $15 for my all black dime.
Good insight. I do love the box opener. Have you have any experience with the Leatherman Micro?
@@DEInTheGarage No I don't. But I have a wave+ and a surge. Both are super solid multitools.
I put the dime package opener in an style ps. Little work with the dremel and a little snipping on the plastic. File and tweezers out. Package opener in.
Yeah, I'll just take or cut the lanyard ring off and maybe the cap lifter too. No every day caps for me anymore. It's to replace a no name junky but very useful one always in my pocket.
Great review. I ordered one, it will arrive later today. I own a Surge and is a huge dissapointment. So i step down in size and i ask from Dime only a few things. Pliers to cut 2-3 mm thick wire, scissor to cut bandages and kinesyologic tape and package opener to work. Im sure that the bottle opener and the blade works fine. So i dont intend to push Dime over its limits.
Surge failed me so hard, small screwdriver broke, scissors cut only at the tip, serrated blade dull after i cut one plastic strap... Im aware it might be 1 in 10k fail, but im done with leatherman. Ill use regular tools for hard work and Dime for quick tasks.
Yo know you could have used their 25 years long warranty, right?
Victorinox swiss tool. Check it out
You did a review on the wingman not the wave. I think the wave is a better multi tool, you should get a wave with all the driver set and do a review. I love mine.
Yea? thanks for the suggestion. I have been considering purchasing a Gerber Centerdrive. Any idea how the wave stacks up against that particular tool?
@@DEInTheGarage I do not. But I have a buddy that is a combat engineer for the army that used the older style of the centerdrive on one of his tours, and he liked it a lot.
I have the wave and the center drive. The wave is sturdy, useful, abd robust. It has a saw and a file (which the CD does not), and the serrated blade on the CD is super bad, just useless (and its not just mine, other reviewers have said so as well). The CD has the Gerber-style deployment as opposed to the wave, but it unfortunately feels cheap in comparison. The head moves about. When the tool is closed the wave is much more comfortable and totally closed as opposed to the CD. The pros of the CD is the namesake, the driver. The driver is good, in the center, with longer reach and accept standard bits (The leatherman only accepts the leatherman ones, wich are expensive. You can alter the range and use standard bits withe the bit friver extender, but again, more expensive as well as another bit to fiddle about with. All in all though, I would buy the wave (or maybe the bigger version, whatever its name is if I were to use it more seriously) over the CD any time, the center drive feels like it will break much more quickly. If I only needed the driver, I would just use a standard driver. The center drive arm is not enough to warrant the rest of the tool beeing pretty crappy.
”It’s small because of its size” NO KIDDING! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Correct about the file, it is mostly useless as are the tweezers.
I bought one and it worked fine until I started to use it. First pliers couldn’t take enough and the frame bent. The thought huh if that did take much let’s see what the blade can do. Started to bend it a little bit and the blade straight up snapped. Vary disappointed
This pile is made for nails and not for wood or metal... They are like on swiss army knife
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