Armbar Slim Drive vs Mini Sailor Pliers Lite
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 2 of 16 rows read the same on all of them; the ones that differ are what follows. A rust value is the better one in that row, grey is the worse, and a dash means we have not verified the field rather than that the tool lacks it.
Size & weight
Weight
71 g
67 g
Closed length
76.2 mm
70 mm
Width
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25 mm
Thickness
—
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Tools & blade
Tool count
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10
Blade steel
Stainless steel
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Blade length
63.5 mm
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Ownership
MSRP
$45.99
$19.99
Cost per tool
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$2.00
Manufacturer
Gerber
NexTool
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Knife
✓
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Plain-edge knife
✓
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Screwdriver
✓
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Bit driver
✓
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Bottle opener
✓
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Nothing in the measured fields separates it from the other. Pick on feel, or on a tool the other has and it does not.
Buy if it saves 4 g over the other; it is the cheaper of the two at $19.99, and it works out at $2.00 per tool.
Verdicts are built from the measured fields only. They are conditional by design:
which tool wins depends on what you are carrying it for.