Center-Drive vs Flagship Captain
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 13 of 29 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
269 g
264 g
Closed length
119.4 mm
109.5 mm
Width
—
37.5 mm
Thickness
—
22.5 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
—
19
Blade steel
420HC
5Cr15MoV
Blade length
82.6 mm
77 mm
Ownership
MSRP
$154.99
$54.99
Cost per tool
—
$2.89
Manufacturer
Gerber
NexTool
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Pliers
✓
✓
Needlenose pliers
✓
✓
Regular pliers
—
✓
Wire cutters
✓
✓
Knife
✓
✓
Plain-edge knife
✓
✓
Serrated knife
✓
—
Screwdriver
✓
✓
Phillips screwdriver
✓
✓
Flathead screwdriver
✓
✓
Bit driver
✓
—
Bottle opener
✓
✓
Can opener
—
✓
Scissors
✓
✓
Saw
—
✓
File
✓
✓
Awl
✓
✓
Ruler
—
✓
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 5 g over the other; it is the cheaper of the two at $54.99, and it works out at $2.89 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.