Diesel vs Flagship Pro
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 12 of 26 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
244 g
245 g
Closed length
125 mm
110 mm
Width
—
40 mm
Thickness
—
21.5 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
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16
Blade steel
—
5Cr15MoV
Blade length
—
77 mm
Ownership
MSRP
—
$53.99
Cost per tool
—
$3.37
Manufacturer
Gerber
NexTool
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Pliers
✓
✓
Needlenose pliers
✓
✓
Regular pliers
—
✓
Wire cutters
✓
✓
Knife
✓
✓
Plain-edge knife
—
✓
Screwdriver
✓
✓
Phillips screwdriver
✓
✓
Flathead screwdriver
✓
✓
Bottle opener
✓
✓
Can opener
✓
✓
Scissors
✓
✓
Saw
✓
✓
File
✓
—
Ruler
—
✓
Buy if it saves 1 g over the other.
Buy if it works out at $3.37 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.