Suspension-NXT vs Swiss Champ
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 14 of 30 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
190 g
185 g
Closed length
108 mm
91 mm
Width
—
26 mm
Thickness
—
33 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
15
33
Blade steel
Stainless steel
Martensitic stainless steel
Blade length
57.2 mm
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Ownership
MSRP
$54.99
$115
Cost per tool
$3.67
$3.48
Manufacturer
Gerber
Victorinox
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
✓
✓
Corkscrew
—
✓
Scissors
✓
✓
Saw
—
✓
File
✓
✓
Awl
✓
✓
Ruler
✓
✓
Tweezers
—
✓
Toothpick
—
✓
Buy if it is the cheaper of the two at $54.99; it works out at $3.67 per tool.
Buy if it saves 5 g over the other; it carries 18 more tools than the other, and it works out at $3.48 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.