Skeletool CX vs Light Wrench W1
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 1 of 20 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
142 g
147 g
Closed length
101.6 mm
114 mm
Width
31.5 mm
28 mm
Thickness
13.2 mm
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Tools & blade
Tool count
7
6
Blade steel
154CM stainless steel
420J1
Blade length
66 mm
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Ownership
MSRP
$99.95
$25.99
Cost per tool
$14.28
$4.33
Manufacturer
Leatherman
NexTool
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Pliers
✓
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Needlenose pliers
✓
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Regular pliers
✓
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Wire cutters
✓
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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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Buy if it saves 5 g over the other; it carries 1 more tool than the other, and it works out at $14.28 per tool.
Buy if it is the cheaper of the two at $25.99; it works out at $4.33 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.