Mini Sailor Pliers Lite vs Compact
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 2 of 22 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
67 g
64 g
Closed length
70 mm
91 mm
Width
25 mm
26 mm
Thickness
—
16 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
10
15
Blade steel
—
Martensitic stainless steel
Blade length
—
—
Ownership
MSRP
$19.99
$59
Cost per tool
$2.00
$3.93
Manufacturer
NexTool
Victorinox
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Knife
—
✓
Plain-edge knife
—
✓
Screwdriver
—
✓
Flathead screwdriver
—
✓
Bottle opener
—
✓
Can opener
—
✓
Corkscrew
—
✓
Scissors
—
✓
File
—
✓
Tweezers
—
✓
Toothpick
—
✓
Buy if it is the cheaper of the two at $19.99; it works out at $2.00 per tool.
Buy if it saves 3 g over the other; it carries 5 more tools than the other, and it works out at $3.93 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.