ParaShears vs PowerLitre
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 7 of 27 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
136 g
130 g
Closed length
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127 mm
Width
—
—
Thickness
—
—
Tools & blade
Tool count
11
17
Blade steel
3Cr13
Stainless Steel
Blade length
—
—
Ownership
MSRP
$79.95
$74.95
Cost per tool
$7.27
$4.41
Manufacturer
SOG
SOG
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Pliers
—
✓
Needlenose pliers
—
✓
Wire cutters
—
✓
Knife
—
✓
Plain-edge knife
—
✓
Screwdriver
—
✓
Phillips screwdriver
—
✓
Flathead screwdriver
—
✓
Bit driver
—
✓
Bottle opener
✓
✓
Can opener
—
✓
Corkscrew
—
✓
Scissors
—
✓
Awl
✓
✓
Ruler
—
✓
Tweezers
✓
—
Buy if it works out at $7.27 per tool.
Buy if it saves 6 g over the other; it carries 6 more tools than the other, and it is the cheaper of the two at $74.95, and it works out at $4.41 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.