SwitchPlier vs Swiss Champ
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 13 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
179 g
185 g
Closed length
109 mm
91 mm
Width
—
26 mm
Thickness
—
33 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
12
33
Blade steel
420
Martensitic stainless steel
Blade length
—
—
Ownership
MSRP
$89.95
$115
Cost per tool
$7.50
$3.48
Manufacturer
SOG
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 saves 6 g over the other; it is the cheaper of the two at $89.95, and it works out at $7.50 per tool.
Buy if it carries 21 more tools than the other; 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.