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Victorinox Classic SD vs Swiss Champ

2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 11 of 29 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.

Comparing
2 of 357
Victorinox Classic SD
Victorinox
21 g · 7 tools
Victorinox Swiss Champ
Victorinox
185 g · 33 tools
Size & weight
Weight
21 g
185 g
Closed length
58 mm
91 mm
Width
18 mm
26 mm
Thickness
9 mm
33 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
7
33
Blade steel
Martensitic stainless steel
Martensitic stainless steel
Blade length
—
—
Ownership
MSRP
$24
$115
Cost per tool
$3.43
$3.48
Manufacturer
Victorinox
Victorinox
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
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
✓
✓
Verdict
Buy if it saves 164 g over the other; it is the cheaper of the two at $24, and it works out at $3.43 per tool.
Buy if it carries 26 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.