Compact vs Spartan
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 14 of 23 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
64 g
59 g
Closed length
91 mm
91 mm
Width
26 mm
26 mm
Thickness
16 mm
14 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
15
12
Blade steel
Martensitic stainless steel
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Blade length
—
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Ownership
MSRP
$59
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Cost per tool
$3.93
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Manufacturer
Victorinox
Victorinox
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Knife
✓
✓
Plain-edge knife
✓
✓
Screwdriver
✓
✓
Flathead screwdriver
✓
✓
Bottle opener
✓
✓
Can opener
✓
✓
Corkscrew
✓
✓
Scissors
✓
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File
✓
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Awl
—
✓
Tweezers
✓
✓
Toothpick
✓
✓
Buy if it carries 3 more tools than the other; it works out at $3.93 per tool.
Buy if it saves 5 g over the other.
Verdicts are built from the measured fields only. They are conditional by design:
which tool wins depends on what you are carrying it for.