Multitools

Buy High-Quality Multitools for Travel and Leisure at ASMC

Multitools from ASMC combine a variety of tools into a compact device, greatly enhancing your trekking tours, camping trips, and other travels. Our online shop offers a wide selection of tools and shows what to consider when buying.

How to Use Multitools Correctly?

The correct usage greatly depends on the specific multitool. From safety devices to pocket knives, you should always use each tool according to its intended purpose to optimize assistance during travels or activities. A professional multi-tool with dozens of functions is unlikely to be necessary for a simple camping trip, leading to higher costs and more complicated operation.

For traditional tools and pocket knives, always ensure a safe working environment with each use, especially when children and adolescents are handling the multitools. While teaching responsible tool use is important, intelligent safety mechanisms and high-quality cases as accessories can significantly contribute to safe handling.

Functions of Multifunction Knives

Multifunction knives are available at ASMC in many variants primarily differing in their range of functions. Apart from cutting or screwing, each tool offers additional or supplementary functions such as can openers, pliers, saws, files, and tweezers. However, these additional functions may increase weight and complicate tool operation.

Before a camping trip, a journey with scouts, or a trekking adventure, carefully consider which tool functions are truly needed and which variant best suits these preferences.

For knives and related tools, the quality and type of blade are crucial factors in the purchasing decision. Each buyer will best assess whether cutting ropes, branches, meat, or other materials on the go is desired or necessary and whether the blade's construction is suitable for these tasks. Our informational texts on each tool help realistically assess potential areas of use.

Attachment to the body or secure storage in personal travel luggage can also influence the choice of a specific knife or tool. While most models in our online shop come with standard eyelets or clips for optional use, they allow for individual attachment and storage.

Applications of Multitools

Multitools are versatile companions that prove indispensable in a variety of situations. They offer more diverse applications than single-handed knives or fixed-blade knives. In outdoor and camping scenarios, they provide a combination of tools useful for food preparation, shelter building, or repairs. For craftsmen and technicians, they offer a handy selection of tools often needed without the need to carry around an entire toolbox. In emergency or survival situations, they can provide life-saving functions, from basic food procurement to first aid. Even in daily life, multitools find frequent use, whether for simply opening a bottle, fixing loose eyeglass frames, or cutting an unexpected thread. Their broad spectrum of functions makes multitools a must-have in many kits.

FAQ: Tools

How Do I Find the Most Suitable Tool for Me?

Naturally, planned uses are as critical as personal preferences. Besides tool weight, these criteria represent the main features. However, consider that the tool might also be used in everyday life outside outdoor activities. If you intend to carry it in your pocket at all times, prioritizing lightness and minimal features may be more important. Multitools can offer an ideal compromise between weight and performance. By the way, it doesn't always have to be Leatherman, which is probably the most well-known brand among multitools.

However, you should ensure a certain minimum quality of materials and workmanship. Otherwise, the tool may rattle during transport or break upon initial use. It should, of course, be made of stainless steel so that your tool can handle water.

When Should I Choose a Multi-Tool Over a Dedicated Tool?

There is no one tool for all purposes; it always depends on how much you can or want to decide in advance. Of course, a hammer/hammer in the tool is practical, but how often do you really need it? It takes up a lot of space and is relatively heavy compared to the rest of the tool. The most practical invention on or in these tools is undoubtedly the integrated pliers, as they can do almost anything that you can't with your bare hands. Pocket knives and screwdrivers as well as can openers are basically a matter of course.

Where Are the Fine Differences in the Tools?

For example, some tools have holders for various bit inserts, which is very practical as it allows you to cover all eventualities of required "screwdrivers" easily and weightlessly. Otherwise, most multitools offer predominantly the same essential tools. These restrictions are, of course, less valid for single-purpose tools for specific uses.

Expert Tip: Replace Broken Scissors Springs in Pocket Knives

What few people know: In Swiss pocket knives, you can replace broken springs for the mini-scissors. Unfortunately, the spring clips that allow the knives' scissors to open again often break due to normal material fatigue.

Replacing the individual spring saves you from completely replacing the knife, as only a small part is defective. This is relatively easy to do, as the old spring just needs to be pushed out sideways and the new one needs to be reattached in the same way.

Although replacement springs are not available directly in our shop, they are available on the internet at comparatively favorable conditions.