Leatherman 68010103K Crunch Pocket Multi-Tool with Leather Sheath
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend The Crunch folds down to just 4 inches, but it packs a full range of useful tools that are ready for work. Leatherman's Hardy Crunch Multitool Made for the most demanding professionals and do-it-yourselfers, Leatherman’s Crunch multi-purpose tool features locking pliers that spread wide enough to clamp a 1-inch pipe, but it folds up into a tidy 4-inch, 6-ounce package for convenient storage in a pocket or bag. Remove the adjusting screw and… Product details and pricing info |
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10 Customer Reviews Posted
- Crunch Review
- Overall. I'm very happy with the Leatherman Crunch.
I'm an irrigation professional an needed a multitool with a small, medium, and large screwdriver (flat head), a phillips screw driver, a blade, and a regular pliers (not the needle nose). The Leatherman Crunch is perfect! My ONLY complaint is that the lower jaw of the pliers disengages if opened too far. The cool thing about it is the pliers are in Vise Grip (R) form which really hold well. - 2008-06-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Tougher than Cap'n Cruch.
- Leatherman has been a part of my daily routine for years.
The "Crunch," model intrigued me as something innovative and new that could handle a different array of needs beyond that of a simple, needle-nose plier design.
Pros: Innovative design, locking tools, great grip, all of the great quality Leatherman puts out no matter what.
Cons: A little tougher to use individual tools and not as fast to retract. Single-handed use, while not impossible, is cumbersome. May cause swear words in situations of quick-use/quick-need if not up to practice.
Overall: I can't complain about this tool, because what it does in the size that it does it is remarkable. Leatherman still has my vote for most compact useful tool ever. Mostly, I suggest to get one just to satisfy your curiosity. While it won't replace other products in the Leatherman line...vice-grip type pliers on your hip? Too nifty to pass up, review-seekers.
I recently traded in an old, original tool in exchange for a nice, blued-black "Blast," tool. Since I don't collect them, I figured I needed a new model. They replaced it free for me. That means Leatherman's customer service is still fantastic, since they service, ship, repair and manufacture out of Portland Oregon, just like they have for over two decades.
Buy one.
KW - 2008-06-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Leatherman crunch works great
- I like the Crunch. I have had several Leathermans over the years and lost the last one in a boating capsize. The Crunch was bought to replace that one. The crunch has a vice grip that takes a little time to set up but works good and will even remove the spark plug from my old British Seagull outboard. The serated knife is all I need. I like the screwdriver that is also a file. It's a medium size tool and fits well on my belt.
Quality is great, fine stainless steel. I will use it a long time. - 2008-04-05, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Crunch Leatherman
- Well made but never a replacement for standard tools. Good when you have to have a small bundle of everything in case you get "caught in a pinch". Locking jaws can act like a 3rd hand which is it's most redeeming quality. Way too pricey but nice.
- 2007-12-30, 2 of 6 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- It's unique, it's useful, and it's unbad.
- When I found out Leatherman makes a tool with locking pliers, I had to have one. So I bought one. Impressions follow:
1. Usually things are larger than I expect, but this one was smaller than I expected. Maybe it's just the fact that I've used big, bulky Vise-Grips all my life, but I really expected this tool to be hefty. It's not bad that it's small, and the plier jaws open nice and wide despite their small size, but I'm nonetheless surprised that it's no bigger than my Wave, even when open.
2. It's not as hard to prepare for use as I had expected. Yes, you have to unfold the plier jaws, and yes, you have to clip the handle into place on the jaws; but, considering that with ANY locking plier you will have to stand there and adjust the force screw until the jaws clamp down with just the right amount of force anyway, the extra "assembly" needed to use the pliers isn't significant.
3. The craftsmanship isn't as good as I expected. Everything is plenty strong, but the fit and finish isn't up to par with the newer, "post-Wave" tools. The plier jaws aren't the exact same width, the folding tool lock is hard to push and doesn't give a lot of feedback, the folding tools themselves flop around a bit, the hinge on the jaws is just a little too tight, the folded-sheet-metal handle is just a tiny bit too wide for the stuff it holds and so it got crimped a little when the rivets were driven into place, etc. It's not crappy by any means, but it doesn't have that laser-cut, precision-machined feel that my Wave has.
Three stars for doing what it says it does without having any noticeable weaknesses. If they improved the design spec so everything fits just right, it would get four stars. If it were the tool of my dreams with everything I want and nothing I don't, it would get five.
-- UPDATE 5/15/2008 --
I've had my Crunch now for several months, and I feel compelled to bump my review up a notch. Why? Well, it isn't because I've come to appreciate the not-quite-perfect fit and finish of the tool -- that still bugs me a little bit. Rather, it's because over the past few months I've discovered that the Crunch is THE most useful multi-tool ever created.
I took a gamble when I bought my Crunch, because I had serious doubts about how useful a mini-size lockjaw plier could be, even when combined with a token assortment of tools. All I can say is, "boy was I wrong". If anything, the small size of the lockjaws make them even more useful than full-size Vise-Grips, because they can be used in so many more places than Vise-Grips can. Also, given that multi-tools tend to have crappy leverage compared to full-size pliers, the ability to clamp the lockjaws onto something and then focus all your attention on moving the thing instead of keeping the jaws from slipping is unspeakably convenient.
I was initially concerned by the relatively small selection of fold-out tools that the Crunch has, compared to other multi-tools...but to be honest, most other multi-tools just have 50 slightly-different sizes of flathead screwdrivers anyway, when all you'll ever need is one. Well, the Crunch has three, two of which are combined with a can opener and a metal file, which means that there's really only one flathead screwdriver worth mentioning. So there's no unnecessary duplicity there. Meanwhile, the knife and the crosshead screwdriver are predictably indispensable, and the metal file is handy from time to time. So all told, the tools that the Crunch has are more than adequate.
My complaints about the fit-and-finish of the Crunch still stand; Leatherman could do a better job of making everything fit together just right, and I wish they'd put in the time to do so. But that said, the Crunch is definitely THE Leatherman to buy if you're actually going to use it for real work. - 2007-12-19, 7 of 7 people found this review helpful, Rated:
