Leatherman Surge - hidden lanyard loop, secret storage, bit kit issue
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
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In this video I highlight a hidden lanyard loop, storage space and the flaw of the bit kit eye glass tool!
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I love the Surge. Been carrying it for over a decade.
I have the black one, which makes the ruler markings on the inside nearly impossible to use. So, after *years* bemoaning this problem, I finally realized I could fix it. So I painted over them with white paint, wiped off the excess, and was left with incredibly easy to read, white ruler markings on a black frame. For a bare metal one, I'd probably use coloured paint, like blue, red, or green. Hope this helps somebody.
I was an aircraft maintenance engineer for 15 years and Leatherman multitools were like side chicks. Real life savers in emergencies. They were very handy, and saves you running to and fro from the tool kit.
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Best place I have found for the eyeglass screw driver: On the handle that has the serrated blade and scissors, press the lever that allows you to close the internal tools. Slide the eyeglass screw driver under the raised lever as close as you can to the side with the serrated blade, away from side with the scissors about half its length of the bit. Release the lever and the bit will be held very tightly.
Great tip. And does work.
I use the lanyard holder to mount a key ring to and then a carabiner clip on that to let it hang from my belt loop going into my back pocket.
You can take the small eyeglass screwdriver and pinch it between the scales to have a handle. Take the closed tool and at the pivoting point of the pliers you have these 2 flat surfaces on the inside. Open up the handles slightly, drop in the micro screwdriver and pinch the handles together
The lanyard loop the clip came with. Can be put onto your bag with a carabinier or keyring. Then press the lock release to unclip quickly or whatever. Great video
Wow! Have been using my Leatherman Surge all these years and didn't know there's a lanyard loop until I saw your video! Thank you!! 😁🙏
Just purchased a "Surge" two days ago. I love it!
...I am former military who now works media in state gvt...I wear suits sometimes. I still carry my surge every single day... It's heavy but that reminds me that it's there!
Great video
At 4.05 when you show the wire stripper, your driver bit is next to it, your eye-glass bit also fits in the top part of it
I carry my Surge all day everyday( ecxept when flying/swimming) horizontal at 11 o'clock. I forget my cell before I forget it. If you wear a good belt at proper height you get used to it in no time. I don't understand guys who say it's too heavy.I carry my Swisschamp as well, vertically at 3 o'clock in an xlt pouch. I fill the extra space with a klauris titanium flashlight.
Lol, EDC nerd! With those two I am ready for anything. Everyone teases until they need a tool! I honestly feel naked without both. I recently was gifted a mini champ alox, I carry it on my keychain. I only use it to clean my nails and the orange peeler to open clam shell packaging. I could do without it, but it's always on my keychain and I forget it's there.
Awesome vid! Adding a lanyard to my Surge ASAP!! Thanks!
Edit, when I go on vacation, I only pack the swisschamp. But it takes a bit to get used to it.
Your comment makes me smile - what a dude you are :-) Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Let me know what you went for and how you're getting on ...
You can also lift the saw blade & slide a quarter in the slot to push out the lanyard ring. Also, you can pop off the knife clip and use end of the knife clip to push out lanyard ring. you can use clip (either end) to tuck in or retrieve small matches, small ferro rod, waxed twine, etc... that can be hidden in the cavities of the knife. Just use shrink wrap first to first wrap items to protect them from moisture or getting wet.
Thank you. I don't know why Leatherman doesn't include this with the documentation in the package.
I think they do it should be in the instructions
Good video! Just wanted to say that you were correct in what you thought about those tabs on the inside of the handles are used to close the needle nose pliers because if they were able to open, while handle was closed or one side, opened more than the other side window is closed it would make it more difficult to open
Apparently you can also hide the saw blade in between the serrated blade and the surge’s outer chassis if you want to carry the tool without the sheath
Great video, I just found my Leatherman Charge has this lanyard loop too.
You van fit the tiny screwdriver under the tool locking thing. It will hold it just fine. Just press down on the lock release and insert the tiny bit under it
That's a great idea! I was thinking it could be pinched adequately under the flats on the plier end when closed. Your observation is superior!
Nifty! The Charge+ TTI has the built in lanyard loop hidden next to the scissors, too!
i've moved my lanyard to that one. 👍
Thanks for pointing it out. 😷👍
your video, among a few others, made me buy this. its not as big as everyone say, but is heavy indeed. anyway, i love it.
thanks from Romania
Thanks for the feedback - glad to hear it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Let me know what you went for and how you're getting on ...
happy new year. after few months im not very happy with it. scissors cut only at the tip section, not from the beggining, from the joint and the serrated blade is gone. i barely used the scissors.. the pliers are good, the screwdrivers helped me alot at work and at home too. that section in the bottle opener who supposed to remove plastic from electrical wires does not work also. i changed an outlet few weeks ago and i had to use a blade. ill keep the surge for the pliers and screwdrivers. and secretly pray to lose it so ill buy something else. maybe a skeleton cx.
The jewellers screwdriver goes in the leatherman wave.its got the holder for it. The bit kit fits a few model leathermen
I received my warranty replacement Surge this morning from Whitby & Co. (Leatherman truly are fantastic) and, after seeing this video a weeek or so ago and locating the lanyard loop on my old 2010 model, the first thing I did was go to pop it out again on my new 2017 Surge, only to find it is no longer there. I can see where it _should_ be but there it ain't. :'(
I had to come back here (excellent videos, btw) just to double check that yours wasn't the Mk.I. Whether this is the way they're going with the Surge or just a one-off I don't know, but the loss of the glasses bit and now this, I feel as though I sent my old one off with 2 broken tools & received a replacement with 2 *missing* tools.
Though, I'm sure I'll grow to love it as much as my old one in time. 8)
No way - how weird is that?! You could also drop them an email as its a shame to have lost it. Well, let me know how you get on - I'm still loving mine and using is nearly every day. Take care and thanks for commenting.
You may want to consider buying an old one and moding it yourself. You can buy spare parts on flea bay if you look hard enough.
E.S. L Yeah, I'm on the lookout, it's a shame you don't get to keep your old, busted one with a warranty swap for spare parts in the future, even if you have to put cash towards it.
If you pull the plier head open slightly when in the closed position, there will be a space to fit the eyeglass bit in. Pull the pliers apart, hold the bit in place on the right hand side and squeeze them closed again with the tool remaining in the closed position and the bit will be clamped between the flats of the jaws and enables you to use the eyeglass bit without a holder or trying to use the plier jaws proper.
It's the same wee lanyard loop that the Wave has, which is nice
You have the lanyard in the Wave too.
It's like a hidden feature in some of the Leatherman tools.
Good to know - thanks for the view and the useful additional info!
It's not hidden. It's in the documentation / leaflet.
Thanks for the tip! I have the gen 1 and it has the lanyard ring in the same spot!
YOU CAN ALSO PLACE EXTRA BIT IN SPACE BETWEEN
Place bit where u place the pill
Not sure I would want to take medication that had been rattling around inside my multitool.
Regardless, everything else you mentioned with regards to the lanyard loop and other attachments fitting into the saw/file holder is well published in the leatherman manual if you’d just take the time to read it. In the future, if you want to push the lanyard loop out, open the saw first to get it out of the way. Then you get a nice unobstructed access to push it out.
Hope that Leatherman, or someone side, will release an adapter holding in a bit driver for that thick small bit.
If you have the driver attachment for the eyeglasses you can replace one of your smaller tools with it.
The Surge has got to be the best multi-tool ever produced ...
I don't own a surge, so I can't confirm this, but apparently you can fit the eyeglass screwdriver under the spring by the lanyard loop.
Dude, the "BIT KIT" is utilized with the same enclosed device you pulled the other bits from.
I've had my Surge for almost 4 years now. It's a bit loose but it still won't break. I've used mine rigorously.
The Wave and Charge actually already have a hidden lanyard loop attachment point! On the Wave it’s inside the recess where the tip of the saw folds to, and on the Charge it’s at the tip of the removable file/saw. You can push it out with the removable flat head bit.
bit kit eye glass tool fits in pocket clip lock/hole
Well now, I've given that a go - and you're right, it does work - not ideal, but good enough if you're in a pinch! Well done for spotting this and thanks for the update!
@@ChinskiChat also, if the tool is closed, the eyeglass bit will fit into the broad side of the plier between the handles. It offers less wiggle than the pocket clip hole.
There is another hidden function: if you open the two handle bars on the multi tool there is a pair of pliers!
The glasses screwdriver goes in the end of the third tool from the lanyard deployer. I think it is for removing boy scouts from horses hooves. Just slot it in and off you go. I personally find the nail clippers work excellently once you have found where they are. If you pull up and extend the handles you can also reach your toe nails.
Great info thanks!
Yeah man....so glad to see a lanyard attachment point on the Surge --hope to add this mighty tool to my collection very soon and I like lanyards on my knives and multitools to preempt losing them while on ladders and around water...
True!
: ) Thank you for this video, for showing the hidden lanyard!
the eyeglass tool can be fitted, its next to where you pull the large "fixed" bit driver tool out (opposite end to the pliers
+pablomanc thanks I'll check it out!
Have you verified this statement with regard to the new surge?
I don't have mine on me at the moment but I thought the same thing!
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finally somebody that doesn't call it a bottle opener, which it can, but a can opener, which a bottle opener can not do.
A small piece of fatwood and a ferro rod would be a nice addition to the kit.
The dirty places I put my Weatherman pretty much prevent any want or desire for caring medication of any kind.
I had a choice. I could buy a number of different tools or I could buy a surge. So I bought a SAK minkchamp, a SAK Fieldmaster, a really good pocket torch and a couple of other things. I am happy. But I know and this video really reenforces the desire and feeling that I will still be buying a Surge too very soon! Massive fail? 🙂
Leatherman should make a bit with a small hole for the eyeglasses bit that fits the slot like the other full-sized bits.
Matt - what a cool idea! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
I've seen CZcams demos of Surges that had the eyeglass tool next to the can opener.
@@Xandrosi It was old, pre-2013 version.
Thanks I would not have figured out how to get that lanyard ring out. I had to actually get my SAK Rangergrip and use the flat head screwdriver to get enough leverage to force the thing out. There is nothing about how to do this is the User Guide. I dislike companies that do this kind of thing. To hide it away there is one thing, that doesn't bother me as much as not including a user guide in printed form with the tool and then making it so difficult to force it out and nothing about how to do this in the user guide.
The pouch for the Surge is missing the pull tabs on the elastic slings for flashlights, that the pouch for the Wave has.
Ridiculous!
I didn't know about the lanyard clip either. Thanks!
I like the rebar for the reason that all the tools have the lock back for locking all the tools when the surge has some lock back tools and a mix of liner locks also I got an adapter for the rebars Philips and now I can use standard bits instead of leathermans flat ones that I don’t care for.
Ordered a surge yesterday, I wnted to make an improvement from the rebar, still a really nice multitool tho
Well I'll be... had my surge for years and never knew about the lanyard ring. I carry my surge in the ruler pocket of a pair of overalls, and like @Some Dude suggested, think I'll put a split ring on it and some short lanyard to make it easier to pull out of that pocket!
Do the bits from the kit not fit into the spot that holds the Phillips and flathead screwdriver bits??
The newer surge doesn't have the eyeglass screwdriver? That sucks.
Mine does
The saw blades are for jigsaws if that helps.
Does your have the replaceable wire cutters?
@@revare it didn't. However i bought the new version, and put the eyeglass screwdriver into it
I love the hidden lanyard, thanks a lot
The Wave has the lanyard loop too in the exact same spot. I didn't know until about a couple weeks after I bought it.
Weird they don't publicise it eh? Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Let me know what you went for and how you're getting on ...
Update, I was fixing a mountain bike 3 days ago and I was trying to get a hex screw off that was on pretty tight, I kept twisting and twisting and my Super Tool 300 almost broke. I put the bit adapter on my Gerber MP600 and I was able to finish the job. Needless to say I now carry my Mp600 as my EDC, it's just a super tough tool and it's not that heavy. Yeah, I was disapointed in my ST300 bending like that and it's supposed to be a Heavy Duty multitool?? There's no classification for the MP600 but the damn thing is just so solid. Leatherman tried to copy the MP600 with the OHT and it's horrible. You have to keep your fingers on the buttons to release the pliers unlike the MP600 with just the flick of the wrist the pliers come out, I like how it just pops out ready to use. When I use tools, I really use them, I don't care about getting them scratched or putting force on them because they're supposed to take it, I was really disapointed with my ST300, I never thought that would happen!!
Nice work Maurice
Thank you so much and keep up your great work 👍
Perfect video you helped me a lot !
I am an auto electrician, this tool is so good fo my job, but this tool to expensive for me, i hope get it someday
... work hard and you can buy it...
Bisogna far vedere,x ki lo volesse comperare,la dotazione di tutti gli accessori che contine l'attrezzo.
I really hate that Leatherman doesnt make a designed pocket clip just for the Surge. The wave’s pocket clip fits like shit on the Surge. There is was too much side to side play on the thing.
You're not the only one to overlook the wire stripper.
Haay great video ,... i have THE surge my only fear is That THE bitdrive is a bit smal and weak I think they hat remove THE can opener to THE other side and drop THE smal flat bit driver maybe a idee to make THE bit adaptor stronger !!
Good point Sita van Waarde - I never had the older model so can't tell. Thanks for watching!
Why are you capitalising THE?
Hello, thanks for the secret. Is there any chance the eyeglass driver can be used on the Surge (from the bit kit)?
Hi.. I have very recently received my new surge from Amazon (after losing my old one) and I can't fine the date stamps on it. I believe they should be in stamped on the inside of the handles and I'm a bit concerned that it is a fake. I notice that yours doesn't have them, or if it does I couldn't see them. Do you know how I could tell if it's fake or not?
My surge was purchased from a leading Leatherman retail partner so very unlikely to be fake - yet has no date stamp where you indicate. So I wouldn't worry about it too much :-)
Have fun.
ChinskiChat cheers, I have actually returned it now and ordered another direct from Leatherman...thanks for your reply
They do have date stamped, you just not looking very closely or maybe you should use a magnifying lens and a flashlight.The numbers are stamped on the side walls, they're difficult to see because they're thin and some time they are covered by the tools or by the small tongue or small metal post.
BIG BEN cheers mate
Dude you ordered them from who? I mean amazon obviosly but the vendor? I ordered mine too and since I'm gonna use tgem for heavy work i wanna be sure they are originals
Very cool too know. Thanks and great video
Same thing with the Wave.
Just found out my charge and wave have the hidden lanyard 🤙
both mine too!
@@MrJDOaktown I recently added this to my kit
But you actually touched the bit holder for the “eyeglass” screwdriver!!! Check the video at 04:00
you can say that for all Leatherman tools bud
(MEC) Mountain Equipment Co op sells the Surge for $137.00. A lot cheaper than the other places. But NEVER get it from Aclands Grainger, those guys will stick it to you and rip you off!!
Good to know Maurice.
I almost bought my first Leatherman from there but good thing I found these other places. Cabela's is another good place and they sometimes have them in Black. I've always wanted a black Wave so I might go there Next week on payday!!
@@ricev7071 couldn't you buy them from the leatherman website?
You could, but the shipping cost is where they get you. I couldn't find black oxide pocket clip anywhere in my city, so I ordered it from Leatherman. Those bastards charged me $7.50 on top the ridiculous price I had to pay for the pocket clip. In total I paid $20 just for a stupid pocket clip. I'll never buy anything directly from them ever again!
Literally just found the same lanyard ring on my Charge TTI!
My Charge TTI too! I had no idea!
اين يتم بيع زراديات مثلها في الاردن
For the life of me I can not get the lanyard tab out
Hey I would like to buy a surge, of course I checked a lot of reviews from a lot of websites one of those was Amazon and I found some really negative reviews with photos of the surge rusty or even broken (it was a full priced one 169€ ), but every other single website says that it's very durable and I don't know what to do, does Amazon simply sell fake garbage??? Can anyone that actually owns or owned the knife give me advice plz????
I have a number of Skeletool and was curious about the full size models, so I bought a used Surge from eBay. It had some rust spots here and there as the seller pointed out. I cleaned and oiled that Surge, and have put it to good use since. Yes, it will rust of not properly maintained. Junk? No. Absolutely NOT. People buy "almost Leatherman" junk on Amazon, then complain it doesn't meet their expectations or it failed. Leatherman's have a 25 year WARRANTY. If it fails, they will fix it. I broke the pliers on a used Skeletool, sent it in, and it was fixed and returned to me in 3 weeks. Thats what you can expect with a REAL Leatherman. Not knock-off junk for a 3rd of the price.
Out of curiosity does anyone know what that loop was for? Seems like nothing more than a lanyard loop but odd they don’t advertise it. It’s so much nicer than the snap in one
I don't know, but it also on the Charge and Wave, which go even deeper than the Surge does. At first I thought I broke something when I saw the metal didn't quite meet and started pushing and out popped a hidden lanyard on my Charge TTI.
Good question. Great piece of kit though - I still use it all the time .... Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Let me know what you went for and how you're getting on ...
"Ibuprofen"
"Tinder"...
yeah... right....
Lol, what do you think I should put in there then??
ChinskiChat use your imagination mein freund :)
That pill capsule is water soluble
What I would like to see on the Surge is a place to hold another bit! I have the double ended bit, but I would like to have the window breaker bit or may be a torx bit as a 2nd piece to carry. My Skeletool has a back up bit holder.
I have the 1st generation surge😁 so mine has the precision screwdriver💪💪💪
Nice tip.
Thank you
Is that lanyard replacable with a pocket clip pls?
I have a pocket clip on mine 👍
The Wave has the same feature
i hid a cyanide pill in my leatherman
Beryllium - I'm guessing you've not had cause to use it yet ... Anyway, so glad you took the time to watch the video and make a comment - much appreciated.
I hid a couple Viagra pills in mine.
BIG BEN Me too but the lanyard loop kept popping out on its own when I had the tool in my hand. ;-)
ChinskiChat. How Much.? 😀
Aliens, is that you?
That's accually really interesting , how did you find it?
Hey Fashionista Girls - thanks for taking the time to watch and comment - it means a lot. To be honest, I can't remember how I found it now - more time than sense maybe, lol.
ChinskiChat thanks in going to get that case now 😂👍👍👍👍
ChinskiChat I'm *
The "hidden" lanyard is found on the Leatherman site
Leatherman should implement a plastic bottle wire cutter
Thank you.
its titanium ?
Nice
excellent tool, anywhere I can purchase?
I have had zero luck in stores. I had to order mine from Leatherman.
The wave you will find everywhere. The wave is a bit smaller and there's some differences between the two so if I were you I'd take a close look at the two before you decide.
@@radujski Thanks radude.
How does the saw come out?
BOOSTEDLASER - I'll try and explain ... Open the saw and at the base where it joins the knife you'll see that on one side there is another little piece of metal the end of which sites inside a hole. Get a nail under it and slide it either to the left or to the right. This will allow the larger piece of metal under it to slide open and reveal the end of the saw so that you can change it for another tool. Obviously reverse to put back again. Let me know how you get on!
Worked in 1 sec'
Just ordered : XL case, Extender,bit-kit X2,spare file/saw
LOVE this tool
look at the notches under the plyer..few know about these kidden tools =P
@@ChinskiChat Wonderful explanation thx.
Una herramienta excelente una lastima que su garantía no sea lo que dice esto en Lima Perú
You use it everyday and yet it still is stiff and tight. By now it should be loose and easy to swing open.
Not gonna lie, that idea seems pretty shit. 😅No worries though and thanks for the video all the same. Cheers.
THE LEATHERMAN SURGE IS THE BEST MULTI-TOOL ON THE MARKET. THE OTHER ONE'S ARE A DOWNGRADE, ⬇️⚠️⬇️⚠️⬇️⚠️⬇️⚠️⬇️⚠️⬇️.
Oolong
Too much smacking
Just read the instructions and any idiot would know about the lanyard loop lol
This guy has a very irritating tick
I found a condom keeper in mine.
Turns out you all just broke your 100 dollar tools GET PRAKNED