Comments on: Leatherman multi-scissors for medics http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 06:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ari B. http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1593329 Ari B. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1593329 This pushes so many of the right buttons for me... This pushes so many of the right buttons for me…

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1592404 penguinchris Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1592404 Oh, no, I am in the right demographic. And I do use my Leatherman - I keep it in my car and am glad to have it. But otherwise, I just use specific normal tools because the compromises are annoying.  Oh, no, I am in the right demographic. And I do use my Leatherman – I keep it in my car and am glad to have it. But otherwise, I just use specific normal tools because the compromises are annoying. 

]]> By: Steve Mauch http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1592371 Steve Mauch Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1592371 As an emt, and nearly medic, on duty this probably wouldn't be used often as all tools are readily available on the "bus", but for off duty it would be great! Most people don't wear ems pants with our trauma shears and other gadgets on a daily basis so this would be great when not on the job....either way....I WANT!! As an emt, and nearly medic, on duty this probably wouldn’t be used often as all tools are readily available on the “bus”, but for off duty it would be great! Most people don’t wear ems pants with our trauma shears and other gadgets on a daily basis so this would be great when not on the job….either way….I WANT!!

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1592201 Halloween_Jack Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1592201 I do have a bit of a multitool fetish, and even though I would hopefully have no real use for most of these functions except simple scissor cutting, I kind of want one. Mostly, though, I think that I just want a Mass Effect-type omnitool, or a Kirbyesque mother box. I do have a bit of a multitool fetish, and even though I would hopefully have no real use for most of these functions except simple scissor cutting, I kind of want one. Mostly, though, I think that I just want a Mass Effect-type omnitool, or a Kirbyesque mother box.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591883 ocker3 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591883  I was given a Leatherman for Christmas two years ago, I use it every second day at work at least, perhaps you aren't in the right demographic.  I was given a Leatherman for Christmas two years ago, I use it every second day at work at least, perhaps you aren’t in the right demographic.

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591865 Lupus_Yonderboy Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591865 Do you use an iPhone? http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670876/an-iphone-case-thats-as-handy-as-a-swiss-army-knife#2 Do you use an iPhone?

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670876/an-iphone-case-thats-as-handy-as-a-swiss-army-knife#2

]]> By: traalfaz http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591808 traalfaz Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591808 Damn, would have been a great Christmas present for my brother. Damn, would have been a great Christmas present for my brother.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591604 Dlo Burns Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591604 But where is the ubercharger for the heavy? But where is the ubercharger for the heavy?

]]> By: bardfinn http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591524 bardfinn Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591524 "Can it be autoclaved" is a very important criterion. “Can it be autoclaved” is a very important criterion.

]]> By: KvH http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591520 KvH Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591520 Can this pass through TSA security checkpoints? Not sure if the scissors are short enough or not. Can this pass through TSA security checkpoints? Not sure if the scissors are short enough or not.

]]> By: hardlystrictlybluestocking http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591521 hardlystrictlybluestocking Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591521 -1 for no corkscrew. I will wait for the Swiss Army version. -1 for no corkscrew. I will wait for the Swiss Army version.

]]> By: Crashproof http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591500 Crashproof Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591500 I want a software developer's multi-tool.  It needs a USB stick, a pistachio-cracking tool, a straight edge for doodling and charts, and something to open obnoxious plastic packaging. I want a software developer’s multi-tool.  It needs a USB stick, a pistachio-cracking tool, a straight edge for doodling and charts, and something to open obnoxious plastic packaging.

]]> By: retrojoe http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591496 retrojoe Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591496 It folds up and can be conveniently carried; just like any "multi-tool". What that means is that you'll be more likely to have tools like scissors, a glass breaker and oxygen tank wrench than you would otherwise. This isn't meant to replace $5 crash shears that every ambulance is stocked with; It's meant to make these tools more readily available to the carrier. Multi-Tool owners don't throw away their pliers, screwdrivers and knives when they buy a Leatherman because those individual tools are better than the ones in the small package. But, I'm more likely to have a multi-tool on my person when I'm hiking in the woods than I am to have a tool box with my single use items. It folds up and can be conveniently carried; just like any “multi-tool”. What that means is that you’ll be more likely to have tools like scissors, a glass breaker and oxygen tank wrench than you would otherwise. This isn’t meant to replace $5 crash shears that every ambulance is stocked with; It’s meant to make these tools more readily available to the carrier.

Multi-Tool owners don’t throw away their pliers, screwdrivers and knives when they buy a Leatherman because those individual tools are better than the ones in the small package. But, I’m more likely to have a multi-tool on my person when I’m hiking in the woods than I am to have a tool box with my single use items.

]]> By: teknocholer http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591483 teknocholer Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591483 I have a couple of pairs of the cheap stamped-metal EMT shears (aka trauma shears, crash scissors, etc) and they are useful for lots of non-medical tasks. But isn't the point of them that they are disposable if contaminated? I don't see medical professionals taking the time to disassemble this tool and clean out the icky bodily fluids after each use. I have a couple of pairs of the cheap stamped-metal EMT shears (aka trauma shears, crash scissors, etc) and they are useful for lots of non-medical tasks. But isn’t the point of them that they are disposable if contaminated? I don’t see medical professionals taking the time to disassemble this tool and clean out the icky bodily fluids after each use.

]]> By: ppdd http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591456 ppdd Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591456 The $5 cuts-thru-a-penny scissors that medics use and abuse to death are great precisely because they're disposable.  Replacing that with an $80 pair kind of defeats the purpose... The $5 cuts-thru-a-penny scissors that medics use and abuse to death are great precisely because they’re disposable.  Replacing that with an $80 pair kind of defeats the purpose…

]]> By: UXO http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591450 UXO Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591450 I'm guessing that's a "carbiDe" glass breaker... because otherwise, I'm apparently missing out on a weaponized glass implementation that's so widespread that medics feel the need to deal with it. I’m guessing that’s a “carbiDe” glass breaker… because otherwise, I’m apparently missing out on a weaponized glass implementation that’s so widespread that medics feel the need to deal with it.

]]> By: coyote http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591447 coyote Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591447 Okay, wearing my pedantic pants here, but might that not be a *carbide* glass breaker...? Okay, wearing my pedantic pants here, but might that not be a *carbide* glass breaker…?

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/leatherman-multi-scissors-for.html#comment-1591446 penguinchris Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196107#comment-1591446 I'm not really a huge fan of multitools. I have a nice mid-size Leatherman but it just isn't that useful to me. But this... this speaks to me. Esoteric tools I would probably never actually use for their intended purpose. Even less useful to me than a regular Leatherman. I want it. I’m not really a huge fan of multitools. I have a nice mid-size Leatherman but it just isn’t that useful to me.

But this… this speaks to me. Esoteric tools I would probably never actually use for their intended purpose. Even less useful to me than a regular Leatherman. I want it.

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