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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | |  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 you'll find a 1/4-inch hex-bit adapter built right in. The pliers lock into position like vise grips, leaving both hands free for other work, and all the interior blades lock too, for optimal safety and power. Key User Features To open the interior blades, all you have to do is partially open the handles and use the nail nick to rotate the selected blade out and into the ready position. Extend the blades fully to engage the locks, and to release a locked blade, simply push the lock release button located on the outside of the handle. The regular and hard-wire cutters are located in the plier jaws. The hard-wire cutter is the small notch at the base of the wire cutting area. The regular wire cutters are ideal for softer wire grades, and the hard-wire cutters are great for sturdier materials like fish hooks. The Crunch is made from 100-percent high-grade stainless steel, and it can be cleaned, dried, and re-oiled periodically -- which is recommended, especially after it's used in a damp environment.  The Crunch can clamp pipe up to 1 inch in diameter. |  Leatherman makes a full range of complementary accessories and add-ons for this and other Leatherman products. | Multitool Capabilities:
- Leatherman crunch
- Locking pliers
- Wire cutters
- Hard-wire cutters
- Serrated knife
- Metal/wood file
- Ruler (inch/metric)
- Bottle opener
- Small screwdriver
- Medium screwdriver
- Large screwdriver
- Phillips screwdriver (#1/#2)
- Hex bit driver
- Wire stripper
- Lanyard attachment
Optional Accessories (not included) Replace that worn sheath you've had on your belt all these years. Or show that you're part of the Leatherman World with a new T-shirt or cap. Leatherman makes a wide variety of complementary accessories for this Crunch and many other Leatherman products. Warranty All Leatherman products are covered by a 25-year limited warranty. If within 25 years from the purchase date of your genuine Leatherman tool you find any defect in material or workmanship, you can count on the manufacturer to make it right with fast warranty service. To obtain warranty service, return your tool to Leatherman Tool Group. Depending on the tool defect, they will decide whether to repair your tool or replace it with a product of equal or greater value. No variations, upgrades or refunds are offered. The Leatherman Tool Group and its History of Quality In 1975, Leatherman Tool Group founder Tim Leatherman was inspired by leaky pipes and a cranky car on a budget trip to Europe -- and thus the idea for his first pocket survival tool was conceived. Since then, Leatherman has become an internationally recognized company with hundreds of employees and a wide variety of durable, versatile, stylish products. Created with bold designs and truly rugged construction, Leatherman products are a perfect addition for tool kits, emergency sets, and glove compartments everywhere. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 4.0 inches | | Product Width: | 0.75 inches | | Product Height: | 1.25 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.6 pounds | | Package Length: | 5.1 inches | | Package Width: | 3.6 inches | | Package Height: | 1.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: | based on 50 reviews |
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| | Features | Crunch pocket multi-tool made for demanding professionals and do-it-yourselfersAll interior blades lock for optimal safety and powerFeatures locking pliers that spread wide enough to clamp 1-Inch pipeIncludes serrated knife, file, Phillips screwdriver, 3 slotted screwdrivers, bottle opener, wire cutters, hard-wire cutters, ruler, lanyard attachment, wire stripper, and hex bit driverLeatherman's 25-year limited warranty
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70 of 72 found the following review helpful:
It's unique, it's useful, and it's unbad. Dec 19, 2007
By Shawn Elliott
"I'll listen to anything once."
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.
37 of 41 found the following review helpful:
If you can only carry one.... May 21, 2006
By Cole Seaborn If you can only carry one tool with you, the Leatherman Crunch would have to be first choice. Shortly after I received mine for Christmas one year (from my kids), we were traveling across northern Arizona. It was Friday afternoon, we were at least 100 miles from any measureable civilization and one of the front brake calipers came loose. It made a lot of noise as it banged against the front wheel. We pulled over and the Crunch was invaluable to re-attach the caliper as the bolts that attached the caliper were a proprietary bolt with a large Torx type head that was rounded on the outside. No other tool (other that the dedicated GM tool) would have been able to grip the rounded outside of this bolt. Five stars isn't really enough!!!
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Flat Out the BEST Tool for Motorcycling! Nov 18, 2008
By Peter J. Aronson
"KWICK"
It can be used as a shift lever, a brake lever...It can clamp onto a broke throttle cable in the middle of Baja and get you home!
The Crunch is the BEST tool a motorcyclist can have under his or her seat, period! I give them out to close friends every now and then and everyone LOVES 'em!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Destined to be a collectible. Get this classic while they're still in stock. Jun 19, 2009
By Erik Wood
"-Who put the tribbles in the quadrotriticale?"
I had owned the original Leatherman multitool back in the days when there was only the single model and people thought Gerber was a brand of baby food. I loved the thing to death because it was the only multitool around. One thing bothered me about it despite its usefulness.
When the pliers were out, the inside of the frame containing the rest of the tools faced outwards, and the open frame dug into your hand terribly when trying to grip something tightly. I regularly had to take breaks when trying to twist something for longer than a few turns. This made it difficult to really put the squeeze on anything really well, if you were trying to crimp. You also couldn't use the pliers as a hands free helper as they had no locking function.
The Leatherman Crunch solved both problems by making the pliers a pair of practical and functional vice grips. They really did their homework in the design of these pliers, as they perform as well as a dedicated pair of vice grips of comperable size. I have a pair and I can confirm this. By not having to turn the leatherman inside out to access the pliers, you have the closed rounded side of the frame against your palm and fingers. It doesn't dig into your flesh -quite comfortable to use. Not only can you really squeeze the pliers with all your strength should the need arise, they will stay closed at whatever width you adjust them to so you can free up your hands to work around. Again, I say, this is an extremely well implemented pair of vice grips. The jaws are beefy, but not so much that they can't be used for smaller more delicate work. They aren't needlenose pliers, but then again, they aren't supposed to fill that role. Depending on your day to day uses of the tool, you would choose the Crunch or one of the other models. Personally, I carry mine around for more generalized uses like holding a bolt in place while turning its screw. I find it more useful than needlenose pliers for most applications except electrical work. But even for this, it performs very well.
The number of screwdrivers is adequate for any work, as I've never found the need for a huge variety of different sizes or specialized screwdriver heads. I'd just lose the interchangeable ones, anyway. The serrated knife blade works great, and can do anything from cutting down saplings to cutting your sandwich at lunch. I've never sharpened it, but the serrated pattern makes it very effective. The Bottle opener was a must, and works perfectly. I am disappointed at the lack of a can opener which would make this the ultimate desert island tool if you could only choose one (and if you had cans of food on the island with you). But heck, what's the likelihood of that? For nearly every use, I find the Leatherman Crunch is the perfect tool. I'm buying another one while they're still for sale, so when my current one wears out, I'll have a replacement.
I can only hope that Leatherman has discontinued the Crunch in order to upgrade its design with the aforementioned missing can opener, and perhaps a flint and steel striker. Then it will be the modern day equivalent to a pocket lightsaber.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
a little cumbersome Feb 15, 2009
By sixfeet The tool has most of the functions I need, but it's a little unwieldy unfolding and getting ready to use the tool needed. The screwdriver blades need to be longer, to keep the body (in this case handle) of the tool further away from the work. On the plus side, the saw blade is VERY sharp.
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