Quote Originally Posted by old_toolmaker View Post
olderdan,

I have seen the multitools in the stores but have never owned one. For some strange reason I am seldom an early adopter of anything. Are they just a reincarnation of a detail sander?
I used to think that they were just another gimicy tool but I witnessed a friend use one to cut off an aluminium boss that would have been inaccessible by other means. After that I bought one and it has been useful since for similar tasks. However, for most tasks i think that better tools exist.