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Leatherman 74103003 Juice KF4 | List Price: $69.99
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Brand: Leatherman
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - Yellow anodized handles
- 14 tools in 1
- Serrated knife
- Saw blade, file, and awl
- 25 year warranty
More expensive with fewer features [Posted on 2003-08-01]
I own three Leatherman tools, ranging from the Micra to a huge do-all tool that lives in my car's toolbox, but after examining this unit (and the rest of the "Juice" series), I'm giving it a pass. Here's the problem: The Juice series is nothing more than existing models dressed up with plastic scales at a higher cost. The scales don't add any functional advantage; instead, they just provide a weak areak that can break if hit too hard or dropped on cement from a geat enough height. Even if you protect them from breaking the plastic will scratch over time and lose what attrativeness it may have. The beauty of the original Leatherman tools is that they're pure, rugged function. Solid stainless steel and they'll last a lifetime. Buy one of those and you won't regret it.
Excellent! [Posted on 2003-08-02]
This product really comes in handy. It's durable. It has helped me out whenever I need it. This is what I look for in a pocket knife. Quality and durability.
Perfect Middleweight [Posted on 2004-09-28]
First off, the guy that wrote the review titled "More expensive with fewer features", has no idea what he's talking about. Plastic? Where?!! The colorful sides are anodized aluminum. They are not structural and make the tools feel great in your hand. And like all Leatherman's, all of the tools are first class and open and click into place beautifully. The juice models are a nice middle size between the micra and the full blown larger models. It's not too big to carry in your pocket, and not too small to do some really useful work. I currently have the Juice S2 and am looking to get this model for Backpacking. The addition of the file, saw, awl, and serrated blade for only 26 more grams over the S2 is outstanding. And no, I don't work for Leatherman, but I do love quality tools. You can't go wrong buying this tool.
kf4, a backpacker ideal [Posted on 2006-07-29]
This product is great I've already used it on a camping trip!
About the casing: I've had a leatherman squirt p4 for about 2 years on my keychain. I use it just about every other day for some small thing or another. I can say that the casing is not cheap plastic, and to affirm another reviewer it is anodized aluminum. Both the squirt p4 and juice kf4 have the same casing and after 2 years of constant abuse there is some wear on the anodization after many drops of my keys, and random projects. The wear is relatively minimal to how hard I have used this little tool (squirt p4). I'm not worried the slightest about the kf4 being damaged by falls or scratching from stuff in pockets or a backpack. It's not a delicate tool, and neither is the squirt p4.
Build quality: I noticed that the awl sits above one of the blades and holds it in place somewhat, the only time I feel that it isn't perfectly sturdy is when the awl is extended and the closed blade has the slightest play.
One engineering oddity is the difficulty of using this tools' lanyard loop for a keychain/lanyard. I find it difficult to pull the loop out and resorted to using my p4 to fish it out. Maybe after some use this loop will be more easily removed. For the time being, I am not using the loop. The kf4 is too big for my keychain. It's slightly different from the squirt p4 in that the loop must be extended from the inside, whereas the squirt p4 has the loop out by default. It all makes sense but personally I can live without the loop on the kf4.
Attention to detail with this tool's build is amazing. I didn't realize until I was playing with this tool more, that each blade has a different feel on the outside of the knife when it's completely closed. Basically without looking at the tool, by touch only, one can identify which type of blade is on each part of the tool. The back of each blade has a distinct feel that lets the user know what they're touching. Example: the saw has a ripple, whereas the straight blade has a distinctive edge.
The pliers were handy in a situation that required a fix to my old 70's backpack frame. I had to cut a thick ring to repair the strap holding pin, and bend it to fit. The wire cutter jaw worked perfectly in this situation too.
Leatherman Juice is great [Posted on 2008-07-14]
This is a great little multitool. I liked it so much I bought two. The reason...I was out camping and my buddy had a bottle of wine..who would have thought that I would have needed a corkscrew!!! Now I have one with and one without a corkscrew, and can have one on my work belt and one on my personal belt with out changing them all the time. Love it!
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