I’m impressed by Best Glide. Almost every component is of “better than average” to “high quality”. There is the understanding that this isn’t a kit to pull “everyday use” items from (aka the best money can buy… even though some components do tend to lean in that direction). Like having a Leatherman. But it is a complete kit that you can be sure has functional components. Almost all the “survival kits” you will see are garbage. They have the cheapest components and they’re not well thought out. This is a legitimate kit that actual professionals would recommend. Imo.
This is a better kit than most it has a lot of components but it is a lot larger size. My biggest complaint was the multitool i believe there are better budget option out there for sure. Something like a nextool mini flagship or mini sailor would be a way better option and they are very inexpensive.
Can definitely see the military & aviation background with Best Glide kits. The components are high quality (though this multitool looks like a junk drawer special) even in their lowest priced kits. They should add Benadryl & Immodium to the meds---could be absolute lifesavers in a survival situation. A tin this size ought to have space for a fixed-blade knife & AAA flashlight but it already looks packed tight. Great review of a high-end kit!
I think it could fit a light and fixed blade in it for sure. An i3t from Olight would be a good budget option or a streamlight micro stream. It’s a great kit with a lot of stuff. You’re right about the allergy and diarrhea pills. If you’re going to add the meds you might as well do them two also . The multi tool was a slight let down though it would work in a pinch I would rather them add a couple bucks to the kit and add something like a nextool mini flagship. It’s a great budget tool with a lot of functions. Other than that I think the kit is extremely well thought out and there is definitely room to add stuff!
@@whitetailsurvival2430 WS have you tried the Amazon Basics multi-tool? Blade is a decent length and there's a saw, looks like a good option for inexpensive survival kits.
@@whitetailsurvival2430 WS have you tried the Amazon Basics multi-tool? I ordered the 8-in-1 for about $13. Looks to have a good size blade---and a saw! Hoping it will fit in the Best Glide 'mini survival gear box' (small version of the tin in this kit).
Yea your right the multitool left a lot to be desired. I would even prefer something like a nextool mini flagship or mini sailer before the tool that was in this kit. They are both awesome budget mini tool options. The rest of the kit was awesome. I would love some artificial light in there also. Some kind of flashlight would be great like an Olight i3t would be a great budget option or even a i3e. Very inexpensive but excellent quality
Yes if they changed out the multitool and added a flashlight it would be perfect. I like their stuff I’m going to pick up a few more kits from them to go over.
Best glide makes the best kits imo as far as quality and the price point. I never bought the kits already put together but I ordered from their site and got the red box like that one and built my own.
Nothing better than building your own kit suited to your skill and your environment but I think best glide does make a nice kit. I wish they would ditch the multitool for something else though. I said earlier a nextool mini flagship would be a great budget option to get it done!
@whitetailsurvival2430 yeah and they do have a Advanced version I believe it comes with a light and I think a water filter straw if I remember correctly the only Kit that comes close to this one and the advanced version would be Esee mess tin survival kit it's a bit pricey though but it does come with the Candiru and a victorinox hiker if they haven't changed it lately.
Are you familiar with kit b ashed survival? 4 years back he did a review on this kit. Check it out very little differents. Check some of his other videos. A lot of times he adds to the kit that makes it a little better. Good review.
instead of that multi tool they could have put a Vic Tinker or a Sportsman . They are cheap I'm sure much cheaper when you buy 100 at a time + it would have a real knife!. I'm glad you demonstrated the needle threader because I didn't know how they worked . This is an awesome kit and I like how it comes with shelter
Yes I think Esee uses a SAK in their kit but it costs double or triple what this one does. I would even be happy with a nextool mini sailor or mini flagship they are great budget mini tools. It’s hard to beat the quality of a SAK though
@whitetailsurvival2430 my comment disappeared but I said those Vics aren't cheap like I though they would be... it would be more practical to find a multitool that you could buy in bulk for $15 or less ..
Yea that whistle is definitely one of the loudest that I have done so far. There’s two name brand whistles that I have done that are extremely loud I cannot think of the other right now but it was in a kit I have done a little while back. It’s definitely incredible for how small the kit is that it fits in!
@@whitetailsurvival2430 Yes, those whistles are very loud. Actually, there is a proper way to use a whistle and no one does it. Back in the 80's when I was in the military, we went to Jungle Operations Training Center, JOTC in Panama. It was the army's jungle survival school. One thing they said to do when using a whistle, was the plug your ears, due to the whistle being four inches from them and how loud the whistles are. When you think about it, it's common sense to do that, but no one does. Keep up the great work.
Yes I see that now thanks for letting me know. If I would have taken a few extra minutes on the website I woulda seen the advanced versions. I do like having a light but for the price I could get a aquamira frontier for 15-20 bucks and toss in an i3t and have better options than what they are tossing in. All together though I like the kit a lot. The multitool leaves a lot to be desired. I would probably swap it out for a nextool mini flagship
@whitetailsurvival2430 that's exactly what I did for the money spent u made a better choice I got an acebeam aa light and a filter straw and a victorinox huntsman. And now I got an awesome kit I really like best glide ase kits. They are great
Pretty nice, even if a bit large as you pointed out. A good survival kit is always large if you want to cover the basics, it is too bad that you never carry it because it is so large. Choosing what has to go in order for you to carry it is a headache. What is essential? What is too cumbersome, even if needed? Someone else than me, has to answer that, I can't.
It would be great for a glove box kit or a supplement to a larger backpack,slingbag, or edc kit. I would say this time of year where I live the most important part about survival is going to be shelter and fire. Without those two things right now someone wouldn’t make it outside for more than a few hours. I would even make a pocket kit with a small tool with a saw like a good SAK, a lighter, and survival bivy.
Imo… the only proper way to use that wire saw is to create a “bow saw” by bending a branch (not too tight or too loose). Or to make a frame with a windlass (again… not too tight or too loose). Using the saw by hand is a recipe for disaster. It’s inefficient and you’ll fail the saw in short order. 99% of the users that “hate” those saws… they just have no clue how to properly use them. Those rings… they aren’t for your fingers or for a stick to be put through… take the time to construct a bow saw and the tool will cut ALOT more wood before failure.
Absolutely! Your right it is honestly a waste of energy to use the saw without turning it into a bow saw. It doesn’t take that much longer and it does make the tool last longer. That saw is far better quality than most of the ones I look at.
@@whitetailsurvival2430 That saw blade is the best design for a wire saw. It’s what surgeons use when they require a wire saw. For exactly what you might imagine. Cutting cleanly through bone. It’s much more expensive to produce but a much better product.
@@whitetailsurvival2430 i tried for many weeks to “source” that material in bulk. Not the “saw” per se… but just a giant spool of the spiral wire. The old USGI (made to Govt Specs) included two lengths of this wire along with rings attached to a metal piece that had a wing nut that you “inserted” the wire into. When it broke no problem.. you just took the new end and reinserted and tighted again (with a smaller cutting strand obviously).
@@whitetailsurvival2430 but once you have then “ends”. Or you could easily machine/fabricate other options. It’s just that wire that’s the component you need. I finally gave up becasue I could find no economical sources that would sell it in bulk quantities. Surgical supply entities… but they’re the most expensive source on planet Earth…. As they do buisness with Hospitals… like the govt… where “money” means nothing. Expensive
@@whitetailsurvival2430 it’s much different than other “cheaper” materials branded as a “wire saw”. Some are just normal steel cable. Some are “diamond” (or other hard abrasives) welded or fused to a single strand. Some are multi stranded. Some designs just use a “braid” of wires. They sometimes work… but not well. And they all fail at considerably less use than that helical spiral type single strand. I hate to give the Govt “props”. But they do do a lot of testing and what their “specifications” end up specifying… those “specs” are valuable. Becasue they’re often the best designs by professionals that have had millions and much time and resources to test out ever different option available.
empty all the jink out and you got yourself a great lunch box to carry your sandwich for hunting lunch. keeps it from being crushed, ive had one for years.
That’s a great idea I could put it in my backpack and the sandwiches will stay not flat this year I haven’t worried about that because I have some older MRE that need rotated out so I have been using them
Survival “kits” are not one size fits all. Too many people criticize without understanding who and what situations a kit is designed for. This kit is based on a military survival kit, for trained personnel who find themselves with little to nothing else and possibly in a non permissive environment.
Yes you’re absolutely right! These kits are designed around the people that use them. I love seeing what is in all kinds of different survival kits but sometimes I even catch slack from people about me opening a kit I didn’t even make or design 🤣 people are quick to judge and criticize and I always challenge them to make a kit of better value for a better price no one ever responds 😂
@@whitetailsurvival2430 yes of course it s cheaper but my combo us sak outrider with cobra knipex 125 and i5 olight and a smaller alternative with i3 olight with sak s557
Sorry to be a downer but if that kit cost more than $30 it is a total rip off. To put a key chain multi tool in a survival kit is joke, especially one that cost $5. I know people will argue that you are paying for the service of somebody putting all these items together for you. My argument is if it is going to be professionally put together, it should be with serious items. You can literally buy a survival kit with the same stuff minu thr tin case for $35 on Amazon. Best Glide should be ashamed of themselves if this kit cost more than $30. What I would put into a kit like this: 1.) Victorinox Huntsman 2.) Sunto compass 3.) Whistle 4.) Signal Mirror 5.) Ferro rod 6.) Sling shot with ball barrings. 7.) Sawyer mini 8.) Medicine cabinet meds and bandaids. 9.) 3 feet of survival cord or a roll of bank line. 10.) 2 space blankets. 11.) Fishing line with hooks and sinkers. 12.) Candles, glow sticks. I would price this at $129. Get rid of all those knick knack crap. I wouldn't put a flashlight in this kit unless it is a Dollar Store hand pump flashlight that does not take batteries. These kits sit around for a long time and battery operated items will be useless by the time you use it.
I like what you would like to add to the kit. I bic lighter would be nice to have as a quick way to make a fire. I don’t mind having fire extenders either. As for battery’s if you get a name brand like energizer or Duracell they typically have a 10 year shelf life so I don’t think it’s bad to toss a light into the kit. Something like an Olight i3t or i3e would be a great budget option that is very high quality. When I’m spending the night in the woods I would rather have some sort of artificial light it sucks only working around a fire it’s hard to get anything done. That should be an edc item but to make the kit a stand alone item I think it should have one. Instead of your two space blankets I would probably add a Mylar tube tent and one space blanket. The tube tents are so much easier to set up. If you get a good one like a don’t die in the woods two person it would be way better off than having two space blankets. It would fit in the kit with a little restructuring. I think you should take your kit contents and sell a few of them on eBay and see how they sell I will buy one to review if you put them up there! Thanks for the comment!
@@whitetailsurvival2430 Mylar tube tents tend to rip as you crawl in and out of them. I rather take a mylar blanket, lay it on the ground and roll myself into a burrito. The second mylar blanket can be the roof draped over bank line tied between two trees. I don't trust bic lighters or any lighter that take fuel as they tend to dry out sitting around. Realistically we make these kits and they sit around for emergencies that never happen. Then one day, we go to play with it and find the batteries dead and the lighter fluid dried out. I guess that is why it is important we inspect the kits regularly.
I use my kit every year whether I take zip ties or a saw out of it. The battery in my i3e is still good and it’s been on that kit for 4 years. I do regularly check and go through my kit though. Any bushcraft or hunting trip I go on it’s with me. If you get a good quality tube tent it will hold up better than what you think but a space blanket is accommodating the same way I guess.
I’m impressed by Best Glide. Almost every component is of “better than average” to “high quality”. There is the understanding that this isn’t a kit to pull “everyday use” items from (aka the best money can buy… even though some components do tend to lean in that direction). Like having a Leatherman. But it is a complete kit that you can be sure has functional components. Almost all the “survival kits” you will see are garbage. They have the cheapest components and they’re not well thought out. This is a legitimate kit that actual professionals would recommend. Imo.
This is a better kit than most it has a lot of components but it is a lot larger size. My biggest complaint was the multitool i believe there are better budget option out there for sure. Something like a nextool mini flagship or mini sailor would be a way better option and they are very inexpensive.
Can definitely see the military & aviation background with Best Glide kits. The components are high quality (though this multitool looks like a junk drawer special) even in their lowest priced kits. They should add Benadryl & Immodium to the meds---could be absolute lifesavers in a survival situation. A tin this size ought to have space for a fixed-blade knife & AAA flashlight but it already looks packed tight. Great review of a high-end kit!
I think it could fit a light and fixed blade in it for sure. An i3t from Olight would be a good budget option or a streamlight micro stream. It’s a great kit with a lot of stuff. You’re right about the allergy and diarrhea pills. If you’re going to add the meds you might as well do them two also . The multi tool was a slight let down though it would work in a pinch I would rather them add a couple bucks to the kit and add something like a nextool mini flagship. It’s a great budget tool with a lot of functions. Other than that I think the kit is extremely well thought out and there is definitely room to add stuff!
@@whitetailsurvival2430 WS have you tried the Amazon Basics multi-tool? Blade is a decent length and there's a saw, looks like a good option for inexpensive survival kits.
@@whitetailsurvival2430 WS have you tried the Amazon Basics multi-tool? I ordered the 8-in-1 for about $13. Looks to have a good size blade---and a saw! Hoping it will fit in the Best Glide 'mini survival gear box' (small version of the tin in this kit).
Thanks!
Thanks again your the man !
I have this kit. The only thing I swapped out was the multitool and replaced it with a SOG Powerpint. Fantastic kit for the price.
Yea your right the multitool left a lot to be desired. I would even prefer something like a nextool mini flagship or mini sailer before the tool that was in this kit. They are both awesome budget mini tool options. The rest of the kit was awesome. I would love some artificial light in there also. Some kind of flashlight would be great like an Olight i3t would be a great budget option or even a i3e. Very inexpensive but excellent quality
@whitetailsurvival2430 The "advanced" version of this kit comes with a small light (constant and strobe) along with a survival straw.
Thanks for sharing. I have one and very impressed with their offerings.
Yes if they changed out the multitool and added a flashlight it would be perfect. I like their stuff I’m going to pick up a few more kits from them to go over.
It's shameful that a so expensive kit includes a so cheap multitool. Very good video.
I thought the same thing. I think they would really benefit to swap this tool out for a nextool mini flagship it’s a great tool at a great price!
Best glide makes the best kits imo as far as quality and the price point. I never bought the kits already put together but I ordered from their site and got the red box like that one and built my own.
Nothing better than building your own kit suited to your skill and your environment but I think best glide does make a nice kit. I wish they would ditch the multitool for something else though. I said earlier a nextool mini flagship would be a great budget option to get it done!
@whitetailsurvival2430 yeah and they do have a Advanced version I believe it comes with a light and I think a water filter straw if I remember correctly the only Kit that comes close to this one and the advanced version would be Esee mess tin survival kit it's a bit pricey though but it does come with the Candiru and a victorinox hiker if they haven't changed it lately.
Are you familiar with kit b ashed survival? 4 years back he did a review on this kit. Check it out very little differents. Check some of his other videos. A lot of times he adds to the kit that makes it a little better. Good review.
Yes I love his channel! It’s a great channel. I just didn’t wanna copy what he did 🤣 I watch a lot of his videos
instead of that multi tool they could have put a Vic Tinker or a Sportsman . They are cheap I'm sure much cheaper when you buy 100 at a time + it would have a real knife!. I'm glad you demonstrated the needle threader because I didn't know how they worked . This is an awesome kit and I like how it comes with shelter
Yes I think Esee uses a SAK in their kit but it costs double or triple what this one does. I would even be happy with a nextool mini sailor or mini flagship they are great budget mini tools. It’s hard to beat the quality of a SAK though
@whitetailsurvival2430 my comment disappeared but I said those Vics aren't cheap like I though they would be... it would be more practical to find a multitool that you could buy in bulk for $15 or less ..
Nice kit. Cool unboxing. I'm getting that whistle. I think it beats the one I have.
Yea that whistle is definitely one of the loudest that I have done so far. There’s two name brand whistles that I have done that are extremely loud I cannot think of the other right now but it was in a kit I have done a little while back. It’s definitely incredible for how small the kit is that it fits in!
@@whitetailsurvival2430 Yes, those whistles are very loud. Actually, there is a proper way to use a whistle and no one does it. Back in the 80's when I was in the military, we went to Jungle Operations Training Center, JOTC in Panama. It was the army's jungle survival school. One thing they said to do when using a whistle, was the plug your ears, due to the whistle being four inches from them and how loud the whistles are. When you think about it, it's common sense to do that, but no one does. Keep up the great work.
That's a lot of things!
Like box as well.
Yea it was definitely a long video due to the amount of stuff and a little over explaining 😁
You got the standard version. The advanced version comes with a light, and water filter straw by aquaMira. Great kit thanks for sharing
Yes I see that now thanks for letting me know. If I would have taken a few extra minutes on the website I woulda seen the advanced versions. I do like having a light but for the price I could get a aquamira frontier for 15-20 bucks and toss in an i3t and have better options than what they are tossing in. All together though I like the kit a lot. The multitool leaves a lot to be desired. I would probably swap it out for a nextool mini flagship
@whitetailsurvival2430 that's exactly what I did for the money spent u made a better choice I got an acebeam aa light and a filter straw and a victorinox huntsman. And now I got an awesome kit I really like best glide ase kits. They are great
Yea you’re right it’s a great base kit to build off of. You can never go wrong with a real SAK!
There is a kit above this kit.Its the Advanced version.
I should have got it instead I didn’t realize until after I got it that there was two versions
Pretty nice, even if a bit large as you pointed out. A good survival kit is always large if you want to cover the basics, it is too bad that you never carry it because it is so large. Choosing what has to go in order for you to carry it is a headache. What is essential? What is too cumbersome, even if needed? Someone else than me, has to answer that, I can't.
It would be great for a glove box kit or a supplement to a larger backpack,slingbag, or edc kit. I would say this time of year where I live the most important part about survival is going to be shelter and fire. Without those two things right now someone wouldn’t make it outside for more than a few hours. I would even make a pocket kit with a small tool with a saw like a good SAK, a lighter, and survival bivy.
Imo… the only proper way to use that wire saw is to create a “bow saw” by bending a branch (not too tight or too loose). Or to make a frame with a windlass (again… not too tight or too loose). Using the saw by hand is a recipe for disaster. It’s inefficient and you’ll fail the saw in short order. 99% of the users that “hate” those saws… they just have no clue how to properly use them. Those rings… they aren’t for your fingers or for a stick to be put through… take the time to construct a bow saw and the tool will cut ALOT more wood before failure.
Absolutely! Your right it is honestly a waste of energy to use the saw without turning it into a bow saw. It doesn’t take that much longer and it does make the tool last longer. That saw is far better quality than most of the ones I look at.
@@whitetailsurvival2430 That saw blade is the best design for a wire saw. It’s what surgeons use when they require a wire saw. For exactly what you might imagine. Cutting cleanly through bone. It’s much more expensive to produce but a much better product.
@@whitetailsurvival2430 i tried for many weeks to “source” that material in bulk. Not the “saw” per se… but just a giant spool of the spiral wire. The old USGI (made to Govt Specs) included two lengths of this wire along with rings attached to a metal piece that had a wing nut that you “inserted” the wire into. When it broke no problem.. you just took the new end and reinserted and tighted again (with a smaller cutting strand obviously).
@@whitetailsurvival2430 but once you have then “ends”. Or you could easily machine/fabricate other options. It’s just that wire that’s the component you need. I finally gave up becasue I could find no economical sources that would sell it in bulk quantities. Surgical supply entities… but they’re the most expensive source on planet Earth…. As they do buisness with Hospitals… like the govt… where “money” means nothing. Expensive
@@whitetailsurvival2430 it’s much different than other “cheaper” materials branded as a “wire saw”. Some are just normal steel cable. Some are “diamond” (or other hard abrasives) welded or fused to a single strand. Some are multi stranded. Some designs just use a “braid” of wires. They sometimes work… but not well. And they all fail at considerably less use than that helical spiral type single strand. I hate to give the Govt “props”. But they do do a lot of testing and what their “specifications” end up specifying… those “specs” are valuable. Becasue they’re often the best designs by professionals that have had millions and much time and resources to test out ever different option available.
Good video. Good review. Many thanks.
No problem thanks for the view and comment I appreciate it!
Good kit👍
A lot of good stuff in this one. I would swap the multitool and add a flashlight
empty all the jink out and you got yourself a great lunch box to carry your sandwich for hunting lunch. keeps it from being crushed, ive had one for years.
That’s a great idea I could put it in my backpack and the sandwiches will stay not flat this year I haven’t worried about that because I have some older MRE that need rotated out so I have been using them
@@whitetailsurvival2430 since i started using it for my hunting lunch i love it. you will have to get another tin for survival stuff.
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Survival “kits” are not one size fits all. Too many people criticize without understanding who and what situations a kit is designed for. This kit is based on a military survival kit, for trained personnel who find themselves with little to nothing else and possibly in a non permissive environment.
Yes you’re absolutely right! These kits are designed around the people that use them. I love seeing what is in all kinds of different survival kits but sometimes I even catch slack from people about me opening a kit I didn’t even make or design 🤣 people are quick to judge and criticize and I always challenge them to make a kit of better value for a better price no one ever responds 😂
For that price I would not waste my money for the products you get!
It’s really not bad for what you get the kit was 68 dollars it’s hard to price out that stuff individually for that price unless you order in bulk
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You were way behind on this one 😂
@@whitetailsurvival2430 yeah, indeed, but i am here hehehehe
There’s some other content coming.
@@whitetailsurvival2430 nice
Drop the multitool and take a sak huntsman and. CObra knipex mini ❤
That’s a great substitution! I said even drop that tool for a nextool mini flagship and add an Olight i3t and it would be great!
@@whitetailsurvival2430 yes of course it s cheaper but my combo us sak outrider with cobra knipex 125 and i5 olight and a smaller alternative with i3 olight with sak s557
To your knowledge, is the tin aluminum or steel ?
It’s not magnetic so it’s not steel the website says heavy duty aluminum
Sorry to be a downer but if that kit cost more than $30 it is a total rip off. To put a key chain multi tool in a survival kit is joke, especially one that cost $5. I know people will argue that you are paying for the service of somebody putting all these items together for you. My argument is if it is going to be professionally put together, it should be with serious items.
You can literally buy a survival kit with the same stuff minu thr tin case for $35 on Amazon.
Best Glide should be ashamed of themselves if this kit cost more than $30.
What I would put into a kit like this:
1.) Victorinox Huntsman
2.) Sunto compass
3.) Whistle
4.) Signal Mirror
5.) Ferro rod
6.) Sling shot with ball barrings.
7.) Sawyer mini
8.) Medicine cabinet meds and bandaids.
9.) 3 feet of survival cord or a roll of bank line.
10.) 2 space blankets.
11.) Fishing line with hooks and sinkers.
12.) Candles, glow sticks.
I would price this at $129.
Get rid of all those knick knack crap. I wouldn't put a flashlight in this kit unless it is a Dollar Store hand pump flashlight that does not take batteries. These kits sit around for a long time and battery operated items will be useless by the time you use it.
I like what you would like to add to the kit. I bic lighter would be nice to have as a quick way to make a fire. I don’t mind having fire extenders either. As for battery’s if you get a name brand like energizer or Duracell they typically have a 10 year shelf life so I don’t think it’s bad to toss a light into the kit. Something like an Olight i3t or i3e would be a great budget option that is very high quality. When I’m spending the night in the woods I would rather have some sort of artificial light it sucks only working around a fire it’s hard to get anything done. That should be an edc item but to make the kit a stand alone item I think it should have one. Instead of your two space blankets I would probably add a Mylar tube tent and one space blanket. The tube tents are so much easier to set up. If you get a good one like a don’t die in the woods two person it would be way better off than having two space blankets. It would fit in the kit with a little restructuring. I think you should take your kit contents and sell a few of them on eBay and see how they sell I will buy one to review if you put them up there! Thanks for the comment!
@@whitetailsurvival2430 Mylar tube tents tend to rip as you crawl in and out of them. I rather take a mylar blanket, lay it on the ground and roll myself into a burrito. The second mylar blanket can be the roof draped over bank line tied between two trees. I don't trust bic lighters or any lighter that take fuel as they tend to dry out sitting around. Realistically we make these kits and they sit around for emergencies that never happen. Then one day, we go to play with it and find the batteries dead and the lighter fluid dried out. I guess that is why it is important we inspect the kits regularly.
I use my kit every year whether I take zip ties or a saw out of it. The battery in my i3e is still good and it’s been on that kit for 4 years. I do regularly check and go through my kit though. Any bushcraft or hunting trip I go on it’s with me. If you get a good quality tube tent it will hold up better than what you think but a space blanket is accommodating the same way I guess.
Looks like they downgraded the multi tool 😢
Yea they should replace it with a Gerber dime or a nextool mini flagship that’s a great budget mini tool.