u/Powerstroke357

Roxon using M2 screws in the pivot for the pliers.

Got my Roxon flex multitool a few days ago. Cool tool, cool idea and all that. A bit concerned when I removed the pocket clip to find that they're using M2 screws in the plier pivot. That is teeny tiny. That's the kind of screws they use to put small electronics together man. My eyeglasses use a 1mm screw. I'm not saying it's a piece of junk but it's a bit off putting. The pivot itself is larger but 2mm ain't much material to keep the head from popping off a screw. Twisting pliers around like I do i'm not sure it will stand up. A loose screw would break pretty easily.

Been messing with knives and the like for a very long time. I've seen screws that small holding scales on or maybe in the pivot on a super cheapo folding knife pivot but for the pliers on a full size multitool looks like underbuilding to me. Leatherman hardware is definitely more robust but I don't know how people are saying they stack up to Leatherman. Maybe it shouldn't be surprising i don't know. Of course they used M2 screws with a much larger diameter head to appear like fairly robust hardware but it ain't.

I assume all the screws are that size but I only removed the one for the pocket clip which is also a pivot screw.

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u/Powerstroke357 — 2 days ago