r/Leatherman • u/WhiteZebra34 • 20h ago

Why does the Leatherman Arc have a separate can opener on bottle opener when all the other models just have one that does both?

It seems like a waste of a tool spot. Can someone explain to me? I have a wave and it has a single tool that does both. Why would you want to waste a tool slot for something when you have an option that can open bottles and cans?

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u/WeekSecret3391 20h ago

Because separated tools are better at their respective task and a proper multitool requires some kind of prying tool.

They had the choice to put the "claw" on one side and a prybar on the other or to combine the prybar with a bottle opener and put a real and better can opener on the other side. Overall this is a better desing. Or so I think, I'm not an engineer at leatherman.

I do prefer the claw as it's more versatile though.

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u/WhiteZebra34 18h ago

The pry bar could easily have been on the file though. Although I guess it would probably be too long and risk bending huh?

It just seems like a waste of a tool slot since I mean come on let's be real how many of us are actually opening up cans with a can opener?

Bottles? All day long but actual cans It's probably the least used tool of all Leatherman tools

Especially since people who can't probably aren't using the ARC anyway

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u/WeekSecret3391 18h ago

Files are made too brittle to be prybars though.

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u/grrttlc2 17h ago

In Canada there are lots of products without pull rings. I use a multitool can opener a few times a year. More as a small pryong implement as well.

Files are hardened more than other tools, making them the worst thing for prying.

The ARC/free Bottle opener does a much better job than the old talon style.

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u/WireDog87 10h ago

I work in Asia where most of the cans don't have the decidedly American convenience of a pull tab, so I make good use of the can opener.

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u/WhiteZebra34 10h ago

Don't you have an actual can opener?

Are you opening up these cans in the forest or your kitchen?

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u/WireDog87 10h ago

My kitchen is the size of a walk-in closet, so I keep the bare minimum.

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u/WhiteZebra34 9h ago

Me too

A real can opener doesn't take up any space at all

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u/bewitchedbumblebee 5h ago

Any time I'm drinking a can of something, I use the can opener to add a vent, for smoother drinking. 

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u/24_7_365_ 15h ago

The p4 has a screw driver on its bottle opener

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u/T9ert 9h ago

I don’t understand why any multi tool has a bottle opener. Put me naked in a rubber room and I could open a bottle of beer no tool needed