The Guppie Multi-Tool: Not Just For Climbers
By Stephen Cooke
What do you get when you cross a carabiner with a 1/2″ adjustable wrench, a 2″ carbon-stainless-steel blade, a high-intensity LED light, and a screwdriver? Answer: the Guppie multi-tool. Oh yeah, it’s a church key, too.
Call it snobbery, but the multi tool standard for me has always been either the Swiss Army knife or the Leatherman. They’re compact, and they stand up to abuse. The Guppie may broaden my multi tool horizons a bit. It’s obviously aimed at climbers, but the carabiner shape would clip easily to a belt loop or a tool bag. I don’t own one yet, but the more I read about it the more I want one.
In fact, the only thing stopping me from ordering one is some doubt about durability. Of course, at a street price of around $15, it’s probably worth a try. Do any of you own one?
The Guppie Multi-Tool [CRKT]
Street Pricing [Google Products]
July 11th, 2007 at 11:06 am
The crescent wrench looks more interesting than the carabiner-like styling to me. That would be pretty handy.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Hmm, the website says that it comes with magnetic bit carrier.
I wonder… does it come with specially sized bits or does it accept standard ones?
July 11th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
While searching for a vendor who wasn’t sold out I found this:
Kershaw National Geographic Carabiner Tool
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0032310516805a&navCount=0&podId=0032310&parentId=cat20895&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=perf&catalogCode=IH&rid=0180101070502&parentType=index&indexId=cat20895
It is a tool along the same lines as the Guppie, only a better knife
July 11th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Seems to me that the pivoting part of the carabiner would get in the way of getting a good grip on the wrench…
July 15th, 2007 at 9:12 am
If Swiss Army or Leatherman made one of their tools with a carabiner then you’d have a tool that is much, much better than this one. Take the carabiner part away from this tool and it is not much of a multi tool…
September 7th, 2007 at 9:52 am
“aimed at climbers”? That’s not a carabiner, like you’d use when climbing; it’s “carabiner-styled.” If it were something you could use as climbing gear, it would have its strength in the specs. It doesn’t. None of its other features are things someone would be likely to reach for when climbing, either.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Order one and try to break it. The thing is built like a brick outhouse.
The blade is sharp, the wrench is strong and opens to 1/2 inch. To
those who say you can’t grip it very well…. try to turn a nut with a
Leatherman (I’ll be happy to supply you with bandaids after you bust your knuckles bloody). The bit driver is strong enough to bend bits if you want to. The tool comes with 4 bits, a bright white LED, and has a bottle opener
when the gate is open. It also has a cool pocket clip on the side like a tactical knife. This stainless steel tool is a great bargain at $30. Pick one up in person and I bet you will like it.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:52 am
I agree with Tom, brilliant piece of kit. Solidly built and completely functional.