Comments on: Preview: Leatherman Freestyle

By: steve-e

steve-e — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:15:44 +0000

As far as the bit driver philosophy goes, I have 2 waves that I use constantly on site, one on my belt and a spare in the tool bag just in case. The bit driver is what made me buy another wave, the hex keys and correct size screwdriver bits meaning not knackering up screws is a good reason to have multi bits. The weight factor I’m not bothered about so much so I won’t be changing, seeing as I carry around a fully loaded toolbag anyway. They are just a superb back up tool when something has been left on the bench in the workshop on a call out.

By: ToolGuyd

ToolGuyd — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:18:15 +0000

HAH! Still no Freestyle!

It looks like it will be released sometime between now and Father’s Day.

By: p00neil

p00neil — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:15:36 +0000

HAH! Still no Freestyle!

By: Samuel

Samuel — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:55:29 +0000

I work for a company that produces parts for Leatherman. They’re expecting to go into limited production of the Freestyle in April, but it shares many components with the Skeletool and Skeletool CX models so their first priority is a continuing supply of those. I would guess their April assemblies will be the beginning of their stockpiling, with a release a couple months later.

By: leatherman guy

leatherman guy — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:51:47 +0000

yeah, I hear ya on the delays. But it’s a leatherman, so you know it’ll be worth the wait.

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By: Rob1855

Rob1855 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:09:34 +0000

You know, I’ve got a ten year old SuperTool and a Wave. More often that not, I reach for the SuperTool. Can’t understand Leatherman’s fascination with the bit driver philosophy.

By: Stuart Deutsch

Stuart Deutsch — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:17:44 +0000

In their defense, Leatherman has handled the delays rather well, explaining that they prefer to tackle quality and manufacturing issues before a product is released rather than afterwards.

I too was a bit annoyed about the launch delays, but at least eventually LM was upfront about it. At this point, they’re shipping as fast as they can, and although ther CX version is still delayed, the regular version is already in the hands of many customers.

Amazon seems to have special connections and has refreshed their stock of Skeletools quicker than most other retailers, so you can order it from them in attempt to get a Skeletool quicker.

Also, bear in mind that the Freestyle and Skeletool share many components - this means that it likely won’t be long before the Freestyle is actually brought to market.

I suspect that cnce LM has satisfied all preorder and pending Skeletool orders and ensure enough supply for the forseeable future, they’ll be ready to formally announce and release the Freestyle.

By: sam jamieson

sam jamieson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:22:24 +0000

Yeah, yeah I’ll believe it when I see it. I ordered the Skeletool…1..2..3 months ago….still shows Shipping someday. Talk about missing a target time.

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Psycho » Blog Archive » Leatherman Freestyle: A Cheaper Skeletool — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:07:09 +0000

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