Good catch Joe, I missed that. Here’s the exact wording on the site.

Standard anodized colors are Brilliant Red(#0334R), Royal Blue(#0334B), Black(#0334BK), and Platinium(#0334PL).

I got the picture from Rockler because they had a better view of the level. I’m assuming that, Checkpoint will do custom colors if the order is large enough. That probably explains why Rockler has a lower price, they ordered a large quantity to get discount pricing and are passing the savings on to the consumer.

As a side note, if it comes in “four different colors: Brilliant Red, Royal Blue, Black, and Platinum,” (of which I’m glad) then what is shown above?

There are plenty of products that fit this phrase, but there are some excellent products that don’t. Unfortunately as of late some companies have haphazardly slapped together multi-function products too because they have seen the success of some excellent multifunction products.

I think it all depends on whether the tool is well thought out, well engineered, and the functions compliment each other. It also depends on what you mean by effective.

Take my Leatherman Micra for example. There are a bunch of tools packed into a little easy to carry package, so I have it with me all the time. Now any one of the tools on the Micro would be 10x better as a standalone tool, but they function well enough for me to get the job done. It can be the difference between fixing something now and waiting until I can get the right tool.

I haven’t used the above tool, but I suspect that it is well engineered, and well thought out because of the reputation of the company. And if the features aren’t complimentary, at least maybe they don’t get in each other’s way.

Is this just one step on the road to trying to pack way to much stuff into one item to the point where they aren’t effective anymore?

~Kevin