What Tradies Want — August-September 2017

58 WHAT TRADIES WANT.

GERBER

Center-Drive

MULTITOOL

I

’m going to come clean with this Tradie

Tough Test right from the start: I’m a

massive fan of the multitool. So is my

Dad. Actually he’s more of a Swiss Army

knife kind of guy. He’s nearly 70 and still

wears his on his belt from time to time.

So I’ve been looking forward to putting the

Center-Drive through its paces.

PLENTY OF SPECIALTY

TOOLS

There’s a great collection of unique features

on this tool and I think it’s only fair to start

with the blade. It’s a beast, 30% longer than

its competitors, coming in at 8.25cm. But

more on that later.

The pliers feature for me on the Center-

Drive is a standout. The single-handed,

sliding opening mechanism – as opposed

to the butterfly-style – is a very cool and

functional method. Something else that

impressed me with Gerber’s approach is

that they haven’t tried to pack every possible

configuration of tools into it. Instead they’ve

gone down the road of focusing on only a

handful of specialty features and another

group of smaller, yet essential, gear.

Let’s dig a bit deeper into the Center-Drive

and see if it lives up to all the hype.

Tested By Matt Page

TRADIE

TOUGH TEST

APPROVED

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An impressive line up

of tool features.