Gear 07530N Needle Nose Pliers Multitool MP600 Multi-Plier, Stainless

Smooth and Easy to open and close. Nice case and nice carry position.

Good tool as expected, use it every day.

This has been my EDC multi-tool for almost a year, and it's still like new. I haven't been gentle and it's held up well. I used the needle nose pliers last night to pry open the sliding glass window in the back window of my old pickup truck. Given the direction and magnitude of the torque applied to the plier hinge, this was really abuse rather than use, but good tools like this are overbuilt and use quality materials and heat treating, so they can take some occasional abuse. I love the assortment of tools on board. Gerber seemed to know how I'd use this multi-tool. I carry a full sized knife that's easier to access, so I almost never use the knife on the Gerber Multi-Plier, but a multi-tool needs a knife and this is a good blade that's well designed. It's small enough to be discrete, large enough to be genuinely useful, and the smooth and serrated areas seem ideal for a multitude of different uses. The replaceable jig saw blade is genius! I love that I can carry lightweight, inexpensive, and readily available blades optimized for cutting wood, soft metals and harder metals. The abrasive grit blade that is supplied is the best of all worlds. It may not be optimal for the materials I just mentioned, but it will cut almost ANYTHING, including glass or ceramic tile. I also love the way the Phillips screwdriver bit accepts the included adapter that can use any 1/4" hex drive bit. That opens this tool up to using all sorts of tool bits. You can carry an assortment of security bits and McGyver your way into all sorts of tamper proof electronics. Or you can get a 1/4" square drive adapter and carry a selection of small sockets. The small set of bits that ships with the Pro Scout is a good selection for everyday needs and tucks next to the multi-tool in my tactical pants' small cell phone pocket that wasn't used since I switched to a ginormous tablet phone. I'm usually a SOG guy, but Gerber nailed this one.

I bought the original design of this tool decades ago when it first came out. Great tool, with one flaw back then. It did not hold up well cutting steel wire. Well that was 30+ years ago. I bought a new one, and was just suprised and delighted to see Gerber made a great classic BETTER. Carbide cutting inserts, for cutting steel wire ! ( like fencing wire, coat hangars etc ) On top of that, the carbide inserts are 3 sided, so if worn, just loosed with included tool, and rotate the insert to a fresh blade. I am a retired Master Mechanic, now in Landscaping. I have wanted another blunt pliar Gerber for 20-something years, and voila ! Gerber EXCEEDED expectations ! I seldom rave in Reviews unless excellence is found. Here you go ! If you need a handy belt multi tool, buy the BEST, get a Gerber ! Buy This Tool ! Great tool, built to give service for a lifetime. ( Ladies: buy your man this ! )

i find the MP600 very functional. i can see many uses in my life for this. i esp love the price, i got it for $40! nothing else on the market can beat that price. looking at the MP600 i now understand why this is used by the military. it's cheap, will get the job done, and it wont bankrupt the military. another reason why i like this price is b/c i can easily replace it if i break it or lose it. i have another multi tool that i bought around $100, and i am reluctant to use it b/c i don't want to risk losing it or damaging it b/c it's so expensive. it's like driving your Corvette on the mud, why would anyone do that?! but with the MP600, i am more comfortable to use it b/c it's only $40 and if anything happens to it i can always buy another one which i can do b/c it's affordable. the MP600 looks like a multi tool that people in the police or the military would use. other multi tools doesn't have that "military look" to them like the MP600 does. this is also a blade less multi tool which i was looking for. i have never been a fan of knives in multi tools b/c they aren't as good as my pocket knife. i always carry a good quality pocket knife w/me anyways so i don't need or even want to have knives in my multi tools. some people complain about the wire cutters, but i don't understand why. the wire cutters on the MP600 is removable, so if you don't like it you can buy a better wire cutter from Gerber. i know they have steel wire cutters that you can buy which is much better than the ones that comes standard on the MP600. i don't use the wire cutters that much anyways so this doesn't bother me. another complaint that people have about the MP600 is the lubrication. the MP600 comes heavily lubricated and i don't know why this is a surprise to most people. if you are an experienced gun owner, or even a knife owner, you will know that they come heavily lubricated. this is to protect the guns and knives from dirt and long term storage. when i bought my shotgun, it was covered in lubrication. i have to clean it and i even had to remove the trigger assembly and clean the lubrication off of that as well. some thing w/some of my knives it comes lubricated. just clean it off. for the MP600, i used Remington oil wipes to clean it. i use these oil wipes to clean my guns and knives but you can also use them to clean multi tools as well. i just have one problem w/the MP600. some of the screwdrivers are very difficult to pull out. it feels like they are stuck too tightly togther. i had to struggle getting them out for use. so instead of complaining online, i took out my Remington Rem Oil and gave the MP600 a few drops to loosen up the screwdrivers. now they swing open w/ease. remember, you must clean the MP600 before you use it. you can get Remington oil wipes and the Rem Oil from walmart in the gun section or your local gun stores. they sell them. another thing i hate about the MP600 is the sheath. gosh it looks ugly. i already bought a better 3rd party sheath so it's no big deal. i can't wait to get it so i can start carrying this MP600. i recommend the MP600 if you are looking for a affordable good bang for your buck blade less MADE IN USE multi tool.

Fantastic product! If you are looking for a great multitool that is not needle nose this is it!

I've been a big fan of the MP600's platform, and this model is no exception to my feelings. Liking that although is marketed as a needle-nose, it is not as thin/"pointed" as the regular (non removable, casted in cutter) head kind of an in-between blunt and needle nose heads. Having read about the "exploding" cutters, I've found that I can use the cutters to "notch in" the hard wire and then bend with the pliers to cut it; has work really well for at least my last 25 cuts (garden work; bicycle jobs). One feature I like of the design versus Leatherman's, is that if the cutters "chew and bend" a wire, I'm still able to pull apart the handles and free the wire ( with my Waves, Revs, and PSTII I'll need a tool to separate the pliers jaws as the handle would buckle; and yes, plural!). There are still a great variety of u shank for the exchanger, and I carry a couple within the tool's sheath mostly for metal and wood, with varying lengths. The scissors have been great also, and are relatively comfortable to use. And, since I complemented it with the Leatherman Removable Bit Driver Kit (fits perfectly) and my homemade awl bit, I have the perfect set to tackle any errands at work (both are no-knife-policy environments: school based, and outpatient clinic; I'm an occupational therapist). A very solid tool! 2-month review After two months of almost daily use, I've managed to chip one of the cutters; as I tried to remove a finishing nail, the pliers twisted and closed, and the distal end of the cutters (the one closer to the bolt/nut jaws) hit each other with the aforementioned result. Still a 5-star for the tool, as it works as it should. Ordered a replacement cutters set, as I can only guess when the chipped cutter will finally breaks. Hope someone would sell replacement cutters out of tool steel or even stainless steel like the Leatherman's, which would still work even if nicked and easily fixed to working condition with a file ( not to mention that it'll be three-sided!).

Don't even mess around with other brands or knock offs, you want a GERBER multitool. It's built tough, can take the abuse, is easier to work with than those other fold-around multitools, and there's plenty of different varieties in tool/plier options so that you can find one that suits you. It's part of my EDC (every day carry), and while I might not need it every day, when i need it, it WORKS. My only bit of advice to owners is that you keep clean and lubricate the fold out tools. I had a multitool that had been thru some things, and thought that the fold out tools were irrepairably stuck -- I gave it to a buddy who likes to fix stuff --turns out, they needed a good soak in diesel and lots of working back and forth to bring it back to life. Now he has a fully working Gerber and I got my new one, and a lesson learned.