Gerber Armbar Drive vs Truss
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 10 of 29 rows read the same on all of them; the ones that differ are what follows. A rust value is the better one in that row, grey is the worse, and a dash means we have not verified the field rather than that the tool lacks it.
Size & weight
Weight
88 g
238 g
Closed length
91.4 mm
111.8 mm
Width
17.8 mm
16.8 mm
Thickness
—
—
Tools & blade
Tool count
—
17
Blade steel
Stainless steel
Stainless steel
Blade length
63.5 mm
57.2 mm
Ownership
MSRP
$52.99
$64.99
Cost per tool
—
$3.82
Manufacturer
Gerber
Gerber
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Pliers
—
✓
Needlenose pliers
—
✓
Regular pliers
—
✓
Wire cutters
—
✓
Knife
✓
✓
Plain-edge knife
✓
✓
Serrated knife
—
✓
Screwdriver
✓
✓
Phillips screwdriver
—
✓
Flathead screwdriver
—
✓
Bit driver
✓
—
Bottle opener
✓
✓
Can opener
—
✓
Scissors
✓
✓
Saw
—
✓
File
—
✓
Awl
✓
✓
Ruler
—
✓
Buy if it saves 150 g over the other; it is the cheaper of the two at $52.99.
Buy if it works out at $3.82 per tool.
Verdicts are built from the measured fields only. They are conditional by design:
which tool wins depends on what you are carrying it for.