Gerber Diesel vs MP400 Compact Sport
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 18 of 23 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
244 g
193 g
Closed length
125 mm
112 mm
Width
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—
Thickness
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—
Tools & blade
Tool count
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12
Blade steel
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—
Blade length
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—
Ownership
MSRP
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—
Cost per tool
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—
Manufacturer
Gerber
Gerber
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Pliers
✓
✓
Needlenose pliers
✓
✓
Wire cutters
✓
✓
Knife
✓
✓
Screwdriver
✓
✓
Phillips screwdriver
✓
✓
Flathead screwdriver
✓
✓
Bottle opener
✓
✓
Can opener
✓
✓
Scissors
✓
✓
Saw
✓
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File
✓
—
Nothing in the measured fields separates it from the other. Pick on feel, or on a tool the other has and it does not.
Buy if it saves 51 g over the other.
Verdicts are built from the measured fields only. They are conditional by design:
which tool wins depends on what you are carrying it for.