This Tiny, TSA-Friendly Multi-Tool Is the First of Its Kind

From cutting wires to driving driving screws to popping bottles, the Toolkit II is ready to rock.
Screwpop Tool, LLC

Among its most useful functions are as a bottle and can opener, a bike spoke key, a hex bit driver and a rope and wire cutter (thanks to a serrated edge). Like its predecessor, the Toolkey II lacks a true blade, so you can take it through TSA and onto a plane, no problem.

But what really makes it exceed the original is a feature we’ve never seen in a unibody (single-piece) multi-tool before: a strong rare-earth magnet near the tip. That element makes the Philips/flathead screwdriver magnetic, which can be enormously handy for picking up and sticking to the actual screws you are trying to tighten.

As a bonus, that magnet (made of Neodymium, N52, to be specific) also makes the Toolkey II work as a ferrous tester. And Screwpop is quick to note that most standard keys are made of softer, non-ferrous materials, so if you throw this thing on your keychain, it won’t stick to them.

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As this graphic indicates, the magnet helps with gripping a hex bit and picking up small metal items, too.
Screwpop Tool, LLC

As with most multi-tools of this type, the brand does stretch a bit to get to 17 functions — two of them are “tag buster” and “lotto scratcher” — but considering the upgrade in screwdriver performance and everything else you get for a Jackson, we’re inclined to forgive them on that front.

We cannot, however, extend the same forgiveness to the makers of Zoolander 2.

Source: www.gearpatrol.com

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