Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool

Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by kruipen on Friday January 23, 2015 @03:33PM (#8937091)

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      ,        men who         , ,       men who        ,  
     ,         want to        ,   ,      need a          , 
     ,         wear a         ,   ,      phillips        , 
     ,        bracelet        ,   ,     screwdriver      , 
      ,                        , ,                      ,  
       ,                     .  ,  ,                   ,   
         ,                 ,      .                  , 
           ' - , _  _ ,  '          ' - , _  _ ,  '

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by theorique on Friday January 23, 2015 @04:37PM (#8937445)

To be fair, it's a pretty masculine bracelet.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by danesparza on Friday January 23, 2015 @03:56PM (#8937225)

Actually -- the group on the right should read "men who THINK they need a phillips screwdriver"

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by omnibrain on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:21PM (#8937702)

I don't understand the downvotes. Phillips Screwdrivers are next to useless. Most "crossed" screw heads are Pozidriv, which is superior. Or is this an(other) America/Europe thing?

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by MrDom on Friday January 23, 2015 @07:11PM (#8938198)

I'm US based and I've been taking things apart for 25 years. I've seen hex, torq, hell nintendo used those weird Y screws for a while. Had to google Posidriv and I've never seen one of those used here. Everything is Phillips.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by eridius on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:49PM (#8937861)

I've never heard of Pozidriv before, but reading about it on Wikipedia it says "They can be unscrewed with a regular Phillips screwdriver". So it sounds like Phillips screwdrivers are still quite useful.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by omnibrain on Friday January 23, 2015 @06:34PM (#8938060)

It "sort of" works. A Pozidriv screwdriver will have better grip and if you apply too much force the PH screwdriver will possibly destroy your PZ screw head. (And vice versa).

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by eridius on Friday January 23, 2015 @06:37PM (#8938073)

Good to know. For context, as an American, I've definitely seen Pozidriv screws before (without knowing that they were a distinct screw type from Phillips), but there's also plenty of Phillips screws here too. I'm not sure offhand which is more common here.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by themodelplumber on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:31PM (#8937749)

Based on my immediate WTF IS POZIDRIV mental response, it must be another America/Europe thing. In my day-to-day American cheeseburger life I need phillips, flathead, maybe hex, and maybe torx. I carry a Victorinox Cadet because I cannot feel it on my person and it has the first two plus the pretty alox scales.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by cmsd2 on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:34PM (#8937771)

uk here. not sure i've ever seen a phillips screwdriver. we just use posidrive, but call it phillips all the same. i'm not old enough to remember pre-metric though.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by baconhigh on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:57PM (#8937903)

who said it's specifically for men?

Women can wear this too.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by jonsen on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:25PM (#8937722)

Intersexion.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by crimsonalucard on Friday January 23, 2015 @03:36PM (#8937105)

It's a watch band.

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by scarletham on Friday January 23, 2015 @03:41PM (#8937133)

“I began wearing prototypes myself to test comfort and usability, and to ask for feedback,” said Rivera. “Folks immediately associated the bracelet design with a watch and asked, where’s the watch? We decided to make a timepiece an optional part of the Tread.”

> optional part

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Re:Leatherman Tread, a New Wearable Multi-tool by kaonashi on Friday January 23, 2015 @03:48PM (#8937178)

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/36fj0t

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