Leatherman has added a new keychain multi-tool to their Style and Style CS lineup. Named the Style PS, the new multi-tool is considered travel-friendly since it does not have a knife blade.
Whereas the CS version has a large pair of scissors as the main tool, the PS version features small but handy spring-action mini-pliers with regular-style jaws, needlenose tips, and an added wire-cutting function.
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The Leatherman Style PS also features small folding scissors, a combination slotted/phillips screwdriver, tweezers, and a carabiner clip/bottle opener.
The Style PS looks like a decent mini multi-tool, for both everyday use and as a backup to take when travelling. Be careful, though – although the tool is advertised as being TSA-compliant, an overzealous TSA agent may still find reason to confiscate it.
MSRP is about $20.
If you’re looking for something similar that also features a knife blade, check out the Leatherman Squirt lineup.
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Joe 'the Pro' Sainz
Every TSA checkpoint I’ve ever been through wouldn’t have good things to say about it I’d bet. Maybe I’ll have to get one and try it.
Joe
my utilikey has gotten through every time I have flown for the last couple years.
Ethan@OPC
I was thinking the same as JTP. All it takes is some dim witted TSA employee who doesn’t really know the rules and you’re outta luck.
Stuart
It’s good to see TSA agents that are sharp and eagle-eyed, but they really should be allowed a certain level of discretion.
I’ve been allowed to travel with my extendable aluminum monopod and stainless steel travel mugs, but they confiscated and melted down a Craftsman bottle opener, saying it was too long of a tool.
Andrew
Wouldn’t want to risk taking it through security. I had a TSA approved laptop bag and security made me scan it anyways. TSA approved is meaningless because the TSA drones don’t care.
Andrew
Let me clarify.. I ran the laptop through the x-ray machine in it’s TSA approved case (with the bag opened as directed by the manufacturer..) they stopped it and took it out of the bag and put it in a bin anyways…
Oh well enough ranting.
Hans
Beware of smaller airports. I passed Amsterdam and Bangkok security without a problem but at Krabi (Thailand) security did not allow the Leatherman Style PS. Perhaps they were not properly briefed about it, or perhaps they were hoping for a ‘donation’. I don’t know. I went back and gave it to one of the airport cleaning crew. Never donate such to the security personnel.
PS Regarding security, on some international flights passengers get their dinner with a normal, metal knife and fork. Go figure.
Robert
It’s like George Carlin said; “Airport security is nothing more than for making white people feel safe.” The only person who can seem to get on the plane without a hassle, is the guy with the bomb. Heaven forbid however, if you’re the old lady trying to get through with your denture cream.
The TSA is the worst thing that ever happened to the airline industry. The stereotypical types who do it, are often the same types who don’t do well with a hint of authority. It goes directly to their head, and it really isn’t about security anymore. It’s more a game of harassment and general control.
You can’t make blanket statements about what the TSA will or will not accept. That’s because the individual “officers” are given way too much discretion. Those types of people need to work under well defined guidelines. As long as they have discretion, which they largely do, they can pretty much confiscate anything they wish. You therefore can’t make blanket statements such as so called; “TSA approved.”
Robert