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A multitool is a necessity, but Leatherman tools are so ludicrously expensive that it's insulting. Amazon has a great one by Wetols, that has lots of options, is built out of heavy duty steel, has an easy blade locking mechanism, a case with driver bits, and even has the blades on the outside, so you don't have to open it to use one.
Easily the best multitool I've ever owned, and it is only about $19.
I think if you use them pretty hard, Leatherman becomes more reasonable, as I’ve used their lifetime warranty twice in five years, and will probably have this thing for another decade or two. No other multitool I’ve owned has stood up to how I use them, so their price is really justified for a get-out-of-the-shit tool for my use case. That said, I bought an Amazon one with extremely similar functionality for my mate’s kid recently for about £20, and it’s really impressive. For most people I guess that would last long enough to make the warranty a non-issue, and it will definitely do 9/10ths of what a Leatherman will