Gerber  Stakeout Drive Multi-Tool

This fixes most issues I had with the Stakeout and Stakeout Spark. The pliers are nothing to write home about but they are certainly smooth. The spring on the carabineer is tougher than any carabineer style mulitool I've ever handled. Normally I don't love dedicated files on my multitools but this one is pretty robust, 3 sided, and the tip is a pretty hearty (for a multitool) chisel. The knife on this appears to be the same as the other versions of Stakeout, they have machine marks still on them, I hate this but over time with sharpening (or if you're up for regrinding) this is pretty much only a cosmetic issue. The screwdriver is a little chunky on this thing but it does have "Drive" in the name, having a somewhat center-aligned locking 1/4 inch bit driver on a tool named for it isn't really something I can knock points off for. The scissors aren't Leatherman quality, you might get a tough time cutting really tough synthetic fibers, but I only need scissors capable of making small cuts in natural fiber so this isn't an issue for me. As far as improvements I could see being made on this thing, the scissors, pocket clip, and bit storage kinda jump out at me as problematic. The pocket clip is right on top of the scissors, which wouldn't be a problem but the scissors are the toughest exterior tool to deploy (requiring the most force) and (if you're using your right hand) it is deployed with the forefinger instead of the thumb - they're also the only tool that doesn't lock open. In my opinion, the best solution for this would be switching the locations of the driver and scissors and moving the pocket clip over the file instead considering the file takes the least force to deploy and typically you have both hands free to open a file when you're using one. In other words, the scissors are way too hard to open when there are other obvious options with less drawbacks. As for the bit storage, its placement seems somehow simultaneously insecure yet hard to reach. Unless you have small hands, grabbing that bit (especially if the exposed half is angled like a philips head) requires you to open the tool, pretty inconvenient when the bit is right there outside the tool looking at you and the bit driver is just as exposed. And it's not like the frame truly blocks the bit from coming out when closed, if your fingers are small enough or you have a more grippy bit exposed (like torx) you can slip it right out. My improvement would be to either make the bit more exposed so most people can actually grab it without opening the tool up or to make it less exposed so it's less likely to get lost because as it stands now it's an insecure yet inaccessible failure of a design compromise. I wish they put pliers on this that took replaceable cutters and I both wish they would and truly believe they could fit tweezers on this in a similar way they do on the original Stakeout. More colors would also be cool. Overall, I prefer a pretty specific toolset from my multitools and this one has that plus some pretty sweet extras in a design I really enjoy. There is room for improvement but everything works well enough for my liking. I would describe this as an urbanized Stakeout Spark that actually uses its outside tools correctly (as opposed to a stake puller and nothing on one side of the Spark, like, c'mon).