Gerber SUCKS!

UnaClocker · 03-25-2001, 07:00 PM

You know, Joe did an article on Gerber multitools. I just want to cover the other side of the story.. I've had 2 of them break on me. The first one was mildly understandable, my friend was using it as a hammer at the time. This one WASN'T understandable:

Here we have the broken Gerber

Here we have what it did to my hand when I was squeezing really hard on it and it closed rapidly as the jaw sheared off!
What the hell? I'm looking for the made in China or Made in Taiwan sticker on this POS. If ANYONE knows the email address of this company, let me know.

[ 10-20-2001: Message edited by: UnaClocker ]

Joe · 03-25-2001, 08:09 PM

Shit man, I have used mine to pry stuff, hammer stuff, Bend stuff, cut stuff, break stuff, and out of the 3 I have owned not one has as much as gotten a bent tool, and I beat the crap outta them!

Shit I stood on mine to hold something in place for someone already...

How the hell you break yours, just squeezing?

you should stop buying pliers from that guys trunk

UnaClocker · 03-25-2001, 08:15 PM

hehe.. You have 3.. Man, send me one..

hehe..

Joe · 03-25-2001, 09:23 PM

Ive HAD 3, first 2 were stolen at job sites

UnaClocker · 03-25-2001, 09:34 PM

Ahh, man, I lost my first one on the job several times, people would hunt me down to give it back.. It was weird!

Microsoft · 03-26-2001, 12:35 AM

ive had 2 do that on me also and there located in edmonds wash http://www.gerberblades.com/

Microsoft · 03-26-2001, 01:02 AM

hey that dont look like a tool wound what where you really doing??????????

Alives · 03-26-2001, 04:17 AM

Ive never seen anything like that... Ive had a leatherman and a gerber multipliers for ages now and i dont think i could go on living without either one. Actually all I use are these tools, and a really nice phillips head screwdriver.

UnaClocker · 03-26-2001, 01:53 PM

Ok, here's a shot of the broken metal..

See a problem here? 3 different types of metal there.. WTF?! I could cast metal better than that myself! No wonder it snapped when I was just squeezing it!

[ 10-20-2001: Message edited by: UnaClocker ]

Joe · 03-26-2001, 01:57 PM

could ya get a better pic?

talk to gerber there are warrantys on them.

UnaClocker · 03-26-2001, 02:12 PM

I can't find a single email address for gerber.. I guess their a division of Fiskars tho.. I would definately like to get ahold of them. And no, I can't get a better picture, It's extremely hard to focus on something the size of my fingertip..

sulphurlad · 03-26-2001, 08:44 PM

I've broke two of them, and never had a problem with getting them warrantied. But I bought mine from a plumbing supply house, all I had to do was walk-in and throw it at my inside salesmen and scream a little bit, okay, a lot. just kidding. Funny but I would be lost without my Multi Tool and my Palm on a job site.

sulphurlad · 03-26-2001, 08:54 PM

Just found out that you can order a fully customized mulitool, way cool, and cool colors.

Gerber

UnaClocker · 03-26-2001, 09:04 PM

Yeah, I saw that page.. Zip zero nada for contact information..

sulphurlad · 03-26-2001, 11:12 PM

I'll ask my inside sails guy for a contact.

UnaClocker · 03-26-2001, 11:23 PM

Sweet, thanks.

Microsoft · 03-27-2001, 01:26 AM

http://www.gerberblades.com/questions.html#repair

man took me under a min to find this , you guys are lazy

UnaClocker · 03-27-2001, 02:10 AM

Stop being such an ass Microsloth.

UnaClocker · 03-27-2001, 03:12 AM

Ok, the gerber goes out in the morning.

Thanks for the hookup, but you do have an attitude problem.

Freakyfrank · 03-30-2001, 05:42 AM

what do u expect from somebody who calls himself Microsoft

no offence

Microsoft · 03-30-2001, 09:13 AM

nope no attitude , if it takes me a min to find then i say at least max 5 min for you. no attitude at all if i had one youd still be looking for it

UnaClocker · 04-15-2001, 11:25 PM

My new gerber arrived this weekend. My only complaint is that I sent in a needle nose model, and they returned a snub nose model. Ahh well, it's nice to not have to buy a whole new one on Ebay.

You can still see the mark it left on my hand, if you look really close.

03-25-2001, 07:00 PM	#1
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Gerber SUCKS! You know, Joe did an article on Gerber multitools. I just want to cover the other side of the story.. I've had 2 of them break on me. The first one was mildly understandable, my friend was using it as a hammer at the time. This one WASN'T understandable: Here we have the broken Gerber Here we have what it did to my hand when I was squeezing really hard on it and it closed rapidly as the jaw sheared off! What the hell? I'm looking for the made in China or Made in Taiwan sticker on this POS. If ANYONE knows the email address of this company, let me know. [ 10-20-2001: Message edited by: UnaClocker ] __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-25-2001, 08:09 PM	#2
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Shit man, I have used mine to pry stuff, hammer stuff, Bend stuff, cut stuff, break stuff, and out of the 3 I have owned not one has as much as gotten a bent tool, and I beat the crap outta them! Shit I stood on mine to hold something in place for someone already... How the hell you break yours, just squeezing? you should stop buying pliers from that guys trunk __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

03-25-2001, 08:15 PM	#3
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	hehe.. You have 3.. Man, send me one.. hehe.. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-25-2001, 09:23 PM	#4
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Ive HAD 3, first 2 were stolen at job sites __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

03-25-2001, 09:34 PM	#5
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Ahh, man, I lost my first one on the job several times, people would hunt me down to give it back.. It was weird! __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-26-2001, 12:35 AM	#6
Microsoft Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 286	ive had 2 do that on me also and there located in edmonds wash http://www.gerberblades.com/ __________________ Moderator: www.procooling.com take a pill then Aki in Leather: http://www.tenarrus.com/kcdms/akiinleder001.jpg

03-26-2001, 01:02 AM	#7
Microsoft Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 286	hey that dont look like a tool wound what where you really doing?????????? __________________ Moderator: www.procooling.com take a pill then Aki in Leather: http://www.tenarrus.com/kcdms/akiinleder001.jpg

03-26-2001, 04:17 AM	#8
Alives Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 228	Ive never seen anything like that... Ive had a leatherman and a gerber multipliers for ages now and i dont think i could go on living without either one. Actually all I use are these tools, and a really nice phillips head screwdriver.

03-26-2001, 01:53 PM	#9
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Ok, here's a shot of the broken metal.. See a problem here? 3 different types of metal there.. WTF?! I could cast metal better than that myself! No wonder it snapped when I was just squeezing it! [ 10-20-2001: Message edited by: UnaClocker ] __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-26-2001, 01:57 PM	#10
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	could ya get a better pic? talk to gerber there are warrantys on them. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

03-26-2001, 02:12 PM	#11
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	I can't find a single email address for gerber.. I guess their a division of Fiskars tho.. I would definately like to get ahold of them. And no, I can't get a better picture, It's extremely hard to focus on something the size of my fingertip.. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-26-2001, 08:44 PM	#12
sulphurlad Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orlando,FL Posts: 15	I've broke two of them, and never had a problem with getting them warrantied. But I bought mine from a plumbing supply house, all I had to do was walk-in and throw it at my inside salesmen and scream a little bit, okay, a lot. just kidding. Funny but I would be lost without my Multi Tool and my Palm on a job site. __________________ Went to smoke crack.....Be back in 3 days

03-26-2001, 08:54 PM	#13
sulphurlad Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orlando,FL Posts: 15	Just found out that you can order a fully customized mulitool, way cool, and cool colors. Gerber __________________ Went to smoke crack.....Be back in 3 days

03-26-2001, 09:04 PM	#14
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Yeah, I saw that page.. Zip zero nada for contact information.. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-26-2001, 11:12 PM	#15
sulphurlad Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orlando,FL Posts: 15	I'll ask my inside sails guy for a contact. __________________ Went to smoke crack.....Be back in 3 days

03-26-2001, 11:23 PM	#16
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Sweet, thanks. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-27-2001, 01:26 AM	#17
Microsoft Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 286	http://www.gerberblades.com/questions.html#repair man took me under a min to find this , you guys are lazy __________________ Moderator: www.procooling.com take a pill then Aki in Leather: http://www.tenarrus.com/kcdms/akiinleder001.jpg

03-27-2001, 02:10 AM	#18
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Stop being such an ass Microsloth. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-27-2001, 03:12 AM	#19
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Ok, the gerber goes out in the morning. Thanks for the hookup, but you do have an attitude problem. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

03-30-2001, 05:42 AM	#20
Freakyfrank Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Eindhoven, Holland Posts: 238	what do u expect from somebody who calls himself Microsoft no offence __________________ OC'ing is my middlename

03-30-2001, 09:13 AM	#21
Microsoft Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 286	nope no attitude , if it takes me a min to find then i say at least max 5 min for you. no attitude at all if i had one youd still be looking for it __________________ Moderator: www.procooling.com take a pill then Aki in Leather: http://www.tenarrus.com/kcdms/akiinleder001.jpg

04-15-2001, 11:25 PM	#22
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	My new gerber arrived this weekend. My only complaint is that I sent in a needle nose model, and they returned a snub nose model. Ahh well, it's nice to not have to buy a whole new one on Ebay. You can still see the mark it left on my hand, if you look really close. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

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