Gerber 31-001134 vs Leatherman 833143

Buy the Gerber Dime, black, the title part 31-001134, when you want the micro tool the feature list counts as 10 tools and the folded-size cell calls 2.75 inches. Buy the Leatherman Skeletool CX, Guava, model 833143, UPC 037447017612, when you want the tool in the photo: coral handles, pliers, a blade, a bit, and a carabiner, with Skeletool CX on the handle. The Dime's model cell drops a zero. The Skeletool's feature bullets describe a different Leatherman, the ARC. Match the tool in your hand to the model, not to the stray paragraph.

Short version. A Signal and a Suspension are larger multi-tools with their own part numbers. A Classic SD and a Micra are the smaller pocket pair. A fixed blade and a locking folder are knives, not plier tools. Match 31-001134 or 833143 before you match the word multi-tool.

The Gerber title uses part 31-001134 and the words Dime and black. The model cell says 31-01134. That cell is missing a zero. 31-001134 and 31-01134 are not the same string. Write the number stamped on the tool. If it has the extra zero, the title won. If it matches the shorter cell, the title overshot. Do not reorder a search for 31-01134 and assume you will get this ASIN. The color cell says Black. The folded-size cell says 2.75 inches. The item-type line says GERBER DIME MICRO TOOL - BLACK. The GTIN is 00013658125551. The photo is a black Dime with pliers and scissors open, and the handles say GERBER and DIME.

The listing carries several UPCs: 803982905826, 013658125551, 061293963007, 013658157385, and 803982906236. Five barcodes on one micro tool mean the package era changed or the cell was copied from a family of Dimes. Scan the card you received. 013658125551 matches the GTIN's significant digits. The others need the package in front of you before you call them current. The feature list names 10 tools: needle-nose spring-loaded pliers, a wire cutter, a fine-edge blade, a retail-packaging opener, scissors, a medium flat driver, a crosshead driver, a bottle opener, tweezers, and a file. Count those ten. A review that says 12 is a different count. This card's list is the ten. There is no weight cell on this black card. Do not paste a weight onto it from somewhere else and call it the detail block.

A green Dime sibling, a different ASIN, uses a model cell 1027828 that is not a Gerber part in the 31-001134 family, and that sibling prints a closed length of 2.75, an overall length of 4.25, and a weight of 2.20 ounces. The closed length matches this card's folded-size cell. The weight and the 4.25 do not appear here. Leave them on the green card. Black, 31-001134, folded 2.75, ten named tools, is this listing. Spring-loaded pliers are the bullet. They are small. A micro tool is not a full-size plier, and the card does not claim it is. The blade is a fine edge, which is a knife. Local rules on pocket knives still apply. The card does not print a blade length in inches. Do not invent one.

The Leatherman title is a Skeletool CX in Guava, model 833143. The UPC is 037447017612. The color cell says Guava. The material cell says Stainless Steel. The folded-size cell says 4 inches. The included-components cell says MULTI-TOOL. The brand cell says Leatherman. The photo is a coral tool with the pliers open, a blade, a bit in the handle, a carabiner at the end, and the words LEATHERMAN and Skeletool CX on the handle. Guava is the color name for that coral. If the tool in the mail is black or olive, it is not this color cell. Stainless steel is the material cell. It does not print a steel grade for the blade on this card. The photo is the identity. The bullets are not.

The feature bullets fetched on this Guava card are ARC copy. They talk about the ARC's knife in MagnaCut, a 20-in-1, and FREE technology. The ARC is a different Leatherman with a different model number. MagnaCut and a 20-in-1 do not describe the Skeletool CX in the photo. That is the contradiction to keep. Do not buy 833143 because you wanted an ARC. Do not review the Guava CX as if it had 20 tools because a bullet said 20-in-1. An OD green Skeletool CX sibling, model 833137 on a different ASIN, has a comparison module that calls the Skeletool CX a 7-in-1 and lists 5.0 ounces. That module is not this Guava card's weight cell. Do not paste 5.0 ounces onto 833143 unless you are quoting the sibling. This card's own size cell says 4 inches folded. It does not print ounces.

An older listing that calls itself a Skeletool CX Onyx and uses a different ASIN shows a red Juice-style tool with a corkscrew in the product photo. That photo is not a Skeletool. It is the wrong tool on a confused listing. It is not the buy link here. 833143, Guava, UPC 037447017612, and a photo that actually says Skeletool CX, is the card. The carabiner in the photo is part of the CX shape. The bit in the handle is part of the CX shape. The ARC bullets mention neither in a way that matches this photo. Trust the handle stamp.

Who should buy the Dime, and who should buy the Skeletool?

Buy the black Dime if you want the 2.75-inch micro tool and the ten implements the feature list names, and if you will write 31-001134 and 31-01134 both down until you see the stamp. Buy it if a keychain tool is the job. Buy 833143 if you want the Guava Skeletool CX in the photo, folded size 4 inches, UPC 037447017612, and if you will ignore MagnaCut, FREE, and 20-in-1 because those words belong to the ARC. Buy the CX if you want pliers with a bit and a carabiner and you accept that this card does not print an ounce weight. Buy neither if you wanted the ARC, the Signal, the Suspension, or a red Juice a confused photo once showed.

Do not buy the Dime because a reviewer counted 12 tools. This card lists 10. Do not buy the green sibling's 2.20 ounces as the black tool's weight. Do not buy the OD green CX's 5.0 ounces as the Guava tool's weight. Weigh them if the pack weight matters. The cards you are ordering did not print those ounces.

What the black Dime is actually for

This card is one black micro multi-tool. The ten names are the job: small pliers with a spring, a cutter, a blade, a package opener, scissors, two drivers, a bottle opener, tweezers, and a file. That is a repair kit for a pack, a fishing reel screw, or a splinter, not a camp saw and not a full-size plier. The folded 2.75 inches is the pocket claim. The card does not print an open length. The green sibling's 4.25 is not yours to quote. Spring-loaded pliers are the bullet that matters when the jaws are small. They still will not replace a 6-inch plier. The retail-packaging opener is a specific name, not a second blade. Count it once.

Five UPCs are the reorder hazard. Use the GTIN 00013658125551 and the title part 31-001134, then confirm the stamp. A Dime in another color is a different card. Black is this color cell. The photo's patent line, if you can read one on the tool, is a molding mark, not a model number. Do not reorder a patent number. The fine-edge blade is sharp. Close it before it goes back in a pocket. The card does not print a lock type. Do not claim a liner lock or a slipjoint the detail block did not name. Look at the tool. The scissors are small. They are the card's scissors, not trauma shears.

What the Guava Skeletool CX is actually for

This card is one Guava Skeletool CX, model 833143. The photo shows the CX parts: pliers, a blade, a bit, a carabiner, and a skeletonized handle that says Skeletool CX. The folded-size cell says 4 inches, which is larger than the Dime's 2.75. The material cell says stainless steel. The included cell says multi-tool, which is a category word, not a packing list of bits. If a bit is missing, the photo's bit is what you expected and the included cell will not help you prove it. The ARC bullets are the failure. MagnaCut, 20-in-1, and FREE technology are a different product's copy left on this listing's feature list. Ignore them. If the blade steel matters, read the blade, not the ARC sentence. This card does not print 154CM in the cells used here. Do not add it from memory of the CX family and call it this detail block.

Guava is a color, not a flavor and not a size. The UPC 037447017612 is the reorder string when a search returns every Skeletool color. Model 833137 is the OD green sibling. Model 833143 is Guava. A black Onyx listing that shows the wrong tool is not a color variant you should accept. The carabiner is for a clip, not for a climbing fall. Nothing on this card certifies the carabiner as climbing hardware. Do not clip it into a harness and call it a locker. The sports helmet article is a different subject. This carabiner is a pocket clip shape on a multi-tool.

How to carry them without mixing the two jobs

Clip the Dime where a 2.75-inch tool fits. Do not ask the micro pliers to twist a bolt the CX bit was meant to turn. The ten-tool list is the work. If a driver tip folds under a screw, you are past the tool. The blade and the scissors need the same care as any small edge. Dry the tool. The card does not print a stainless grade for the Dime, so do not claim one. Black oxide or a coating, if the photo looks coated, is a finish. The color cell only says Black.

Carry the CX if you want the larger folded 4-inch tool and the bit. Change the bit only with a bit the handle accepts. The card does not print a bit kit count because the included cell just says multi-tool. One bit in the photo is the visual. Do not expect the ARC's tool count. Do not hang the carabiner from a haul loop and load it like a climbing carabiner. Close the blade before the tool goes in a pocket. Local knife rules still apply to the blade, whatever the multi-tool category says. Neither card is a firearm and neither card is a kitchen set.

What actually fails on these two cards

The Dime card fails when 31-01134 is reordered and a different tool arrives, or when 31-001134 is treated as a typo you can ignore without looking at the stamp. It fails when five UPCs are treated as five tools in the box. The piece is one tool. It fails when a reviewer count of 12 replaces the card's list of 10. It fails when 2.20 ounces and 4.25 inches from the green sibling are assigned to the black card. It fails when the patent molding is used as the part number.

The Skeletool card fails when the ARC bullets are believed. MagnaCut, 20-in-1, and FREE technology are not the photo. It fails when 5.0 ounces and 7-in-1 from the OD green sibling's comparison module are pasted onto 833143 as if this card had printed them. It fails when a red Juice photo on a different ASIN is accepted as an Onyx Skeletool. It fails when Guava is treated as interchangeable with every CX color. It fails when the carabiner is described as climbing-rated. The card does not say that. It fails when the included cell MULTI-TOOL is read as a list of twenty implements.

What this comparison is not

This is not a review of the Leatherman ARC. The bullets wandered in from that tool. This is not a review of the Signal, the Suspension, the Micra, or the Classic SD. Those have their own articles. This is not a blade-steel laboratory report. This card does not print a grade you can quote for the Guava CX. This is not a price quote. Use the buttons for the live listing. This is not a weight contest. Neither of these two cards prints ounces. This is not a claim about which tool is stronger. The cards do not print a test load.

So which tool should you buy?

Buy the Gerber if you want the black Dime, a 2.75-inch fold, and the ten tools the feature list names, and if you will reconcile 31-001134 with the model cell 31-01134 on the stamp. Buy the Leatherman if you want Guava model 833143, the Skeletool CX in the photo, a 4-inch fold, and you will throw out the ARC bullets. Buy neither if you wanted twenty tools, a printed ounce weight, or a climbing carabiner. The handle stamp is the decision.

SensiblePrepper's film, "Gerber Dime Micro Multi-Tool Review: 7 Years Later," shows a Dime. It does not show the Guava Skeletool CX. The reviewer counts the tool differently from this card's list of 10 and states a weight and an open length this black card does not print. Use the clip for a look at the Dime's size. Do not use it as a measurement of model 833143, and do not import the reviewer's price talk. No price belongs in this comparison.