The issue is...what other multitool would you recommend? Because honestly Wave+ is pretty sturdy and I don't think there's much that are even more sturdy than that. Also you can turn it in and they'll repair it or send you a new one iirc. But as mentioned, I don't think there's anything else that would be more sturdy that that, at least as a multitool. You're probably harder on it than like most people who use the tool.

Unpopular opinion here but if you use something, hard, sometimes more than it was designed for it will break. I know ranch work that tool could be out 20 times a day doing 20 different things. BIFL should mean I treat it with kid gloves and only use it 1-2 times a year.

Dummy used wrong tool for job and is suprised it didn’t work…

Harrr harrr imma rancher and fix fences. Something something I work harder than you, something something take a stab at trucks.

We run these bad boys off shore in naval engineering and they do fine, saved our asses dozens of times. Even dismantled stanchions on a sail boat with two once to remove a dude in shock on a backboard. They work great, both Victorinox and Leatherman, gerber to a degree but much less hard use. For harder use I mostly bring a surge, but I digress.

So I guess yes, if you’re a stupid rancher who doesn’t understand the limitations of multi tools, and is too fat to waddle their ass to a box when they know they’re about to dick with work hardened steel, they aren’t the tool for you.

But if you’re anyone else who has a general understanding of tools, than a multitool can be a life saver.

For ranch work i would suggest you go with the Surge. I have a family friend with a cattle ranch in Wyoming who has had, and abused, a Surge for 6 years. He has only had to warranty it twice, but he does go through the wire cutters about once a month. As long as you use each aspect of the tools within reason the Surge will last a long time. The only reasons he had to warranty it were 1: he snapped the plain knife off by trying to pry with it. 2: he snapped the large flat head off by trying to pry with it. He has not snapped anything on it since I gave him a LynchNW pocket prybar. Having said all of this, the main plier head is starting to wobble a little, but not much yet.

Dude, if you're using electrical wire cutters to chop heavy gauge barbed wire, then no shit it's gonna break.

25 year warranty, I’d say that is buy it for life.

Doesn't Leatherman have a 25 year lifetime warranty?

Yeah I’m in the navy and this thing lasted me a year. Definitely not BIFL.

Are you trying to use it as an everything tool for every day? Why wouldn’t you buy the correct tool when doing reparative tasks. I’ve never had a leatherman fail on me or my family. Had mine for a decade before I lost it