SOG PowerAccess 2001-CP Stainless Steel Multi-Tool

Having used SOG products for years my expectations were very high. As I extracted it from the packaging I destroyed it and threw away. Minutes later I considered sending it back. I have several other Leatherman, SOG, Victorinox, and other multi-tools and they are all silver. This one is black. I thought I would give black a try. The first thing I noticed was my fingers getting black as I struggled to open the tools. Everything was either stuck or over tightened. The next thing I noticed was it is almost impossible to tread any engravings because of the black. I decided to give it a good WD-40 cleaning before addressing possible over tightening. I soaked it a while and wiped it down. I used a small tip screwdriver to pry open the individual tools and exercised them a lot in hopes to loosen them up. I made many discoveries. The wire cutter isn’t an edge to edge cutting tool but like scissors. There is a gap between the edges making it quite worthless. The tiny wire with flat head screw driver and phillips style are worthless too. The cross end wasn’t shaped correctly at all. The quarter inch driver has two small wires for two opposite edges. Torque force has to go into these tiny wires. Any socket put on it moves around loosely. The file teeth were filled with black and so much a lot was wiped from them. The knife was not sharp. The pliers never have become sufficiently smooth to want to use. I have a whole list of other bad observations but I won’t write more. I can not recommend this tool.