SOG PowerLitre Mini Utility Multi-Tool - Black

About a year ago I got a SOG Powerpint. I really liked the compound leverage pliers AND the really smooth operation of deploying them; one could buy the tool just for that feature alone. But as time went on and I was looking for a way to upgrade and "smooth out' my EDC kit, I came across this SOG Powerlitre with a corkscrew. Well, I still have my Leatherman Juice that I bought years ago with its terrible corkscrew implementation (which with its undersized corkscrew, tore the centers out of corks without removing them), and which was one of the reasons for me buying it. The Powerlitre also has a corkscrew function, but on the one I just got, it had a few problems. 1) the corkscrew itself was bent in the center causing to not nest properly in the provided space (this was probably a return), and 2) the corkscrew would not enter the cork no matter how much pressure was applied. Upon closer examination, I found the tip of the corkscrew was parallel with the top surface of the cork. So, I straightened the bend in the corkscrew and then bent the tip so instead of being parallel with the cork surface, it was at about a 45-degree angle allowing it to penetrate the cork surface, and now it works more or less as designed. So, it your interest is in the corkscrew function, pls. note the above. Furthermore, in order to integrate the corkscrew function, apparently a tool or two needed to be removed and the serrated knife was removed. I, and many other reviewers, have found the newer package opener tool to be very desirable and in fact even though the PowerPint didn't have a dedicated package opener, I used the serrated blade for that function. So that brings us back to the tool set on the PowerLitre. In order to include the corkscrew function, I'm assuming something had to go, and we end up with no serrated blade, but we do have a hooked seat belt cutter. I don't know about all of you, but in my 60+ years of driving, I've never had the need to cut my seat belt to escape my car, but I open packages on average of one a day. I would certainly prefer a package opener tool over the hooked seat belt cutter. And finally, SOG has addressed the issue of hex bits, and or extensions, tending to work their way out of the very nice holder with the weak magnet between the handles when opened fully. In the Powerlitre, they did this by incorporating a curved metal piece with micro notches in it which can be swung over and hooked to the other side handle and keep the handles together so the 1/4" bit is securely retained. Well, I can testify that this thing is there, and if you can break it loose and swing it over, and push it down to engage, it will hold the bit more securely. Due to the stiffness of the installed retainer, this took me about 15 minutes to do, with a few abraded fingers and thumbs... but I did do it. These "nits" are something I would expect from some off-shore company just trying to get into the multi-tool business, not a well-established company like SOG.