PROTOCOL Equipment 92694 Plumber's Utility Knife with Tubing Cutter

Good price, decent quality. Comes with a belt loop case which is nice. A little hard getting the blades folded back in but I mainly need the pliers - no need at all for the bootle and can openers or the fingernail file which add bulk and weight. A bit heavy to carry around all day.

I like it

pretty neat and handy little tool for drywall work.

Decent utility knife until you want to refill it with standard utility knife blades.Standard blades are slightly longer than the “PROTOCOL” blades that come with the unit and slightly larger that the compartment that holds the blades.I tried looking for the “PROTOCOL” brand blades and they’re nowhere to be found. So... once you run out of the factory blades, it becomes a single load knife instead of the advertised auto load utility knife.Wasted my money!!!For this, I give it ⭐️

hard getting open

This tool is unique! Think box cutter meets swiss army knife!!! I have organized this review in three sections to help other potential buyers. The first section will cover the overall tool (casing, design) and the last two sections will cover the two tools within the one tool.Overall Tool Quality:I give the overall tool quality 5 stars. The tool has a black painted metal casing all around. It weighs 9.5 ounces and feels great in my hand. Notches are carefully placed in the housing to provide for a great feel and wonderful ergonomics. I dropped this tool a few times (not on purpose). Once it hit a hard wood floor and the other time it landed on hard compacted dirt and bounced off a rock. With both drops the tool still looks new (I can't say as much about my wood floor that now has a dent in it). This tool is constructed very well in a day of poor craftsmanship.Box Blade:I give the box blade 5 stars. The box blade is engaged by holding down a red button and pushing the depressed button laterally towards the end of the knife. I like the added safety feature of the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism works to lock the blade closed and open making it easy to cut tough objects without the fear of the blade collapsing in. It comes with replacements blades that are straight on one side and serrated on the other. The replacement blades are conveniently stored in the tool as well behind a spring loaded locking compartment.Bypass Pruner:I give the bypass pruner 3 stars. The bypass pruner is good for cutting small branches but in my tests was not good at cutting anything greater than an inch in diameter. The position of the top lever of the bypass pruner is not ergonomic. I can see this being a potential problem if you are cutting a lot. After cutting ten branches of varying sizes my thumb was sore. Yes I said thumb! This pruner is not a typical bypass pruner that uses you entire hand. Due to the compact nature of it the pruner had to be built in a way that used your fingers where with dedicated tools you would use your hand.Overall:For general basic use I give this tool 4.5 stars. The box cutter is perfect! The pruner is an added benefit for quick jobs. I could see myself using this a lot for grafting trees in the orchard. The box blade will allow for the finer cuts needed to create the graft while the bypass pruner will allow me to make the hard cuts needed.To be clear I received this product for free in exchange for my honest review. This compensation in no way swayed my opinion. This will be a valuable tool in my backyard orchard.

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Used on just one job removing carpet from q patio. The blade will not stay in place. Worn out already.