Leatherman 74103003 Juice KF4

by Leatherman

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Amazon.com Review

Code-named Solar, the Juice KF4 from Leatherman packs 14 very cool tools into one compact, metallic yellow, anodized-aluminum body. Only 3-1/4 inches long, and weighing a mere 5-1/2 ounces, the Solar truly is small enough to carry comfortably in your pocket. Like other Leatherman tools, the Solar butterflies open to expose the needle-nose pliers/wire cutters/wire stripper, with access to three flat-head screwdrivers, a Philips driver, and a lanyard attachment. The tool's handles harbor additional tools: a saw, an awl, a diamond-coated file, a ruler, a serrated knife, and a straight knife. When it's time to work, the Solar positively snaps into the open position. The individual tools are made of high-grade stainless steel. The Juice multitools do lack the blade-locking mechanism found on Leatherman's Wave, but the blades click crisply in place and hold securely. Like all the Juice models, the Solar makes a snazzy gift for technophiles and gadget lovers alike. --Jon Groebner

Product Description

Includes the following tools: Needlenose Pliers, Straight Knife, Wire Cutters, Hard-Wire Cutters, Extra-Small Screwdriver, Small Screwdriver, Med / Lrg Screwdriver, Phillips Screwdriver, Lanyard Attachment, Saw, Awl, Serrated Knife, Diamond File. RulerWhy should you buy a Leatherman Juice? Quality, durability, precision and attention to detail are the standard for all Leatherman products. With its compact size, smooth lines and contoured shape, the Juice fits your busy life. Each tool's fresh contemporary color will brighten your day, and you'll love having quick access to your favorite blades. Freedom and convenience are what Juice is all about. The Juice KF4 - Solar Yellow is full of bright ideas. Luminescent outer panels of yellow or gray anodized aluminum enclose pliers, wire cutters, and four screwdrivers, as well as a saw, awl and diamond-coated file. The KF4 gives you a choice of a straight knife blade or serrated. With a slightly thicker size, it also provides a handy ruler and comes with a lanyard attachment. The KF4 is covered by the Leatherman 25-year warranty.

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 1 x 1 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000059GTO
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 74103003
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,243 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet!, June 29, 2002

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leatherman 74103003 Juice KF4 (Tools & Home Improvement)

I'd been lusting after a Leatherman Micra for a while (I have a collection of pocket knives and I am perpetually on a quest for the Perfect Folding Utility Knife.) Is this The ONE?

The patented design includes a fold-out pliers--you bend down the two sides and out pops a very useful set. And there are two wire cutters--one for hardened wire and one for soft. The blades include a pretty good saw (I used it to gnaw off a small centimeter-thick dead branch on a tree.)

Here's a complete list of the tools:

Needlenose Pliers
Straight Knife
Wire Cutters
Hard-Wire Cutters
Extra-Small Screwdriver
Small Screwdriver
Med / Lrg Screwdriver
Phillips Screwdriver
Lanyard Attachment
Saw
Awl
Serrated Knife
Diamond File
Ruler

I keep this little gadget in my pocket all the time at home, to take care of this and that around the house and also to prevent my spouse from swiping it. His eyes gleamed when I unpacked it, but I'm keeping it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Middleweight, September 27, 2004

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Thomas Zachary (West Hills, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leatherman 74103003 Juice KF4 (Tools & Home Improvement)

First off, the guy that wrote the review titled "More expensive with fewer features", has no idea what he's talking about. Plastic? Where?!! The colorful sides are anodized aluminum. They are not structural and make the tools feel great in your hand. And like all Leatherman's, all of the tools are first class and open and click into place beautifully. The juice models are a nice middle size between the micra and the full blown larger models. It's not too big to carry in your pocket, and not too small to do some really useful work. I currently have the Juice S2 and am looking to get this model for Backpacking. The addition of the file, saw, awl, and serrated blade for only 26 more grams over the S2 is outstanding. And no, I don't work for Leatherman, but I do love quality tools. You can't go wrong buying this tool.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars kf4, a backpacker ideal, July 28, 2006

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dannyp "at projectdp dot com" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leatherman 74103003 Juice KF4 (Tools & Home Improvement)

This product is great I've already used it on a camping trip!

About the casing: I've had a leatherman squirt p4 for about 2 years on my keychain. I use it just about every other day for some small thing or another. I can say that the casing is not cheap plastic, and to affirm another reviewer it is anodized aluminum. Both the squirt p4 and juice kf4 have the same casing and after 2 years of constant abuse there is some wear on the anodization after many drops of my keys, and random projects. The wear is relatively minimal to how hard I have used this little tool (squirt p4). I'm not worried the slightest about the kf4 being damaged by falls or scratching from stuff in pockets or a backpack. It's not a delicate tool, and neither is the squirt p4.

Build quality: I noticed that the awl sits above one of the blades and holds it in place somewhat, the only time I feel that it isn't perfectly sturdy is when the awl is extended and the closed blade has the slightest play.

One engineering oddity is the difficulty of using this tools' lanyard loop for a keychain/lanyard. I find it difficult to pull the loop out and resorted to using my p4 to fish it out. Maybe after some use this loop will be more easily removed. For the time being, I am not using the loop. The kf4 is too big for my keychain. It's slightly different from the squirt p4 in that the loop must be extended from the inside, whereas the squirt p4 has the loop out by default. It all makes sense but personally I can live without the loop on the kf4.

Attention to detail with this tool's build is amazing. I didn't realize until I was playing with this tool more, that each blade has a different feel on the outside of the knife when it's completely closed. Basically without looking at the tool, by touch only, one can identify which type of blade is on each part of the tool. The back of each blade has a distinct feel that lets the user know what they're touching. Example: the saw has a ripple, whereas the straight blade has a distinctive edge.

The pliers were handy in a situation that required a fix to my old 70's backpack frame. I had to cut a thick ring to repair the strap holding pin, and bend it to fit. The wire cutter jaw worked perfectly in this situation too.