The subtle differences between multitools vs their intended applications and my experience with one.

For context: I made a bulletin about Multitools, including those talked about here in a prior blog post, available here.
Like it, this one's likely going to get long, so prep yourselves. Also it's going into a different caegory, because I'm gonna be talking about my experience so far, and there was no travel or specific places invloved.

First off

The comparison between a full sized and minature multitool

The two Tools I'm talking about are Roxon M2 and Roxon S801 Storm. S801 has been replaced by S801S, with better steel, wich is likely why someone on Poland's top commerce site decided to lower the OGs price by A HALF. Funnily enough it arrived in S801S packaging, but it did look like it was taken out of it's box, so I wouldn't trust that. It's also not mine, I got it for someone else and they've recieved it the same day, much to their joy. I did take a bunch of comparison photos, but the only one I actually used was the M2.
If at any point you don't exactly know what it is you're looking at, I'll try to add extra info upon hovering and stopping over photos for a bit.

Starting the comparison off - the included sheaths:
I've seen a lot of people praise Storm's, and in fact all of Roxon's Larger tools seaths be praised for the double vertical AND horizontal belt straps. Being able to pick how you want to wear it is always a nice bonus. Not pictured here - M2's seath only has one vertical strab, but that's mainly because there's no room for it. Because these images are not to scale.
So to put them into perspective here is the M2 and Storm next to one another and in my hands:

And since I'm already holding them here's how the knives on them look relative to the hand and each other:
And HERE is where the intricacies start. M2 being small and easy to carry is primarily optimised for "just in case" use, where's Storm is ment as an active tool, to be used regurarly and it shows here. M2s size doesn't allow it to have a kniofe large enough to be anyones sole blade, if they need to work with one, they put it in the smaller handle, ironically still giving it more room than it would otherwise have, due to how much space is taken up in the larger one (Wich I'll be showing shortly), but more over they don't try to push anything crazy - it's a blade, it locks, and you gett a couple compleentary tools to help you make up for it being small. Storm on the other hand Has a larger stature, thus more blade length, thus making the knife more viable, so it resides in and also takes up the entire width of the larger handle, something even much more reputable brands often fail to do. And it's important, because the wider the blade the more sharpening you can do before it's entirely used up - wich for a work tool might be A LOT.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. So before I start spewing any more, here are the (almost) complet tool sets of both tools, and where they are located:

And here is a comparison between how much room the pliers take up in each, as well as their size:
Wich I think is another great way to get the perspective of the scale. Technically speaking with the M2 the pliers you get are smaller byt take up a larger portion of the room in the handles.

Might as well talk about scissors right after pliers, right? Here's the comparison:
Scissors are to me one of the more important features of a multitool if you carry it around a town or in the city, more so than even the knife. And these are great, they could take on branches. Just beware the fact that live branches have the qulity of pushing the bades together. They can bind and damage themselves, more so than the wood would have done. Then again, these are kept together by a screw, so if you need to sharpen, or straighten them, you can just take them apart for that, or if you just need to tighten them - your job is gonna be easy. In any case there's enough material there to take a few adjustments.

As for the non-tightening implements - let's start with the humble bottle oppener:

And storms is stricktly superior. It opens effortlessly, and it orks across more than one impact and leverage point. Still of note - not all multitools opt to have their openers on the outside. Imagine bothering to unfold all or even just halfo of a whole multitool just to open a bottle. At this point just use it's outer shell. Or literally anything. Also of note i that M2's opener has a box openner on it's bottle oppener. This is of note because I made no comparison photo with Storms opener, and I wanted to point out that one has a hook-style box oppener and the other has one that can double as a fruit peeler or someting akin to a thic utility knife, wich could be used to aid the smaller knife.
Sticking with oppeners - Can oppeners.
You wouldn't think there'd be much to compare here, and I mean they do open the same way but Roxon does NOT. FEEL. THE. NEED. TO. RE-use. ANY. IMPLEMENTS. between the tools. And do notice, that the cutout is smaller on the M2, wich I would assume impacts both the leverage and ease of mounting, but I wouldn't know beause I literally never had to open a can using one of these. TBH, I might actually replace mine, since if I ever need to emergency ipen a can whose tab broke off I still have...
The reamer. Compared to he Storm's Awl here.
The reason I compare them, is because many multitools, including Victorinox defaults come with the combination of both. I do think it makes sense though and it comes back to the knives. Smaller, and softer (at least after the update) blade of the M2 certainly benefits from a more sturdy tool, for doing stuuf that's further from cutting and close to scraping, where's Storm has no such issues. I still find it's awl's single-puropose nature to be somewhat questionable. Not only because that's less functionality where there could've been more but also because that thing is as wide as the rest of it's tools, making punching through material harder than it needs to be, I'd imagine. Not that it matters that much, I just don't know why they would do it this way. Especially since they have a combo one on the Flash. I guess it's still better than the one on the Phantom, because that has an AWL with NO HOLE. And YES, I did njust name FOUR different implementation of a feature/features that most companires have a single, drop-'n-don't_care solution for it. And I'd say Roxon could benefit from doing the same, at least on the big tools.
Moving TF on - Files:
Ight. I'm gonna be real, this is likely the one feature Roxon will take L's when compared to most tools. Hardness ALWAYS maters for files, and Roxon doesn't even get to the de'facto standard there, at least outside of the knives. Even the Phantom's removable "main implement file" is below the hardness of a typical blade, especially the ones it comes with, BUT that is a diamond-coated file. And actually having it be removable means you can sharpen the tool itself, wich is amazing. It even has a groove for that. These are not diamond coated. These are just the de'facto standard cross cut. Does it matter that much? Probably not. What does matter is implementation, and by God there is no better tool to demonstarte the difference between te intended usecases for the two. M2's file comes topped by nail cleaner. Storm's comes topped with a chisle. And to be fair the soft steel will steel do amazingly for nails and wood, but DAMN, what a tangible way to tell wich enviroment each is ment for. ALSO, the back side - M2's file is thinner, having a backside cut would take material for it to keep itself together, wich wouldn't kame sense for it. Diamond coat would be agreat adition, especially for finishing p nails, since the cut is pretty heavy-duty but it is a budget tool. Other side of the Storm is a straight cut. Of note here, as picture on the third photo, the glass breake takes a bit from it's filing length. Not like that's too important.

SPEAKING OF glass breakers, I don't have a close-up photo on them, but Storm's is just very pointy steel, wich means you could theoretically use it to scratch/cut glass maybe. M2's is smooth, made with what the website describes as ceramic materials. It feels like a tiny polished gemstone, but I am not sure if they'd include that. It needs to be harer than glass though so I'm guessing it is. I will notify you if I ever get to find out.

Moving on to my favourite - SCREWDRIVERS:
First things first - Storm has a 1/4 inch Philips screwdriver as a base, transformable into 1/4 inch bit driver with an included adapter. M2 has a 4mm philips driver as a base, transformable into 4mm micro-bit driver with an adapter. They both come with a set of bits. And this is what made me get Roxon. Nextool has aminature that's lighter and has very comparable, in fact allegedly even slightly better scissors, but ONLY a 1 dimensional philips. That's it.
For context: What I consider a reasonable screwdriver setup on a tool is a philips, a flathead cpability, even if it's not intended (any flat surface that let's you use the tool as a handle) and then whatever screwdriver, bit or otherwise, that would be needed to disassemble the tool itself. I mean it's one thing to not include a screwdriver on the basis on it not being common enough to consider, but it quickly turns into quite another thing when you put those "not common enough" screws RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE USER. Victorinox and most knives styled after them get a pass, by not being made with screws at all. Meanwhile M2 is assembled using 2 different kinds, hex and Torx, and the scissor handle joint isn't a screw at all either. It only comes with the torx, but that can handle both, wich for a "just in case" tool is fine IMO. I would be a hypocrite if I didn't say so, with how many times I used torx drivers on hex screws.
The big deciding factor for me was the fact it was 4mm, wich is beter for eletronics - my main application for them, and the length of the base bit. When you've worked with as much cheap asian plastic outer cases for stuff, you know those screws can get VERY deep inside of them, and they are too tight for a bit driver. Having the option to not have it is honestly great. Sometimes.

One more comparison, and it's a weird one. Storm's saw has no equivalent on M2, but I did want to put it in context, so here it is:
Not much to say here, other than upon closer examination - I think it might be duller than them, but then again I think it's just that the saw on Storm is made specifically for use in both directions. IDK, I no longer have it to analyze. Either way the length is about the same as the big ones.

One last thing - when closing the pliers Storm's recease into their spot over time, meanwhile M2's expand to fill it. IDK what the difference maker is there, but I find it interesting.

Now for personal experience with the M2 over the past just about 6 days.

It starts with a fuckup I already alluded to it when mentioning branches. Yea I drove the blades into themselves and when trying to get rid of them biding damaged the outside a bit. the blades themselves seem to work weird now, but I know I'll be fixing that by disassembly in time to get back to uni, since I don't need scissors arount the countryside.

I think that the most telling about the usefullness of the tool was the one day I decided to not carry it. In the span of one work day I needed:

• Scissors or a knife (prefferably utiltity knife, sure, but I wouldn't complain either way) to cut through tape bundling a bunch of cables together
• pliers to tighten a screw on a new (used) truck battery.
• Pliers again for - I'm not quite sure anymore, with how long it took me to make this tbh, probably holding something thin to be worked on, but I could'nt tell you the exacts anyore

Either way the single MOST perspicuous sign I should start carrying it full time was wh n we went to take care of weeds on the field, and my wellingtons had something (a thorn in them) that was not allowing me to walk at borderline all. Because NOTHING screams YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHNG TO DO THIS WITH quite like having to use teeth on the underside of the boots people usually use to walk through natural fertiliser. Not ustho, the only animals we have are free-range chickens and it's not enough of a concern with them to use those with, for us, or me at least those are strictly used on the field, so don't worry. It was still pne hell of a message from I guess God.
As for carryig it, I did actually find today, that M2 fits damn near perfectly in the watch pocket, since I had to wear full trousers to the curch anyway. That of course means it leaves no room for a lighter wich in my case is of more use at curch. Not like the rest of my pockets is taken up by anything though.