Can Your Mult-Tool Define You? - By: Tom Huntington

What might your multi-tool say about your personality? You can tell a lot about a person by meditating on the items they choose to carry every day. For example, a walk through a woman’s purse can be quite revealing. A dirty, broken mirror might signify that owner doesn’t give much thought to her personal appearance. Or it could indicate a lack of self-confidence. Similarly, we can tell quite a bit about a person’s approach to life by considering what type of multi-tool you own.

Consider the following aspects of a multi-tool and what they may say about you:

If your multi-tool’s most important feature is its pliers, you may be extremely detail-oriented, wanting to clean up or pull out random nails, staples or hairs. You are meticulous, analytical and possibly a bit lonely, as few people can live up to your expectations.

If you carry one of the world’s few multi-tools, tactical-grade, you may have a savior complex. You like to help people. You are always prepared, always on time and always dependable. You only accept the best from those around you.

If you carry a backcountry multi-tool containing only a few select functions, you like to keep things simple. Good times, good company, good food, and good views - these are the things you live for. Landscapes call to you, and you feel most at home when you’re on the side of a mountain.

If you carry a folding fishing multi-tool, you may be more laid back, relaxed, and easy to be around. You may even be aloof and quiet for long stretches. Most of the time, you relish solitude.

If your multi-tool includes a bit set, you like to keep your options open. Sometimes, it may even be hard for you to make decisions. However, you do like to be prepared for anything.

If your multi-tool has an LED light on it, you are a gadget fanatic. You always have to have the latest dazzlingly designed tablet, laptop or music player. Due to your incessant focus on gathering more digital toys, your significant other might wonder whether you’re somehow stuck in childhood.

If you carry a micro tool box multi-tool, you may be a constant helper. When it comes to helping others, you just can’t say no. And you do get pleasure out of creating or fixing things with your hands.

If you have a retro Swiss Army multi-tool from the second World War, and you are fond of telling people about its provenance, you are probably a hipster. You both enjoy finding unique objects and pretend not to care much for the material world. You tell people you shop at Goodwill and yet you always seem to be wearing an incredibly timely, trendy tee. Your multi-tool (like the rest of your possessions) is yet another example of how you like to show your uniqueness by displaying off what you own.

Didn’t find your multi-tool? Convinced that the author is making unfounded judgments? Perhaps our exploration of the connection between multi-tools and a person’s demeanor has gone too far. One might even say that this entire exercise exemplified multi-tool-ism - the tendency to see people only by the multi-tools they happen to carry.

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