Is the Gerber Shard Keychain Tool worth buying?

Save the $10 — if you need a keychain tool, the Leatherman Style PS does the job properly and isn’t much bigger. Building out a dad everyday carry kit doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. Start with the stuff that solves actual problems you’ve already run into — for most dads, that’s a way to power your phone, a tool for small fixes, and something to handle a kid’s inevitable encounter with a sharp sidewalk edge. Add things one at a time and give each one a few weeks before deciding if it earns its spot. Rosie now checks my bag before we leave the house and has opinions about what belongs in it, which is either adorable or mildly alarming depending on the day. If you’ve got an everyday carry item that’s made your dad life genuinely easier, drop it in the comments — I’m always looking for things to test, and Rosie is always looking for things to review. We’ve been wrong before (see: the Gerber Shard), and we’ll probably be wrong again, but that’s what this blog is for.

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