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Not only is looking through their pockets this way super interesting, but it's also a great way to find really cool gear you never even knew existed (yet somehow, suddenly need…).
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Gear with the most views and clicks climbs its way to the top of this feed and lets the EDC community know what's trending right this second.
While the usefulness and performance of larger multi-tools shouldn't be questioned, sometimes you just want to stay prepared without worrying about making room for a larger tool. Coming in as April's 10th entry, the Squirt PS4 comes in at 2.25” and 2 ounces, and you can toss it on your keychain and still have access to a full suite of 9 EDC-focused functions. This includes a knife and scissors, various drivers, and of course, a miniature set of Leatherman's signature pliers. The Squirt also comes in a variety of colors to match your EDC's aesthetic perfectly.
The Casio G-Shock GWN-1000B-1AJF Gulfmaster joins the brand’s top-of-the-line “Master of G” line, and it comes straight from the Premium Production Line assembly facility in Japan. This solar-powered model includes features designed for those that spend their time in the water, but can it can easily transition into the everyday fully-featured watch role. It brings significant wrist presence at 45mm, but smart lug design lets the Gulfmaster hug your wrist despite its size and 17mm thick case. The analog-digital display works with the smart crown and two side buttons to access the different functions, including world time, stopwatch, timer, and a moon and tide graph. Multi Band 6 atomic timekeeping ensures that your time is calibrated, regardless of where you take the Gulfmaster. Finally, the onboard Triple Sensor gives you altimeter, barometer, and compass features, helping you prepare for your everyday adventures.
Victorinox's 58 mm tools are some of the best options for keychain or backup EDC, with a robust variety of tools and models that let you dial in what you need most in your day. Last month's 8th most popular item is the the Rambler which comes with 10 functions, including a knife, scissors, combo bottle opener and Philips screwdriver, and Victorinox's ever-useful tweezers and toothpick slotted within the signature red scales. True to its name, the Rambler is the perfect addition to an outdoor ramble or weekend getaway EDC, while still compact and easy to carry enough to deal with everyday tasks.
The Spyderco Chaparral incorporates the brand’s classic design features in a lightweight lockback format that has stood the test of time. The textured laminated carbon fiber scales on the handle sheaths Spyderco's iconic leaf-shaped blade, ground from high hardness and corrosion resistant CTS-XHP steel. At 2.81" long and with a cutting edge of 2.28", the blade features a full flat grind for enhanced slicing performance. It's deployed using the brand's trademark Round Hole, offering great purchase for your thumb even while gloved. In hand, the 0.34" thin handle features a shape that, together with the jimping on the blade spine and the finger choil, provide a strong grip during use. For blade retention and retraction, the Chaparral uses a traditional lockback design for reliability, strength, and weight savings. Last but not least, it uses Spyderco’s minimalist reversible wire clip, which combined with the lockback mechanism, allows full ambidextrous operation.
The Fenix LD02 V2 measures in at a very pocket friendly 3.6” long, 0.5” diameter, and weighs only 24 grams without a battery. It uses anodized aluminum for the main body of the light, but sports stainless steel at the business end for impact resistance. The first of many of the LD02 V2's unique design cues is its stainless steel push button assembly at the rear of the light, giving a robust and premium feel in hand. A snug, stainless steel pocket clip rounds out the build, letting you carry it in your shirt pocket or in the admin panel of a bag or EDC pouch like you would a pen. Unlike most EDC lights, the LD02 V2 features both a 90-CRI warm white CREE XQ-E HI emitter for general use and a 200mW UV light for specialized tasks like checking currency. The main warm white emitter puts out up to 70 lumens on High, 25 lumens on Medium, and 1 lumen on Low for 75 hours off a single alkaline or NiMH AAA battery.
The Seiko SNZG15 is the brand’s stalwart model that continues to trend on our charts and comes in on the 5th spot for April. With a case width of 42mm made to fit 22mm straps, its size hearkens back to the original military-issue field watches. The high contrast watch face and clear 12 and 24-hour time scales combine with luminous paint on the indices to give you a watch that’s always easy to tell time on, no matter the light conditions. The stainless steel case is water resistant to 100 meters, and pairs with a scratch-resistant Hardlex crystal. Through the clear caseback, you can see its mechanical heart: Seiko’s Cal. 7S36 automatic movement, a workhorse design used in many of their popular dive watches. This self-winding movement removes the need for a battery and has 41 hours of power reserve when fully wound.
Despite its age the Micra still holds up today as an invaluable keychain tool thanks to its useful complement of tools, scissors-based butterfly design, and sturdy construction all in a compact package. Most other butterfly-style multi-tools sized for your keychain feature a set of pliers as their main tool, but not everyone can get much use out of pliers at that size. Scissors, however, come in handy for all sorts of daily cutting tasks in a more discreet way than pulling out your dedicated EDC blade. With that said, the Micra still comes equipped with a small penknife, a nail file and cleaning tool, screwdrivers, a bottle opener, a ruler, and even a set of tweezers. And like all Leatherman tools, the Micra is made in the USA and backed by a 25-year limited lifetime warranty.
CRKT’s secret to the ever-popular Squid is getting its key features—size, weight, and price—"just right." The short 2.16" blade has a useful and wide drop-point shape with enough belly to make it both a capable piercer and slicer. At 3.48" closed and weighing 3.5 ounces, the knife is small and light enough to take everywhere, whether in your pocket or pack. While it may be small in the hand, grooves on the blade spine and a finger cutout in the all-steel handle help you with grip and control during use. The low-profile pocket clip leaves a small corner of the knife visible in the pocket, while the steel backspacer features a lanyard hole that you can use to attach a lanyard or cordage.
April’s penultimate popular item needs no introduction. Zebra’s F-701 is an all-metal clicky pen with a knurled grip, rigid steel body, and strong pocket clip. The click mechanism is nice and quiet to operate and demands a firm press--excellent if you don’t want it opening accidentally in your pocket. The stepped tip of the pen is designed to stay out of the way while you’re writing so you can get a clear view of what’s going onto the page. Inside, there’s a Zebra ballpoint refill that lays down a 0.8 mm line with ease. In the past, the F-701 was not made entirely of metal, so people would mod their pens with the click mechanism and hardware from the F-401 model. The F-701 continues to be extremely popular on our site, and is carried by students, businessmen, EMTs, and more. It has universal appeal, and for good reason.
Using a tactical pen for EDC means you’re always ready to write anywhere and to handle emergency situations as they arise. Using a tactical marker like the Cold Steel Pocket Shark ensures you’re doubly so. Last month’s most popular item weighs 1.7 ounces and is 6.5" overall when closed and 0.87" thick, making it easy to grip. The high-impact polymer material, made of a glass-reinforced plastic called Grivory (also used as knife handle scales), is built up four times thicker than ordinary markers, ensuring that this pen will survive whatever you throw at it. The cap features a clip for keeping it in your pocket or attached to your gear, and is screwed-on so that it doesn’t get lost or accidentally pop off when the Pocket Shark is in use.
What stood out to you most in this monthly round-up? Let us know in the comments below.
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Mikey Bautista is an everyday carry (EDC) expert who has been working with the EverydayCarry.com team for nearly a decade, starting with an interest in EDC as a hobby and ending up as a writer for the site in 2014. Through the years, he’s led the site in editorial content and writing about products across every category, from knives to bags to flashlights and everything in between, as well as discovering, bringing exposure, and building bridges with many brands in the industry. Today, he is the site's Director of Everyday Carry Operations, leading the editorial team and managing day-to-day operations.
He has lived through many personal and professional lives, spending nearly a decade in the workforce management industry, a minor career in gaming, and has lent a hand with entrepreneurial efforts back home in the Philippines. He has also been an active participant and helped build a number of significant social communities online, both for EDC and his other hobbies.
Mikey has been at the cusp of gaming, technology, and the internet since the ‘90s and continues to lend his experience, expertise, and authority to all his pursuits. When not online, in a game, or watching movies, you'll find him in the gym, speedrunning his next hobby, or talking at length about EDC with anyone willing to listen.
Bernard Capulong is an everyday carry (EDC) gear expert, entrepreneur, all-around nerd, and the founder and editor-in-chief of EverydayCarry.com—the largest online community for EDC gear enthusiasts. Since founding Everyday Carry in 2009, he’s built over a decade of experience in the industry, reviewing and highlighting brands and products, including pocket knives, flashlights, wallets, watches, bags, pens, and much more.
Bernard is known for bringing everyday carry out of obscurity and into the mainstream, having been published or featured in various publications such as GQ, TIME Magazine, The New York Times, VICE, HYPEBEAST, Outside, and many others. He has also played a part in curating, designing, and developing digital and physical products, resulting in successful crowdfunding projects or limited edition collaboration products with established softgoods brands. He stays on the pulse of the EDC industry by attending trade shows, participating in online interest communities, and actively engaging with fellow gear enthusiasts on social media.
In addition to being the editor-in-chief and main social media personality for EverydayCarry.com, Bernard is an avid gearhead and collector in general. His personal collections span technical bags, fountain pens, digital cameras, retro gaming hardware, personal hi-fi audio gear, and mechanical wristwatches, to name a few. Bernard Capulong is a prominent figure and trusted authority in the everyday carry industry with a career dedicated to helping people discover this hobby and stay prepared with quality gear.
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