The Gerber Suspension multi tool is our best selling tool amongst regular customers from the Emergency Services, primarily because the multi-plier represents excellent value for money with the backing of the Gerber name for quality, functionality and durability. The tool’s skeleton handles make it stand out from the crowd in the design stakes. The titanium nitride coated handles offer superior scratch and scuff protection, as well as neatly fitting your hand with their ergonomically designed shape. All tools and blades lock safely into place during use. Unlike other competitors, Gerber’s pliers are spring loaded for virtually unparalleled ease of use, and screwdrivers are also long enough to be user friendly. Although it has been said that Gerber knife and saw blades in general aren’t the longest of some of their multi-tool counterparts, they are by no means unusable, and for our customers in the Police and Security sector, to be honest they’re not purchasing the multi-tool solely or primarily for the knife or blade.Female officers with tiny hands may find the handles quite fat to handle, when using the pliers to grip objects, so we would advise opting for one of the many alternative Gerber multitools if this applies to you!Basically there’s everything there that you need, with nothing added that you don’t, and all easily accessible and rugged enough to confidently do the job in hand. Overall the Gerber Suspension has the ideal combination of plus points – an uncomplicated practicality, at a price point where you’ll not be scared to take it out and use it!
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Handcuff Keys
The most common complaint from officers regarding Police issue handcuff keys is that the key is too small and fiddly to use easily, particularly if you’re attempting to detain someone who’s not too keen on the idea of being detained!It’s not long after a local new recruit starts his/her training before we see them in our store for an upgraded handcuff key, and whilst these keys are all much of a muchness, and all made by a respected US manufacturer of handcuff keys for reliability and toughness, there are a few differences worth mentioning.
The most popular options are the traditional black swivel handcuff key and the lighter and more knobbly carbon fibre handcuff key, closely followed by the knurled handcuff key. The knurled option has a square ridged area on the shaft, which appeals to those who want to get a bit more grip on the key when turning it in the cuffs.There is also a more compact option – the stubby handcuff key, at a length midway between the standard issue keys and the longest ones we sell.And for the ladies, or those in touch with their feminine side, we now stock the knurled and swivel handcuff keys in pink!All keys come with double locking pins on the opposing end, together with a steel loop for fixing the key to a belt loop or carabina.The Steamlight Cuffmate, which has a built in LED light to assist the user, and the combi window punch and handcuff key, which does what is says on the tin, complete the comprehensive range.