Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A good tool set that could be perfected
This is a sturdy tool and each of the tools it contains is useful as a small, close-at-hand substitute for something that would be too large to carry around all the time.As with most of these types of combo-pocket-tools, the ruler is of negligible value. The others are all useful and made from high quality stainless steel. The scissors could be made much much better though if the two halves were joined with a screw, as more expensive scissors generally are, rather than a rivet. The blades tend to splay rather than cut, and this worsens over time as the rivet wears and loosens. So the scissors become essentially useless. With a screw instead of a rivet, one could adjust the tightness as necessary. Also, because a rivet is used, one cannot take the scissor blades apart to resharpen them. So this also shortens the useful life of the scissors. Using screw instead of a rivet would increase the price. Perhaps it's best to just consider the Micra a tool that one disposes and replaces every few months (year?) when the scissors become too badly worn. At twenty bucks, that not out of the question. Note that, as with all pocket knives, screwdrivers, etc. that are not true "lock-back" types, the tool can fold over while you are using it and damage your flesh. A more secure (a true) locking mechanism would be a tremendous improvement.
Rating: - The *other* Leatherman everyone should own
Within a week of the first Micra showing up in my office, EVERYONE had one. they're just that neat- and that useful. While not suited to the sort of heavy-duty repair that its larger brothers are capable of, the tiny Micra is still a very handy toy, small enough to live in your pocket and well suited towards the kinds of tasks found in an office today. The scissors is actually very usable- much more so than the toy that comes on the larger Swiss Army Knives. Ditto the tweezers, with their hardened, polished tips. The screwdrivers are strong enough to force a tight screw without grinding their points off.
A handy little tool, a great gift, and a fun toy.
Rating:  - Great multi-tool, great company behind it
I'm about to order my third, or maybe it's fourth, Leatherman Micra. First one was a gift. I had it on my belt when I went up onto our roof to remove some sunscreens I'd put on our skylights as autumn approached. I used the tool to remove screws and replace them. Then I noticed moss growing on the edge of our shingles (this is wet Oregon) and started scraping and somehow spent the next two hours scraping it off the whole roof. I wore the screwdriver blade down to about half its original size. I emailed Leatherman, mailed it in, and had a brand new Micra within a week.
But...I have a bad habit of losing knives. I lost this one within a couple of weeks. I bought a red one. Paint job fell off, otherwise it was as good as the other one. I lost that one a couple of weeks ago (and although I engraved my phone number in it, no one called!). I reach for it when I get packages to open, when I want to cut paper, when I need to tighten a screw--but there's no Micra on my key ring anymore. I guess I'm hooked. I'm ordering another one.
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