I did hard use with a 200 and 300 and the 300 is a far better MT. Find one on sale, I have found them on sale for as cheap as $53.00 bucks.
The retention or retaining pin in the 300 is more robust, I had a retention pin in a 200 break and all the tools fell out in Afghanistan while on Deployment with the Army. The stronger pin in the 300 is a major improvement over the 200. The wire cutters for real world use is far better on the 300 than the 200 and you can take them off for repair or replacement, if you damage the 200 it stays that way unless you put a small grinder to it then well all you are doing is damaging the tool more. Plier head on the 300 is proven to be stronger than the 200. The 300's tools are easier to open and close. The hard use was years of Active Army use with both tools and now years of use around my home and on my Civilian Job. To me the 300 is a better improvement of the Super Tool, which has gotten better with each update. There is a reason it is called the 300, the last and best improvements of the Super Tool. I have owned and used all three versions of the Super Tool, and the 300 is the best.Why do you find the 300 to be a far better MT? What was your hard use?
Not disputing your opinion, just curious.
The retention or retaining pin in the 300 is more robust, I had a retention pin in a 200 break and all the tools fell out in Afghanistan while on Deployment with the Army. The stronger pin in the 300 is a major improvement over the 200. The wire cutters for real world use is far better on the 300 than the 200 and you can take them off for repair or replacement, if you damage the 200 it stays that way unless you put a small grinder to it then well all you are doing is damaging the tool more. Plier head on the 300 is proven to be stronger than the 200. The 300's tools are easier to open and close. The hard use was years of Active Army use with both tools and now years of use around my home and on my Civilian Job. To me the 300 is a better improvement of the Super Tool, which has gotten better with each update. There is a reason it is called the 300, the last and best improvements of the Super Tool. I have owned and used all three versions of the Super Tool, and the 300 is the best.
Well that may be a problem, I found them at a PX on an Army Base on sale for that price because I have access to a PX and it was for a holiday. So it is not a sale that is going on right now and you may not have access to a Military Installation.Useful info. Thanks. I knew the replaceable wire cutters were a big plus but I didn't know about the other things.
Have you found them on sale for $53 recently? I just did a Google search and am not finding anything close to that price.