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Ultimate decision: Go ahead and get it. Even though my cat now takes dumps on the carpet due to the Suck UK Cat Scratch, I am living the life that I deserve. My new girlfriend, Linda, isn’t missing any of her incisors like my previous girlfriend Crystale.

4.5 out of 5 stars

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Victorinox Swiss Army SwissChamp XAVT

ASIN:
     B000QGF986

Price:
     
$369.99

In 1897, when Karl Elsener created the Victorinox Original Swiss Army Knife, he could never have guessed that it would become a worldwide icon for function and durability and the symbol for Swiss ingenuity. This unique ingenuity—which has inspired all of Victorinox’s Swiss Army products—comes from a dedication to listening, hearing, and evolving designs to reflect the multifaceted lives and values of our consumers. The SwissChamp pocketknife is the ultimate in functionality and utility. Incredible that this product features 80 functions and can actually fit into a pocket. The SwissChamp can do it.

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Great but expensive!

By
katsmeow422
, July 10, 2013

This is a fantastic tool. I challenge anyone to think of a feature they might possibly need on the go that doesn’t come with this knife. Swiss Army knives have earned their stellar reputation with fine products like this one. The only drawback is the price. Not the price of the knife; heck, I’d pay twice that for this incredible tool. What blew my budget all to heck was the sidecar I needed to purchase in order to carry the knife around. Dang thing ripped through the pockets of my favorite jeans and my second-favorite khakis (wasn’t going to try my first-favorite khakis after the jeans incident). I was mighty disappointed until I got the idea to use
a wagon, but those things are geared toward kids, so I kept looking. I passed by a motorcycle shop, and that’s when it hit me. If you’re not prepared to shell out serious dough for a sweet, leopard-print (custom paint job!) sidecar to carry your awesome Swiss Army knife, then this might not be the purchase for you. But if you do decide to go for it, the sidecar thing is really handy. Trust me, you’ll thank me later. (Although it gets a little tiresome having to correct people when they call it your “fancy wagon.”)

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful

Hilariously oversized

By
Svitty
, December 2, 2008

Some points, in no specific order or reason:

-Exceptionally cool collector’s knife. Makes for an excellent paperweight that can sometimes come in handy.

-Too fat to use as a proper screwdriver or turning device of any sort.

-Has almost every type of device you can find on a Victorinox tool, all in one tool.

-Alarm is useless, not very loud…but cool to have anyway. Most of the display functions are useless but cool.

-I have a decent collection of Victorinox knives, and you could glue 4 of them together and not have a knife that is as fat as this thing is…it’s huge. It’s almost twice as fat as my Swisstool XL (now called Workchamp XL I think), and that has 50 functions; this has 80.

-It has a cool LED light that is actually bright for its size.

-This is really just a collector’s piece, although you’d have to admit to yourself that anyone can buy it, thus negating the “collectibility” of the knife. It serves the same purpose that buying a big sword does: it just looks cool, and sometimes you take it out to show friends your goofy new toy.

-Victorinox quality. Even though it’s just a big, dangerous paperweight, it’s extremely sturdy as all Victorinox knives are. It is very well built, there is no play in any of the tools, and they all do work. They’re just not useful in such a massive frame.

-Overconfidence in the “usability” of this tool will lead to loss of blood…you have been warned.

Customer Questions & Answers

Does it come with a refrigerator?

Silly. It comes with two refrigerators.

Oboe Joe
answered on September 14, 2013

4.3 out of 5 stars

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Contech CRO101 Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler

ASIN:
     B000071NUS

Price:
     
$49.49

The Contech Electronics Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler presents an innovative, humane way to keep pets and wildlife from disturbing your yard and garden without the use of complicated traps or potentially hazardous chemicals. The sprinkler combines a surprise spray of water with unexpected motion and noise to create a safe, effective deterrent to unwanted visitors, helping keep your garden looking its best.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

How did I waste my life up to this point not owning this product?