Victorinox Showdown: Which Mini Is Best?

Victorinox must hate money because an Alox Rambler would sell out globally in 5 seconds at $50US.

The Victorinox Manager is the best mini. It is basically a Rambler with the pen. You get the tweezers, pen, knife, nail file & flathead screwdriver, scissors, the bottle opener, crosshead screwdriver and the wire stripper. Perfect keychain knife.

I’ve had a blue classic with Air Force logo on my work keys for well over 15 years. Love it

Absolutely love the rambler. It was all I need during my thru hike!

Hi Marcus, long timer viewer first time commenting. The tool on the MiniChamp that you refer to a as seatbelt cutter is actually an orange peeler. The Victorinox orange peeler is found on a few 2 1/4" (58mm) Swiss Army knives. It's a small tool with a notch and a sharp edge on the inside side of the notch, which slices when you pull on the tool cutting the skin of an orange but not the fruit. FOUND ON: Victorinox Midnight MiniChamp Victorinox MiniChamp Victorinox Pharmacy Knife (retired) Victorinox Vagabond (retired)

Thanks for this review! I was searching for mini, and you helped me to choose midnite manager. Awesome tool!

Loving the channel! I wanted to get my wife a multitool for the holidays. Her most used tool in her grooming kit, by a mile, is the cuticle pusher. Just learned the mini champ had these and bought one immediately. She loves it and now I need one too haha

The midnight Manager also includes the Pen! (The rambler that you're comparing it to often in the video does not) This is the one I've been carrying around for over 15 years now, it pre-dates my cell phone lights, and at the time having a light was amazing, although I agree it's probably not as necessary now - then pen though it wonderful in a pinch. I've been in plenty of post office and other goverment lines where there's some form to fill out and it's my only pen!

Mini champ…..don’t leave home without it! All the best!

Spot on. I've probably got a dozen SAKs and multitools around the house, but the two that I use all the time are the Rambler in the door handle of my car, and the alox Minichamp on my keyring.

Rally by far my favorite, I don't cut my nails out and about or on public transportation, but that's me.

I just picked up a Midnight Manager. I bought it primarily to use in my office when I am depositing checks with my phone. I'll use the Midnight Manager's light to shine onto the endorsement side of the check so the remote deposit goes through. The bank's app often says it can't detect the endorsement so the extra light helps. This compact knife fills in well with features I don't have on my 44 year old Fisherman Swiss Army knife. I just cleaned and oiled the Fisherman and it still functions like it did when it was new.

Years ago I carried the mini champ on my keys, but over time found that I used only a few of the tools regularly… so for the past 8-9 years I’ve been carrying the rambler on my keys. Of course, i switch out the scales to make it more ‘mine’.

Very well presented . I have owned the Classic in black . I have owned it for about 9 years and no problems . Next time , the Rambler will be my choice . I will be subsribing to your excellent channel .

As a college professor the midnite manager@work was amazing. I used a fountain pen as my main pen, but I always had that sak as a back up in case I left it at my desk. Had a light for getting behind podium desktops to find the proper port. Has a USB a OR c for my presentation, then had the whole rambler toolset for everything else I could need!

Hey, nice informative comparison. I've carried a Classic since about the 1980s. Been through about 10 of them by now!

Yep, spot on! I loved my Rambler, but I gave it to my wife when I bought my Minichamp!

Great video and review. I have the mini champ and love it. After watching this I may purchase the rambler. Thanks.

Great video. I was going to mention the standard Manager only to see others beat me to it. I’m surprised it’s discontinued. I think it has the best selection of useful tools without superfluous bulk. Pen+tweezers are the best scale tool combo for me, and The small Phillips + bottle opener blade is great. I have an Alox Minichamp but I feel the 4 additional blades on the Minichamp series just don’t add enough actual functionality.

Hey Marcus great video! My favorite is the midnight manager. It hits that sweet spot 😊 and I carry it every day. Thanks for sharing!