Multitools certainly are handy and everything, but let's be honest – a lot of the tools on them are things that you're never going to use. That's where the Windeler system comes in, as it can be user-customized to contain only the tools that you want.
Created by British designer/engineer Douglas Windeler, the setup consists of multiple tools of the sort that you would find on existing multitools. Most of them are made of aerospace-grade hardened titanium, and they all incorporate a stainless steel-coated neodymium magnet.
Users select the tools that they require for a particular activity, then stack them one on top of the other. The magnets hold that stack together while it's in a pocket or backpack, but when a particular tool is needed, it's simply pulled out and used on its own.
As a side benefit, all of the tools can be periodically pulled apart from one another and cleaned. By contrast, regular fold-out multitools may eventually jam up as crud accumulates in their hinges.
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Windeler has turned to Kickstarter to fund production of his system, and is offering it in five tool combinations. These include a Surf Stack that includes a wax comb/stripper, hex fin key, flathead fin key and bottle opener (pledge of £40/approx. US$51); a Hex Stack with five sizes of hex wrench (£49/$62); an Every Day Stack with a bottle opener, pry bar and flip-out stainless steel blade (£59/$75); a Cycle Short Stack with a chain splitter, 3-mm hex wrench and spoke/valve core tool (£41/$52); and a Cycle Tall Stack that adds four other sizes of hex wrench (£79/$101).
All of the pledge amounts are 40 percent off the planned retail price – assuming the system reaches production. And needless to say, backers can buy more than one combo, then mix and match the tools to their liking.
You can watch a demo, in the video below.
Source: Kickstarter