On the weight issue, I find it funny that most of the people that
complain about the weight of the Surge on their belt also carry a sidearm ( 9mm
Glock or some such ) which has far less usefulness in day to day
situations.
And the first thing on getting home is to lock up the gun and get off the duty
belt with the handcuffs and stuff, because they sure weigh a lot - as with any
other tool belt. The whole point of the multi-tool is that it's always with you:
so size weight and utility really matter. When big multi-tools came out I
borrowed a Wave and tried it for a week - which is good because I found it too
heavy and bulky for my uses.
A while back I decided to add another item to my belt - a flashlight. I have a
lot at home and in the vehicle, but I had an encounter while taking out garbage
at night when I'd forgotten to pick one up, and then didn't bother going back
for it. At first making a choice seemed simple - just get the best and smallest
AAA cell LED. Knowing myself, though, I know that if I have a flashlight on my
belt, I'll probably omit the one in my pack or some other foolishness. So I got
an AA Fenix LD10, which has far longer runtimes and a more powerful high setting
for spotting eyes at night. Some headstrap kits in the vehicle and at home and
it can be a headlamp for anything other than jogging. All in all it's worked
well and gets far more use than I would have imagined. Everything comes down to
the fact that I had to buy one and carry/use it all the time for quite a period
before I was sure that it was worth carrying constantly, and that I would.