Victorinox Showdown: Which Mini Is Best?

How's it going folks? In this video I run through the Victorinox lineup of 58mm keychain swiss army knives. I run through the cost, what tools each has, and make a recommendation as to which two I keep in my collection at 2 different price points.

Victorinox Mini Line-up

00:00 Intro
01:10 Jetsetter
02:26 Classic SD
03:12 Rally
04:25 Rambler
05:45 Signature Lite
07:23 Minichamp
11:00 Midnight Minichamp
11:48 Midnight Manager
12:28 Midnight Manager @Work
13:44 My Top Pick

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[Leo-Crespi]

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

[CuriousFocker]

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.

[rhubarbrhino]

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

[angelovalavanis]

I had a Minichamp for years and loved it, sadly I forgot it in my backpack once when traveling by air and TSA took it away...

[RelaxingRainWalker]

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)

[MikeRoberts-mx]

Hi folks, I extend the cuticle pusher on my mini champ when I want to use the pen - it makes it much easier to write as it makes the knife almost twice as long

[natsukuga]

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

[Sombre_gd]

I'm wearing Rambler with my keys for the last 10 years or so, still in very good condition ( except scratches on celidor scales). I've even managed to smuggle it trough the airport security, I guess European airport security is not that thight as TSA 😀

[kevincrawford]

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.

[TK-mjrd]

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!

[brittburton]

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’.

[jotanu]

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

[GunWillTravel]

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.

[karisumner]

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

[rsb]

The Rambker and the Manager are the same tool set, except the Manager has the additional ballpoint pen. If you are interested in the Rambler, I would look into the Manager.

[charliedaniels]

Great video. My favourite 58mm is the discontinued manager. It has the pen and also the tweezers or the toothpick but not both. You can still buy manager scales and convert a rambler to manager and have the pen.

[samsum]

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 .

[WilliamParmley]

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

[ataylorson]

For me the rambler is the sweet spot it’s got all I generally need without the additional size. Though I have got midnight manager that I find useful on occasion. Another great video Marcus 👍

[nullvoidnill]

On the minichamp you can flip out the cuticle pusher, nail file or phillips driver for more length and stability when using the pen.