The leatherman corrosion seems excessive... but yes, I acknowledge that I didnt care for these correctly. I have an old pair of $8 Rapala pliers that is still working totally fine that I've been using alongside... no rinsing or lube, and still work great.

@@outsideoften Ya I recommend the black coated for that environment. People complain about how tight Leatherman tools are have never used them enough. My pliers swing freely when open because they are broken in.

@@outsideoften Ya I recommend the black coated for that environment. People complain about how tight Leatherman tools are have never used them enough. My pliers swing freely when open because they are broken in.

Bought a Brother and had problems with it, stopped printing after 3 weeks. Communication forth and back was atrocious and ended up sending the printer back, got a free old HP mono laser which only works through wifi-direct ... but it´s working now ... and got 10 free cartridges (was in an office where they changed all the hardware related to printing). Now I have toners for an eternity. The point is though that the big companies suck, the bigger they get the more they distance themselves from us.

Exactly, there are problems everywhere, but you are still in a warranty phase and can easily exchange it. I work in IT for a long time and know about printers firsthand. I would say, there are usually issues with them hanging (including Brother, HP, etc.) and software drivers (most problems came from HP for me when I was not using it on Windows and I do not use Windows nowadays when possible). Setting up some older HPs like Laserjet 1020 on Linux is a nightmare and with the best of your skills you can make it print one or two pages. The ones that had a total hardware failure I did not meet yet, but probably the times are changing. Brother impressed me only with their Linux integration and good scan functionality that I could use in Linux, but the quality and hanging issues of the machine itself, jamming of paper pushed me back. Today I am about to try one of HP again because of a good deal with cashback, will it be good or not I don't know, but when reading the reviews, every company seemingly has its pitfalls in their cheaper lineups. To me Xerox, Canon and HPs, OKI also Lexmarks seem to be a solid choice, it just boils down to the use case as most of these are often for some larger offices and at this very moment I need a compact device.

Yep, I'm in the some predicament right now, char broil lasted 5 years covering it, loved it alot, infared grill. But I think I'm going to get the prestige 500. What you end up getting?

I have a few HP printers. I use the HP smat app a the time.. so far no issues. I can print from virtually anywhere and from all of my computers/laptops, phones, tablets... It comes in handy when you're outside lime working on a car and you need to print out some instructions off your phone... then ask one of the kids to go into the house and bring out a cold soda and the printed instructions.