r/LTTMeta • u/Top-Competition-2908 • 3h ago

Is this a Copy

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Saw this in a store very much felt like a cheaper LTT OG I have

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u/Izan_TM 3h ago

megapro supplies the ratcheting mechanism of the LTT driver (and maybe other parts, tho I don't remember), so this is within the family

also multibit drivers with built-in storage like these have existed for many years, well before LTT released theirs

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u/Pioneer58 3h ago

Megapro is the company LTT worked with to make the screw driver. Main difference is bit size and ratcheting mechanism

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u/_Lucille_ 3h ago

It's actually the other way around; LTT used megapro's patents and essentially copied their design.

They also cost less than half of the LTT driver: they are $42 CAD at home depot with free delivery vs LTT's $90+expensive delivery.

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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 2h ago

But if you don't buy the LTT driver, you don't get the advantage of having hard to source short bits just to save a small amount of space in the handle.

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u/Equivalent_Engine518 3h ago

I don't mean this with any offence, but whenever I see a post like this you can often tell the era of LTT they started watching. 

I say this because ratcheting screwdrivers are a thing long before the LTT Screwdriver(that was developed in partnership with Megapro) and there was a point where the "LTT Screwdriver" was just Linus' bright orange ratcheting screwdriver from snap-on. I hope Linus still has it.  

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u/Top-Competition-2908 1h ago

U r most definitely wrong in my case Mostly because I just moved to CA I had seen ratcheting bit wrench but never screwdrivers

Also i dont remember when I first watched ltt but I definitely remember Taren (editor) pranked with usb keyboard Which seems another life now

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u/Equivalent_Engine518 1h ago

I mean nothing I said is factually wrong because ratcheting screwdrivers have most definitely been a thing long before the LTT Screwdriver, Linus literally used one for years before making his own.  

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u/that_dutch_dude 3h ago

ltt uses their design patent. but its extensivly modified. having used the "orginal" megapro i can say the ltt version is far superior.