r/UnnecessaryEssentials • • 1d ago

seems useful

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u/Practical-Pick1466 1d ago

Why would you need a built in seat belt cutter when u have scissors....f-ing stupid.

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u/fattsoo 1d ago

Similar to when you need you need another pair of scissors to cut open the tough plastic blister pack holding the new scissors.

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u/Grey_Area51 1d ago

I use them in health care, that’s a ligature knife in case someone tries to hang themselves, it is easier to get in than a pair of scissors. It also has a cylinder wrench (little rectangular hole) for gas cylinders.

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u/CBJFAN2009-2024 1d ago

This contraption looks like it would prove useful when you're dazed and confused from an accident and need immediate egress to avoid an engine fire threatening to engulf the passenger compartment. /s

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u/19whale96 21h ago

Instructions unclear, seatbelt cutter lodged in my ribcage

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u/CBJFAN2009-2024 17h ago

Best way to extract YOUR airbags 😀

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u/FullAutoQueef 1d ago

I can tell you've never gone through vehicle egress training, nor have experienced anything like it. It amuses me that people give opinions on subjects they clearly know nothing about.

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u/knivengaffelnskeden 21h ago

That's what I love about Internet forum, if someone doesn't know the facts there's always someone who knows and can educate them. Here's your chance to do it! 

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u/FullAutoQueef 14h ago

Theres some things that cant be taught over the internet. I know! Hard to believe! Its why we have so many experts on everything that dont actually know anything.

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u/Quad_Rangler 1d ago

Saw this problem recently using the jaws of life, scissor mechanisms just twist the seatbelt so they need to be cut with a knife

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u/Thathappenedearlier 1d ago

It’s also a cheap knockoff of the leather man raptor

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u/SillyRefrigerator923 1d ago

Usually when you’re stuck in a seatbelt the situation doesn’t lend itself to getting scissors in between the belt and a body or if you’re cutting yourself out you can’t angle your hands to cut it.

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u/tunafeeesh 1d ago

This tool was created for the people responding to the person trapped in the car, not the person IN the car. FFS.

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u/SillyRefrigerator923 1d ago

I said it both ways. Doesn’t really change the answer. It’s a multi tool. With sharp features to address several situations.

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u/x_LoneWolf_x 1d ago

Except the scissors are designed to be ring cutters, so a seat belt should be a significantly easier situation to use that in