Topeak Power Lever X Tool - 5 Function Presta Core Tool

I just received this and immediately tested it out on my bike. You need to play around with it to figure out how to set it up. It’s easy but you do have to think about it for a moment. Set it up on my quick link and popped it open with little to no effort. I tried many times to do it by hand and couldn’t do it. This is a brand new KMC 11 speed chain and quick link. Afterwards I found myself getting frustrated trying to get the link back together. Again can’t get it by hand all the way. And it would come apart when I tried using the pedals to lock it up. So On to using this tool. It’s a bit more complicated but I figured it out. It’s easy if you take the two half’s apart and set them into the slots on the chain. Then put the two half’s together. So easy once I figured that out. Again literally very little effort was needed.

The chain holder clip is a nice bonus and works very well when assembling the quick link.

It appears to have metal in the center of the body of the tool down past the middle. So I’m not worried about the head snapping off like I saw with other cheaper generic brands.

I was going to buy the Park tool just for this but this is a better value and fits in the small Co2 bag/kit I carry under my seat.

The two half’s do not “click together” but they don’t just fall apart either. They fit tightly together and I don’t see this as an issue.

At this price this is the tool for me. Paying $30 or more for the Wolf brand just didn’t make sense for how often I would use it. The Park Tool was $16 and would have stayed in the garage.;