Victorinox SwissChamp ($95) vs. SwissChamp Fake ($6) / Should i buy the 15 times cheaper clone? 

I was given a Champ by my kids, for 30th Birthday (as far as I can remember) - now at 71, this knife has followed me on 4wd adventures, fishing, working all over Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Tonga. I has carried out emergency repairs on numerous cars, electrical work on construction sites, delicate survey instrument repairs in the bush, gutting and skinning game animals while hunting etc, etc, etc. Now, I still use it daily for the usual tasks and because of side affects from Cancer and Chemotherapy, simple paper and packet cutting. I have trouble even opening a chocolate wrapper (no strength or feeling in my fingers, so the knife is used to cut open everything). My father always told me "you get what you pay for" - the Champ was very expensive at the time, but I suspect over 40 years constant use, it has worked out far more reliable and far cheaper than buying new "knock-offs" every few months. Love your channel and really appreciate the effort you put in to all your videos. 😁☝

The old saying “you get what you pay for” definitely applies here. I would much rather pay for the quality of the Victorinox knife. Great video Felix!

If I'm being honest, I come here to hear you talk and absorb you're positive, cheerful way of educating us all. Love your channel!

This was sooo painful...sooo bad... I wouldn't give that knock off to my worst enemy

Thank you Felix for this wonderful comparison! I always wanderd how those chinese products compare to the original ones and now we know why is it so cheap!😅 And you are the reason I bought an original Mountaneer among all of the other options (producers). I love it and thank you!! Keep up the good stuff!! Ciao!

I've never trusted knock-offs. Your video shows why. Thank you for this awesome heads-up video!

The Comparison intro is awesome, it's like an 80s TV Cop Show. Great video, we all know clones are for clowns!

My first SAK was a cheap knock-off of the camper. The saw was not even a saw, it just had rounded teeth in a single row and the reamer just like the one you got. The blades were ok for light duty and the only thing that worked well was the scissors. The body ended up opening like yours did, but it did clip back in... merely. It was really designed as a pretend toy IMO. I learned my lesson: If my life might depend on it, I buy the real stuff and pay the big bucks or wait for a genuine sale..

NEVER trust to the Chinese quality, ALWAYS trust to the Swiss quality. This video is the solid proof for it. Thanks man.

Ein sehr lustiges Video, vor allem bei der "Pinzette" hab ich herzhaft gelacht, vielen Dank dafür. Daumen hoch für den Vergleich, auch wenn ich das Kaufen von Klonen normalerweise nicht gutheißen kann, so war es hier ja für den guten Zweck um die Menschheit zu warnen. ;-)

Thanks for showing us this one,, I've just ordered 3,, they look like an absolute bargain, can't wait for them to arrive,, 👍👍

Thank you for this video. Loved it. Have not laughed so much for a long time. The knockoff is useless and the your reactions were priceless. Thank you for your awesome videos. Huge fan. Love your sense of humour in addition to all the useful insights and tips.

Excelente revisión, muy detallada y objetiva, en este caso creo que la calidad está bien acorde al precio, al menos a mi entender yo no llevaría una herramienta de esa calidad para tareas de EDC pero igual es solo mi humilde opinión! Un saludo desde Argentina!🇦🇷 sos un genio Felix👏👏👏

"I don't have a rockwell tester, but i have a file" That was epic 😂

As my old dad would say Felix " If its too good to be true then it isn't true " and you get what you pay for.

Hi Felix I just bought a champ yesterday but mine is Victorinox lol Love it like I do all my Victorinox Also love watching your videos every Friday Keep up the good work!

Hi Felix: I enjoyed your comparison of the two knives. Years ago, at a “flea market” I bought a similar cheap clone of the “Champ”. The Chinese makers had even copied the SAK cross on the side. I bought it for $CDN10 even though the lady wanted $CDN25. Sales were slow I guess, but I would not have paid more to check out this piece of junk. It was pretty bad. The blades were dull. I was pretty apparent that the steel was cheap and the tools had little strength. I think if I had tried the corkscrew on a bottle of wine it might have snapped off. In your example the corkscrew bent. Anyway, with my curiosity satisfied I gave it to the child of a friend (with his blessing) knowing that the dull blades were probably only good for buttering toast. The other simple tools would have been fine for his needs. But the scissors sort of worked. Your description of it as a toy was perfect. The young fellow was very happy to have it. Ken

I remember receiving a knockoff as a child. I thought it was way better than my grandpa's beat up old Victorinox knife as mine had scissors and a bunch of other useful tools. Fastforward 10 years, as my grandpa's knife was going strong and mine was basically unusable. I now have a Victorinox and have found they basically last forever :)

Dear Felix thank you for your videos

Great video Felix! People need to know that Chinese bargains are not what they seem.

Great comparison Felix! Another quality video. As others have said you get what you pay for.

A deal for the real one. I found one for $106.99 USD but it has free shipping. I gave Swiss Champs as graduation gifts to my nephews through the years.

I can see that wood saw snapping in half becoming quite the injury 😮

Dear Felix , You are the best Victorinox blogger on the Internet! Thank you so much for the great video ! 👍👍👍

I carry a Victorinox "Huntsman" perfect for all my daily needs, never fails me. A screwdriver would be a nice addition tho"

I got a knock off of a classic SD and the quality was exactly like the one you tested, but surprisingly the nail file is very good for fingernails, very aggressive, so I basically payed almost 7$ for a nailfile!

I received a Champ with the belt case from my company several years ago. My every day carry is a Huntsman, but if I out hiking, camping, or fishing, I also bring my Champ. The case Has a lot of good extras and is worth getting.

I purchased my Swiss Champ at a Victorinox shop in Switzerland about 30 years ago (I think it was in Basel) so 100% sure it is an original.

Hallo Felix!Super Vergleich!Sehr unterhaltsam und lustig!Am Besten hat mir die Pinzette gefallen vom China Swiss Champ!Hab auch so ein Teil in meiner Victorinox Sammlung!Aber in noch schlechterer Qualität!Schönes Wochenende und viele Grüße!

Good video , danke. What made it funnier is your German accent I enjoyed watching you laugh man as we all went together through those painful moments like the saw breaking and the tweezers bending etc😂echt lustig

At least it looks like what was advertised. This can't be expected with Wish 🤣

good, thorough review

O lado positivo dos produtos chineses é que eles sao excelentes para mostrar o que não deve ser feito. Parabéns pelo vídeo!!

Hallo Felix, vielen Dank für Dein interessantes und ehrliches Vergleichsvideo! Ich hatte mich auch von der Optik des chinesischen Messer-Nachbaus täuschen lassen und war wirklich kurz davor, mir auch so eine Kopie aus China zu bestellen! JETZT bleibe ich bei meinem alten VICTORINOX CHAMPION aus 1973, das ist zwar nicht so umfangreich ausgestattet, wie das heutige SWISS CHAMP, aber es reicht mir auch, es ist zuverlässig und qualitativ gut. Deine Videos sind informativ und lustig und auch Dein SWISS ENGLISH ist sogar gut zu verstehen! Keep on rocking, Felix ich freue mich shcon auf deine neuen Videos!!!

You get what you pay for. At least the knockoff does not use the brand name and the price is reflective on the product itself. Its those fake ones that copy 100% like the original SAKs with branding/packaging that are concern. Many thas for sharing your videos 👍

What people will go to to make a quick buck. Thanks for the comparison man. Been a silent viewer for ages and i just want to say I love your videos. So creative and bring me closer to my own (genuine!) Swiss Champ haha One thing though man, do you think you should blur something in the beginning of the video? Internet safety and I don't think people should know that. However I'll leave it to your judgement, just pointing it out in case you didn't notice. Keep doing what you're doing man =)

Thanks to you I ALWAYS keep my SAK sharp with the nail file

Hey Felix! these are all wonderful videos, and for us Victorinox fans, this is really important and interesting. When will bushcraft come out? Harsh bushcraft, as we love! 🤘))) Thank you for your work.

this was actually really entertaining to watch lmao! great content!

Mm I think I did very well, I got my Vic Swisschamp with black scales for just £58 with free next day delivery! That comes out to just short of 65 Schwyzer Fronken, or 72 USD. But seriously it never crossed my mind to consider a knockoff of this or any other Vic model, I've seen vids of other knockoffs where the tools can be bent and broken off with a finger and thumb. I already had 9 SAKs before buying my Champ but still I'm very impressed with it! It is not at all too big for comfortable daily EDC, it fits snugly inside the 5th pocket of my jeans and I don't feel it at all as it doesn't move around or bump against me like that. It will last me forever, maybe I'll have to change the scales in a few years to keep it looking great. The crazy thing is that nowadays a Leatherman Squirt PS4 costs £50, so I paid just £8/$10/CHF 9,- more for my Champ which is 10 x better. Even the small pliers on the Champ are better than on the Squirt because when in use it fills the hand so you have more control and reach. Absolutely fantastic and I'd recommend it to anyone. Even if you pay more than I did it's still well worth it. Gruezi aus England.

Well that was pretty funny. I enjoyed your expressions of disgust. Phooey indeed! I now appreciate my Champ even more.

Great video Felix, When it comes to Swiss Army Knives, there is no substitute for a Victorinox. JT

Next step: Send the knock-off in for repair and compare the customer service. 😂

As a Swiss guy I knew the result before looking! Only from looking at it you see it sucks from A to Z... swiss army knifes are just the best multipurpose knives you can get!!! Thank You Felix!

Mein Vater hatte mir als Kind (und ich bin jetzt 70) immer gesagt, was was taugt, kostet auch was 🙂

They also did some comparsion and tests in China too. But they started with the corkscrew. All the wine they got came with screwcaps and since they are very efficient, it was not allowed to go to waste. EVERYTHING worked out fine.

Thanks for the great review(s)!!

I've got the Swiss Champ (7 layers) and the XLT version (10 layers). The magnifying glass on the Swiss Champ is at the correct distance when the knife is laid down and something is put under it to magnify, but on the XLT that's 10mm thicker, the magnifying glass sits too high up to focus - it's certainly a design flaw and the magnifying glass should be at the distance where the hex tool is. The extra 10mm on the XLT only adds the spatula (useless), two more small blades (not needed) and the hex tools - which is the only reason I got the XLT, it has the hex tools! It's weird how much thicker it is when it only adds 4 more items. Even the back of the normal Swiss Champ has _every single thing_ the XLT has and the XLT doesn't add anything extra to the back.

Very good my friend ...Just how it IS...congratulations ....Victorino até whay up

Indeed a good way of demonstrating why a knock off is a knock off! May I suggest you to buy 'soft grips' for your vice? That way you can clamp the item properly without damaging it. In case of the Chinese knock off it doesn't matter though ;-)

There is only one (swiss)champ. Thanks Felix, great video as always. 👏🏻👍🏻

Thanks for your post. I bought a knock off swiss army knife from a well-known chinese website. I only opened up the tools using an aid as i have soft very short nails,, 2 broke off.

Awesome knife (I will not comment on that silly copy) I had a Champ for years and made a really nice leather sheath for it. It unfortunately was stolen, when someone broke into my car. Now I carry the Tinker with the pliers.

Got 5 Vic. Knives, never disappointed me !

Thank you for doing these videos🙏

I never regretted the 60 euros (in terms of today's money) I spent on the Swiss champ 26 years ago, on the contrary I would regret the 6 euros of the Chinese fake knife,this doesn't even work as a toy...

Oh dear me! It is embarrassing how bad it actually is. I have a couple of imitations but I'm sure they are not that bad. Maybe use the metal magnifying housing and put Victorinox lens into a custom SAK but although the money was badly spent on the knife it makes an entertaining video. Excellent as usual my friend

Holy moly... I expected bad stuff.. but this... 😱

WOW! Great testing, excellent video, glad I go for the one and only Victorinox:) HA!

That knockoff though….🤢🤮 VICTORINOX for the WIN!!! Thank you for an honest and great comparison Felix! If it’s too good to be true- it isn’t true.

Excellent video. You provided much good information about the Victorinox quality. 0:26, oops 15 times less, cannot be mathematically computed. Any number times another number, other than one or zero, will always produce a larger sum never less. Thus, properly stated the Victorinox is 16 times more expensive would make mathematical sense. Or, one could properly say the fake SwissChamp is 1/6th the cost of the real Victorinox.

Well we all kind of knew how that was going to go😂 still a great video!

I had such a laugh when you pulled out the tweezers - ha ha! But seriously, that knock-off could be a real safety hazard - you could injure your hand or fingers if a tool failed during use (like the saw did). You should now send it back for a warranty claim :-)

Even in China the quality of an item is related to its price. For simple mechanical items like Swiss Army knives the best Chinese products are comfortable, less expensive than Western equivalents but not 95% less expensive, because the materials are more than 10% of the cost.

When the saw broke and the pliers bent as well as the corkscrew you didn't do a follow up with the victorinox , don't get me wrong, I wouldn't try to do something with my swiss champ that it wasn't supposed to do, but it wasn't exactly the same test. To be fair I wouldn't expect a 6 euro/franc etc to perform anywhere near as good as a 100 euro model, but as a first knife for a clumsy child who is probably going to lose it or a cheap friend who always gets you crap presents, it's perfect.😂 On the plus side the tooth pick probably works.

Felix I learned valuable lesson knock off was same issue as for genuine article was too big pulled trousers down I had alot of tools I didn't use so I buy genuine article and 2 layer knife only I get to use all tools on thinner knife 🇨🇭👍🇬🇧🐾🦊

Love it how you forget to talk english whenever shocked by the chinese hightech-tool! Danke Felix

"You better buy toilet paper for 6 box" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 i laughed my tears out hahahahahhaha

Loved the video.

Happy Friday Maestro Felix, I had a good time laughing at this video of Chinese made junk!

Good comparison video Felix , thanks for sharing , God bless !

I bought my 2nd Swisschamp ca 28-30 years ago after I lost my 1st one in a train. It got some ‚battle scars‘ - the bottle opener is bent a bit from using it to pry open something; the scissors spring is bent and the toothpick is stuck… but hey its MY knife.

Typical low quality from Chinese copy. They say that imitation is a form of flattery. Here it is more of an insult. Glad they didn't use the Victorinox logo. Thanks for the comparison.

The Chinese also produce a copy of the Victorinox Rescue Tool. I wouldn't buy a pair of nail clippers from China, let alone a rescue knife. Low quality knives are a waste of money.

I used to carry a Leatherman Surge and the bits kit, and I did so from when I got it until I was injured at work and wasn't able to take the weight of the tools on my belt without suffering and I was sad that I was now denied the ability to carry a multi tool, along with the other things that you loose with a back injury, (hiking and fishing and hunting and airsoft and HEMA and being able to sit down on the couch and play video games for longer than twenty minutes.) So one day I was at the hardware store with a coupon for 50% off one item and then I saw it, the Swiss Champ it fairly sparked in the dust covered case at the back of the store reflecting the Florence lights and the ray of sunshine that crept in through the lone sky light. It was purchased along with a nylon sheath and a Zippo lighter case and I have been carrying it everywhere ever since. It's not as durable as the Leatherman in my opinion and I can't change the saw and bits and file, but it's a good tool for the weight and I don't have any difficulty carrying it all day.

Oh My God This chinese multitool is excellent for one thing ( to throw it to the garbage) Felix thanks a lot for this comparison God bless you A hugh since México

Dangerous knock-off, thank goodness Felix didn't injure himself!

👋🔥✌️Hello, Felix. Very good 👍👍👍!

A Swiss persuasion a instrument compared to Chinese junk ! Felix you are the best !

Hallo Felix sehr interessantes Video, das Faketorinox hat sich genau so verhalten wie ich mir ein Faketorinox vorgestellt hatte. 😂 Ich war sogar überrascht, dass der Dosenöffner nicht an der Dose abgebrochen oder vorbogen wurde. (Wahrscheinlich ist das Dosenblech qualitativ hochwertiger als das Messer) Victorinox Preise find ich vollkommen gerechtfertigt und das fake Messer schlimmer als nutzlos, wegen Verletzungsgefahr. Da kauft man sich besser für das Geld ein altes gebrauchtes Victorinox Messer mit Werbeaufdruck auf Ricardo oder Ebay. Ansonsten lässt der Victorinox factory store in Ibach grüssen.

when you took the file to test the rockwell hardness i almost passed out lol

i was bought a Swiss army knife off my daughter for my 50th birthday I'm 70 this year and its still going strong and used every day. don't buy cheap rubbish knives if you want them to last.

Felix, I strongly think you were way to hard on that Chinese knock off. I believe it should of been used for what I think it was made for, and that is a display piece only. LOL Another great comparison.

I need a shirt with Felix dissapointment "aiy yai" so bad..

Ha Ha , Felix. I just knew what the outcome was going to be. there is only one and of course the best in the world........ the Swiss Army Knife. cheers Ian

The quality is long remembered then the price

I’ve got one of these fakes. It seems the quality has improved since this video.

Great video.

The question I am approaching this with at 4:04 is “would this knock-off suffice as a single extended use tool? Something that could be placed into an old steel Bandaid box survival kit, a small zipper pouch or more modern French mess tin size PSK?” Those who are preparedness minded but a few steps removed from obsessive may find value in an under $15 USD tool that can be placed, forgotten and yet will answer the call for numerous survival applications in a 2-4 day incident? Getting stranded in a dysfunctional car. Getting lost on what was planned as a day hike. Capsizing a canoe 20 miles into the bush and having to trek out. We shall see….

I also own both of these. My original SAK Champ is an older model, with a gray plastic magnifier frame. Also one of the rare ones that passed quality control with a defect, the metal file was mistakenly polished shiny. The scissors on the fake do work great, that's the only plus point. The rivets aren't good so when pulling out the big blade, the smaller blade is somewhat deflected so it gets caught in the path of the big one when closing it back. My fake one had tweezers more horribly bent straight out of the box; also had to file the phillips screwdriver because the flutes were too shallow. BTW, I also own the Wenger champ. That's a better head to head comparison.

The swisschamp is exspensive, but i have worn my everyday for at least 15 years by now, ever since i bought it, and it is worth every single penny.

Uff, ich bin erschüttert. Die Pinzette war der Oberknaller🤪😵🥴🤮 Leider keinen Cent wert. Danke, dass du dir das für uns angetan hast und wir das sehen konnten😉👍

Thanks for the Video ❤

It would be depressing to work at a factory producing stuff that doesn't work and isn't even designed by people who want it to work.

Buy once, cry once. I have carried a Champ for decades and it has never let me down. Not once.

Felix, I'd definitely get another Swiss Army knife rather than the cheaper version. ⚡👍⚡ Out of ALL the Swiss Army knives, which pocket style is your favorite?

I would give the fake one to my 13 year old son, because I know hes going to lose it anyways.

Jetzt ist dein Messer ja 10 Jahre alt und du hast es bestimmt schon mal geschärft. Mein Victorinox Messer war aus der Verpackung raus auch nicht so scharf. Die Frage wäre, wie sieht es aus wenn man dieses billigteil geschärft hätte? Insgesamt ist mir klar dass es dem victorinox nicht das Wasser reichen kann. Prima Video, wie alle von dir.

You have to admit some engineering from knock off where looks same but nothing works thats an accomplishment in its self

If you had a couple of papers on your desk, and there was a slight draft, perhaps the Knock off would make a half decent paper weight.....maybe