SWAT has been around a lot longer, so it’s maybe unfair to compare it apples:apples since Trek had a lot of prior art to build on... but, in any event, BITS is a much more useful tool with the addition of the 2mm and 2.5mm hex keys.
The chainbreaker is also much more practical to remove and nicer to use.
I also think that while the spring-eject system on the Specialized tool is a cool gimmick, the manual pull out of the Bontrager will hold up much better over time.
That said, I’d be surprised if Specialized wasn’t working on a next gen tool.
July 23, 2020, 5:09 p.m. - Andrew Major
SWAT has been around a lot longer, so it’s maybe unfair to compare it apples:apples since Trek had a lot of prior art to build on... but, in any event, BITS is a much more useful tool with the addition of the 2mm and 2.5mm hex keys. The chainbreaker is also much more practical to remove and nicer to use. I also think that while the spring-eject system on the Specialized tool is a cool gimmick, the manual pull out of the Bontrager will hold up much better over time. That said, I’d be surprised if Specialized wasn’t working on a next gen tool.