Leatherman Ratchet Driver

Great tool

Haven't used it yet

Leatherman Ratchet Driver

Surge has new ratchet driver that accepts Leatherman bits, as well as hex drive bits of nearly every configuration...held in place with the help of a magnet. Attach a socket adapter and 1/4" or 3/8" drive sockets and a whole new world opens up. The 1/2" drive components seemed in this tradesman's opinion a bit beefy to be used with a ratchet driver configured in the 1/4" drive format. The Leatherman Ratchet Driver will fit/attach to any Leatherman that is equipped with the Large Bit Holder not just the Surge...imagine a Skeletool outfitted with one of these, or maybe the Signal. After market handles are available to transform this humble little ratchet driver into its own free standing unit. The Leatherman Ratchet Driver will slide into one of the sleeves on the newer five pocket sheath for Surge, it replaced the bit extender. Wouldn't it be cool...available in black oxide...maybe someday. Thank you. Safety First.

Glad SKS had it

Not much of a review, as I haven't used it yet. Magnet in bottom of socket is strong. Direction ring seems backwards - turn it to clockwise position to drive bits counterclockwise, but in such a compact tool, that's okay. Socket is made for Leatherman double-ended bits; regular 1/4 bits sit fully down to swallow all the driver portion. With the strong magnet and a small hex bit like a T-10, it is a bit (pun intended) of effort to extract the bit. I'd like to have seen some sort of max torque not to exceed listed somewhere, as it feels like a really light duty tool. Which would fail first - a Leatherman bit or the ratchet mechanism of this tool? I'd hope it's the bit, because they're a lot cheaper. It fit in the larger sleeve of the Leatherman pouch.