Leatherman rolled out the ninth release in its Garage series, and this one skips brute force for precision. The Batch #009 Adapter is a $75 ratcheting tool cache built to carry the small stuff your main multitool doesn’t have room for, and true to the Garage line’s limited-run playbook, it sold out almost the moment the product page went live.
Price: $75
Where to Buy: Leatherman
What’s Actually In The Box
The Adapter doesn’t pretend to be a standalone multitool. It’s a 3.5-ounce ratcheting driver with a 3D-printed titanium body, a stainless steel frame, and a 30% glass-filled nylon cache tucked inside the handle.
Open, it stretches to 7.25 inches, but the whole thing folds down to 1.19 inches wide and 0.7 inches deep, so it disappears into a pocket. The finish is charcoal gray with a green accent, matching the rest of the Garage lineup’s low-key look.
Inside that handle cache, Leatherman packs a real kit:
- Torx #6 and #8 bits
- An eyeglass screwdriver
- Phillips #1-2 and 3/16-inch screwdriver bits
- A T-shank wood saw and T-shank file
- A micro screwdriver with #0 Phillips and 0.06-inch flat tips
- A T-shank adapter
- A black D1 ballpoint pen cartridge
The Ratchet Is The Whole Point
The Adapter’s core trick is a 3-way ratchet: forward, reverse, or locked, so you can drive screws without resetting your grip on every turn. It also folds three ways to match the job: collapsed for tight-space cranking and pocket carry, bent to 90 degrees when a screw hides in a corner, or run flat when you need the reach.
Pair that with the T-shank integration, and the tool switches between driving screws and cutting or filing without swapping handles. The point isn’t to replace your pliers-based multitool, it’s to be the sidekick that finally corrals the loose bits and mini blades that otherwise vanish into the bottom of a bag.
Who It’s Actually For
This one won’t appeal to the person who carries a single multitool and nothing else. The target buyer is the EDC carrier who already has a Wave, Skeletool, or Surge and keeps losing the bit kit that came with it. That buyer gets one dedicated place to keep the small parts, plus a ratchet mechanism that most stock multitool drivers don’t have.
Price, Warranty, And The Catch
The Adapter runs $75 (SKU 833666) direct from Leatherman’s Garage storefront, and it sold out almost the moment it went live. That’s normal for the Garage line, which ships in limited, sometimes experimental batches instead of ongoing production runs. The scarcity has a downside, though: limited Garage runs tend to sell out fast and resurface on resale listings well above the $75 retail price. It’s also why you won’t find it on Amazon right now.
Before you go hunting for a restock, there’s a coverage catch: the Adapter doesn’t carry Leatherman’s standard 25-year warranty. Garage releases run on their own terms, and Leatherman covers issues with a repair attempt or store credit instead of a full replacement.
If You Miss The Drop, Try These Instead
Garage runs sell out fast, so if this one slips past you, a compact ratchet plus a spot for bits gets you most of the way there for $75 or less. Prices are live Amazon listings and move around, so read them as a starting point, not a fixed number.
- Leatherman Ratchet Driver ($39.95): the in-house answer. It fits the bit driver on a Wave or Charge and adds the same forward, reverse, and locked action for roughly half the Adapter’s price, though you bring your own bit storage.
- Leatherman Bit Kit ($31.48): 21 double-ended bits that fix the “where do the small tips live” problem without a ratchet. Pair it with the driver above and you’ve rebuilt most of the Adapter for around $70.
- Wera Zyklop Mini 1 ($38.14): the enthusiast pick, a 1/4-inch drive mini ratchet with a fine-tooth head. It’s a purer ratchet with no onboard cache, so it trades storage for a slimmer body.
- Klein Tools 32787S Slim Micro-Ratchet Set ($24.99): the closest match to what the Adapter does, a 20-piece bit set with a slim ratchet in one case. It runs S2 steel instead of titanium and costs about a third as much.
- Klein Tools 65200MAG Magnetic Mini Ratchet ($21.98): a pocket 90-tooth ratchet with four bits stored onboard, built for the same tight-space carry.
- 711L Mini Ratchet Wrench ($25.90): a stainless micro ratchet from an EDC specialist, sized for spots where even the Adapter won’t reach.
Price: $75
Where to Buy: Leatherman
Bottom Line
The Batch #009 Adapter is a niche buy: a $75 titanium ratchet built to hold the bits and blades your main multitool doesn’t have space for. It won’t replace a Wave or a Skeletool, but for EDC carriers who already own one and want somewhere to stash spare bits, it’s a clever accessory, if you can catch the next drop. And if you can’t, the aftermarket is the only other route for now, though resale listings tend to run well above the $75 sticker.
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