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Klein Slim-Profile Magnetic Mini Ratchet

A 90-tooth pocket ratchet with its bits stored in the handle

Klein Tools 65200MAG mini ratchet: a chrome handle with a round finger loop, a black bit holder carrying a Phillips, a slotted, a square bit and an adapter, and a ratchet head with a magnet mark on its cap.

A chrome ratchet 4.28 inches long whose head needs only 4 degrees of swing per click, so it keeps working where a screwdriver can’t complete a turn.

Klein’s own spec table gives the head 90 teeth and a 4 degree arc. The sell sheet sets that against “standard 72-tooth”, and Klein’s own older 65200 set has 72 teeth and a 5 degree sweep. One degree sounds small until the clearance is an inch of space behind a panel.

The 65200MAG’s other change is the magnet. The 65200 holds its bits with a ring magnet and a clip. Here the magnetism transfers into the bit, so Klein says the whole bit length holds onto a steel screw. That matters most when you are reaching into a gap with one hand and cannot spare a second to steady the screw.

The bits live on the handle in a removable black holder: #2 Phillips, 1/4-inch slotted, #2 square, and a 1/4-inch nut-driver adapter. The adapter is the clever one, since it turns a screwdriver into a small wrench. The handle ends in a finger loop for one-handed driving, and Klein suggests clipping it to a keychain or carabiner. Klein lists the weight at 3.2 ounces, the width at 1.18 inches and the material as chromium vanadium steel.

The trade is breadth. The older 65200 is a five-piece set with 1/4 and 5/16-inch nut drivers built into a dual-drive head, plus four bits including #1 Phillips and two slotted sizes. The MAG carries fewer bits and no #1 Phillips, so check that the sizes you need are among them.

Klein’s product page lists no price, no warranty terms and no country of origin. Its spec table says “Reversible: No” while the sell sheet promises a two-way adjustment to switch direction, so confirm how the direction switch works before relying on it.

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