Customer Reviews

Ingersoll-Rand 109XPA 3/8-inch Air Ratchet Wrench

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Purchased for Husband, who is a professional mechanic. This was a step up from his previous IR model, which lasted 5 years. He is still very impressed after several months. Although this tool has a button, the speed can still be regulated with a good hand. Power, this 3/8 air ratchet has hit. On 3/8",8mm, or 10mm bolts, don't push the button in completely or this tool's torque will break the best grade bolt. He used to use his 3/8 air ratchet to tighten diesel exhaust clamps, but not anymore. After breaking a few clamps, he went back to the 1/4" air ratchet.

This is a very nice tool well built works well but a little bigger than I expected not much good for tight places.

I have used air ratchets for 40 years and have busted my knuckles enough and caught my hand with the lever trigger models. This is the only push button model I have used and have bought 3- 2 for my mechanic friends who said they would never use a air ratchet again. They love this one and use it ever day. To adjust the torque, just lightly touch the button or push tight and hold on to tighten or remove a bolt.

Great ratchet, made easy work of the 100 or so 3 inch lag bolts on my sons play set. It did start getting a little slow towards the end of the bolt but that was due to my tank being smallish and a tad underpowered and them tighening and needing more torque the further they went in. After using the air wrench, I could only hand tighen another 1/8 of a turn myself, so it was getting them in there pretty good.

I have a DeWalt 2.5 gallon compressor that will do 3.8 cfm at 90 psi, this wants 4.0 cfm at 90 psi(from what I remember). The product itself was solid, nice and heavy, didnt feel too heavy in my hands, worked great, the adjustable air vent was nice, I could turn it to face whatever way I wanted and didnt have to worry about how I was holding the ratchet.

I dont have any other immediate uses for it, but it was money well spent in time saved putting together the play set.

Been using this 3/8" ratchet professionally for several months now, and its a good ratchet.
You can change the direction of the exhaust.
I've had other ratchets from snap on and matco, and those 3/8" ratchets have been knuckle busters, this one isnt but I guess that could be a good thing.
This ratchet although strong, doesnt seem as strong as those others.

One thing that is annoying is when you change directions theres a pin that pops up and prevents the reverse switch from switching all the way, you gotta mess with it to change directions.

I have never owned a Ratchet befor but now I wonder how did I survive without one. You will need an In-Line Oiler add this to price of purchasing (14$ or so) make shure you take care of you new tool so it can take care of you.

as a diesel mechanic i wanted an air ratchet that had some guts. i formerly used a Snxx-xx air ratchet that was their best model. This air ratchet feels like an upgrade. I love the push button instead of the butterfly trigger and the moveable exhaust is very well constructed. This air ratchet is strong but wont rip your hand off.

The little time I did use this it works pretty good, don't recall the model a friend had but his rachet seemed to unbolt alot faster then my air rachet.

this tool is great.if you cant afford a compressor.this air ratchet works well with with mouth peice attatchment.just hook up to where a compressor would be and just like your playing a horn the nuts and bolts will just fly right off.

WoW! I replaced my Toyota Corolla engine with this ratchet! I mean literally, I use the ratchet as the engine with the compressor in the trunk and the dang car squeals tires now and gets great gas mileage! Just saying...... ;-)