Klein, hands down. You can get different types of handles from them also. After using them any other screwdriver just doesn't match up for me.
I agree with the Klein argument...had the same set scince I was a highschool wanna be wrenchin with my pops (actually they were bought with my "tool allowance" at my very first illegal job workin for my dads company... Picked a couple up off the roadway (gotta have good eyes) they've always given me great service (cept for the flathead driver I snapped off using as a prybar that they warrantied) and that wasnt their fault.
Ive found the best Phillips Bit would be a APEX Snap on bit , they set into the screw just fine with no slop..if one of those does not remove the screw, not much will.. commonly used in the aircraft industry for stainless screws..and they last for quite some time.. ,, a little graphite give those just more bite...
Snap on drivers are very nice in the hands, much like their cousins the "Snap-On wrench". If you can stand using a magnetic bit driver, the posidrive tips used for drywall have a nice blunt end, no point that never seems to jump. They have worked very good for removing all of the robotic screws that the big three have screwed everything together with for the last 40 or so odd years. My two cents worth. By the way, thats only 1.75 cents worth US, you're welcome neighbour!
My vote is for the Snap on ratchet that you can switch to common bladed drivers are torx whatever. We lost one at the shop and it was at least 15 years. comfort. Last time I checked a new one was close to $40 bucks. Tried to buy one on the bay for myself but never got one.
a solid second vote here, if you haven't tried a set of these, you dont know what your missing. other sets i have that dont compare are snap on, mac, kobalt, craftsman, and a few others. I prefer snap on for nearly any other tool though.
Ever thought of using it correctly it wont break!!!Its amazing how many broken tools i get in my hand that clearly are aboused !!!!
The first screwdriver I go for is my SnapOn racheting magnetic tip one. I think the removeable tips are probably even better than their regular screwdrivers.
I love it when my buddy uses my screwdrivers as chisels, even though I have at least a dozen ****in' chisels.
In my opinion the best Phillips screwdriver is Klein, and I have all the others, but like the Klein the best. First bought a Klein for electrical work, then bought other sizes.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o> The Canadian Robertson screw heads and drivers are more that just a square drive, they also have a slight taper which helps them work even better than just a straight square drive, especially in production line work. The older Canadian wood boats and furniture used Robertson too. Their patent ran out in the 1960s, so anyone can make the screws and drivers today. Not all square drives today have the taper.
I scored a full set of OXO screwdrivers at a discount outlet and they're nice to work with.They've held up well. The Sears black-handled "Professionals" are a good deal too.
I always liked these except for the price. Now you can buy them in the Willams brand from jhwilliamstoolgroup.com They are exactly the same as my old Snap Ons but way less in price. Bought them on Amazon for something like $46 for a set of 6 !!
A firm grip that don't allow the bit to slip in the screw is most important. Get lazy, a limp grip and they all will slip. I like the cheap ones that wear out because they are softer than the screws and a slip don't damage the screw. The same with common slot screwdrivers. Harbor Freight. A dozen costs less than one Snapon. When they wear a little, I toss them. At LearJet we would buy disposable Apex bits that are softer than the screw head, used to be $2 a dozen in the 20th century, use one for a day and toss it. A hard screwdriver tip will burr the slots in a screw head. On high dollar equipment like a LearJet, the attrition, sacrificial component, needs to be the tool, not the equipment.
Now that you have a list, you should start a poll. Oh and OT a little but our square bits in America are also called Robertson bits, same as they are called in America's Hat (Canada). They are not exclusive to Canada, I work for a millwork company that uses them for everything.
Another vote for the Snap-On mag tip/ratcheting handle version I like 'em so much, I have 4. Got a red handled Bill Elliot version(hey,it was on sale) that I dedicated to Torx(handle's full of T bits) Best screwdriver for the $$, IMHO.
I agree. I have had my yellow one for 25 years and it is still great. I just bought a red one on ebay for my grandson as he always reached for mine first.
Robertson Screw In 1908, square-drive screws were invented by Canadian P. L. Robertson. Twenty-eight years before Henry Phillips patented his Phillips head screws, which are also square-drive screws.The Robertson screw is considered the "first recess-drive type fastener practical for production usage." The design became a North American standard, as published in the sixth edition of Industrial Fasteners Ins***ute Metric and Inch Standards. A square-drive head on a screw can be better than a slot head because the screwdriver will not slip out of the screw's head during installation. The Model T car made by the Ford Motor Company (one of Robertson's first customers) used over seven hundred Robertson screws. Phillips Head Screw In the early 1930s, the Phillips head screw was invented by Henry Phillips. Automobile manufacturers now used car ***embly lines. They needed screws that could take greater torque and could provide tighter fastenings. The Phillips head screw was compatible with the automated screwdrivers used in ***embly line. Ironically, there is a Philips Screw Company that never made Phillips screws or drivers. Henry Phillips died in 1958 at the age of sixty-eight.
I dont' care where Craftsman are made, they ****. I used to pick up broken ones at a yard sale for a quarter, and take it to Sears for a free one, but I don't bother any more.
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