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Screw rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] 19 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I hate phillips. It seems like their only purpose for existing is to strip out so that you can never remove them.

Personally, any time I have a project, I always opt for torx (star). The screwdriver bits for them are not tapered so they don't push themselves back out of the screw-head (unlike phillips), so they tend to stay in place and grip much better. It's a lot harder to screw up a torx screw or bit than a phillips one.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Same. I use torx for everything. Also gotta love the square Robertson ones, they're just not common where I live. I hate Philips, although for anyone not aware, there is a difference between posi drive an Philips and going to the effort of making sure you have the correct one massively reduces torquing out and damage to screw head.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They actually were designed to cam out in low torque applications so consumers could not over-tighten them. The problem is now those consumers only know what a phillips is, so they're used for everything.

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