I kinda miss a few opinions on the topic of “screw taste” here. 🥲
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I like torx
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Torx is definitely the best, it holds the screwdriver the best and a torx screwdriver also works to remove other screws with stripped heads
Look at any comparison that includes robertson and it wins every time, and if the reviewer is american they're surprised every time. Canadian fastener aisles are 95% robertson 2% torx and 3% hex because lag bolts and such. Only screws included in other hardware are anything other than those
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Me too
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I see, you decided to pick 2 pieces of shit.
Phillips proceeds to strip when I look at it badly.
Slotted keeps kicking out the screwdriver.
Robertson is the top. It holds onto the screwdriver even without magnet, and good luck stripping a square.
Phillips usually strip when using a pozidrive screw driver on them. Very common mistake because people think they are the sams, but easy to avoid once you know it.
Also, the fit has to be tight. If it’s loose, the screw driver is too small.
Posidrive is not that common and not the problem. Phillips heads strip because they're designed to cam out and prevent snapping heads or overtorquing. JIS is same cross shape but doesnt cam out, which is good for avoiding stripping the heads but makes it easier to snap the head off of screws
Maybe in the US, but Pozidrive is very common here in Germany and other european countries in the form of “Spax” screws. They are the main screws we get for everything from wood working to wall mounts for pictures. They also don’t strip as easily as philips screws.
And trust me, I have seen plenty of philips screws beeing stripped ue to the use of pozi screw drivers while beeing perfectly okay when beeing removed with a philips screwdriver. Of course there are other reasons they strip as you mentioned, but here in Germany its a huge problem because Pozidrive is so common and people dont know the difference.
The reason for the stripping , that the shape of the tip is different.
Source: pbswisstools.com
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Hex is amazing, actually. Perfect for mechanical systems that need precision adjustments and/or precision tightening torque. The driver grips solid and is really hard to accidentally strip.
Slotted / flat head is a joke and I can't take you seriously if you claim it deserves a top spot in any ranking.
Phillips is great for layman end user applications that need protection from over-torque, as it's designed to reject a driver when torqued out. But it's the wrong head to use in like 90% of the places you encounter it.
Yes, screw Philips, all Philips heads should be turned into Torx heads. And slotted heads can go straight into the bin.
Slotted are sometimes the only option, when working in small scales, like M1 and M1.2 because there is so little material in the head of the screw On larger scales, I totally agree
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The real propaganda is labelling Robertson square.
The only reason Robertson isn't everywhere is that it was patented and Robertson refused to license it, insisting that his company would be the only one to manufacture it.
Because of that, Henry Ford used those screws on the Canadian-made Model T cars, but not on the American made ones. The patent didn't expire until 1964, so many other screw types that weren't patented became popular in the mean time. But, the patent has now been expired for 60 years, so I think it's ok to just call it "square" now.
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Fyi Robertson(square) and slotted are the "tasty" screws.
Philips is a corporate design built to strip.
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Torx is the vastly superior option and Robertson drive are also really good
I'd argue that Robertson is actually superior to Torx, since the "vanes" of the Torx head are more prone to stripping than the solid right angles.
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Both Phillips and slot screws are fucking awful.
Yeah flat heads are terrible. They are always the reason if I get injured by my screwdriver.
Firstly, theres no geometry preventing the bit from slipping out. Secondly, greatly exacerbating the first, you need to press hard to prevent the bit from camming out, which increases the risk of it slipping out.
Both problems combined causes the bit to slip out with very high force. If you happen to be holding the workpiece, you can injure yourself real bad.
I fucking hate flatheads.
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it's missing the brand new BMW^TM^ screw
Those just taste like boot leather
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I have never approached a slotted screw with any less than absolute contempt.
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This Robertson screw slander is unacceptable
The only reason robertson isn't the standard in NA is because the inventor was a moron and wouldn't license the production to ford
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It's not square, it's ROBERTSON!!! A gift from Canadians to the world, and everyone else decides that, no. Easily strippable screw heads are better...
Phillips and slotted should be illegal. Torx is far superior in every way.
Why is this flamebait being up voted?
No mention of Oval drive? As much as I normally hate security fasteners, I love those for being hilarious. At first glance it appears roughly circular, you'd be like "well this is a nail, or a rivet or something". But no, actually you can unscrew it!
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Phillips strips because it was designed to. Literally. And I fucking hate it.
Slotted is a bitch unless you have the motor skills of a neurosurgeon.
All tamper screws are offensive to me on a religious/spiritual level.
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you take that back about the square drive and pin that shit on the phillips head
context: the square drive was designed as a universal open standard for affixing things to other things. the phillips head was designed as a cheap alternative to torque wrenches
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Robertson and hex are fine. In the far reaches of the world those can be quite common.
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JIS > Philips and this is a hill I will die on. Philips #2 strips so quickly its quickly garbage.
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Kinda surprised this wasn't a gender comic. I half expected the corpo propaganda label to be mental illness lol
And torx is the tastiest screw, fight me
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For me, there are just 3 types of screws: Plus, minus and "shit, I don't have a tool for this"
I prefer torx to Philips. Philips strips too easily
Pozi and Torx are my jam. They all taste the same though. Yup, I keep 3 or 4 on the side of the mouth when I'm working on a ladder. Nothing beats nails if you want taste.
It's missing the cursed Apple pentalobe.
6-lobe tamper is great for acute psychiatry and corrections where you're dealing with violent and self injurious behavior. You don't want people pulling screws out to make shivs / lockpicks / things to slit their wrists with or pulling utility plates off the wall to access wiring for fire setting or expose studs or plumbing to anchor a noose on. It's a lot harder to improvise a tool to remove a 6-lobe than it is a flat or even a Phillips.
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