HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoPhilips shouldn't exist anymore. Torx plus is the champlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square147linkfedilinkarrow-up1926arrow-down115
arrow-up1911arrow-down1imagePhilips shouldn't exist anymore. Torx plus is the champlemmy.dbzer0.comHootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square147linkfedilink
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·2 days agoMaterial matters, if you use poorly made screws that’s when the head gets blunted.
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down5·2 days agoPhilips screws are intentionally made to strip though. Even the best material can’t fully offset bad design.
minus-squareJunkers_Klunker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 days agoPhilips heads are designed to intentionally cam over and limit torque, if you’re using the correct screwdriver that is quite a lot of torque. They certainly have a usecase, but that isn’t anywhere near me. I only use torx.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI read that was just an afterthought to explain away why they strip out so easily, instead of actually redesigning them
Material matters, if you use poorly made screws that’s when the head gets blunted.
Philips screws are intentionally made to strip though. Even the best material can’t fully offset bad design.
Philips heads are designed to intentionally cam over and limit torque, if you’re using the correct screwdriver that is quite a lot of torque. They certainly have a usecase, but that isn’t anywhere near me. I only use torx.
I read that was just an afterthought to explain away why they strip out so easily, instead of actually redesigning them