No because no one has a screwdriver that can fit it, they have to go out and explicitly buy one just so they can undo a screw.
Unless something really super duper seriously needs to stay tightened a Phillips is the way to go. I don’t want to have to start a project only to have to go out and buy something that I’ll only ever use once because it’s some weird exotic screw head. Phillips is what data centres use to secure computers to server racks so it’s obviously pretty good.
That just means it works OK for cheap flimsy sheet metal. But the philips head was originally designed to be a torque limiting fastener for assembly line use. It’s supposed to cam out when the worker’s simple air tool had the screw tightened down.
Carpenters these days almost exclusively use torx, drywall still uses Philips I guess. Also I only ever use a hand screwdriver with bolts unless something has gone very wrong. If we’re screwing I’ve got to use an impact driver, and finding a torx bit is super easy for those. They usually come in the box of screws.
No way. Torx over Phillips all day
No because no one has a screwdriver that can fit it, they have to go out and explicitly buy one just so they can undo a screw.
Unless something really super duper seriously needs to stay tightened a Phillips is the way to go. I don’t want to have to start a project only to have to go out and buy something that I’ll only ever use once because it’s some weird exotic screw head. Phillips is what data centres use to secure computers to server racks so it’s obviously pretty good.
That just means it works OK for cheap flimsy sheet metal. But the philips head was originally designed to be a torque limiting fastener for assembly line use. It’s supposed to cam out when the worker’s simple air tool had the screw tightened down.
If it works, it works. But I wouldn’t want to be driving Phillips head screws into wood when I’m building something.
Carpenters these days almost exclusively use torx, drywall still uses Philips I guess. Also I only ever use a hand screwdriver with bolts unless something has gone very wrong. If we’re screwing I’ve got to use an impact driver, and finding a torx bit is super easy for those. They usually come in the box of screws.