• AtHeartEngineer
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        03 months ago

        Square (Robertson) and/or torx depending on application. Square should be for everyday things and torx should be for anything mechanical, yes I know there is a big gray area in the middle there, but flat head, phillips, and hex need to go.

        • @blackris@discuss.tchncs.de
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          03 months ago

          I have never in my life seen such a screw. Hexagon is the shit here, when it isnt Phillips. Maybe coming from Ikea, I don’t know. Is this format a (popular) US thing?

          • AtHeartEngineer
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            13 months ago

            Ya Ikea standardized on hex because it’s cheap to mass produce. It definitely strips though.

            Torx has slowly been gaining popularity in the US for a decade or two now, but sadly Phillips is still pretty popular and hex is pretty common also, you will see the square/Robertson screws a lot in electrical panels and in cabinetry but not super common at the hardware store.

    • @WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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      -13 months ago

      I don’t get the problem with flathead, for household applications it seems the most superior because I can use literally anything in my house to drive the screw (butter knife, credit card, a housekey)

      plus almost every size of flathead screwdriver can fit in almost every size of flathead screw.

      • @fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de
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        13 months ago

        You can use everything, but everything works badly. Even a fitting screwdriver will just randomly jump out after half a turn and scratch whatever you’re working on.

      • @Empricorn@feddit.nl
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        3 months ago

        No offense, but you haven’t unscrewed/screwed enough slot screws if you don’t see why they’re worse in every way. The criteria for a good screw isn’t that you don’t have to have the correct tool. The bits are $0.99!

        I unscrew a single screw and whether it’s a light switch or an electronic device, I’m already annoyed. Even if you use a flathead screwdriver that fits perfectly, it will un-center and slip out, whether you use a hand bit/screw driver or a drill.