Screwdriver Tips - Recommendation?

[jazzyman2012]

Any recommendations for a good quality or brand of 1/4" screwdriver tips that will last?

 

[brightspark]

wera and dewalt

 

[WorkshopChris]

Another vote for wera.
Not the cheapest by a long way but top quality.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

If for an impact driver worth buying impact specific bits. Even good quality dewalt/wera as above will suffer.

Bought a bosch set from screwfix and the quality was vg too. Pz2 I used a lot on my impact lasted a good many screws. Cheap screws killed it in the end. Travis perking screws are awful much prefer reiser

 

[Allthegearnoidea]

Another vote for Vera and dewalt. The best by a long way in my experience

 

[123hotchef]

wera or milwakee for me

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/ma...ble-ended-pz2-bits-65mm-x-1-4-pack-of-10#gref

Had very good life out of these in my impact.

 

[WorkshopChris]

wera or milwakee for me

I got a couple of the milwaukee boxed sets when they were on offer, only really used the the PZ2 bits but they dont hold up to as much use as wera, i would not get them again.
But i might of just got a bad batch.

 

[angellonewolf]

makita pz2 dont use mine every day but gets used a fair amount lasted me about a few months buy 2 for around the £2.80 ish price screw fix i think are £13 for 10

 

[123hotchef]

I got a couple of the milwaukee boxed sets when they were on offer, only really used the the PZ2 bits but they dont hold up to as much use as wera, i would not get them again.
But i might of just got a bad batch.

i did too they were really cheap from toolstation, the black wera ones are my favourite

 

[500e]

Always used Wera diamond tip, expensive but last another tip so to speek is if you have a problem undoing a smear of course lapping compound on bit will sometimes help

 

[J1nx]

I bought a small pack of the impact black Wera's (PZ2) and destroyed all of them in short order. They are hard but for my use too hard, they explode apart, made me get into the practice of using safety glasses with the impact. Wera make excellent tools in every other experience I’ve had, just not the impact bits. A couple people I’ve mentioned this to said an adaptor is needed but all other bits have been fine without. Most of my use is only in a 10.8v Bosch, large screws but in soft timber so nothing compared to a 18v tool.

I have had much better luck with the standard Wera bits as supplied in the fabric wallet with handle, not impact rated but much better.

Dewalt and Milwaukee versions I have found very good, very few failures in comparison.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I bought a small pack of the impact black Wera's (PZ2) and destroyed all of them in short order. They are hard but for my use too hard, they explode apart, made me get into the practice of using safety glasses with the impact. Wera make excellent tools in every other experience I’ve had, just not the impact bits. A couple people I’ve mentioned this to said an adaptor is needed but all other bits have been fine without. Most of my use is only in a 10.8v Bosch, large screws but in soft timber so nothing compared to a 18v tool.

I have had much better luck with the standard Wera bits as supplied in the fabric wallet with handle, not impact rated but much better.

Dewalt and Milwaukee versions I have found very good, very few failures in comparison.

Would assume the bit holder is designed to allow some torsion between the drill and bit. If there giving up that quickly can't see it making a huge difference.

 

[MattF]

I've been using an Erbauer set for a while, and that's holding up well. The Bosch set I have, the 6mm flat tip bent, the first time it met a seized machine screw.

 

[Maker]

Wera gets my vote, though the green Bosch set with coloured plastic sleeves are very nice too, I've not managed to break one yet.

 

[GW8IZR]

I don't know if dewalt make different quality tips but the ones I get from the local building supplies in a transparent plastic yellow box, a bit like a tic-tac box.. well its a good job they come in big packs or I'd be forever running out. IMO they are rubbish.

The bloke that came to supply a DG unit the other day had some nice long pz2 bits and I asked him where he got them from and if they were any good .. I *think* he said he got them from Cromwell and he gave me a couple to try.. so I'll see how they go.

 

[gordon stephenson]

Wera,

 

[armalites]

Even though there are standards often some bits fit different screws better. Recently I've been using some 50mm Wera ones in my impact driver, I like the fact they are long enough with having to use a holder. They are also harder to loose.

Agrees with @eLuSiVeMiTe Reisser screws are top draw, bits fit very nicely in them and they screw in like nothing I've ever used before.

 

[123hotchef]

Even though there are standards often some bits fit different screws better. Recently I've been using some 50mm Wera ones in my impact driver, I like the fact they are long enough with having to use a holder. They are also harder to loose.

Agrees with @eLuSiVeMiTe Reisser screws are top draw, bits fit very nicely in them and they screw in like nothing I've ever used before.

Reisser are one of my favourites too always from toolstation

 

[GW8IZR]

I suppose the almost universal change from a screwdriver to a power tool means the inevitable shift to a better drive connection - I use torx screws for every new job now.