[tzs]

From the linked blog:

> A Swiss Army knife does a bunch of things, all of them poorly.

Counterexample: the Phillips head screwdriver in my Swiss Army knife is actually the best Phillips head I've ever found. It can easily turn without slipping a wider range of screw head diameters and depths than any other screwdriver I've used.

(Does anyone else have way more screwdrivers around than they can explain? I cannot think of any reason I would own more than two or three full sized screw drivers, and one set of small of jewelers screwdrivers...but I've got more than a dozen full sized ones and a couple sets of jewelers screwdrivers. I cannot remember buying, inheriting, finding, stealing, borrowing and not returning, or being gifted any of them--but there they are. Glitch in the matrix?)

[xxs]

One thing about the Phillips screw driver - perhaps it's Pozidriv[0] type, that's compatible with Phillips but different/better.

"Phillips" was originally designed to slip to prevent over-tighten. One more PH. screwdrivers come in various sizes (read the listed article for more). Using the correct one works significantly better for: flat/ph/pz, etc. For stuff like torx is not even possible to use incorrect screwdriver. Last screwdriver quality greatly varies, with some brands being exceptionally expensive or even pride material to own.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives#Pozidriv

[jdeibele]

I went to replace the memory in a 2018 Mac Mini yesterday. I have small Torx screwdrivers from doing this older Mac Minis and MacBooks. I have bigger security Torx bits (they have a pin in the center so ordinary Torx bits won't work) that I bought when replacing the fuse in a microwave.

What I don't have are small security Torx bits or screwdrivers. Which is what you need for the 2018 Mac Mini.

I had bought the small Torx screwdrivers as part of a kit with small Phillips, pentalobe, etc. Major use case was replacing broken screens on Chromebooks when the kids were littler. Secondary use was replacing hard drives in Mac Minis (2011, 2012) with small SSD/1 TB combos.

[andynic]

I buy most of my tools from jumble sales, the older tools are the best and with a bit of restoration work better than any new screw driver. I always carry a pocket knife and knife sharpener like the one here https://www.gearassistant.com/best-pocket-knife-sharpener/ but rarely use the screwdriver on it