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Re:The other “Phillips” head screwdriver you might not know ... by theamk on Saturday January 28, 2023 @03:30PM (#34561486)
Pozidrives are pretty common in bigger US bit sets, even cheap ones.

Example: a $10 bit set: https://www.harborfreight.com/security-bit-set-with-case-100... has Pozi #0, #1, #2 (with spares) and #3

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Re:The other “Phillips” head screwdriver you might not know ... by jiveturkey on Saturday January 28, 2023 @05:27PM (#34562663)
the bits and drivers are extremely common. pozi head screws are almost nonexistent in US. unless you consider IKEA sold in US to be a US product
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Re:The other “Phillips” head screwdriver you might not know ... by jki275 on Saturday January 28, 2023 @09:07PM (#34564151)
I've never seen either the screws or the bits in any of the many bit sets I have owned, nor have I ever heard of them until today.
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Re:The other “Phillips” head screwdriver you might not know ... by bradknowles on Sunday January 29, 2023 @02:28AM (#34565765)
That's interesting. Thinking back over thirty-plus years of buying various bits for hand-held and electric screwdrivers (my dad was using battery powered Makitas before I graduated high school in 1984), I can't remember the last set that I bought which didn't include Pozidrive.

And so far as I know, I've never actually encountered anything that used Pozidrive, so I've always thought it was a huge waste that they were always included.

TIL.

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