Philips heads strip unusually easily because the driver will fit, but then cam out damaging the drive, if you use the wrong driver size or too little pressure. Or if it's actually a JIS or Pozidriv, and you're using a Philips driver because you don't know better, or the proper sets are expensive, or the size and type you need is in the same place all your 10mm sockets are.
Most other drives don't have most of these problems. Even with the infamous Pentalobe, as long as you get the size right, it's pretty hard to screw up.
So I gather, and after all it is by design, but after a lifetime of dealing with the miserable things I've come to regard the design as either obsolete or just bad from the start.
edit: Apocryphally by design, anyway. Wikipedia says that's an urban legend, unfounded. I cordially despise the things either way, and I'm sure the sentiment is reciprocated.
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Philips heads strip unusually easily because the driver will fit, but then cam out damaging the drive, if you use the wrong driver size or too little pressure. Or if it's actually a JIS or Pozidriv, and you're using a Philips driver because you don't know better, or the proper sets are expensive, or the size and type you need is in the same place all your 10mm sockets are.
Most other drives don't have most of these problems. Even with the infamous Pentalobe, as long as you get the size right, it's pretty hard to screw up.
Philips heads camming out is a feature in certain contexts, apparently.
So I gather, and after all it is by design, but after a lifetime of dealing with the miserable things I've come to regard the design as either obsolete or just bad from the start.
edit: Apocryphally by design, anyway. Wikipedia says that's an urban legend, unfounded. I cordially despise the things either way, and I'm sure the sentiment is reciprocated.
They are bad by design. You can just limit the torque on your cordless drill.