"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Philips heads

I am STUNNED that no-one except me knows that Philips heads are all but
obsolete these days.

You MUST use the correct driver.

Plenty still use the term for any cross head screw.

Which is 100% WRONG. Pozidrives have been available for about 40 years, so
there's hardly any excuse not to use the correct term. They are totally
different.

Also there are LOTS of cheap Asian screwdrivers out there with a cross-head
that are to NEITHER spec and will wreck screws very easily.

Graham