"notbob" wrote in message ...

I'd gladly pay $5-10 for a single bit that would last longer than a
hundred screws before it's useless garbage and I gotta reach for new
one like it was consumable sandpaper.

Oddly enough a Snap-On 1/4" Phillips bit is ten bucks.

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools...e=snapon-store