Best Screwdriver Set? Craftsman, Milwaukee, Wera, Wiha, Klein Tools, Felo, PB Swiss, Tekton

is a seven dollar set of screwdrivers

just as good as a set that cost over a

hundred dollars we have a bunch of

different brands of test today so let's

find out in the first test we'll see if

the screwdrivers can drive in and remove

50 screws then we'll test the cam out

and failure load we'll see which brand

has the strongest slotted screwdriver

blade When It's hammer time we'll see

which screwdriver has the best dance

moves at a price of only seven dollars

the least expensive brand that we'll be

testing is made by Pittsburgh and sold

at Harbor Freight 12 screwdrivers for

seven dollars seems like a terrific

value magnetic tips rib cushion grip it

even comes with a lifetime warranty made

of chrome Vanadium steel wrench ready to

increase the torque the Pittsburgh

screwdrivers are made in China let's go

and kick off our first test our first

grind three flat areas on the

screwdriver shaft I'll cut the

screwdriver shaft so we can install it

in a drill the flat areas on the shaft

will allow the chuck to maintain a firm

grip on a screwdriver without slipping

to test the durability of the

screwdrivers I'll use the hammer mode to

install and remove 53 and a half inch

screws and a pressure treated four by

fours I'll use an impact driver with a

new impact driver bit to start each of

the drywall screws before beginning the

test and the Pittsburgh number two

Phillips screwdriver has very thin

flutes so this is going to be very

interesting unfortunately the Harbor

Freight Pittsburgh ran out of steam on

the 11th screw at around 600 impacts

from the hammer drill

and the flutes on the Pittsburgh are

just way too soft and thin to last a

long time at a price of 17 or more than

double the cost of the Pittsburgh brand

is this Craftsman brand the kit includes

12 pieces the slotted Craftsman

screwdrivers have a square shaft

allowing the use of pliers or wrench for

additional torque alloy steel blades are

heat treated for strength and durability

we're gonna test that coated with the

satin nickel finish Comfort optimized

handle for high and low torque

applications includes a magnetizer and a

demagnetizer the Craftsman brand is made

in Taiwan the craftsmans on the left and

the Pittsburgh's on the right the flutes

in the Craftsman are a lot thicker

giving it a better fit and strength

advantage over the Pittsburgh and it

Craftsman a very easy work of installing

50 screws and I didn't have to exert a

lot of downward Force to prevent cam out

it also made very easy work of removing

all 50 screws and the Craftsman flutes

are very thin and the screwdriver is

nearly used up however the flutes did

not twist or bend even after around

sixteen thousand five hundred impacts

from the drill removing and installing

50 screws at a price of twenty four

dollars for eight screwdrivers or three

dollars each is this tecton brand

extremely durable handles made of glass

reinforced nylon resistant to solvents

we're going to test that screwdriver tip

geometry milled for exact fit with

fasteners the tecton brand is made in

USA the flutes of the tecton seem to be

just as thick as the Craftsman and the

tecton seems to provide a really good

fit with the drywall screws however it

didn't take long before I was applying a

lot of downward Force to keep the

screwdriver from slipping out of the

screw and it took a lot of pressure to

install the 20th screw and the bit was

slipping and detective screwdriver held

up a lot better than the Pittsburgh but

experienced a lot more wear than the

Craftsman so the Craftsman's in the lead

at a price of 33 dollars for six

screwdrivers or about five dollars at 50

cents each is this channel lock brand

high torque acetate handle for Superior

durability and solvent resistance we're

going to test that custom heat treated

alloy steel blades precision machine

Vapor blast tips for precise fit nickel

chrome finish for exceptional corrosion

resistance the channel lock screwdrivers

are made in USA let's see how the

channel lock screwdriver holds up and

the channel lock screwdriver is

performing a lot better than the tecton

but after 35 screws I'm having to apply

a lot of downward pressure to keep the

screwdriver from slipping and a chain

lock is used up after 48 screws the

flutes did not Bend or twist but did

experience quite a bit of material loss

at a price of 38 dollars for six

screwdrivers or over six dollars each is

this phyllo brand test the best we're

gonna do that ergonomic the first handle

that adapts to the user's hand impact

proof handle made of Highly flexible

Plastics you can use the nut on the

handle or the shaft to gain additional

torque the filo brand is made in Germany

and the phyllo brand is off to a great

start installing 50 screws but the

screwdriver did require quite a bit of

downward pressure installing the last 10

screws the filo almost survived the test

but gave up after removing 38 screws and

the flutes are nearly worn through but

they're not twisted or bent at a price

of forty dollars for six screwdrivers is

this Milwaukee brand the Milwaukee brand

is made in China the shank is forged the

screwdriver is a wrenched ready to allow

additional torque anti-peel handle

design hardened grips Milwaukee claims

their screwdrivers are professional

grade and durable and the Milwaukee

Screwdriver is taking a lot less

downward Force to remove the screws

compared to most of the other brands

unfortunately I drove one of the screws

into a knot in the board but the

Milwaukee Screwdriver was still able to

get the job done Milwaukee is on the

left and the Craftsman's on the right

both screwdrivers are pretty much used

up and seem to be in about the same

condition at a price of 42 dollars for

six screwdrivers or seven dollars each

is this we're a brand the wearer kit

includes a screwdriver rack laser tip

micro rough Drive tip bites into the

Fastener to ensure a perfect fit and

reduce cam out effect we're gonna test

that multi-component krat form handle

fits the shape of the hand for ultimate

in comfort and high speed torque

transfer hexagon bolster for extra

torque transfer the wearer screwdrivers

are made in the Czech Republic the laser

groups cut into the screwdriver tip

really seem to help the screwdriver gain

a grip and avoid cam out and the wear

has definitely performed by far the best

so far requiring a lot less downward

Force throughout the test wears on the

left and the Craftsman's on the right

and the rear is showing a lot less wear

than the Craftsman and moves into the

lead at a price of 57 dollars for just

six screwdrivers or about nine dollars

and fifty cents each is this vessel

brand it claims to be even beyond the

Japanese industrial standard tatara is a

traditional iron making process process

of katana that has been handed down for

over a thousand years in Japan Phillips

Joss fit tip that firmly grips screws to

reduce cam out Chrome Vanadium alloy

steel Shanks specially hardened The

Vessel brand is made in Japan The Vessel

brand claims their tips are designed to

prevent cam out

and the vessel screwdriver performed

very well installing and removing the

screws but it did seem to require quite

a bit more downward pressure than the

wearer brand and the vessel screwdriver

is on the left and the rear is on the

right the wearer definitely experienced

less wear than the vessel at a price of

68 dollars for eight screwdrivers about

eight dollars and fifty cents each is

this Klein Tools brand cushion grip

handles for greater torque and comfort

tip and Dent quickly identifies the type

of screwdriver tip and its orientation

so you can easily engage the screwdriver

tip with the screw precision machine tip

for exact fit Chrome plated for smooth

feel and corrosion resistance decline

tool screwdrivers are made in USA and

the Klein Tools brand installed and

removed all 50 screws but it did require

more downward Force than some of the

other brands Klein Tools is on the left

and the rear is on the right the wearer

definitely experience less wear than the

Klein tool screwdriver at a price of 91

dollars for just six screwdrivers or

about 15 each is this PB Swiss brand the

Swiss tools brand comes with a

screwdriver holder the PB Swiss

screwdrivers are made in Switzerland the

Swiss tool screwdriver may not look all

that much different from the competition

but the performance was simply amazing

the screwdriver flutes held proper shape

during the entire test so I didn't have

to apply very much downward Force at all

to install and remove all the screws

Swiss tools is on the left and the rear

is on the right while the wearer brand

did an amazing job the Swiss tools

totally crushed the competition on this

one and is in far better condition very

impressive at a price of 105 dollars for

seven screwdrivers or fifteen dollars

each is this weah brand metal striking

cap screwdriver tips or precision

machine to exact fit wrench ready for

additional torque advanced technology

dual material molding made of chrome

Vanadium tool steel the wheel brand is

made in Germany the wiiha brand claims

to be extremely heavy duty and it

performed extremely well compared to

most of the other brands just like the

Swiss tool screwdriver it required very

little downward pressure throughout the

test we is on the left and the Swiss

tools is on the right and both Brands

held up exceptionally well and seem to

have about the same amount of wear 70 to

11 Brands survived and completed the

accelerated wear test but the amount of

wear varied quite a bit assessing wear

is highly subjective but the weah and

the PB Swiss came in on top with a wear

rating of one the wearer brand performed

nearly as well with the rating of two

now that all the screwdrivers have had

some use Let's test them again this time

for failure or Cam out load I'll use the

drill press which has a wheel attached

to apply the downward pressure on the

screwdriver drill presses use leverage

so 15 pounds of weight will apply very

close to 100 pounds of downward force on

the screwdriver I went ahead and removed

the belt from the drill press to make

sure we're getting accurate test results

I'll be using some very high quality

self-tapping screws and I'll replace the

screw before testing each brand even

with 100 pounds of downward force and

after only driving 12 screws the Harbor

Freight Pittsburgh cammed out at only 79

inch pounds I guess you get what you pay

for after installing and removing 100

screws the very affordable Craftsman

puts up 50 percent more torque than the

Pittsburgh finally snapping at 118 inch

pounds very impressive for a budget tool

after installing 20 screws the tecton

cammed out at 90 inch pounds or 28 inch

pounds less than the Craftsman and the

channel locks perform slightly better

than detecting in the first test and

they once again outperform the tech than

this time camming out at 95 inch pounds

and the filo far nearly as well as a

Craftsman in the first test but it came

up one inch pound short of matching the

Craftsman at 117 inch pounds before

finally breaking the Milwaukee performed

just as well as a Craftsman in the first

test but the Milwaukee came out on top

this time with a very impressive 127

inch pounds once again the wearer

screwdriver moves into the lead with a

very impressive 131 inch pounds before

finally snapping and the vessel brand

performed nearly as well at 123 inch

pounds and moves into third position

behind Milwaukee and the Klein tool

screwdriver did a terrific job holding

on but finally cammed out at 114 inch

pounds and the PB Swiss refused to break

and finally cammed out at 136 inch

pounds to move in the first place very

impressive the wheel showed very little

wear in the first test and it did very

well in this test too finishing in a

two-way tie for third place with the

Milwaukee brand the Swiss tool

screwdriver came out on top at a very

impressive 136 inch pounds the wearer

screwdriver performed nearly as well at

131 inch pounds and the Milwaukee and

the WEA finished in a two-way tie for

third at 127 inch pounds all the brands

have a quarter inch or metric equivalent

slotted screwdriver but unlike the

Phillips there's much more variance in

Blade thickness so it's definitely not a

perfect comparison but let's do it

anyway I put together a holder for the

screwdriver that has a fitting for the

socket adapter I'll replace the slotted

bolt before testing each brand Let's

test the Harbor Freight Pittsburgh brand

first and the Harbor Freight Pittsburgh

blade is quite a bit thicker than a lot

of the other brands at 1.15 millimeters

and the screwdriver actually performed

fairly well at 96 inch pounds but the

blade is pretty badly bent and the

Craftsman has a much thinner blade than

the Pittsburgh at only one millimeter

and a Craftsman blade is very brittle

and it broke at only 59 inch pounds

however the Craftsman does come with a

much larger screwdriver in the

screwdriver set the tecton's blade is

slightly thicker than the Craftsman at

1.04 millimeters and it barely edges out

the Craftsman at 61 inch pounds the

blade is now bent but the bend isn't

nearly as bad as the Pittsburghs the

channel lock screwdriver has the

thinnest blade yet at only 0.95

millimeters and it gave up at 50 inch

pounds and the blade on the channel lock

screwdriver has a pretty bad Bend and

the filo band has the thickest blade yet

at 1.22 millimeters and it did by far

the best yet at 103 inch pounds no

visible damage to the phyllo Blade the

Milwaukee only has a blade thickness of

1.05 millimeters and it did the best yet

finally letting go at 106 inch pounds to

take the lead from filo however the

screwdriver did experience a pretty bad

Bend and the wearer with a blade

thickness of 1.22 millimeters broke the

bolt at 120 inch pounds very impressive

let's try this again and the Weir did

nearly as well the second time this time

letting go at 117 inch pounds the blade

does have a small Bend vessel has a

relatively thin blade at 1.05

millimeters and the blade lost grip at

82 inch pounds the blade experienced a

pretty bad Bend Klein Tools has one of

the thinnest blades yet at only one

millimeter and the blade gave up at 85

inch pounds which is actually pretty

decent considering the blade thickness

and the blade experienced quite a bit of

bending during the test just like the

Klein Tools brand the PB Swiss

screwdriver is one of the thinnest in

the lineup at only one millimeter

considering the thickness of the blade

the Swiss tools actually did fairly well

but it finally broke at 89 inch pounds

and the WIA brand which claims to be

extra heavy duty performed very well at

115 inch pounds and moves into second

place behind the wearer brand the

screwdriver did experience a small Bend

so the wearer brand came out on top at

120 inch pounds but the WIA brand came

in a close second at 115. Milwaukee

performed very well at 106 inch pounds

and filo 103. so three out of the top

four are German Brands let's see how

well the screwdrivers handle stress from

a hammer blow to offer a fair test I'll

be using a hydraulic press to measure

the failure load beginning with the

Pittsburgh brand I placed a black mark

on the shaft of all the screwdrivers so

we can see when the shaft is driven into

the handle and the Pittsburgh brand

actually didn't do too bad for a budget

tool the handle began bending at 650

pounds and the shaft never began moving

up into the screwdriver handle at only

170 pounds the shaft on the Craftsman

began moving into the handle but it

stopped moving after about a half of an

inch and the handle in the shaft began

to bend at 700 pounds if you need a

screwdriver that can handle an impact

the tecton brand is definitely a good

pick the handle in the shaft began to

bend at 1100 pounds and finally reach 1

300 pounds before the test ended just

like the Craftsman the shaft started to

move up into the handle at around 200

pounds but it stopped moving after about

an inch the shaft began to bend at a

thousand pounds so the tecton brand is

still in the lead with 300 pounds of

weight onto the filo screwdriver the

shaft began moving into the handle the

shaft began to bend at 600 pounds and

the shaft of the Milwaukee stayed in the

proper position during the entire test

the Milwaukee began bending at nearly a

thousand pounds the shaft on the weira

began moving into the handle at 700

pounds but the screwdriver did not begin

bending until around 1500 pounds and the

shaft punctured the end of the handle

and the shaft on the vessel brand began

traveling through the handle at 200

pounds and the weight topped out at 1

200 pounds as a screwdriver became very

short and the Klein tools made it to 1

100 pounds before the handle began to

bend and the shaft wasn't driven up into

the handle so the Klein Tools and the

techton performed about the same the PB

Swiss brand began to bend at 650 pounds

and the shaft wasn't driven up into the

handle and the Wii has a strike cap

that's designed to handle a blow and the

shaft on the wheel stayed in the proper

position but the handle began to bend at

750 pounds so the American Brand's

detecting Klein in Milwaukee came in on

top at 1100 1100 and 1000 respectively

apparently manufacturers understand that

Americans like to use hammers on their

tools The japanese-made Vessel performed

very well at 900 pounds and the WIA 750.

so the real question is when it's hammer

time which screwdriver has the best

dance moves

very nice dance moves but don't get

cocky Milwaukee

so very interesting dance moves from the

German brand wira

the Japanese vessel brand definitely

seems a little bit stiff and needs to

loosen up

for only seven bucks you get some pretty

good moves from the Harbor Freight

Pittsburgh

I tested all the screwdrivers for

chemical resistance using brake parts

cleaner after dipping the screwdriver

handles and Brake Parts cleaner for one

minute all the brands survived however

the Craftsman in the channel locks seem

to be the most affected as the plastic

became soft however none of the handles

became sticky after exposure to brake

parts cleaner not all the screwdrivers

are magnetized but the magnetizer makes

quick work of it you can demagnetize or

magnetize a screwdriver in about three

seconds it's a really nice tool to have

on hand when it comes to screwdrivers

you get what you pay for I really like

that we as well as a PB swiss but

they're very expensive Brands if you're

not looking for a really cheap brand but

you're looking for a brand that will

perform well I really like the wearer as

well as the Milwaukee both of those

Brands seem to finish near the top three

in just about every category and finally

if you only have twenty dollars for a

set of screwdrivers I would go with the

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