I'm just gonna stick to slotted, thanks

I repair a lot of tech and I have never seen torx other than the standard, and security version. And security torx drivers are compatible with regular torx

Torx are superior to all other types. I've been a carpenter for roughly three decades, and have suffered through all manner of fastening methods that have come and gone. None of them can hold a candle to Torx. I've never seen another type that can resist stripping out so well and for so long.

We can debate this all day long but we all know torque is cheap.

the worst is not when the screwdriver is fucked but the screw is. That is some huge pain in the ass

my brother in christ have you seen phillips head and posi drive?

Life sucks. You can't win.

Useful tip: with security torx screws, with the little nub in the centre, if you get a small flathead screwdriver to jam in there and wiggle a bit, that centre bit will snap off without much difficulty.
You should be able to use a regular Torx screwdriver bit after that.

One of these is a settings icon

I have to admit that each time I saw a torx security screw on a case I had to open (looking at you, Compaq) this made me so angry that I used to punch the middle pin away with a flathead screwdriver, and replace the screw with a regular one later. This was in those past times I did not have a fuckton of assorted torx bits in a gigantic case...

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Lmao you've clearly never met Philips.

And if you're advocating slotted screws (flathead) you've already lost.

Torx is supreme. The end.

Robinson aka the square head is by far the superior choice.

Relevant xkcd

Relevant xkcd

I'm Jewish, so I'm going to have to go with the tamper-resistant Torx when I need to use screws on myself.

Edit: A troll flagged this as antisemitic, so apparently I hate my own ethnicity?

Don't discount hex, paired with a ball-end wrench, those are great for odd angles or tight spaces a straight wrench can't get too.

Not a single person sharing the xkcd comic about standards? Well I'm not doing it.

Why is screw DLC legal? Why are people ok with companies preventing people from working in their own devices?

The EU should fine companies for introducing new standards that break old standards. Or any shit standards like Toslink: https://lemmy.world/comment/10671314 . Standardization organizations shouldn't be sleeping through all this shit.

Why does Torx Plus have six teeth but tamper-resistant Torx Plus has five? Whereas 'what the fuck is this' basically looks like it should be tamper-resistant Torx Plus?

+1 for hex, but that's in a lab setting --- climate controlled environment, generally not high torque, pretty benign conditions. But even that is fraught with metric-vs.-imperial mix ups.

Torx drivers are forward compatible with Torx plus screws

Torx is the 🐐! Phillips are just terrible, I prefer slotted over Phillips. You can slip out quite easily with slotted but if you are in there they work ok.

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Plus what?!

Fuck you all!! I’m not arguing about this again :(

But I found this interesting.

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-screws-and-screwdrivers-1992422

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The "wtf is this?" is settings, obviously.

Why is tamper-resistant torx plus the only one that's 5-pronged?

When you buy the screws they usually come with a drill bit that fits them

And how many of these are needed by the dictates of their use VS how many are needed to restrict your access?

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Ah, torx plus, used on Chevy bellhousings. Real easy to strip with a regular torx driver.

Reject threaded fasteners, return to nail and rivet.

Y'all need Jesus^H^H^H^H^H^H Robertson screws.___

I hate torx and my superduke is covered in those fucking things