Torx is only good if your screw is non rusting it rounds off too fast with almost any sign of rust.
Torx kinda requires it be made of a decent alloy, it was developed to handle situations where you really really need torque. Handling more force than anything else was the guiding principle of its design.
Hence you find it in places such as bicycle disc brake rotor mounts.
I just use Torx for everything indoors. Granted a box of a 100 50x4,5mm wood screws lasts me a few years if i don’t have any project to pursue. No need to skimp a few € on this.
Me out here calling them “plus head” and “minus head” like a neanderthal
we call philips “cross” and flathead “slit”
Then there’s german, with (technically) slit and cross-slit
Kreuzschlitzschraubendreher
Kreuzschlitz gibt’s net. Entweder Kreuz oder Schlitz.
ISO 8764-1 Schraubwerkzeuge – Schraubendreher für Schrauben mit Kreuzschlitz – Teil 1: Schraubendreherspitzen.
Pozidriv > *
Not only is it self-centering like phillips and JIS (eg the reason they are used in so many line-assembled manufactured goods) but it’s has superior contact like a Robertson (square drive) or hex or torx.
Torx > *
90% of complaints about any screw head type is some jackass using the wrong driver like a P2 in a P3 head totally mystified as to why their shit stripped.
That’s not just user error, though. Phillips also makes it easy to use an undersized driver, and people will grab whatever they have handy. Torx doesn’t have that problem, but at the expense of needing a bunch of different drivers for different screws.
That is not true, you can often use one Torx size smaller, like T20 on a T25 screw.
That said, Torx really is great, I only buy wood screws with it.
