Why...

[festive]

Any question really. Mine today is

Why is it nearly every blind kit anything with screws supplied they are sh'tty crap screws which are nearly always phillips heads instead of Pozi Why?

 

[Brigadier]

Price?

 

[Notch7]

Any question really. Mine today is

Why is it nearly every blind kit anything with screws supplied they are sh'tty crap screws which are nearly always phillips heads instead of Pozi Why?

I find the same thing with electrical stuff, light fittings etc. I wouldnt saw the screws are poor quality, but invariably they are philips.
Or some sort of screw neither philips or pozi and has some weird angle so no screwdriver fits well.

Door handles, window casement stays etc - screws made of cheese, usually slotted with the slot too thin.

 

[EddieM]

The USofA doesn't use pozi's but then they are a bit backward.

 

[ReJect]

A lot of machine screws (bolts) are Phillips type.
No bother if you use a Phillips screwdriver or bit.
The screws and plugs supplied with most things are poor.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Plasterboard screws always have perfectly cut crosses for drivers. Why and how is that?

 

[EddieM]

Tools in blister packs, what's that all about, you need tools to get into them.. Weird.

 

[Notch7]

Plasterboard screws always have perfectly cut crosses for drivers. Why and how is that?

Thats true the bugle headed plasterboard screws do fit drivers well -which is good because they dont fall off.

Some philips headed screws are rubbish, they just dont fit the bits

 

[festive]

I find the same thing with electrical stuff, light fittings etc. I wouldnt saw the screws are poor quality, but invariably they are philips.
Or some sort of screw neither philips or pozi and has some weird angle so no screwdriver fits well.

Door handles, window casement stays etc - screws made of cheese, usually slotted with the slot too thin.

Absolutely why? Normally accompanied with the sh'test wall plugs too.

 

[festive]

Plasterboard screws always have perfectly cut crosses for drivers. Why and how is that?

Yes and maybe i'm a bit late to the table as i only recently discovered these:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/ph2-drywall-screwdriver-bits-ph2-2-pack/6623v?_requestid=791404

Lovely simple design works well.

 

[festive]

The USofA doesn't use pozi's but then they are a bit backward.

Aha that could explain some of it i guess. But still, phillips should be eradicated!

 

[fillyboy]

Yes and maybe i'm a bit late to the table as i only recently discovered these:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/ph2-drywall-screwdriver-bits-ph2-2-pack/6623v?_requestid=791404

Lovely simple design works well.

Aha, I picked a few of those up earlier this year, marvellous little things.

 

[noseall]

If you haven't got a 150mm long bit holder for your driver - then why not? You will not reach for your stubby fella ever again.

 

[EddieM]

Anyway, I'm also in the camp of buy something, take a note of supplied fixings, then chuck them.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

The USofA doesn't use pozi's but then they are a bit backward.

But the 'backward' USA invented Philips (Henry Philips, Oregon) screws and were using them while we still struggled on with slotted. Long before Pozi was invented.