If you keep stripping Phillips head screws, and they aren't Pozidriv (or JIS)[0], it could be that you should buy better screwdrivers. Well made screw drivers e

If you keep stripping Phillips head screws, and they aren't Pozidriv (or JIS)[0], it could be that you should buy better screwdrivers. Well made screw drivers engage the head much more postively than poorly made ones. Unfortunately, virtually everything available in the muggle tool aisle is poorly made. This includes Kobalt, Husky, and Craftsman. I've owned screwdrivers made by all 3, and none of them can hold a candle to a truly good screwdriver. If you want good screw drivers, Klein makes excellent ones. Klein's target market is electricians, and you can sometimes find them in the electrical aisle in muggle stores. Alternately, an electrical supply house (i.e. a wizard store) will probably stock them (or something equally good). Expect to pay $10 USD per screwdriver. It's worth it. The other option I can personally vouch for is the Snap-On. Their market is principally mechanics. I haven't bought any, only used a friends, so I can't comment on how to buy them (online or find a truck, I'd imagine), or what to expect to pay. TL;DR: Shop where the pros shop if you want good tools. For most pros, the most expensive part of a job is their time, so it's worth not having tools that take up a lot of it because they aren't good. Quick and mostly accurate test for is a store a wizard store or a muggle store: Are they open on weekends? If so, odds are it's a muggle store. [0] JIS is also superficially similar to Pozidriv and Phillips, and also mutually incompatible. Honda apparently uses them. I found out when I mentioned I destroyed a P2 impact bit on a stuck screw (from America's leading purveyor of single-use tools, admittedly) on a Honda form. I was educated. ETA: Not a pro in the domain of electricity or mechanics, but as a woodworker, it's important to have good screwdrivers to avoid stripping brass screws, which are much softer than steel.