For phillips #2, I can’t believe no one has mentioned Bosch non impact…. I have by far had the best luck with them. I have run both the Impact and non impact versions of milwaukee, dewalt, ryobi, makita (non gold) and other randoms…. none seem to hold up as well as the non impact bosch, far less stripping and bit breakage in my opinion
I have heard wera is tough to beat but haven’t tried their bits
I just recently made the switch from phillips screws (used the grip rite primegaurd as my all purpose) to torx.. grk r4 climatex and have been using grk bits, say goodbye to stripped screws and broken bits… I’m a grk believer now. These screws are incredible in every way… it’s like they install themselves. If you drive screws a lot then you owe it to yourself to check out the grk r4. (Really their whole line is great)
I like the dewalt. The only Irwin I’ve used are the nut extractor, and it’s a life saver.
Ive been hearing good things about the Makita gold bits so hopefully I can pick some up soon.
On side note the Irwin stripped nut removers are awesome.
Chad I need some of those they come in SOO handy
I use the makita gold bits all day everyday and hold up very well. I like them a lot and will keep buying them because well you can never really have enough… lol
I use bosch bits – no probs at all