Vessel MegaDra Standard Screwdriver +1x75 900

The Phillips screw is ubiquitous. It was patented in the 1930's and used to be exotic stuff. Once upon a time, users had to pay a royalty to use them. Cadillac started using Phillips screws in the late 1930's, and was considered cutting edge for it. Of course the complaint from mechanics back then was that they had to purchase "exotic special drivers for these screws from Mr. Phillips!" :-) In the intervening years, we had massive industrial growth, spurred in large part by a world war. Phillips started showing up everywhere. Meanwhile, and as a side effect of that war, we destroyed most of industrial Japan with firebombing (1944-45). The offshoot of this wholly unpleasant experience was that the Japanese were in a good position to restart their industries and to reconsider a whole lot of stuff. One thing the Japanese "reconsidered" was the Phillips screw. They were already not regulated by Phillip's patent, since it was a US Patent, and who in Japan would ever need a screw anyway, right? :-) Meanwhile, after careful and very inscrutibly Japanese introspection, their engineers realized that with slight adjustments of the tip dimensions, the concept of Phillips' "cross type" screw could be improved. Imagine that! So, left to their own devices, the Japanese did that redesign and came up with their very own industrial standard. That was then called the "Japanese Industrial Standard" for cross screw, aka "JIS". Guess what? They were right. Which leads to this product review. This Megadora manufactured JIS standard driver outperforms Phillips designs in every measurable way, just as most JIS drivers do. JIS is so good that it WORKS better in Phillips profiles than does a typical Phillips screwdriver! And, when used in true JIS fasteners (the ones with that little dimple on the screw face) they are the only way to go to get out any JIS standard screw that is even close to tight. Need to work on that vintage Japanese motorcycle? Every screw is JIS. How about that 1970's Pioneer home stereo? Again, EVERY cross screw is JIS. Besides out-Phillips-ing a Phillips driver, a mere TWO sizes of JIS drivers cover about 95% of every screw you're likely to encounter on average applications. Best of all, Megadora JIS drivers don't cam out, disfigure the fastener, and generally make you cuss like those crappy #2 Phillips you've been unknowingly fighting with all these years. Do yourself a favor - ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK ON MOTORCYCLES OR JAPANESE BUILT STEREO EQUIPMENT. Order yourself up a nice set of Megadora JIS drivers. Get +1 and +2 sizes, and go ahead and splurge and get them in several lengths. You will be done buying screwdrivers for cross-screw functions, probably for the rest of your life. Just don't loan them to your buddies. They'll never come back. HIGHLY recommended - 6 stars. :-)

Very well made. Comfortable handle.

I'm pretty excited about this screwdriver and can't wait to test it out when I get a JIS screw to use it on. It's a really good quality screwdriver. I love the handle on it and I'm just learning about these JIS screws. So hopefully this helps prevent me from stripping a screw out in the future.

Great screwdriver for my echo chainsaw. A lot of European saws need this style of screwdriver the screw driver head seems very precise and fits all screws on my echo well. Really light. I like the fact that it is able to fold my screws with its magnet tip. Making screws easily removable and makes function easier.

Bought a set of these years ago and they are my go to. Such good JIS screwdrivers and magnetic. Used to much they are a little worn but still doing the job. Replacing some of them now that really need it. Great quality highly recommend. Also they've dropped a lot in price so nice win.

I'm 80 years old and just learned why I've been stripping screw heads on my japanese motorcycles. This is a genuine JIS driver that fits screws securely. It is excellent quality with handy knurling and magnetized tip. Wish I'd have purchased this 50 years ago.

I bought these for the serrations on the sides, hoping they would grip screws better. #2 is the most common in my world, and the first of the three sizes I bought to get put to use. On old, rusty headlight ring screws. The normal screwdriver I tried started to slip. I grabbed this one and that screw and the next 7 came out easily. With no penetrant used. The serration on the shafts, below the handle I could live without. In this case it started to cause abrasion to the plastic grille next to it until I noticed and pushed the handle away from that side. These screwdrivers from Japan, at least these blue handled ones IMO don't feel like anything but cheap screwdrivers with contoured handles. But they do grip screws well.

These are the best phillips screw drivers on the market, the tips fit perfectly into the screws head with zero wiggle making installation and removal a breeze.

Werkzeug greift richtig toll und vermeidet so vergammelte Schrauben. Seit ich den habe stelle ich die Schaltung am Rad fast gerne ein!

Not cheap but quality tools never are. These screwdrivers have serrated tips that help prevent cam-out on worn or damaged screws.

Perfect, definitely needed on JIS screws when carrying out some motorcycle maintenance.

Excellent quality Vessel Megadora JIS screwdriver that fits perfect and would highly recommend if you have a Japanese motorcycle.

Super bueno el único que no es malo abajo Philips arriba vessel