The color of screwdriver handles

[LOW1]

I am searching for high quality screwdrivers. One of my pet peeves, however, is that many (almost all?) Screwdriver sets have the same handle color for all types of screwdrivers (slotted, Phillip's, etc). Is there a high quality manufacturer out there that uses a different color for each different type of driver? I like being able to immediately know by color what is what.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I believe you can specify what blade to what color handle with Snap-on.

 

[ive]

I don’t know for colour, but PB Swiss is awesome quality and has the screwdivers labeled on the end handle.

 

[Wamsutta]

Is there a high quality manufacturer out there that uses a different color for each different type of driver?

 

[LOW1]

I may have to go the snap on route. I love pb swiss screwdrivers but the rainbow of colors for the same type of driver would drive me absolutely crazy.

 

[Yarpo]

Those are all the same type of driver, a flat. No?

 

[PartsGuy]

Snap-on for the win here.... I only like the classic hard handles, so I have red for flat, black for Phillips, orange for Torx, their Pozidriv were grey. Their SAE nutdriver set is rainbow color, which I can understand, but it still bugs me a bit, especially since their metric nutdriver set was all black....
I may have a CDO problem.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

I don’t know for colour, but PB Swiss is awesome quality and has the screwdrivers labeled on the end handle.

agreed
they are not cheap
and they have a LIFETIME guarantee

 

[LOW1]

Those are all the same type of driver, a flat. No?

Sorry for not being clear. I would like all the Phillip's to be the same color, all the flats to be a same but different color, etc on

 

[ihateminimumwage]

Proto Duratek for slotted and MAC-Grips for Phillips?

Or back in the day, a mix of Craftsman Pro (red), SK (green) and Armstrong (blue)

I'll agree, individual Snap-on colors will be your best bet.

 

[Wamsutta]

Those are all the same type of driver, a flat. No?

Different size flats, see?

 

[Wamsutta]

I love pb swiss screwdrivers but the rainbow of colors for the same type of driver would drive me absolutely crazy.

They are different sizes. A set of nutdrivers are all nutdrivers, but each color represents a different size; comprende'?

 

[paulsomlo]

PB Swiss has a different color "cap" on each type of driver (Swiss Grip handle) - black for slotted, yellow for Phillips, etc..

 

[randyandrewsberg]

I love my Pratt & Read screw drivers drivers. USA made and can be purchased for a good price at rural King if you have one nearby.

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[Yarpo]

They are different sizes. A set of nutdrivers are all nutdrivers, but each color represents a different size; comprende'?

I see that, but that's not what he wanted

 

[Zewnten]

I did this; orange for Phillips, red for torx, blue for flat blade, and green for picks all from Matco except the blue which I ordered regular whitte driver's.

 

[nelstomlinson]

Different colors of spray paint?

 

[65k10]

Probably more of an average quality screwdriver, but the Masterforce screwdrivers Menards sells are color coded. https://www.menards.com/main/tools-...51-c-9158.htm?tid=6853625927292486508&ipos=10

 

[Alaniho]

The French made Stanley Fatmax screwdrivers have a nice colour coding system and are a really good driver


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000WCI2TC/ref=psdcmw_1939023031_t1_B003ASVJ1S

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

you can color paint the shaft or color tape it.

 

[Badger 13]

I like Zewnten's idea, very nice. In the old days there was only one choice from Snap-on, "black"..

 

[matt stott]

PB Swiss drivers do have colored caps (the soft, red handled ones).

Black tops for flat
Yellow for Phillips
Blue for Torx
Green for Pozi-Drive
Purple (?) for metric hex,

etc

I really like this system- as I have them standing up (blades down) on my bench, and I can see at a glance which type of driver I am grabbing.

Matt

 

[LOW1]

Thanks Everyone. I am going the PB Swiss route. I may add a short piece of color matched shrink tubing over the top of the shaft if the end cap color on the handle isn't obvious enough. Wish PB Swiss had square/Robinson drivers but it doesn't look like they do.

 

[f121]

It's taken me a while but I figured out colour coding them makes life much easier. Flat heads are green, no2 pozi is red, no1 pozi is orange, torx are blue.

It doesn't make much difference in my garage where the screwdrivers are foamed out, but saves a bunch of time in my road box.

 

[matt stott]

Good luck- I really like mine. Here is a shot of my drivers that I keep on the (messy!) bench. The color coding makes quick work of grabbing the right tool.

Matt

 

[908Jim]

Matco/Witte screwdrivers are color coded. You could also do it manually with Snap On.

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[Dave455]

O.P. I totally get where you are coming from!

Here in the U.K. Slotted and Phillips always used to be the same colour, but when Pozidriv came along (which was a great success here) the makers realised that that they needed to do something to distinguish Pozi from Phillips. Blue was generally used, and the practice continued till fairly recently.

On my bench I have Slotted, Pozidriv, Phillips, Torx and both Inch and metric hex in regular use! I always distinguish Phillips from Pozidriv as that gets you every time, but when I start on a bigger job It’s useful to colour code the rest too!

PB Swiss, even with their Classic or Multicraft hard handles, put green handles on the Pozidriv, which is a start. They colour code their bits to a degree too, but they do things like making Torx a different colour from hex, when I can see they are different, but make Metric and Inch sized hex bits the same!!!

Making the different sizes of slotted driver different colours is totally pointless - I can SEE they are different sizes. They have yet to colour code the different types, which is what we all need. The colour coded caps on the soft finish drivers is something, but those drivers are the least suited to most workshop environments!

You can, just about, achieve what you want with Snap On, but you have to do a lot of swapping aound yourself, which can be costly. Neither Snap On or PB seemed to be tuned in to what the customer really wants, or how they work.

Facom offer decent colour coding on their current drivers. I’ve forgotten what they are called but suspect they are half decent.

Irazola Tekno drivers (spanish) were totally colour coded. I have a few and they are decent, but you are back to soft handles again. Same drivers are now marketed as ’Bahco’ Tekno

 

[LXCam]

I'm surprised no one mentioned wera. You can get sets in various colors plus the drive is clearly defined on the end of the handle.

https://www.kctoolco.com/search.php?search_query=wera screwdriver sets&section=product

 

[madmikeee]

I have a set of craftsman pro's Handles are all black but the type is printed on the **** end so all I have to do is look and I know.