Why is Vessel better than the Wera recommended by username2? I know Philips do not work well for JIS, does JIS works better than Philips on Philips screws?
my take on it is vessel megadora (but not ballgrip!) is better than the wera that was linked to because megadora has jawsfit. it doesn't look like that particular PH1 wera driver has lasertip (wera's own anti-camout technology). i think anti-camout is a very worthwhile feature.
also, just nitpicking, but vessel is no longer making JIS cross type drivers. JIS has moved beyond cross type drivers because this spec has been superseded by DIN 5260-PH/ISO 8764-1. this spec works well in old JIS screws and is what vessel drivers use now. in fact, it and JIS work great in phillips screws you find... wait, where are you? no location, boooo
really, for all common cruciform fasteners except pozidriv and supradriv, you should probably be using DIN 5260-PH/ISO 8764-1 drivers.
i'm guessing wera uses this spec as well now, but i don't know for sure. someone should email them and ask!
edit: if you decide to go with that screwdriver, it's cheaper on azjp
it's an addon item though, so you need to buy 5 of them.
one quirk i've noticed of this azjp addon system is it won't let you check out even if you're beyond the 2000jpy threshold if your entire cart is addon items. the workaround is to add a more expensive item to your cart, go to checkout, and then on the final payment page remove the expensive item. if your order is still >2000jpy, you can still click purchase.
but back to the pricing. ever since mid-april, the price of that driver on azus has been going up. it used to be about 7 bucks before that. but now it's 12usd (and maybe some tax on top of that).
on azjp, it's 462jpy. if you buy 5 of them, that's 2310jpy, and the shipping to me is 1406 jpy.
if you pay directly in jpy, that's 3716jpy. at visa's XR right now, that's 35.70usd, or 7.14usd each.
tldr if you buy 5 of them on azjp it's 7.14usd each vs 12 each on azus.
