Glove box screwdriver?

[ron350]

I was considering a gimmick screwdriver to put in the glove box.
Are screwdrivers like these worth fooling with?

First picture is Craftsman 41748.
http://www.commercial.sears.com/comsale/industrial/toolcat/ti.cgi/manitem.ti/?tool=9-41748

Second picture is 47380.
http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_12602_00947380000P?keyword=screwdriver

 

[Monte]

how about this from Wera ?

 

[mdoolittle]

Another option........https://www.kleinconnection.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category4_10001_10001_-1_13107

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

go to homedepot, get Buck brand, it orange.. it like 3-9 bucks

 

[FNFS2000]

I really like that WERA driver. I have several of them, and have given a bunch as gifts to friends. They come preloaded with several differnt bit options.

 

[66pnl]

The handles on those feel to bulky for me. I use a 10 in 1 daily at work. The nice thing about them is it has 1/4 and 5/16 nut driver.
http://www.mytoolstore.com/klein/32477.html

 

[Danglerb]

I keep a cheap "leatherman" clone in the glove box of all the cars.

 

[matthew]

I wouldn't call it a "gimmick" screwdriver, it's fairly plain, but I've been wanting a Picquic multi-bit screwdriver (like this) - Rona, Canadian Tire, and Home Depot carry them around here, and the handle has a really nice feel to it.

 

[scooby074]

I wouldn't call it a "gimmick" screwdriver, it's fairly plain, but I've been wanting a Picquic multi-bit screwdriver (like this) - Rona, Canadian Tire, and Home Depot carry them around here, and the handle has a really nice feel to it.

Picquic makes a very good screwdriver. Made in canada too boot!

Its so good that stanley cloned it and is likely making it offshore

I keep a black and decker? T-shaped driver in my glove box, due to its slim profile.

 

[ron350]

Thanks for all the replies.
I have used Snap-on basic black handle screwdrivers for the last 30 years so any thing else seams like a gimmick to me. LOL
I will look at Home Depot and see if they carry the Picquic.

 

[back2class]

The orange ones from home depot are really good. Like $4. I also have the snap-on version that comes with 4 flat tips and a few torx ones that all store in the shaft. Honestly 20x more than the home deopt version and in real life works just as well.

 

[mkdive]

I keep a klein 10n1 in the glove box.

 

[krusty the clown]

i just checked my glove box......i have a map, a broken CD, a pair of reading glasses and a condom. i keep tools in a toolbox in the back of the trunk.

 

[mikevango]

only tool in my glove box is a bottle opener.

 

[91FE]

I have the Irwin version and it's one of my go-to tools around the house. It was less than $10.
linky

 

[Crasen]

I keep a gimmicky screwdriver in the glove box in my truck. In my car I keep a tool bag with some basic tools in the trunk. In my glove box I generally keep a Mini Mag light with LED, an ice scraper, gloves, and a Glock 23 in my car. You never know what conditions you will be in when you might have to change a flat.

 

[matthew]

Picquic makes a very good screwdriver. Made in canada too boot!

Its so good that stanley cloned it and is likely making it offshore

I think I've seen that Stanley version, but it fell well short of the Picquic - lacked the feel and weighting.

Thanks for all the replies.
I have used Snap-on basic black handle screwdrivers for the last 30 years so any thing else seams like a gimmick to me. LOL
I will look at Home Depot and see if they carry the Picquic.

I'm a fan of basic tools, too. I don't mind thinking of multi-bit screwdrivers as good basic tools, but it's the retract-a-bit types or ones some are hard to use, or with hard to use or easy to break storage compartments that I find gimmicky and really dislike.

Doesn't look like Picquic has a dealer locator on their site, but if your HD doesn't carry them you can email Picquic and see if they have a local distributor.


Haven't seen that Irwin one, looks all right, too.

 

[mkdive]

I keep a gimmicky screwdriver in the glove box in my truck. In my car I keep a tool bag with some basic tools in the trunk. In my glove box I generally keep a Mini Mag light with LED, an ice scraper, gloves, and a Glock 23 in my car. You never know what conditions you will be in when you might have to change a flat.

Along those lines I keep my sig P245 in a gun safe that is hidden in my center console in my F150.

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