Picquic and Milwaukee screwdriver bit quality

[TomB19]

I picked up both the Picquic and Milwaukee multi-drivers a few weeks ago.

Both had been used before, several times. I slightly prefer the overall design of the Picquic but the Milwaukee seemed to have better quality bits. Specifically, the Picquic #2 robertson is extremely poor quality. The Milwaukee #2 robertson seems to be adequate.

Yesterday, I was installing some electrical devices. It's the first time I had used the #1 robertson of either driver.

The Milwaukee did four devices before being completely twisted off. The Picquic bits are not nearly as sharp. The robertson bits of the Picquic have noticeably rounded corners but, even still, the Picquic #1 robertson did a little better than the Milwaukee. It has done six outlets so far and while it is worn out, I imagine it can do a few more as long as I don't twist too hard.

Holy cow, this is bad. Even if these bits aren't heat treated, they must be made out of some pretty crappy material. Electrical devices don't require that much torque and my wrist has ligament damage so pain prevents me from being strong on a rotating motion.

I switched back to a six month old Wera driver in #1 robertson. I imagine it can do many hundreds of devices but I won't know it's lifespan for a long, long time.

I picked up a couple of DeWalt impact ready 3 1/2" shaft #1 robertson bits to replace the horrible quality bits of these multi-drivers. I imagine that will solve the problem.

 

[Ratchet Guy]

Picquic bits are made of Cro-Mo, which is suppose to be the same as any higher end impact sockets made off, I dont know about milwaukee, haven't actually tested my picquic thoroughly, but if your rounding it off really fast I would consider using impact rated bits

 

[TomB19]

The Picquic robertson bits have rounded edges from the factory. Just look at yours. It's not sharp.

 

[Olafur]

Bought several Picquic multi screwdrivers about 2 years ago and there is no easy way to put this - so I will resort to a single word describing their bits:

Junk!

I think you can randomly pick up whatever you find from China and do better.

 

[nicksnothereman]

I picked up both the Picquic and Milwaukee multi-drivers a few weeks ago.

Both had been used before, several times. I slightly prefer the overall design of the Picquic but the Milwaukee seemed to have better quality bits. Specifically, the Picquic #2 robertson is extremely poor quality. The Milwaukee #2 robertson seems to be adequate.

Yesterday, I was installing some electrical devices. It's the first time I had used the #1 robertson of either driver.

The Milwaukee did four devices before being completely twisted off. The Picquic bits are not nearly as sharp. The robertson bits of the Picquic have noticeably rounded corners but, even still, the Picquic #1 robertson did a little better than the Milwaukee. It has done six outlets so far and while it is worn out, I imagine it can do a few more as long as I don't twist too hard.

Holy cow, this is bad. Even if these bits aren't heat treated, they must be made out of some pretty crappy material. Electrical devices don't require that much torque and my wrist has ligament damage so pain prevents me from being strong on a rotating motion.

I switched back to a six month old Wera driver in #1 robertson. I imagine it can do many hundreds of devices but I won't know it's lifespan for a long, long time.

I picked up a couple of DeWalt impact ready 3 1/2" shaft #1 robertson bits to replace the horrible quality bits of these multi-drivers. I imagine that will solve the problem.

I don't know if bosch sells a p1/r1 bit but their p2r2 bits is pretty good (the titanium coated ones not necessarily the cookie jar offered ones).

Robertson? Eh...you know the drill. Old stock usa might be better for your purposes (dedicated drivers). As far as I know robertson isn't used a whole lot here in the us and that's the market most of these companies are aiming for in n.a.

 

[bcradio]

I don't know if bosch sells a p1/r1 bit but their p2r2 bits is pretty good (the titanium coated ones not necessarily the cookie jar offered ones).

Robertson? Eh...you know the drill. Old stock usa might be better for your purposes (dedicated drivers). As far as I know robertson isn't used a whole lot here in the us and that's the market most of these companies are aiming for in n.a.

Bosch titanium bits are the best I have used

 

[Davo3]

I like the Picquic tool, but hate the bits. I buy bits from Wiha.

In fact, I have switched to a Wiha 3803 for going to customer sites, and replaced the SAE hex with P1 and P2 bits Whia bits, as our still is all metric.

image: http://www.heima24.de/shop/images/products/gallery/WH38601_2.jpg

 

[TomB19]

I like the Picquic tool, but hate the bits. I buy bits from Wiha.

In fact, I have switched to a Wiha 3803 for going to customer sites, and replaced the SAE hex with P1 and P2 bits Whia bits, as our still is all metric.

Thanks for the note.

I just ordered the 3803 from wihatools.ca.


Does someone make decent quality 3" bits that will go in the Picquic driver? I kind of like the design of both of these drivers.

DeWalt make 3.5" bits that are good replacements for the Milwaukee.

 

[pauls_workshop]

Sounds like poor heat treatment and thus hardness in both the Milwaukee and the Picquic bits to me. Early wear out or twisting is low hardness. - Paul

 

[jetdawg]

Milwaukee hand tools/bits are all garbage that's why. They should stick to making power tools only.

 

[TomB19]

I love my Milwaukee lineman pliers and wire stripper. Both are excellent tools, IMO.

I like the design of both of these drivers better than the Wera Kraftform Kompact multi-driver so I replaced the #1 robertson with DeWalt ready 3.5" bits. This is great for the Milwaukee, as the original bits were 3.5" but the DeWalt replacement is too long for the Picquic.

The tip of the DeWalt bit is covered when it's stored in the Picquic handle so the tip cannot be seen. That's fine when there is only one replacement bit but it will become confusing as more bits are replaced. I won't be able to tell what bit is in each slot.

 

[rick carpenter]

Tom, I've always accepted that bits wear so I just use Ace Hardware bits that I pull from the bin by the handful for my impact driver. But I'd never be happy with four-and-done like yours. I'm pleased with the $ vs life of Ace's bits in my I/D, so maybe you should try these bits for your hand tools.

 

[bfm336]

I picked up a new Dash 7 Picquic today, Robertson 1 and 2 both had nice square corners FWIW.

On a side note never do in store pickup from Sears on a Picquic unless you want to spend more time at the register exchanging them for ones that aren't missing bits


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