Why do flat-head/slotted screws still exist?

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

I mean seriously...is there any application these screws:


Can perform that these screws:

Can't? I've talked to lots or people about this IRL and nobody else seems to like slotted screws either.

Whycome they're still made?

 

[McMitch]

It’s a conspiracy by big screwdriver to get people to buy screwdrivers they don’t need.

 

[Stan]

So you can remove them with a steak knife in a pinch I think

 

[Shamefur Dispray]

Simple explanation is Phillips head screws have a tendency to strip under high torque, flathead/slotted screws offer pretty strip resistant heads for a cost efficient price

 

[WelperHelper99]

You don't always need a Phillips for everything. A flat head is simple to produce, and if you want it to be easy to take out, a knife can work in a pinch. That and there's a ton of flat head screwdrivers in the world

 

[Wine em Dine em 69 em]

I wondered the same thing last night. Why not just have flathead screws then if the Philips can strip?

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

because you can’t really overtighten them they’re idiot proof

 

[Just A Fat Round Bird]

Flat heads have their application and benefits, as stated by others.
They are ass though when using a cordless screwdriver.
My favorite screw head types are the hex and hexalobular socket ones though, no slip whatsoever.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

You don't always need a Phillips for everything. A flat head is simple to produce, and if you want it to be easy to take out, a knife can work in a pinch. That and there's a ton of flat head screwdrivers in the world

I mean, you can use a knife for a philips too.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I mean, you can use a knife for a philips too.

You can, but it's a lot easier for a flat head. Fact is it's a old design with a lot of backwards compatibility with old tools

 

[Dialtone]

In a perfect world every screw would either be a Torx, or a slotted.

 

[Catler]

Because Americans refuse to accept Canadians did it better.

 

[Cats]

I would like to visit a world without screws just to see what it would be like

Like a world where they were as intellectually advanced as us but just hated screws for some reason and books existed titled things like "The Screw Is The Lynchpin of Industrial Greed" and others. or maybe a screw-shaped alien nearly wiped out all their ancestors and they revile the shape like some sort of Hell-Sigil

instead of screws they just used wooden dowels or something entirely impractical and ridiculous like pretzel rods

I would visit just see how different the engineering would be worldwide.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

I would like to visit a world without screws just to see what it would be like

Like a world where they were as intellectually advanced as us but just hated screws for some reason and books existed titled things like "The Screw Is The Lynchpin of Industrial Greed" and others. or maybe a screw-shaped alien nearly wiped out all their ancestors and they revile the shape like some sort of Hell-Sigil

instead of screws they just used wooden dowels or something entirely impractical and ridiculous like pretzel rods

I would visit just see how different the engineering would be worldwide.

Like maybe with just self-sealing stem bolts instead?

 

[Day Drinking]

instead of screws they just used wooden dowels or something entirely impractical and ridiculous like pretzel rods

Just buy Walmart furniture, and you can replicate this other universe.

I prefer hex heads or JB weld.

 

[User names must be unique]

If you're going to paint over them, a flat head screw is easier to locate with a magnet, scrape out the paint and remove.

 

[KittyGremlin]

Because Americans refuse to accept Canadians did it better.

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This or inside hex heads (aka Allen) are the best

 

[David Brown]

Every screw head will break down and strip when you use the wrong tool or apply too much force. Use the right tool you retards

 

[Catler]

This or inside hex heads (aka Allen) are the best

Hex screws are great as well. I don't mind torx, but I don't find the bits hold up as well with long term use. Also fuck the guy who invented "safety torx"

 

[the despicable internet]

Torx master race.